South African guitar virtuoso Dan Patlansky has just released his first ever live EP. Titled simply 'Live 2018' the four track collection was made available digitally last Friday, November 9th. It was recorded at the Rockwood Theatre in Pretoria, SA and features tracks from his 2018 studio album, Perfection Kills.

Perfection Kills was the bluesman's ninth record, the follow up to 2016's acclaimed 'Introvertigo' and the first produced by Patlansky himself. It saw him follow a more song-focused direction while still incorporating plenty of the fiery, inventive guitar playing which made his name.

"Perfection Kills is all about my vision of making a record that still makes the song writing a priority as in the past, the final product delivers a far more real and organic result” said Patlansky. “To me it feels like a band playing live in the studio which isn’t far from the truth. As mentioned the songs are still the priority and always will be, but on this album they come across far closer to the way they will sound live.  This is the album I’ve wanted to make for a few years now. So all I wanted to do was get the sound and production in my head across to the listeners in a raw and charmingly rough way.”

Patlansky was nominated as one of Classic Rock magazine’s hotly tipped new artists of 2015. His album Dear Silence Thieves received accolades and praise from the British press. He’s been voted Most Promising Male Blues Artist by Blues & Soul Magazine and was also nominated as Best International Solo Artist at the Planet Rock Radio ‘Rocks’ Awards.

Order the new EP, or listen on various digital services, here: https://danpatlansky.lnk.to/LiveBootlegPR  

Watch the official video for Dan's single, Too Far Gone, here: https://youtu.be/rQJxmRbHdwU

The new release dovetails with his latest UK tour which is being presented in conjunction with Planet Rock and follows a sold-out run back in March 2018. The nine new dates kick off in Nottingham at the Rescue Rooms on November 21st and continue on until the 30th where Patlansky will round things off at The Tunnels in Bristol. Special guests on the tour will be Gorilla Riot - the five piece rock, roll and blues band from Manchester (http://gorillariotband.com/)

Here are all the dates:

Nottingham, Rescue Rooms - Wednesday 21 November

Norwich, The Waterfront - Thursday 22 November

Newbury, Arlington Arts Centre - Friday 23 November

Chester, The Live Rooms- Saturday 24 November

Bury, The Met - Sunday 25 November

Leeds, Brudenell Social Club - Tuesday 27 November

Bromsgrove, Artrix -Wednesday 28 November

London, O2 Academy Islington - Thursday 29 November

Bristol, The Tunnels - Friday 30 November

Tickets are available via www.thegigcartel.com

'Live 2018' Tracklist:

Johnny

Never Long Enough

Too Far Gone

Dog Day

For more info visit: https://danpatlansky.com/

Author: Cameron Arndt

Cameron Arndt is a musician and freelance writer from Glasgow, Scotland. He writes for his own music review website (www.rockandrolltraffic.com) and also contributes to Music Talkers.