INTER-FAITH NOISE SYMPOSIUM

Noise artists and experimental musicians have long plundered mystical cosmologies and concepts of devotion for their music, from Eliane Radigue to John Cage to Alice Coltrane to Sunn O))), tonight we present three artists exploring that nexus from totally different angles: many gates to one city, to paraphrase Zen master Hakuin.

BERNARDO KERR
Lifelong member of the Baha'i faith, Bernardo Kerr produces 'electro-acoustic metal', manifesting as vast totalist soundscapes built from an algorithmically organised library of Alexandria. Celebrating tonight the release of a new tape made in collaboration with Bristol's own Dan Johnson (and recorded at the Cube last year), a prayer built out of glitched electronics, harsh growls, churning drones and double-bass pedal intensity.

MXLX

Diogenese of the Bristol noise scene, Matt Loveridge has built a chaotic cosmology of synchretic shamanism over dozens of albums, under numerous aliases via various means - ambient piano jazz, industrial kraut rock, proggy post-metal, synth-laden doom... It is difficult to predict which avatar he will be invoking this evening, but it will surely be gnosis-inducing: 'behold, a noise show'

CHARLIE MILES WITH BRISTOL SACRED HARP

Singing secular songs of Christian devotion, the the sacred harp is an egalitarian community group open to all who seek to sing and feel connected with roots dating back to the 17th century. Charlie Miles, zen gelfling usually seen scurrying around the Liquid Library orbit, will be live-dubbing and auxiliary droning the hymnal as it happens.

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