MIFFF’d: Bitch n’ Monk w/ Bob Maybe, Sippy Cup & Vacuus Otiosus

The MIFFF’d opener…a not at all shy and retiring gateway into something like revolt.

BITCH N’ MONK is the twinning of Colombian rebel flutist Mauricio Velasierra and British anarchic soprano and guitarist Heidi Heidelberg. Bring together an unusual set of instruments; traditional Latin American flutes, unconventional vocals, electric guitar and bespoke electronics, they create a sound that is defiantly their own.

The essence of their collaboration is encapsulated in the name; dark and light, feminine and masculine, punk and Romantic, free-form and intricately composed. Exploring extremes and creating contrast is fundamental to their work and thus they tread upon the edges of genres.

Celebrated in the jazz and contemporary classical sphere and embrace by the DIY and underground music scenes they have played across the UK and Europe, at prestigious venues and festivals such the Royal Festival Hall (UK), La Cigale (FR), Bimhuis (NL), ParadoxTilburg (NL), Dunkers Kulturhus (SE), London Jazz Festival, Manchester Jazz Festival and Umea Jazz Festival. But they have also been found performing avant-garde film scores at communist Italian skateparts or among the thorn bushes in overgrown East London gardens.

BOB MAYBE seeks to penetrate the certain with a mixture of loops, poetry and intense soundscapes. Prescient and strange, an exciting new approach from Ten Mouth Electron front man.

SIPPY CUP never the same twice, Sippy Cup, the duo of Stuart Carlton and Kate Armitage are veteran noise artists, perpetually moved to conjure non-linear sonic arenas, using a variety of found objects. Improvisation is the name of the game.

VACUUS OTIOSUS Pulverising rock n’ roll with an experimental edge, let these Peer Hat irregulars open up the gate for the evening’s voyage into the unknown.

£5 OTD

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