The Assembly - Cape Town's Live Music & Entertainment Venue


Discotheque, hosted every Friday at The Assembly, is become recognized as Cape Town's first choice Friday night event.

With a simple ethos of 'If its got beat and you can dance to it, we'll be playing it', Discotheque has in its short lifetime hosted an array of top local, national and international talent, and continues to set the standard and raise the bar, on a weekly basis.

The Discotheque Mix Series aims to showcase and promote featured artists, current or forthcoming at our Discotheque events, as well as the occasional special guest.

Check out the Discotheque tumblr for a look inside : http://dscthq.tumblr.com

Edinburgh based songwriter who composes introspective folk/ pop songs.

https://ditto.fm/if-he-points-up-to-the-sky
(streaming link to new album)

https://youtu.be/Lbzzqyvvmx8?si=bs2_PdwzfiEYZgWF
(Sailor song official video)

https://iampluto.bandcamp.com/
(Band camp page with fill discography)


'Brilliant local songwriter. Melodic and bittersweet. His melodies will linger on long after the shows over and you’ll be happy they do'
                      
       Lach (Antifolk guru and star of BBC Radio 4)

'Craig Finnie has appeared before us in various guises and has never once failed to mesmerise. Where lyrical prowess, subtle tones and delicate yet intricate melodies waltz together, is where these songs dwell; Finnie brings us NickDrake(ism) for the Neu! generation'

       Michael Pedersen(Neu! Reekie!)

'The first support on this noticeably busy night at Sneaky Pete’s is local singer-songwriter, I AM PLUTO (AKA Craig Finnie). It’s a real contrast from the other acts but a shrewd choice of support as the crowd are treated to half an hour of blissful melancholy. Finnie has clearly spent time crafting his unique relationship between his impassioned vocals and poignant guitar playing and he is so intertwined within both mediums that it almost falls into one exquisitely soulful instrument.

The songs are often smattered with complex picking patterns and a drawl in reference of Leonard Cohen. The melodies are pure but again unusual and there’s a nod to the likes of Fleet Foxes and the similarly named I Am Kloot. As Finnie sails into BPD Blues, we see a moody side to his otherwise sleek folk as we are taken by the hand along a path previously walked by the likes of Nick Drake and his cohorts. Finnie is a natural story teller and embeds his emotions in every corner of his technique and performance. A must see on the Edinburgh scene.'
 
       Jamie McDonald (Channel7A)

'I Am Pluto, an Edinburgh boy made good with some fine tunes'

Alan Hotchkiss (Access all areas)

<b>Gary Clark Jr </b>
Warner Records
Austin TX

Since his earliest self-produced CD-Rs, Philadelphia psych-pop master Kurt Vile has referred to himself as "Philly's Constant Hitmaker"—and while he gave himself that name with a sly wink, he was also nodding toward the songwriting prowess that would result in him becoming one of his home city's most celebrated rock artists. "I’m always thinking about catchy music, even though it’s fried, or sizzled, out," he says. "It's my own version of a classic thing—it's moving forward and backward at the same time." 
On his latest album, (watch my moves), Vile pulls his talents as a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer in unexpected directions—and the result is a vibrant, yet meditative album propelled by Vile's laid-back charm and curious spirit. Every lyric has been chiseled down into an aphorism, every bloom of distorted guitar or murmuring synth helping create that "fried" pop. "It's about songwriting. It's about lyrics. It's about being the master of all domains in the music," he says of his ninth album and first in partnership with a major label, Verve Records.
(watch my moves) comes from a period when Vile, whose touring and recording schedule during the 2010s was seemingly constant, stayed in one place. His mind was always swirling, though, puzzling out pointillistic lyrics, dreaming up spit-shined choruses, and checking in on other dimensions. "My favorite pastime these days is sitting drinking coffee in the morning post-breakfast by the window, reading and listening to Sun Ra, sun shining through the forest trees," says Vile. "In that moment, it's all the traveling I'll ever need. This record encapsulates all that—letting two years roll by and staying in my zone, traveling all the while in my brain, at the piano or in my guitar."

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