Issue link: https://maltatoday.uberflip.com/i/646116
maltatoday, SUNDAY, 28 FEBRUARY 2016 This Week 33 MARCH 18, 19 Metal Over Malta Festival II Festival of local Maltese bands at Chateau Buskett, Buskett at 17:00. Featuring local and interna- tional acts: Septicflesh (headliner), The Foreshadowing, Weeping Silence, MartYriuM, Apparition and Thurisaz. Tickets are at €30. Bookings: http://www.metalover- malta.com/. MARCH 18 BILA EP launch Local indie band BILA will be launching their debut EP in Malta after launching it in Venice last year. The launch gig will take place at The Funky Monkey Club, Ma- noel Island at 21:00. They will be supported by Sempliciment tat- Triq, Beesqueeze and Kingdoms Of Dusk. A comic related to the band by artist Samwel Sultana will also be released on the night. En- trance is at €5, €7 with CD/tape. THEATRE MARCH 5-10; 12-15 The Two Gentlemen of Verona WhatsTheirNames Theatre pro- duction of William Shakespere's romantic comedy at The Pub, Val- letta at 20:00. Directed by Philip Leone-Ganado. Cast includes: Joe Azzopardi, Nathan Brimmer, Bet- tina Paris, Giulia Xuereb and Jo- seph Zammit. Tickets are at €15. Performances are limited to 20 seats per night. Bookings: what- stheirnames.theatre@gmail.com and 7734 5207. MARCH 4-6; 11-13 Mela Hawn Xi Manikomju? Alfred Buttigieg's original play will be performed at Spazju Kre- attiv (St James Cavalier) on March 4, 5, 6 and 11, 12, 13 at 20:00. Tickets are at €15. Bookings: www.kreattivita.org, 2122 3200. The play is certified 18+ and is be- ing supported by the Malta Arts Fund. EXHIBITIONS MARCH 9 Meet the Artist: Kerstin Arnemann Artist talk and meet-up at Sisti- na Wine & Co, Gzira at 18:00. Art and photography discussion with photographer Kerstin Arnemann will take place. UNTIL MARCH 13 Gabriel Buttigieg: Paintings Exhibition of paintings by Ga- briel Buttigieg at Heritage Malta, Valletta. UNTIL MARCH 13 Inhobbok (I Love You) Collective exhibition at Spazju Kreattiv (St James Cavalier), Val- letta. Featuring four emerging creatives, namely Luke Azzopardi (Malta), Umberto Buttigieg (Mal- ta), Demetra Kallitsi (Cyprus) and Maria Theuma (Malta). UNTIL MARCH 30 The Invisible, Visible Collective exhibition of paint- ings by Sara Pace and Xaxa Calle- ja at Fortress Builders, St Mark Street, Valletta at 19:30. Directed by Marcelle Teuma and featuring both professional and non-profes- sional actors. Cast includes: Ali Konaté, Sharon Bezzina, Marta Lombardi and Magdalena Von Kuilenburg. NATURE WALK MARCH 13 Walk for Nature Fundraising Trek Walk organised every year to encourage children to experi- ence nature and wildlife first- hand, taking place around Mdina. Meeting place is at 08:45 in front of the Roman Villa in Mdina. Or- ganised by Birdlife Malta. Partici- pation is free, though donations to Birdlife are appreciated. Trans- port back will be provided against €1 per person. To book contact events@birdlifemalta.org, includ- ing a contact number, the number of people in the group and Birdlife membership number if applicable. WHAT'S ON Putting all the tools to good use How would you say your latest album develops on your previous work? We spent a lot of time creat- ing layers of sound, experiment- ing with processing instruments and developing textural dynam- ics across each track. The album takes the cinematic elements from our last release 'Mirror Being' and combines them into more familiar, song-based structures of previous works. We both think that this is our best record to date! You've employed everything from digital distribution to cassettes: was this your attempt at experimenting around for a solution to the changing landscape of musical distribution? We are just using the tools avail- able to get our music out there, the same as most other bands do. The musical landscape has changed yes, but its up to the artists and industry to keep up with the times and be in- ventive with how music is released and consumed. What does the word 'shoe-gaze' mean to you? Not much, really. It's a style of music we like the aesthetic of and occasionally reference in our own sound, but it's just a drop in the ocean of all the different music we appreciate. To be honest I'm only really into a few of the bands associ- ated with shoe-gaze, to me, a lot of it can feel pretty self-indulgent and boring at times. Are you looking forward to performing in Malta? Yes, very much so! We love trav- elling to and playing in new places, especially places that most other acts don't get to go very often. It's also going to be the first time we'll play songs from the new album live! For more information about the gig, see overleaf pensions newspaper ad.indd 12 22/02/2016 10:27 AM London/Berlin based dark wave duo The KVB – made up of Nicholas Wood and Kat Day – will kick off their European tour in support of their latest album 'Of Desire' at Razzett L-Ahmar, Mosta on March 5. They spoke to TEODOR RELJIC about being associated with the 'shoe- gaze' movement and what we can expect from their new release ABOUT THE BAND Formed in 2010 by Nicholas Wood and Kat Day, The KVB got started with a number of limited cassette and vinyl releases before their first full-length album, Always Then, arrived in 2012. Two more albums, Immaterial Visions and Minus One, arrived the following year, Minus One being a proper release of material that had surfaced before in the form of digital downloads and extremely limited cassettes. In 2014, the duo ventured to Brian Jonestown Massacre mastermind Anton Newcombe's Berlin studio to track what would become their Out of Body EP, released later that year on Newcombe's own A Records label. That session would mark The KVB's first recordings made outside of their own home studio as well as the first time they'd work with drummer Joe Dilworth, best known for his work with Stereolab. Gillian Zammit in Orphee et Eurydice Joseph Zammit and Giulia Xuereb perform in Two Gentlemen of Verona