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"Sell out warning! Shoegazers and dream-poppers must rub their eyes to check the reality of this lineup. We can confirm: Seefeel are back. A.R. Kane are back. Inextricably both are back at the same time, in the same place. We cannot confirm what portal will open and where it will lead, but you must dive in soulfirst."
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A gig held at Strange Brew on Friday 20th September. The event starts at 19:00.
We are incredibly excited to present two of the most important acts in late 80s & 90s UK dreampop, shoegaze & electronica on one bill (!)
SEEFEEL (Warp Records, Rephlex, Astralwerks) LIVE
A.R. KANE (4AD, One Little Indian) - LIVE
DJ BKV INDUSTRIAL (Bokeh Versions) - DJ
Do You Have Peace?, Music to Come & Strange Brew present Part 1 of a two-night special, featuring:
SEEFEEL: Formed in 1992 Seefeel’s revered output - for labels like Too Pure, as the first ‘guitar band’ signed to Warp and for Aphex Twin’s Rephlex imprint, along with founder-member Mark Clifford’s remix work for the Cocteau Twins - defined a whole new soundworld, traversing dubbed shoegaze, dark atmospherics and skeletal IDM. “Some of the absolute greatest music of the 1990s” (Simon Reynolds).
https://warp.net/editorial/from-rapture-to-rupt-the-journey-of-seefeel
A.R. KANE: A visionary and still undersung group, whose run of cult releases from ‘86-’94 has influenced countless artists since. The first of two shows over the weekend reimagines the ecstatic blueprints laid down on tracks like 1992’s ‘A Love from Outer Space’ (after which Andrew Wetherall named his long-running clubnight) and short-lived 4AD supergroup M|A|A|R|S’s ‘Anitina’. “A.R. Kane live are a revelation” (The Wire, 2023).
https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/ar-kane-interview-2023/
BKV INDUSTRIAL: Bokeh Versions boss and long-time NTS resident with a bag of no-world psych, swamp dub, forest noises, cyberphunk dembow and ritual industrial.
https://bokehversions.bandcamp.com
**Note this is Day 1 of a 2-day program**
Limited earlybird / Joint Friday + Saturday tickets available…
Saturday line up here: https://hdfst.uk/e112015
poster by Atelier Superplus
Entry requirements: no age restrictions
SEEFEEL (Warp Records, Rephlex, Astralwerks) LIVE
A.R. KANE (4AD, One Little Indian) - LIVE
DJ BKV INDUSTRIAL (Bokeh Versions) - DJ
Do You Have Peace?, Music to Come & Strange Brew present Part 1 of a two-night special, featuring:
SEEFEEL: Formed in 1992 Seefeel’s revered output - for labels like Too Pure, as the first ‘guitar band’ signed to Warp and for Aphex Twin’s Rephlex imprint, along with founder-member Mark Clifford’s remix work for the Cocteau Twins - defined a whole new soundworld, traversing dubbed shoegaze, dark atmospherics and skeletal IDM. “Some of the absolute greatest music of the 1990s” (Simon Reynolds).
https://warp.net/editorial/from-rapture-to-rupt-the-journey-of-seefeel
A.R. KANE: A visionary and still undersung group, whose run of cult releases from ‘86-’94 has influenced countless artists since. The first of two shows over the weekend reimagines the ecstatic blueprints laid down on tracks like 1992’s ‘A Love from Outer Space’ (after which Andrew Wetherall named his long-running clubnight) and short-lived 4AD supergroup M|A|A|R|S’s ‘Anitina’. “A.R. Kane live are a revelation” (The Wire, 2023).
https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/ar-kane-interview-2023/
BKV INDUSTRIAL: Bokeh Versions boss and long-time NTS resident with a bag of no-world psych, swamp dub, forest noises, cyberphunk dembow and ritual industrial.
https://bokehversions.bandcamp.com
**Note this is Day 1 of a 2-day program**
Limited earlybird / Joint Friday + Saturday tickets available…
Saturday line up here: https://hdfst.uk/e112015
poster by Atelier Superplus
Entry requirements: no age restrictions
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