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"Prepare for a sucker-punch of kinetic electronics, body-rattling bass, incisive lyrical swagger and post-hardcore intensity as Hyperdub affiliate and experimental club legend aya returns to Avon for a live set. Plus hypnotic ambient-drone from Ans M and staggering avant-pop from Bruce. Huge FFO: Iceboy Violet, bela, Space Afrika."
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A gig held at Loco Klub on Thursday 29th May. The event starts at 19:30.
—-- -SNOG: —---- aya —---- bruce —------ ans m —-------
Our next SNOG is gonna be a special one… ft dark magick, tears in the club, and maybe a bit of a mosh, but bed before midnight ଘ(੭ • ̀ω•́ )੭✧
Welcoming experimental club maverick aya back to Briz for a live set in celebration of her MENTAL upcoming LP ‘hexed!’ (out March on Hyperdub), melding the sprawling bifurcations of soundsystem culture with delocalised internet muzack and post-hardcore lamentations. After the heavyweight rave revelry b2b with k means for SNOG in 2023 and playing at the huuge PTS show with DJ Ramon Sucesso show last year, we are so xcited to host her return to Avon.
Joining her in the dark tunnels underneath Temple Meads we have mercurial sonic shapeshifter and Bristol heavyweight Bruce, who may be debuting some new material from his striking, tender, avant-pop project, and we have Ans M back for another SNOG after her hevvvy, hypnotic + heady ambient-drone set at our show with FITNESSS last year (gagged)
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aya:
aya is a human musician from the Pennine region of the North Atlantic. Her work is primarily concerned with the transfigurative power of experience and memory on the physical body. Melding the sprawling bifurcations of soundsystem culture with delocalised internet scenes and post-hardcore lamentations, she casts stark sculptures in genre alloy.
Her work has been released with labels such Hyperdub, YCO (which she runs with BFTT), Tri Angle, Wisdom Teeth and Astral Plane recordings; not to mention her work as remix gun-for-hire. March 28, 2025 marks the release of her 'hexed!' LP on Hyperdub.
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Bruce:
A name renowned amongst dance music heads with releases on the likes of Timedance and Hessle Audio, the past few years have seen Bruce usher in a bold, vulnerable new chapter. One where the Bristol-based DJ and producer wears his heart on his sleeve, his voice sitting centre stage for the first time, and facing in a new direction of tenderly woven, avant-garde, delicately deconstructed pop. With captivating melodic narratives, the latest project showcases a raw vulnerability, intimacy and sensuality as his voice sits centre stage. For this show, Bruce brings us the latest evolution of his ever forward-facing creativity.
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Ans M:
Ans M is an artist and DJ whose work weaves between organic ambient soundscapes and distorted club mutations. She co-runs Scorpio Red alongside Kelman Duran. In her work, she crafts a sonic tapestry filled with flurries of granular noise, heady bass reverberations and fluttering percussion, offering up hypnotic soundscapes that are at once earthy and otherworldly.
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Sliding scale tickets as always and no one turned away for lack of funds <3
Entry requirements: no age restrictions
Our next SNOG is gonna be a special one… ft dark magick, tears in the club, and maybe a bit of a mosh, but bed before midnight ଘ(੭ • ̀ω•́ )੭✧
Welcoming experimental club maverick aya back to Briz for a live set in celebration of her MENTAL upcoming LP ‘hexed!’ (out March on Hyperdub), melding the sprawling bifurcations of soundsystem culture with delocalised internet muzack and post-hardcore lamentations. After the heavyweight rave revelry b2b with k means for SNOG in 2023 and playing at the huuge PTS show with DJ Ramon Sucesso show last year, we are so xcited to host her return to Avon.
Joining her in the dark tunnels underneath Temple Meads we have mercurial sonic shapeshifter and Bristol heavyweight Bruce, who may be debuting some new material from his striking, tender, avant-pop project, and we have Ans M back for another SNOG after her hevvvy, hypnotic + heady ambient-drone set at our show with FITNESSS last year (gagged)
ପ(๑ᴗ͈ˬᴗ͈)ଓ
—----
aya:
aya is a human musician from the Pennine region of the North Atlantic. Her work is primarily concerned with the transfigurative power of experience and memory on the physical body. Melding the sprawling bifurcations of soundsystem culture with delocalised internet scenes and post-hardcore lamentations, she casts stark sculptures in genre alloy.
Her work has been released with labels such Hyperdub, YCO (which she runs with BFTT), Tri Angle, Wisdom Teeth and Astral Plane recordings; not to mention her work as remix gun-for-hire. March 28, 2025 marks the release of her 'hexed!' LP on Hyperdub.
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Bruce:
A name renowned amongst dance music heads with releases on the likes of Timedance and Hessle Audio, the past few years have seen Bruce usher in a bold, vulnerable new chapter. One where the Bristol-based DJ and producer wears his heart on his sleeve, his voice sitting centre stage for the first time, and facing in a new direction of tenderly woven, avant-garde, delicately deconstructed pop. With captivating melodic narratives, the latest project showcases a raw vulnerability, intimacy and sensuality as his voice sits centre stage. For this show, Bruce brings us the latest evolution of his ever forward-facing creativity.
—-------
Ans M:
Ans M is an artist and DJ whose work weaves between organic ambient soundscapes and distorted club mutations. She co-runs Scorpio Red alongside Kelman Duran. In her work, she crafts a sonic tapestry filled with flurries of granular noise, heady bass reverberations and fluttering percussion, offering up hypnotic soundscapes that are at once earthy and otherworldly.
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Sliding scale tickets as always and no one turned away for lack of funds <3
Entry requirements: no age restrictions
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