Copal

Rakkasah Spring Caravan

hannah — Mon, 07 May 2012 04:19:49 +0000

Awesome weekend at Rakkasah Spring Caravan! We had such a lovely time performing with such beautiful amazing dancers. Sera Solstice, Rio, Lauren Robbiani, Aria, Surraya, Yame, Charo.. And we enjoyed bringing up special guest musicians Liron Peled (Raquy and the Cavemen) and Pete List (Beatbox Guitar). Thanks to Michelle for having us there again this year!

photo: RavenWolfe Photography

Happy Spring!

hannah — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:25:11 +0000

What? Spring already in March? I (Hannah) just returned from performing at SXSW in Austin, TX. The weather was actually warmer in NYC when I got back… strange times. What a fun festival. Hoping to bring Copal down next year! Winter–or spring as it were, is a great time for development–we are currently working on new music, a new stage show, new visuals, etc. Looking forward to some great shows this year, to be announced soon… WE HEART YOU!!

I [heart] my gypsy valentine.

hannah — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:08:29 +0000

Won’t you be our gypsy valentine? Saturday, Feb. 11, Copal cruises to Lower East Side’s Mehanata Bulgarian Bar to offer a gritty grungy high-intensity gypsy crossover dance party–par for the course from those orchestral debutantes in pinstripes and combat boots.. Also, featuring the darling dangerous dancer RIO!

[note: this party is also a sendoff for our fiercely badass bass player Lorenzo Wolff who is heading to Boston to be part of a major 2.5-month musical operation with the Lisps.]

Saturday, Feb. 11th
doors: 8:30p
Copal dance party featuring dansah RIO: 9p
tix: $10 at the door, 21+

@ Mehanata Bulgarian Bar
113 Ludlow Street (btw Delancey and Rivington) LES, NY

http://mehanata.com/
http://copalmusic.com/
http://www.riverraqs.com/

Vintage Vagabond Xmas Ball with Sxip Shirey MCing + This Way to the Egress!

hannah — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:13:37 +0000

where vintage meets vagabond in a curious pairing for the wayward adventurous folk. make merry and dance the night away with fabulous musical acts, be entertained by darling dangerous dancers, all with a vagabond steampunk flair.

::Wed. Dec. 14::

Vintage Vagabond Xmas Ball + Xmas Jewelry/Vintage Market

featuring:
orchestral vagabond debutants in pinstripes: COPAL
vaudeville musical transgressors: THIS WAY TO THE EGRESS
your host, a singular unexpected genius: MC SXIP SHIREY

dangerous damsels with flair: RIO + ALI LUMINESCENT

vendors:

Opulent Antiquity [Layna Roberts]
http://opulentantiquity.com/

vagabond characters…

••••

doors 8p, show 9p
$12/door, 21+

@ R Bar
218 Bowery (btw Prince and Spring)
Soho, NYC

Dorian’s Parlor Fall Masquerade, November 26th

hannah — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:45:02 +0000

Dorian’s Parlor, the world’s premier Steampunk Event, returns in glory on November 26!

Tickets on sale: http://doriansparlor.ticketleap.com/dorians-parlor-fall-masquerade-november-26th/

Featured Performers:
Copal: www.copalmusic.com
Fashion show by The Leather Lair: www.theleatherlair.com
Special appearance by The Cavalcade of Fancy Ladies
Release party for Steampunk, by Brute Force: http://www.bruteforceleather.com/
Special Fashion Show by Fume Noir
DJ for the night, DJ Kiltboy: www.djkiltboy.com
As always, your MC for the night, G.D. Falksen: www.gdfalksen.com

November 26th
http://www.doriansparlor.com/

Dress to the nines in Dandy, Steampunk, Neo-Victorian, Neo-Vintage, Black Tie, 18 Century, Victorian, ball gowns, and creative attire, and dance the night away.

This is an event worth the travel, as there will be nothing like it elsewhere. Dorian’s Parlor is located at the beautiful Doubletree Hotel in Philadelphia right on the corner of Broad and Locust St., 3 blocks south of City Hall. Easily accessible from the Broad Street line and Septa Bus 27 and 32, and a short walk from Suburban Station.

$25 gets you admission, a drink ticket, and Hors D’oeuvres.

Copal is hosting a Gypsy Punk Nite in Soho, NYC!!

hannah — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 03:18:08 +0000

Copal + Ashia and the Bison Rouge on TOUR!

hannah — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 22:08:36 +0000

We just finished a killer studio session at Seaside Lounge recording some new tracks. We turned up the heat, the viscosity, the loquacious strings to 11, the gritty, the down and dirty rhythms, and pulled a few new instruments out of the closet. New tracks out later this fall.

Stay tuned for that.

Also, we’re on tour next month with Ashia & the Bison Rouge (Ashia is the darling of Vagabond Opera and also a former Cirque du Soleil performer) bringing her mix of Eastern European Chamber Pop all the way from Portland, OR. There will be a few more shows tucked in there, but for reasons we can’t reveal, remain unannounced. Stay updated by keeping tabs on our tour calendar.

NYC has this to look forward to…

hannah — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 03:24:15 +0000

Copal is writing new music…

hannah — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 01:56:28 +0000

Yes, that’s right. We’re taking advantage of the hot summer months to explore new sonic territory, expand our creative horizons, and delve in deep on the writing front. And spend some time out of NYC… we’re all traveling a bunch too. Isabel is escaping the heat to dive into midwest and west coast waters, Hannah’s spending some time in breathtaking Iceland for a fresh air break, Lorenzo is headed down south for some western flair, Rob is teaching at a rock camp, Tripp might be traipsing about with multi-percussion in various city fronts–to be very cryptic and unspecific… In between all that, we’re buckling down the hatch and writing like mad (recording too!) Hence, we’re taking a slower pace on the performance front. We’re looking forward to sharing our new creations with you in the near future! (Shall we say Sat. August 20th with Fishtank Ensemble at Drom?!)

Darkwave Friday Night with Copal + Black Tape for a Blue Girl

hannah — Tue, 31 May 2011 18:00:36 +0000

For the best Friday night on the town ever, get your American darkwave, ethereal ambient and neo-classical experience with Black Tape for a Blue Girl, progenitors of the ethereal “darkwave” sound in the 90′s, and staking out new territory with their 10th studio album “10 Neurotics” featuring Brian Viglione of The Dresden Dolls, with more of a rock/dark cabaret sound. Expect sassy breaks and class with Copal, an orchestral world-steampunk band described as “artistically beautiful yet darkly tantalizing” (Maximum Ink). Jaggery, a Boston-based art-rock collective weaves harp, viola, piano, contrabass, and drum kit into a universe of its own, lead by Mali Sastri with one of the most beautiful voices in modern music. Closing the night is Walter Sickert & the Army of Broken Toys, Boston’s 2010 Live Artist of the Year nominee, and Deli Magazine’s pick as Best Indie band of 2010, this band is “wildly unusual and diverse in material and presentation” (Boston Survival Guide).

Friday, June 3 @ Littlefield (Gowanus, Brooklyn); 622 Degraw Street, btw. 3rd and 4th ave [near Atlantic Terminal] doors 8p, show 9p

advance tix: littlefieldnyc.com
$10/adv, $12/day of

click here for directions to Littlefield.

Jaggery 9p
Copal 10p
Black Tape for a Blue Girl 11p
Walter Sickert + the Army of Broken Toys 12a