Count Jaakola + Alice Hubble + Basic Design

To celebrate the launch of two new Count Jaakola remixes by Alice Hubble and Basic Design, all acts are getting together to throw a show at The Betsey Trotwood. Count Jaakola Count Jaakola is the solo project of London-based Finnish songwriter Tiia Jaakola. Her debut album Kind Eyes has been championed by BBC 6 Music's Stuart Maconie, The Line of Best Fit, Austria's FM4 and Germany's ByteFM. It's lush DIY pop, where warm keys give way to brooding synths, resolving in the fizz and sparkle of guitars and drums. Count Jaakola, on keys and vocals, is joined live by Paul Rains (Allo Darlin') on guitar, lap steel and drum machine, and Sarah Gonputh (Green Seagull) on bass. Alice HubbleDescribed as the work of "one lady at home with her enormous collection of synthesisers", Alice Hubble mixes melancholic pop, layered vintage synths and elegant vocals, reminiscent of Ladytron, Ashra and Jane Weaver. She has built a reputation for combining vintage electronics with reflective songwriting. Her albums 'Polarlichter' and 'Hexentanzplatz' received support from The Quietus, Prog Magazine, Under The Radar and BBC 6 Music, with 'Polarlichter' placed at number 12 in Electronic Sound's Best Albums of 2019. Basic DesignBasic Design is Matt Ashton from London drone pop band The Leaf Library, trading the guitar for synths and drum machines, focusing on the more minimal, beat-driven end of things. He has released one album (Floral Calyx Phase, as part of The Leaf Library's Monuments series) and a number of standalone tracks and remixes. This show is his first live as Basic Design.