Max Tundra
Max Tundra originally known as Ben Jacobs – is a self-taught pianist who, with the help of a Commodore Amiga 500 home computer and some cheap music software, began to explore the world of electronic composition, and he's about to embark on a sexy new tour!
Triumphing over his meagre equipment, he released a single, Children At Play on Warp Records, thus began a diverse and eclectic musical career in which time signatures, genres and instrumentation have been given a thorough shake-up. His debut album Some Best Friend You Turned Out To Be and his subsequent singles for Domino have given the world a set of dense, multi-textured, emotionally-charged tunes, each of which has a different story to tell.
Mentioning that Which Song sounds like Scritti Politti had they signed to Warp in 1991, Max admits, “I like the Scritti comparisons.†For him, 80s pop isn’t a Guilty Pleasure, it’s an untapped resource.
In between furiously mixing and matching and inventing new futures for pop he’s been supporting himself by doing remixes of other bands, both unofficially (Missy Elliot, The Strokes) and officially (Franz Ferdinand, Futureheads, Pet Shop Boys).
JANUARY 28th Cardiff Shape Function / Club Ifor Bach (w/ Ben Butler & Mouse Pad)
29th Bristol The Fleece (with Ben Butler and Mouse Pad)
30th London Cargo (with Pete Um, Ben Butler and Mouse Pad)
31st Brighton Freebutt (with Ben Butler and Mouse Pad)
FEBRUARY
03rd Cambridge Soul Tree (with Ben Butler and Mouse Pad)
05th Leeds Brudenell Social Club (with Ben Butler and Mouse Pad)
06th Manchester Deaf Institute
07th Bracknell South Hill Park