IF YOU GO* What: KaiserCartel* When: 10 p.m. Tuesday* Where: JJ’s Bohemia, 231 M.L. King Blvd.* Admission: $5* Phone: 266-1400* Venue website: www.myspace.com/jjsbohemiaDISCOGRAPHY2008: “March Forth”2010: “Secret Transit”WHAT’S NEXTAfter performing live on a session at Daytrotter.com, KaiserCartel is considering making its next album even more stripped back and organically produced than the recently released “Secret Transit.” The hope is to “let it be as raw as it is live,” said singer/songwriter Courtney Kaiser.POP FACTIndie pop duo KaiserCartel recorded its last album, “Secret Transit,” in a church at Blackheath, London, a former burial ground for victims of the black plague. Local folklore said no excavation work could be done there for fear of reintroducing the disease, said singer/songwriter Courtney Kaiser.
Normally, when the forces of light and dark come together, it’s in an epic clash worthy of immortalizing in song and poem. For the indie/pop duo KaiserCartel, it was around a grill in a Brooklyn neighborhood.
That pivotal encounter over hamburgers proved that when it comes to songwriting, opposites sometimes make for a perfect fit, according to Courtney Kaiser and Ben Cartel.
“We played each other songs and really liked each other’s songwriting and different perspectives,” Kaiser said of their meeting as the two were en route from Albuquerque, N.M., to a gig in Denver.
“We’re both capable of writing really light, silly pop songs and also really dark and heavy songs, but I think our choice, separately, is that I’m the dark and moody person and Ben is the more light and easygoing guy.”