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Becoming Real To Support Salem

• 20th Oct 2010

Rising electronic artist Becoming Real has been confirmed as the main support for the debut UK tour of Chicago's SALEM, in what is one of the most anticipated tours of the winter.

Becoming Real will head out in November as support for 4 of SALEM's UK dates including Manchester, Nottingham, Bristol and a very special performance in London at Shoreditch Church.

The London based producer as also been confirmed for No Pain In Pop's 'Nail The Cross' festival on November 27th.

Becoming Real releases his 'Spectre' EP on 15th November on new Moshi Moshi label Not Even. (Full details below)

Becoming Real is giving away a non-EP track 'South London Congo' right now from Bandcamp – link

BECOMING REAL LIVE DATES:

October:
20 – LIVE @ Corsica Studios, London
22 – LIVE @ SWN FESTIVAL, Buffalo Bar, Cardiff
24 – LIVE @ The Lock Tavern, London
29 – LIVE @ ‘THE WAREHOUSE PROJECT’ Ewer Street Warehouse, London

November:
15 – LIVE @ CAMP Basement, London
18 – DJ @ Cargo, London
24 – LIVE @ Shoreditch Church, London (Supporting SALEM)
26 – LIVE @ Islington Mill, Manchester (Supporting SALEM)
27 – LIVE @ 'NAIL THE CROSS', Bussey Building, London
29 – LIVE @ Bodega, Nottingham (Supporting SALEM)
30 – LIVE @ Thekla, Bristol (Supporting SALEM)

December:
01 – LIVE @ ‘WARP PARTY’, The Arches, Glasgow

Becoming Real returns on 15th November with 'Spectre' EP, released on new Moshi Moshi sub-label Not Even!

Following on from a 12” released in June through RAMP Recordings, Toby Ridler, AKA Becoming Real is back to haunt your speakers once again with another self-termed Ghost record, this time featuring guest vocals from enigmatic grime artist Trim.

Toby says of collaborating with Trim: “The whole hook up came about through me making beats and sending them around. My friend got in touch with Trim and it seemed like a good match, as at the time I was making really cosmic/lucid beats and Trim’s vocals seem to reveal a depth of imagery like no other MC I can think of. With “Like Me”, I was trying to conjure up a haunted image of a city at night, something that wasn't haunting in itself, but more that it was being haunted.”

For “Like Me”, Becoming Real enlisted the remix duties of Chicago’s DJ Rashad, infamous for his part in the creation of Chicago Juke music. DJ Rashad has masterfully turned “Like Me” into a double speed hyper-rhythmic monster.

Becoming Real will be the first release from Not Even, a new singles label born into the Moshi Moshi family mid-2010. Not Even arose from slapdash nights at The Stags Head in London which hosted bands and DJ's such as, Spectrals, Yuck, Fol Chen, A Grave With No Name, Becoming Real and Dam Mantle. Essentially, Not Even aims to create a unique place for new music to thrive and be loved for what it is.