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"Experimental electronic noise heads rejoice. FITNESSS’ Bristol debut gives us the gift of bone-rattling transcendence via raw, fractured abrasive noise. In support: Scorpio Red co-founder Ans M weaves fluttering cicada-filled ethereal dronescapes + ATC trio YOKEL x D.Ham x Franco Franco bring the livewire industrial-rap mischief. Huge FFO: Evicshen, Space Afrika, S280F, Kavari, clipping."
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A gig held at Strange Brew on Tuesday 26th March. The event starts at 19:00.
Join us for the first SNOG of 2024 ft. a triple bill of live fractured noise transcendence, granular-folklore incantations and livewire industrial goodness <3
FITNESSS: (strobe warning)
(i8i collective, Los Angeles)
FITNESSS emerges as a composite of wires and veins
coursing with the distilled rage and sorrow of a decimated Los Angeles
prosthetic electronics trigger angelic pulsations
flowing through nervous pathways to communicate
the primordial choreography of our Holy Ancestors
FFO: Arca, SOPHIE, Eartheater
YOKEL x D.Ham x Franco Franco presents: The Parable of the Empty Cup
(Music 2 Come, Bokeh Versions, ATC)
Do you have 5 minutes to talk about the Parable of the Empty Cup? Of course you do and this incendiary trio are here to deliver it you via an ungodly fusion of YOKEL’s mutated electro, EBM, footwork and hip-hop driven beats sparking against MCs D.Ham and Franco Franco's livewire stream of consciousness and hyper-stimulated freestyles for a maximum-charge session.
FFO: Deli Girls, EP/64, Death Grips
Ans M:
As well as co-running Scorpio Red records with Kelman Duran, artist and DJ Ans M weaves between organic ambient soundscapes and distorted club mutations. Drawing on the Chinese symbolism of the cicada as an emblem of rebirth and immortality, she crafts a sonic tapestry filled with flurries of granular noise and fluttering percussion, offering up hypnotic soundscapes that are at once earthy and otherworldly.
FFO: Ana Roxanne, Emily A. Sprague, Tristan Arp
Artwork by Sade Arellano/ex.icon
No one turned away for lack of funds - please get in contact if you need lower income ticket link.
This show is funded by Arts Council England.
Entry requirements: 14+, any under 18s accompanied by 21+ adult 1:1 ratio
FITNESSS: (strobe warning)
(i8i collective, Los Angeles)
FITNESSS emerges as a composite of wires and veins
coursing with the distilled rage and sorrow of a decimated Los Angeles
prosthetic electronics trigger angelic pulsations
flowing through nervous pathways to communicate
the primordial choreography of our Holy Ancestors
FFO: Arca, SOPHIE, Eartheater
YOKEL x D.Ham x Franco Franco presents: The Parable of the Empty Cup
(Music 2 Come, Bokeh Versions, ATC)
Do you have 5 minutes to talk about the Parable of the Empty Cup? Of course you do and this incendiary trio are here to deliver it you via an ungodly fusion of YOKEL’s mutated electro, EBM, footwork and hip-hop driven beats sparking against MCs D.Ham and Franco Franco's livewire stream of consciousness and hyper-stimulated freestyles for a maximum-charge session.
FFO: Deli Girls, EP/64, Death Grips
Ans M:
As well as co-running Scorpio Red records with Kelman Duran, artist and DJ Ans M weaves between organic ambient soundscapes and distorted club mutations. Drawing on the Chinese symbolism of the cicada as an emblem of rebirth and immortality, she crafts a sonic tapestry filled with flurries of granular noise and fluttering percussion, offering up hypnotic soundscapes that are at once earthy and otherworldly.
FFO: Ana Roxanne, Emily A. Sprague, Tristan Arp
Artwork by Sade Arellano/ex.icon
No one turned away for lack of funds - please get in contact if you need lower income ticket link.
This show is funded by Arts Council England.
Entry requirements: 14+, any under 18s accompanied by 21+ adult 1:1 ratio
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