Tonight: Dance Party @ Backspace With Deelay Ceelay
June 12, 2009 — PDXPIPELINE(Full Weekend: 50+ Weekend Events & Parties + Free Tickets | June 12-14)
Posted by Christine Taylor
Huh? I'm sorry I don't understand. What are you saying? Deelay Ceelay? What the…?
Abstractly it is a merry blend of tune, percussion, color, and light synthesized into danceable intellectual melody; a fuzzy rocket scientist. The more literal explanation is it's a band name that represents a playful rendition off the names of its two members, Delaney Kelly and Chris Lael Larson.
Part live and part electronically pre-recorded (synched with a projected experimental video experience) tonight's Deelay Ceelay show at Backspace will impress even the most jaded self-proclaimed music connoisseurs.  Do not expect to see or hear the typical live set. All I am going to say is Delaney and Chris both play drum kits on stage. Their sound resonates a calm complexity full of rich enthusiasm that unites audience with instrumentation. In other words — you will feel it.
You can download their EP here.
An added bonus is that they are playing with Root Beer and French Fry. I do not know much about them yet, but this band seems to be friends with more than a few people I know in town, each of whom tell me they are fans.
6/13/2009 8:00 PM at BACKSPACE – W/ BLASTOIDS + ROOT BEER & FRENCH FRY + CHROME WINGS
115 NW 5th, PORTLAND, Oregon 97209
Cost: $5
Other Resources:
- http://vimeo.com/2293947
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg86ObGlYGQ
- http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/eternal-gratitude/Content?oid=1327980
- http://blogs.wweek.com/music/2009/05/07/live-review-deelay-ceelay-wednesday-may-6-gallery-homeland/
- http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/eternal-gratitude/Content?oid=1327980

















