FLYING HORSEMAN & BIRD ON THE WIRE

Flying Horseman is the band of singer-songwriter Bert Dockx. This selection of Antwerp’s top musicians creates bloodcurdlingly beautiful albums and live shows. Think in terms of menacing post-folk and dark blues, with the emotional depth and soul-lacerating atmosphere that characterises Flying Horseman. Music is rarely given such a keen edge.Bird on the Wire may refer to the famous song by Leonard Cohen, recorded in 1968. It may also refer to the 1990 film starring Mel Gibson. Now, Bird on the Wire refers to a band from Amsterdam. They have been around since 2011, transforming their sound until they were ready to release their debut album ‘Our Hands Meet on the Moon’ on Meduse MagiQ records in May 2014. A record full of dreamy sounds and psychedelic stories. For their second album, Bird on the Wire found inspiration in the Elephanta; a strong southerly wind that blows on the Malabar coast of India. This wind marks the end of the monsoon and the beginning of something new. The sound of Bird on the Wire transformed into – what they call – DREAMKRAUT : a mix of the drowny and repetitive sound of krautrock and the dreamy, melancholic atmosphere that fit the Birds so well. After a magical time in the studio of Koen Gisen in Belgium the sounds and songs are there! A dark glittery vinyl with the album Elephanta will be released in January 2016.