Dutch

Tue., June 8, 8 p.m., $10, with Vespertina and DJ Stoupe, Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 215-291-4919, kungfunecktie.com.

by John Vettese

rock/pop

Kevin Baldwin has two strengths: making the booming, brooding beats of '90s U.K. electronic music relevant in the '10s, and staying busy. On Tuesday, the production half of long-standing PHL hip-hop duo Jedi Mind Tricks (you probably know him better as Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind) will showcase his recent side collaborations at Kung Fu Necktie. First, Vespertina — his piano-loops-and-turntable project — makes its public debut. We're intrigued, but more excited to see Dutch, Baldwin's ethereal duo with singer/songwriter Liz Fullerton, celebrating the release of its full-length debut A Bright Cold Day. Across a dozen-ish supple tracks, she plays Beth Gibbons to his DJ Andy Smith, but with a warmth and vibrancy missing from the gloomy doomy trip-hop era. Think of theirs as more of the Siobhan de Maré/Martin Virgo dynamic of Mono — positive pop with a sampledelic cinematic scope. Bonus: Stoupe will also staff the KFN DJ booth before, between and after his bands' sets. Seriously, he doesn't know how to rest.