Battery Operated Orchestra play brilliant Brighton gig

Posted On 19 Jun 2018 at 12:15 am

Brigitte Rose of Battery Operated Orchestra

BATTERY OPERATED ORCHESTRA + FRUITY WATER + COSMIC CAZ – GREEN DOOR STORE, BRIGHTON 15.6.18

Last Friday, the lucky punters at Brighton’s Green Door Store were treated to an awesome performance by local leading synth act the Battery Operated Orchestra.

The event took place from 7pm to around 10:30pm and was followed by a separate club night. Everyone present had a really fab time and all three acts went down rather well. The other acts being local boys Fruity Water and local young lady Cosmic Caz. The only personal gripe I have is that we were hurriedly ushered out of the premises by the security staff, in a ‘right next event attitude’. I have been to the Green Door Store many times before and this is the first time it’s happened to me, although I did overhear a punter from Lewes saying that he had encountered this before at the venue. Otherwise I guess it would have been a perfect event for me.

Cosmic Caz live at the Green Door Store, Brighton 15.6.18

First up was the strangely appealing Cosmic Caz, who is a young lady in the mould of a 21st century Annabella Lwin (of Bow Wow Wow fame) that states that “she is expressing and understanding through sound within the cosmic realms and that she immerses you in chaotic ethereal soundscapes, rattling drums, sweeping warbling synths and squelching field recordings that provide a pleasant sensory overload”.

Yep, that’s about right. So in layman’s terms I would suggest that if you are a fan of music on the outer reaches such as Gazelle Twin, early Cabaret Voltaire, the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, The Human League’s ‘Dignity Of Labour’ 12” EP and sounds that might be made by collapsing galaxies, then Cosmic Caz is well worth investigating.

Not sure what that all means? Then click HERE to watch her latest video for ‘Nature’s Glitch’.

Find out more about Cosmic Caz here: https://www.facebook.com/cosmiccaz/

Fruity Water live at the Green Door Store, Brighton 15.6.18

Next up were two Brighton based lads, Adam and Smalan, that are known as Fruity Water. They offer up their own charming melodic down to earth blend of synth and guitar sounds rather like New Order.
For a majority of their set, their songs were joined megamix stylee and thus not giving punters any chance to applaud. When the did finish, the guys got their reward from the punters.

Fruity Water live at the Green Door Store, Brighton 15.6.18

I had seen them back in March when they supported the wonderful AK/DK and I have to say that this time I enjoyed them slightly more, which is an encouraging sign. Their set this time was I suspect the same as my previous time but with an additional new track, which I believe is called ‘The Grove’ and will appear on the lads forthcoming release. Highlights were ‘Dance With Me’, the penultimate song ‘Fantastic Day’ (not the Haircut 100 one) and their elongated final track ‘No Happy Endings’.

Find out more about Fruity Water here: https://www.facebook.com/fruitywaterband/ and here https://fruitywater.bandcamp.com/