Extra Life is the primary musical vehicle for Charlie Looker, singer, guitarist and composer, who has become one of the most intense and respected voices in the New York experimental underground. For years Looker was a core member of legendary brutal chamber ensemble Zs and has also worked with diverse artists such as Dirty Projectors, Glenn Branca, William Parker and the S.E.M. Ensemble.

Formed in 2007, Extra Life combines elements of Medieval chant, metallic hardcore, dark neofolk, abstract modernism and lush pop. The music is cosmic in scope, a sacred alchemical marriage of the earth’s crude, blackened weight and the ethereal light of the divine.

Extra Life’s all-star cast also includes the following New York experimentalists: violinist Caley Monahon-Ward (Snowblink), bassist Anthony Gedrich (Stats, Ocrilim), drummer Nicholas Podgurski (Yukon)

further reading / listening...
http://www.africantape.com
http://www.myspace.com/extralifetheband
http://www.last.fm/music/Extra+Life

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Support comes from london based quintuple party fiends Chik Budo

http://www.myspace.com/chikbudo

and Bristol based multi-instrumentalist Team Brick

http://www.myspace.com/teambrick

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Tickets only £6 advance form here -
http://www.corsicastudios.com/index.php/june-2010

7.30pm doors