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SUMMARY:WATERFLOWER & GUESTS
DESCRIPTION:Waterflower is the experimental project of multi-faceted eco-futurist artist\, Sabīne Moore.\nUsing plants and mushrooms as instruments\, the Riga\, Latvia-based artist explores the world of the avant-garde and its borderless terrains\, taking electronic music to interesting dark places both in sound and subject.
URL:https://thepeerhat.co.uk/event/waterflower-guests/
LOCATION:The Peer Hat\, Faraday Street
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SUMMARY:STRANGE VEINS: A DAY & NIGHT OF HAUNTED PERMACULTURE & MUSIC
DESCRIPTION:STEVE NINER will be returning to The Peer Hat to participate in and encourage a movement towards initiation into the spiritual eco system of the city we live in. The day will comprise of a walk down from The Peer Hat\, along the strange vein that is the Rochdale Canal\, to certain sites that might best be seen with a whole new set of eyes. This will be followed by a talk and closed out with music.\nThe walk is limited to 30 people. If this seems intriguing to you\, please do not hesitate to book a spot. Attending the music part of the night can be done without taking part in the walk\, so if that’s what you fancy\, fear not. 30 Tickets will go on sale initially. These tickets will indicate your interest in that part of the happening.\n\nSteve is the driving force behind Moelyci\, his principal areas of work are environmental and cultural\, with a particular emphasis on exploring the roots of the Northern European peoples ancestral trauma and disconnection from the other than human world and the ongoing repercussions of that around the world. He possesses a deep love of what’s known as folk religion\, spirituality and magic from all around the world and it is in the long term study of that \, which informs his inspirational work.\n\nTHE MANIFESTATION GROUP Described as unique\, timeless and devastating\, The Manifestation Group explore the world of songs as living entities and the audience as lightning rod for the miraculous. Folky\, psychedelic\, DIY\, hauntological strangeness and beauty.\n\nELLA KAY is an electro acoustic composer and sound artist. Focusing on fixed media acousmatic works\, her work explore the intricacies of sound and humanity through a variety of auditory experiences.\n\nCHERMANSOG is an organism interested in exploring ties between the ancient and modern\, natural and synthetic. Shooting cloud-like tendrils from deep chthonic crusts into the highest celestial vistas\, Hadden Grainger and Adrian Steele fuse folk\, noise\, metal and experimental improvisation to form a wholly unique sonic beast.\n\nFirst appearing on the Manchester music scene in 2019\, ANYONE’S GHOST made a large impact with a delicate sound\, her solemn songs touching on themes of death\, romance\, mystery and murder. The solo project of local songwriter Wanda Roslyn\, Anyone’s Ghost was born from the influence of dark folk and indie rock\, encompassed in poetic lyricism and an affection for literature. Usually wielding an acoustic guitar and a multitude of effects pedals\, Wanda is able to capture attention from the get-go with haunting vocals\, melodic guitar work and a soundscape formed with intensity and emotion.
URL:https://thepeerhat.co.uk/event/strange-veins-a-day-night-of-haunted-permaculture-music/
LOCATION:The Peer Hat\, Faraday Street
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SUMMARY:PLATTENBAU: A Night Of Vinyl Vandalism
DESCRIPTION:We’ll provide records to be broken and then glued back together. and then play them in a dj-like two turntable setting. Not a show\, More like an open workshop. Plattenbau Kru will provide assistance with modifying records.\nParticipants may keep the vinyl creations they make.
URL:https://thepeerhat.co.uk/event/plattenbau-a-night-of-vinyl-vandalism/
LOCATION:The Peer Hat\, Faraday Street
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240523T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240523T223000
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SUMMARY:ATSUKO CHIBA with THE PEACE PIPERS & NEURAL DANCE
DESCRIPTION:Montreal’s ATSUKO CHIBA somehow crosses genre-defining borders with a cohesive and hypnotic blend of post-rock\, progressive rock\, and krautrock; weaving together a rich sonic tapestry that subverts through offbeat songwriting.\nAsymmetric\, yet seamless time signatures\, otherworldly synthetic frequencies\, patented harmonies\, raga-inspired melodies\, cryptic lyrics\, and orchestral arrangements co-exist delightfully.\nTHE PEACE PIPERS remain one of Manchester’s jealousy guarded\, best kept secrets. Virtuoso musicianship\, is married to an earthen psychedelia that owes as much to The Incredible String Band as it does latter day Julian Cope. Comparisons do not do a band as good as the Pipers justice. Fundamentally\, they rock.\nNEURAL DANCE have been honing a bruising\, cerebral brand of electro rock for a couple of years now. Angular\, yet also reminiscent of Tangerine Dream in their more fuzzed out moments. A band to watch closely as they turn more and more heads
URL:https://thepeerhat.co.uk/event/atsuko-chiba-with-the-peace-pipers-neural-dance/
LOCATION:The Peer Hat\, Faraday Street
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SUMMARY:Sam Carter
DESCRIPTION:Sam Carter returns with a tour of intimate venues\, previewing material from his fifth studio\nalbum\, which is due for release in 2024.\nOver the course of his fifteen-year career\, Sam has earned a reputation for vivid\, narrative-\ndriven songwriting ‘as penetrating as Richard Thompson’s best work’ (Uncut). A highly\nregarded instrumentalist to boot\, Sam is renowned by many as “the finest English-style\nfingerpicking guitarist of his generation” (Jon Boden) and has been described as having a\n‘killer voice’ by Ivor Novello- winning musician Nitin Sawhney.\nHis impressive back catalogue and captivating live shows attest to his ability to bring\ntogether a diverse set of influences from English folk song and American shapenote\nsinging through to hard rock. Sam has made appearances on national TV\, won a BBC Folk\nAward\, and has toured the world\, sharing stages with some of folk’s leading lights\,\nincluding Richard Thompson\, Eliza Carthy\, Martin Simpson and Nancy Kerr. \n  \nTICKETS https://www.eventim-light.com/uk/a/64cbc1894c68975d31f8bc69/e/65bbd25b6599f72740f12c92?lang=en
URL:https://thepeerhat.co.uk/event/sam-carter/
LOCATION:The Peer Hat\, Faraday Street
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SUMMARY:AAANNNDDDHHHIII//WOMAN'S TOUCH//JUDDERMAN
DESCRIPTION:AAAAHHHNNNDDDIII\, is a highly energetic genderqueer non-binary organism revealing themselves in a multimedia show full of energising hard electronic dance hymns.\nTheir performances consist of noisy and rhythmically versatile beats\, that guide their widely ranged voice to wander from fast cheeky rapping to voluminous uplifting singing. Their unique mix of German and English language playfully celebrates self-empowerment\, queer identities and radical friendslove. Animated lyrical visuals let you dive into the encouraging message\, inviting all to join and connect in karaoke-like singalong ecstasies.\n\nWOMAN’S TOUCH Unpredictable\, original\, and never boring. That’s Woman’s Touch. In her own words: “I want to tell you this story because you cared beyond the algorithm\, and I wanted to invite you into my brain so that you can connect the dots beyond the songs. I want to explain that this album focuses on failure\, loss of\nidentity\, establishing a new identity\, rebelling against the status quo\, attempting to preserve originality\, and loving one man a lot.”\n\nFinally\, shimmering spheres of sound from Manchester based electronic/indie three piece JUDDERMAN. Energetic\, melancholic\, euphoric – all in a heartbeat.
URL:https://thepeerhat.co.uk/event/aaannndddhhhiii-womans-touch-judderman/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240426T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240426T233000
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SUMMARY:Milhouse
DESCRIPTION:Following on from their recent sell out in Liverpool\, indie rockers Milhouse return to the Peer Hat on Friday April 26th\, looking to premier some new tunes alongside their established material. Support comes from Warrington outfit\, Misinformed.
URL:https://thepeerhat.co.uk/event/milhouse/
LOCATION:The Peer Hat\, Faraday Street
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SUMMARY:GURGLES//CAMO WIZARD//FUNERALCARE
DESCRIPTION:SKYMOUTH SAYS: “BELEIVE THAT THIS WILL BE A NIGHT OF THE VERY FINEST MUSIC! DO WE NEED INFORMATION? CAN ANY INFORMATION TRULY ENCOMPASS THE MIRACLE OF SOUND? SKYMOUTH THINKS NOT! TIME FOR A JOKE: WHAT THORNY BUSH LIKES TO WRITE ABOUT VAMPIRES? BRAMBLES STOKER! (BRAM STOKER)”\n\nINFO FORTHCOMING
URL:https://thepeerhat.co.uk/event/gurgles-camo-wizard-funeralcare/
LOCATION:The Peer Hat\, Faraday Street
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SUMMARY:CHARLIE AND THE OSCILLATOR L.I.V.E @ The Peer Hat
DESCRIPTION:Get ready for an ELECTRO-PSYCHEDELIC TRIP. . \nCHARLIE AND THE OSCILLATOR L.I.V.E @ The Peer Hat ???? \n⁘ ⁙ ⁚ Sat MARCH 2nd \n⁘ ⁙ ⁚ ⁛ Doors 7.30pm \n⁘ ⁙ ⁚ ⁛⁛ £5 tkts \n⁘ ⁙⁘ ⁚ ⁛⁛ ✦ 8.15pm FACTORY ACTS ! \n⁘ ⁙⁘ ⁙ ⁚ ⁚⁛⁛ ✦ 9.00pm MONDAY MOONCHILD ! \n⁘ ⁙⁘ ⁙ ⁘ ⁙ ⁚ ⁛⁛✦ 9.45pm CHARLIE AND THE OSCILLATOR ! \n– – – – – \n✦✧ C H A R L I E. &. T H E . O S C I L L A T O R ✧✦ \nA London trio that fuse breakbeats\, synths and samples to create eccentric alternative electro-psychedelic punk ! \nTheir back catalogue is a psychedelic force of nature\, 2 EPs and 2 LPs bursting with energy\, confidence\, and a colour-tinged buzz! \nTheir new 5 track EP arrives lands in FEB\, and they hit the road in 2024. \n✦✧ M O N D A Y M O O N C H I L D ! ✧✦ \nA shiny psychedelic brand of neo-synth-pop\, with an indie glow and a sound created out of 80s drum machines\, warbling synths\, and honey-coated bass. Been described as an electronic romp ! \n✦✧ F A C T O R Y A C T S! ✧✦ \nSalford based post-punk\, this dark-electronic and twisted two piece exist right at the edge of the analogue-digital divide\, as pure as the devils snow… sometimes dreaming\, sometimes alive. Always on the edge. \nwww.instagram.com/candtheo \nwww.instagram.com/mondaymoonchildmusic \nwww.instagram.com/factoryacts
URL:https://thepeerhat.co.uk/event/charlie-and-the-oscillator-l-i-v-e-the-peer-hat/
LOCATION:The Peer Hat\, 14-16 Faraday Street\, Manchester\, M1 1BE\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240227T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240227T233000
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SUMMARY:LUSSURIA WITH BIRCHALL/McCLEAN & FUTURES WE LOST
DESCRIPTION:LUSSURIA is an ambient industrial project formed in the spring of 2007 by Jim Mroz. Heavily inspired by early dark ambient and industrial music\, Lussuria’s atmosphere is created through a combination of sound collage\, sampled loops and deconstructed musical sections. The result has been described as chilling\, even troubling. Like listening to a feeling just out of reach.\nThrough several acclaimed releases and performances stateside and abroad\, the project has been referred to as one of the leading voices of modern ambient industrial\nBIRCHALL/McCLEAN combines the talents of two of Manchester’s most daring experimental musicians. Expect a foray into realms of darkness and shadow\, jazzy and disintegrating; where sound becomes a menacing presence\, just behind one’s shoulder.\nFUTURES WE LOST is the dark post-industrial\, cinematic techno soundscape of electronic artist and producer Doug Gordon. Rising from the ashes of 2020’s grief and inspired by the artist’s ancestral roots under the crumbling mills and industrial scars of the northern English landscape; the self-titled upcoming debut album explores these post-industrial graveyards and dystopian future visions through the lens of our present day neo technological horrors. Sometimes a brutalist techno monolith to this mechanised slavery nightmare\, sometimes a dark ambient soundtrack to the distortion and living death of our dreams. A sonic memorial to all those futures we lost…
URL:https://thepeerhat.co.uk/event/lussuria-with-birchall-mcclean/
LOCATION:The Peer Hat\, Faraday Street
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SUMMARY:THEE ALCOHOLICS WITH BONES SHAKE & COLD COMFORT
DESCRIPTION:SKYMOUTH SAYS: “People say good things about THEE ALCOHOLICS. See!?”\nRhys Llewellyn\, drums from Hey Colossus\, is the mastermind\, you can hear that rhythmic swing. Makes you want to be at a basement show\, 50 people\, dark as hell\, hot as hell\, loud as hell. Makes you want to dance.\n“Kind of like if Neu had been influenced by John Carpenter and Todd. Just a beautiful scuzzy hypnotic dirty racket. Reveals more with each listen.”\nBONES SHAKE\nSKYMOUTH SAYS “Everybody in Manchester knows the legend of the man in black\, the man with long hair and the twins of evil”\nA scuzzed fuzzed blues. They play everything into the red; violent bottle neck blues riffs\, drums kicked\, pounded… plus squeals of reverb drenched vocals. All combine to help save your soul.\nCOLD COMFORT\nSKYMOUTH SAYS “One man in Northwich!”\nBlends punk\, electro\, drone\, metal\, hardcore and slacker rock into one big melting pot. Lyrically drawing from mental health episodes\, political frustrations and paranormal experiences.\n\n£7/£9 OTD
URL:https://thepeerhat.co.uk/event/thee-alcoholics-with-bones-shake-cold-comfort/
LOCATION:The Peer Hat\, Faraday Street
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SUMMARY:Manchester Folk Horror Festival VI
DESCRIPTION:The Sixth Annual Manchester Folk Horror Festival\, continues our steady\, controlled (?) descent into the labyrinth. In a time when radical or so called ‘insane’ ideas must be considered and re/discovered (with the stakes being nothing less than the survival of life upon Earth)\, the Manchester Folk Horror Festival cannot be a celebration of images and meanings fetishised by academics and pop culture addicts. It must be a process\, or praxis. We are severed from the earth and from a deeper truth that extends beyond the merely mechanical. And coming back into that relationship\, is a terrifying experience. \nContained in this occurrence of the Festival\, is a reaching for something like magic in action. Terrifying? Yes. Fun? Also yes. And hopefully\, dare we say\, a very Mancunian occurrence. \nAs usual\, we’ve stirred up a series of adjectives and nouns to form something approaching a theme. This year\, it’s ‘True Hallucinations & The Myth Of History’\, almost referencing Terence McKenna and almost referencing Hauntology. (Whaddya think we are\, professionals?) We put forward the idea that multiple realities sit upon one and with one another\, all true simultaneously\, requiring only a shift in perspective to enter places at once\, utterly new and utterly familiar. Not a multiverse conceived to even out the books\, but a wider\, more impossible world\, wherein miracles are a matter of relation. What indeed\, is the city to the bee? \nHistory and the unreachable now\, remain ghostly images\, memories or stories which conjure images. An increasingly devastated British landscape of bound hills; smog horizoned cityscapes; landfills; quarries encroaching upon the sacred; skeletal pylons and incongruous wind turbines\, leads us to a kind of spiritual desolation. And yet\, in spite of this ravaging\, an opportunity is presented\, for as this process continues unabated\, we de-couple from the image of things as we have come to know them. The careful illusion of time and place is shattered and new histories and new liminal realities begin to emerge. Our relationship changes and we become like new born exotic moths\, native to a fractal apocalypse. Can we come to terms with our responsibility and our capability to imagine and indeed\, be imagined? \nFEATURING \nANGELINE MORRISON- Angeline Morrison is a singer\, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter who explores traditional song with a deep love\, respect and curiosity. Angeline mostly makes music\nin the genres of wyrd folk and psych folk\, her work infused with elements of soul music\, literature\, ‘60s beat pop sounds\, folklore\, myth and the supernatural. \nWith a feral approach\, a handmade sonic aesthetic and a belief in the importance of tenderness\, Angeline’s original compositions and re-stitchings of traditional songs focus on storytelling and the small things that often go unnoticed. Sounds like solitude\, memory\, nostalgia\, a rainy walk amongst trees… \nIn July 2022\, Angeline was announced as the fourth winner of the prestigious Christian Raphael Prize at Cambridge Folk Festival\, which generously supports the development of emerging talent in the folk genre. In December 2022 The Sorrow Songs: Folk Songs of Black British Experience was voted No 1 Folk album of the year in The Guardian. \nYou can also hear Angeline as part of alt-folk duo We Are Muffy with Nick Duffy (of The Lilac Time)\, and psych-folk duo Rowan : Morrison with The Rowan Amber Mill. \nThe Sorrow Songs: Folk Songs of Black British Experience (released October 2022\, Topic Records) is a work of re-storying. The historic Black presence in the UK dates back to at least Roman times\, yet is often hidden\, forgotten or unacknowledged. The populations of enslaved African people and their descendants in the USA have their bodies of folk song\, which are vitally important for containing histories\, expressing feelings\, giving voice and claiming presence… but the Black ancestors of the UK have no equivalent body of song. The Sorrow Songs begins to address this. It is a gift to the forgotten Black ancestors of these islands\, and to the folk community here today. The album uses history and imagination to tell stories of UK Black ancestors in the sonic style of UK traditional and folk music. \nSHE THE THRONE- She The Throne is a profound mediation between noise and music\, soundscape and soundtrack\, and abrasion and sublimity\, imbuing meaning in each\, absent from either alone. Immersive\, compelling\, disjointed and in harmony\, they present one of Manchester’s finest portals into the other – a place of dreadful immanence and beauty. \n  \n  \nBURD ELLEN is a project featuring Debbie Armour (Alasdair Roberts\, Green Ribbons) and Gayle Brogan (Pefkin\, Electroscope). The group uses traditional song to explore and evoke dark landscapes and deep stories. Innovative instrumentation\, drone and sound-wash support detailed vocal work to create a unique sonic atmosphere. \nA Tarot Of The Green Wood is their third studio album\, released Oct 2022. Debbie Armour says “I’m a long time collector and lover of tarot\, and I’ve recently become drawn to the idea of finding parallels between interpretation of traditional song and the art of divination. Gayle and I have brought together a new collection of songs that reflect the ideas\, archetypes and imagery of the Major Arcana.” Developed on residency at Sage Gateshead\, the album also features guest appearances from Irish piper Ian Lynch (Fire Draw Near\, Lankum) and Newcastle-based composer Mark Wardlaw (Kenosist\, The Old Police House) \nA Tarot Of The Green Wood entered the Official UK Folk Album charts at number 17. It was number 5 in The Guardian’s Best Folk Albums 2022\, and also made Best of Year lists from Folk Radio UK\, Concrete Islands\, Record Crates United and more. Songlines magazine gave it a coveted Top Of The World spot and the singles received regular plays on BBC6 Music\, BBC Radio3 and BBC Radio Scotland. \nBurd Ellen have appeared at Cambridge Folk Festival\, Celtic Connections\, Fanø Free Folk Festival\, Cafe Oto\, The Glad Cafe and many other stages in the UK and Europe. They are carving out a sonically adventurous niche\, but one that is informed by a deep love and respect for traditional song.\n​\n“The most innovative duo in folk” – Folk Radio UK. (Best Albums of 2020 & 2022)\n“Magnificent” – 8/10\, Uncut Magazine\n“One of the finest folk explorers” – The Wire Magazine\n“Wonderful!” – Cerys Matthews\, BBC Radio 6 Music\n“Dripping with strangeness and unease” – The Guardian (Top 10 Folk Albums 2020 & 2022) \n  \nWOODEN TAPES-In May 2023\, musician and writer\, Tim Maycox’s Wooden Tape project delivered the album ‘Music From Another Place’ … a timeless collection of music that recalls pastoral lands\, summer months and folk rituals.\nHaving played in various bands\, supporting acts such as Teeth of the Sea and Mainliner and playing Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia\, Tim has recently turned his attention to writing a set of pieces based on his memories of children’s television themes coupled with flashes of acid folk and classic OST music of the 1970’s & 80’s. Sonically the album is awash with picked acoustic guitars\, percussive adornments\, warm synth pads and organ. The titles themselves\, suggest lost soundtracks or memories of forgotten TV themes. \nFUTURES WE LOST is the dark post-industrial\, cinematic techno soundscape of electronic artist and producer Doug Gordon. Rising from the ashes of 2020’s grief and inspired by the artist’s ancestral roots under the crumbling mills and industrial scars of the northern English landscape; the self-titled upcoming debut album explores these post-industrial graveyards and dystopian future visions through the lens of our present day neo technological horrors. Sometimes a brutalist techno monolith to this mechanised slavery nightmare\, sometimes a dark ambient soundtrack to the distortion and living death of our dreams. A sonic memorial to all those futures we lost… \nTHE MANIFESTATION GROUP- Described as unique\, timeless and devastating\, The Manifestation Group explore the world of songs as living entities and the audience as lightning rod for the miraculaous. Folky\, psychedelic\, DIY\, hauntological strangeness and beauty. \n  \nBACK OF THE BRAIN-These proto-primordial sonic adventurers made a big impact on the people in attendance at their first gig last October. Drawing upon the artistic talents of some of the most talented and idiosyncratic artists in Manchester\, a genuine sense of the evocation of the unknown is palpably present. \n  \nSTEVE NINER Driving force behind Moelyci\, his principal areas of work are environmental and cultural\,with a particular emphasis on exploring the roots of the Northern European peoples ancestral trauma and disconnection from the other than human world and the ongoing repercussions of that around the world. He possesses a deep love of what’s known as folk religion\, spirituality and magic from all around the world and it is in the long term study of that \, which informs his inspirational work. \nMAYA BRAKNELL-WATSON is an interdisciplinary artist\, poet and researcher. \nHer work over the past 8 years has been informed by her shamanic studies\, work with the Wixarika (Huichol) and Mazatec tribes in Mexico\, and her work as a psychedelic parapsychology researcher in the study of N\,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT)\, entity encounters\, and ‘other worlds’ with Dr David Luke at Greenwich University. \nShe has performed and exhibited at Breaking Convention and the Tate Britain\, and is the host of Psychedelicacies\, an online lecture series. She is currently working with Second Sight Healing\, a neoshamanic organisation dedicated to the rediscovery of the animistic traditions of our land here in the UK\, and is a lecturer on the Semantrix Sessions\, a course on the intersection between Language and Psychedelics. \nWalking between the worlds of the arts\, science and the occult\, she combines media and investigative techniques from each to inform and articulate one another in the investigation of ontology\, consciousness and altered states\, interconnectivity\, the human condition and its relation to the environment\, otherness and mortality. \nShe describes her practise and research as contemporary Memento Mori (‘remember you will die’)\, and explores what that means in a\ntime of mass ecocide\, destruction and extinction. \nADRIAN REYNOLDS is a writer\, film maker\, tarot deck designer\, artist and life coach\, whose current Untraditional Stories project\, is finding increasing traction in an increasingly fracture world. These are tales for today\, shaped by myth\, pop culture\, planet and place. \n  \n‘AVANT TERROR presents: Häxan and the Horror of the Witch Hunts’ Ana K Miller \nIn Ana’s own words “An audiovisual exploration. Avant-terror presents a sound collage of music\, film\, fairytales and plays where witches and pagans are represented as evil/ depraved. Over the top I play music/film clips/soundtracks/plays that reveal the violence of the witch hunts. Towards the end\, I weave in musical explorations of modern forms of violence against women\, situating the witch-hunts within a wider history. This is played as a soundtrack to large parts of Benjamin Christenson’s classic film Häxan\, which I have collaged together to fit the music” \nMORE FILMS BY \nSian Williams\nHarri Shanahan & Anne Louise Kershaw\nAlena Lake\nWhitney Bluzma \nALSO: \nScary tales- Interactive Red Riding Hood With Pied Piper – Traë England-Shortt \nStage: \nSam Collinge\nAlice Godliman\nRosie Logosi\nJess Coulson\nPerformances by scary tales folk
URL:https://thepeerhat.co.uk/event/manchester-folk-horror-festival-vi/
LOCATION:The Peer Hat\, Faraday Street
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SUMMARY:GODSTICKS
DESCRIPTION:It’s been a long and eventful road for Godsticks since emerging onto the scene with their eponymously titled EP in 2009 showcasing the band’s then progressive-rock leanings. Since then\, subsequent albums became progressively heavier and received further critical acclaim\, culminating in the ‘genre redefining’ prog metal masterpiece that was ‘Emergence’\, which ultimately led to them being signed to Kscope. Having extensively toured Europe since 2012\, in the last few years the band have finally gained recognition as the explosive\, high energy live act they’d always threatened to become. Drummer Tom Price and guitarist Gavin Bushell bring an accomplished and aggressive playing style to back up Darran Charles’ unique vocal sound and Dan Nelson’s driving bass. Godsticks released their sixth studio album in May 2023 on Kscope\, titled “This Is What A Winner Looks Like”. \nTheir fifth studio album ‘Inescapable’ – was released via Kscope in February 2020\, featuring in the top 20 of many end-of-year music journalist lists. The band embarked on a UK tour in 2021 followed by countless blistering festival appearances in 2022 including Tech Fest and Prog Power.
URL:https://thepeerhat.co.uk/event/godsticks/
LOCATION:The Peer Hat\, Faraday Street
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240124T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240124T233000
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SUMMARY:Mary Ocher with Industries & GC Holmes
DESCRIPTION:Born in the wake of George Orwell’s dystopian masterpiece\, 1984\, in the capital of the world’s largest country\, upon which the novel was modelled\, Mary Ocher emerges as a powerhouse artist of Jewish/Ukrainian heritage. At the tender age of 4\, fate brought her to Tel Aviv during the turbulent Gulf War\, where she absorbed the raw currents of xenophobia and nationalism\, leaving a distinct mark on her creative output – a persistent pursuit of challenging authority and deconstructing the myth of nationhood.\nAt the age of 20\, Mary commenced a transformative odyssey in the adopted city of Berlin\, a city known for its cultural crucible and its welcoming of outsiders from all walks of life.\nShortly after she embarked on a whirlwind global tour\, gracing stages in 40 countries\, leaving audiences spellbound with her genre-defying soundscapes. Collaborating with luminaries like H.J. Irmler of Krautrock pioneers Faust\, Canadian psych-guru King Khan\, avant garde-legends Die Tödliche Doris\, Julia Kent and Felix Kubin\, Barry Burns (Mogwai)\, Red Axes\, composer Roberto Cacciapaglia\, Chicks on Speed and more\, Mary’s sonic universe knows no bounds.\nWith a repertoire ranging from traditional folk to raw ’60s garage\, from ambient soundscapes with ethereal vocals to experimental pop infused with African and South American rhythms\, Mary Ocher orchestrates a sonic tapestry like no other.\nOver the past decade\, she’s unleashed five studio albums on six labels\, along with a double anthology of raw home recordings\, two captivating EPs\, and two spellbinding collections of remixes. Each new release is a testament to her fearless exploration of musical frontiers.\nBut Mary Ocher is more than just a sonic explorer; she’s a force of nature in a world grappling with authoritarianism\, future technology\, and politics. Her relentless dedication to creating passionate\, uncompromising art serves as a rallying cry for those who yearn to push against the current\, challenging the status quo with every note and lyric.\nIn the face of a global pandemic\, Mary’s artistic spirit remained indomitable. She was personally invited by the visionary Animal Collective to grace the stage at the esteemed Le Guess Who? Festival.\nAmidst it all\, she released an autobiographical comic book\, a Ukraine charity EP dedicated to rebuilding shattered homes\, curated a three-day festival\, and compiled an album in support of girls’ education in Afghanistan featuring artists Gudrun Gut\, Xiu Xiu\, Ana da Silva and others.\nAs we step into the future\, Mary Ocher stands at the forefront of a sonic revolution\, with three exhilarating releases poised to redefine the musical landscape in 2023-2024.\nHer work remains as enchanting as it is polarizing\, sparking conversations on authority\, identity\, and conflict. In a world yearning for change\, Mary Ocher is the artist we’ve been waiting for – a fearless trailblazer in sound\, a fierce challenger of authority\, and an unapologetic visionary pushing the boundaries of music and meaning.\n\nINDUSTRIES is an electronic music project by Markus Hetheier. His music explores and subverts musical structures and ranges from field recordings\, distorted sounds to harmonic melodies and large beats. @industriesmcr www\,industriesmcr.bandcamp.com\n\nGC HOLMES is an artist that has quietly constructed a veritable labyrinth of strange ‘almost pop’ ‘almost chamber music’ that will swiftly encourage you to become lost in its puzzling immensity. A new Peer Hat favourite.
URL:https://thepeerhat.co.uk/event/mary-ocher-with-gc-holmes/
LOCATION:The Peer Hat\, Faraday Street
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SUMMARY:Kulta
DESCRIPTION:KultaSets is your go-to TUESDAY NIGHT DNB MASH-UP. Boasting STUDENT DISCOUNTS and unbeatable GROOVY DRUM N BASS VIBES. Get your LTD TICKETS now!
URL:https://thepeerhat.co.uk/event/kulta/
LOCATION:The Peer Hat\, 14-16 Faraday Street\, Manchester\, M1 1BE\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231212T193000
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SUMMARY:Pakkyōne with Quick Drop & Slags In Tapestry
DESCRIPTION:PAKKYŌNE is a puppet dressed with tattered clothing\, safety pins and rags found in a small abandoned farmhouse. \nFrom a hollow tree he carved a perforated zither and assembled bizarre knick-knacks by beating stone\, copper and molten lead. \nBuilt without face and eyes\, it sometimes borrows masks of various shapes in order to observe the world and avoid tripping. \nhttps://www.youtube.com/@pakkyone6758 \nQUICK DROP comes by the way of the mercurial Gary Fisher\, and is a foray into industrial loop hell. \nSLAGS IN TAPESTRY Peer Hat favourites\, unite once more to trouble one’s sonic foundations.
URL:https://thepeerhat.co.uk/event/pakkyone-with-quick-drop-slags-in-tapestry/
LOCATION:The Peer Hat\, 14-16 Faraday Street\, Manchester\, M1 1BE\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231207T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231207T233000
DTSTAMP:20231023T121339Z
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SUMMARY:Rob Clewer & Band
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URL:https://thepeerhat.co.uk/event/rob-clewer-band/
LOCATION:The Peer Hat\, Faraday Street
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231129T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231129T233000
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SUMMARY:ALGIS FEDIAJEVAS with GC HOLMES & TALLULAH GUARD
DESCRIPTION:Lithuanian ALGIS FEDIAJEVAS embodies the philosophy of what it means to be a free spirit. By exploring human kindness through hitchhiking and busking\, he is inspired to write songs which question the reason while we are all here but without any sense of arrogance or self-righteousness to believe that he has the answers to these questions. Inner thoughts and questions in his own native Lithuanian language\, pose no barrier\, with a music that is deep\, primal and intrinsic. Vital.\n\nGC HOLMES began performing at open mics in Manchester in 2009 with a totally raw combination of primitive acoustic guitar and screamed poetry. He then formed his first band ‘The Genitals’ who played a handful of gigs in 2011. The Genitals disbanded and Holmes continued solo\, releasing an EP of 5 original songs entitled ‘Scarshark’ in 2014. After Scarshark Holmes started work on his debut full length album ‘Ultralove’\, it was recorded mostly live with his band at the influential EVE Studios\, and was finally released in 2019. Ultralove was endorsed by Manchester institution Piccadilly Records who agreed to stock the album in CD format and reviewed the album favourably\, with the words: “Woozy\, reverbed majesty”\, “Shimmering\, wide-ranging cinematic impact”\, & finally\, simply: “Lovely stuff all round”. Ultralove was variously compared to Bowie\, Richard Hawley\, Lift To Experience & The War on Drugs. After the release of Ultralove Holmes went back into the studio in early 2020 to start work on his second album entitled ‘Hearing’\, the work on which is still ongoing but with a tentative release date of late 2023/ early 2024. The sound of Hearing is the natural departure of an artist seeking new methods to produce work\, a deeper and more meditative sound\, a spiritual reflection of Holmes’ burgeoning interest in yoga & meditation. GC Holmes lives and waits tables in the centre of Manchester\, England.\nTALLULAH GUARD is a singer songwriter capable of plumbing raw and passionate depths. Covering a range of topics\, Tallulah is really starting to find theirfeet on the Manchester scene. Check them out as they open for us tonight
URL:https://thepeerhat.co.uk/event/algis-fediajevas-with-gc-holmes-tallulah-guard/
LOCATION:The Peer Hat\, Faraday Street
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SUMMARY:Manu Louis with Indian Pale Male & Chermansog
DESCRIPTION:It’s hard to find a profile like Manu Louis in music…. \nBelgium born\, now Berlin based\, he studied composition with legendary composer Fréderic Rzewski\, electronic music on the internet\, and dancing during his concerts. \nA Passionate singer\, and knob agitator\, he also plays the guitar in his own unique punk jazz way… \nEqually at home working with electronic dance\, classical or jazz musicians\, Manu has performed his stuff from completely acoustic solo up to 200 wind players and everything in between. \nIn his music (fortunately\, as is the case today for many young musicians) style doesn’t exist. He mixes things that cross his path\, and creates new adventures of provocative and decontextualized juxtapositions. His general blueprint remains the same throughout\, but the ingredients he uses vary; from dissident chanson française\, genial dilettante\, avant-garde composers\, new beat\, old hits\, art-pop & hard bop. \nUnder his name\, Manu has released three LP’s and several 7’’ on Igloo Records\, Le Pacifique records and New Pangea. Recent years saw him perform his electronic solo shows more than 500 times in Europe and Asia (including: Bimhuis [Amsterdam]\, Fusion Festival [Lärz]\, Tremor Fest [Acores]\, La Casa Encendida [Madrid]\, PopKultur [Berlin]\, Tsutavo o Nest [Tokyo]\, DDC [Beijing] and Contrapop [Ramsgate]). Travelling with a village of electronic instruments\, and video projections from pop stars to animals\, he delivers passionate performances that switch gear into impromptu discotheque. \nRecently\, Manu has collaborated with Front de Cadeaux\, Héctor Arnau\, Ilan Manouach\, Systaime\, Escif\, Dawanggang and Carl Roossens. \nWith Sylvain Chauveau\, he co-founded Zero Carbon Records (an impossible label converted into ‘no oil/no electricity’ tours). With Mary Ocher\, he has co-curated the Underground Institute Festival (Berlin). And with Adrien Lambinet\, he co-directed ‘Music for Trees’\, a tribute to Garrett List. \nManu also gives workshops\, lectures\, makes DJ sets\, and has done mixes for Kiosk Radio\, Hotel Radio Paris\, Gonzai\, Noods\, Jolt Radio and Reboot FM.
URL:https://thepeerhat.co.uk/event/manu-louis-with-indian-pale-male-chermansog/
LOCATION:The Peer Hat\, Faraday Street
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SUMMARY:Power Out
DESCRIPTION:Sarah Heneghan Presents: Power Out \nBrought to you by Sheffield-based drummer Sarah Heneghan\, Power Out is a performative mish-mash of live drums\, electronics\, and lights to create a whirling atmosphere of beats; some dancey\, others immersive. The set brings a narrative of pumping dance music contrasted with improvised live drumming. This is coupled with bespoke lighting to create a show that blows apart expectations of what solo drumming can be\, and what jazz-fusion performances can show you.\nPower Out has performed at festivals such as Shambala\, Manchester Jazz Festival and London Jazz Festival.
URL:https://thepeerhat.co.uk/event/power-out/
LOCATION:The Peer Hat\, Faraday Street
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231018T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231018T233000
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SUMMARY:TUPPENNY BUNTERS WITH JUICE POPS & INDIAN PALE MALE
DESCRIPTION:Once more we welcome back the peerless TUPPENNY BUNTERS…\n\nDave and Fi Dulake became TUPPENNY BUNTERS in 2012\, the same year they got married. Fi had been the Hammond player in Dave’s previous band\, The Virgo Intacta\, who were on The White Stripes “Satan” tour as 1st support. Parallel to running a notorious Southend music pub\, The Railway Hotel\, the duo\, after naming themselves after Regency prostitutes\, set about capturing the sound they perceived\, a piano dripping garage/pop wall of melodies and chord shifts. Their first album was recorded live to a Studer in the cellar of the pub. They released it on their own label\, Dansettual. Called “A Tuppenny Upright”\, the results\, while sketchy\, present them well. At times\, the piano (a Bluthner upright) threatens to cuddle you to death\, at others it appears to be absently flipping you off\, and the drums are tuned high\, dirty and loonar. If they were cleverer\, or could be bothered\, they’d be prog. Cooler\, or if they both dressed like Fi\, they’d be psyche\, and if they didn’t constantly feel the need to burst into song\, for their sheer sonic nerve they’d be garage.\n\nThe Bunters songwriting is all the way down the cracks between Pete Ham\, Syd Barrett and Lionel Bart\, but their live performance sits precariously on a web spun by X Ray Spex\, The White Stripes\, Wings and\, well\, Sparks\, I guess – in that\, you’re never quite sure who to watch. She smashes shit out of the kit with her hair going everywhere\, while he\, 20 years older and desperate to keep up\, pounds the Fender Rhodes and screams his fucking head off\, trying always for a snarling Steve Marriott but coming off more like an enraged Dean Friedman. Then they swap\, and now you’re totally on the back foot\, cos now he’s laying into the kit\, and she’s up…her intense brown eyes staring you down; melodies from an age way before her time and a piercing\, shrieking voice that only ever seems at home above top C. Fingernails scraping down a Marmite smeared blackboard. You won’t go to the bar though\, cos then there are the songs\, which\, possibly against your better judgement\, will tick one of your boxes. They’ll take you on an uncomfortable switchback ride through pop music’s wheat and chaff\, and just when you think you’ve dissed it or nailed it\, when you think “I can hear a bit of 10CC and The Damned in there…” then Billy Childish pops in with Julie Andrews and you still won’t know whether they’re tossers or visionarys. A review for Dave’s “Butterfingers” album in The Face back in 2003 called it “annoying and refreshing in equal parts”\nSKYMOUTH SAYS “We cannot do less than love!”\n\n\nJUICE POPS Perennial Peer Hat Prodigies\, JUICE POPS are back…\nManchester’s own dream surf\, poison sugar trine. Vocal harmonies and killer hooks are their main trade. Evoking a sense of some delicious but untouchable nostalgia\, the band won’t remain off radar for much longer. Grab them hot…SKYMOUTH SAYS “Now even hotter than hot”!\n\n\nINDIAN PALE MALE is former Frazer King genius\, Nathan McIlroy’s latest project. Following a period of self imposed exile\, Nathan has returned–and Manchester is better for it. Now armed with a single piano\, IPM is a unique\, funny\, sometimes tortured\, sometimes jazzy excursion which\, if McIlroy chooses\, will only go on to garner further acclaim. SKYMOUTH SAYS “It’s even better than it was when it was this!”
URL:https://thepeerhat.co.uk/event/tuppenny-bunters-with-juice-pops-indian-pale-male/
LOCATION:The Peer Hat\, Faraday Street
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SUMMARY:HARU NEMURI EUROPEAN TOUR 2023
DESCRIPTION:DUE TO PREVIOUS POSTPONEMENT OF GIG\, MORE TICKETS MAY YET COME AVAILABLE (IN CASE OF CANCELLATIONS) WATCH THIS SPACE!\n\n\nHaruna Kimishima\, known by her stage name HARU NEMURI\, is a Japanese singer\, songwriter\, and “poetry rapper”. Her musical style mixes influences from J-pop\, rap\, post-hardcore\, experimental pop\, art rock\, and electronica. She is currently based in Tokyo.\nAnthony Fantano of the The Needle Drop reviewed her debut album “Haru to Shura”\, mentioning that “Haru Nemuri’s debut album pushes J-pop/rap in an exciting direction by channeling Japan’s rich history of underground rock music.”[72]\nHARU NEMURI’s album Shunka Ryougen had been hailed by Pitchfork (“Blending elements of J-pop\, rap\, and hardcore\, the experimental Japanese artist’s latest album presents a convincing balance of nihilism and hope. and also from The Fader\, Spectrum Culture (“Nemuri looked to the balance of life and death and represents their intersection. That’s why the album is as celebratory as it is volcanic)\,Stereogum (“We named genre-exploding Japanese musician Haru Nemuri\, who mixes pop\, rock\, and hip-hop into her own beautifully experimental cocktail\, one of the best new artists of 2018.”)\, and Ones to Watch (“Treasure. We are constantly looking for it and by its very nature it remains elusive….everything about Haru Nemuri is comfortably atypical.”). SPIN stated “Rather than merely recreate her debut\, Haru Nemuri chose deconstruction for her second album. The word appears throughout Shunka Ryougen’s song titles\, and it’s key to how the record reconfigures Nemuri’s blend of art rock\, noise pop\, and hip-hop”\n\n\n\n\nNORRISETTE is a hyperpop / artpop artist who makes music and videos in her tiny flat in Manchester. Her first live gig was at Deaf Institute supporting Sylvette on the 23rd September 2021. Just ten months later\, she performed a solo set on the Nebula Stage at Bluedot Festival under the gaze of the Jodrell Bank radio telescope\, which she accidentally cosplayed as. \nTogether with Industries Norrisette set up FLUFF\, a regular night for queer electronic music producers at Fuel\, Withington. FLUFF has hosted the debut sets of many artists\, has promoted at Sounds from the Other City Festival\, and been mentioned in the Guardian for its role in the underground music scene in Manchester. \nIf you like any of FKA Twigs\, Kate Bush\, James Blake\, Björk\, SOPHIE\, whale song or PVC trousers then stick around. \n‘an electronic noise fest’ – Tom Robinson\, BBC 6 Music.
URL:https://thepeerhat.co.uk/event/haru-nemuri-european-tour-2023-2/
LOCATION:The Peer Hat\, Faraday Street
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231004T233000
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SUMMARY:HANK TREE//WOSKI//SAYSEAMAKE
DESCRIPTION:HANK TREE is a Glasgow based project led by Fergus MacDonald (ex- State Broadcasters)\, also comprising Roy Shearer (Ultras\, Inspector Tapehead)\, Bart Owl (Eagleowl\, Broken Chanter) and singer-songwriter Faith Eliott. Hank Tree’s debut LP\, The Big North\, was released in 2022\, via Olive Grove Records\, and features songs inspired by the dramatic rise and fall of prosperity of the desert region of El Norte Grande in Chile. The band’s sound is characterised by fast picked classical guitars\, atmospheric ballads\, distortion-heavy instrumentals and hushed vocals\, often incorporating field recordings and featuring lyrics focusing on social history. They have supported artists including King Creosote\, Alasdair Roberts and Gwenifer Raymond\, and have received radio play on BBC 6 Music and BBC Scotland.\nWOSKI are a 4-piece Psychedelic Folk Rock band with a charismatic frontman and all original music and lyrics. Fans of anyone from The Byrds to Pink Floyd will love the Woski sound.\nSAYSEAMAKE Giorgio\, Luca and Giuseppe started playing together back in 2018\, and they quickly found their sound in the intersection of jazz\, ambient\, electronic music\, and alternative rock. Busy beats join textural vocals and synth bass lines.\nWith the introduction of Liam Kelly on the drums\, Sayseamake is ready to take over the North West.
URL:https://thepeerhat.co.uk/event/hank-tree-woski-sayseamake/
LOCATION:The Peer Hat\, Faraday Street
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230928T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230928T233000
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SUMMARY:CLARKE CAMILLERI WITH JINDA BIANT AND BLCK UTAH
DESCRIPTION:CLARKE CAMILLERI is a musician unlike any other\, his love for showing folk music’s important place in the world is infectious and inspiring. He was last with us as a part of the wonderful Angeline Morrison’s ‘Sorrow Songs Band’\, but even then his light and charisma shone brightly. His song writing is is eclectic\, unique and influenced by the many musical worlds he swims in..this time\, he’ll be on his own and ready to deliver something spell binding.\n\n\nJINDA BIANT\nWith most of his early years spent lost in his father’s record collection\, with music from the likes of Elvis Presley to more legendary artists like Lead Belly and Robert Johnson\,\nJinda now finds himself making footsteps on his own path\, like the musicians he loves.\nFrom releasing his Debut album “Restless” in 2019 and then being featured on BBC Radio 1’s Huw Stephen’s Show\, he’s now playing shows worldwide\, promoting his music and collecting stories along the way.\n\nBLCK UTAH is the canvas for Canadian multi-instrumentalist and producer Jamie Muir. Blending Springfield vibes with MGMT; Bleachers & War On Drugs\, BLCK UTAH will be playing an acoustic set in the intimate environment of the Black Stage. The Peer Hat welcomes him!
URL:https://thepeerhat.co.uk/event/clarke-camilleri-with-jinda-biant-and-blck-utah/
LOCATION:The Peer Hat\, Faraday Street
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230921T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231019T233000
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SUMMARY:drøne//Gary Fisher//Slags In Tapestry
DESCRIPTION:drøne is Mark Van Hoen & Mike Harding with the assistance of many.\n“Sublime” [Silence and Sound]\n“What makes this work really shine out is its musical quality… The string work\, exquisitely recorded and sorrowful\, fuses and transitions with the electronic work in a way that really elevates the latter. It’s a truly well-formed musical hybrid that makes the artificial feel natural and vice versa.” [Chain D.L.K.]\n“With segments of monologue and dialogue chopped up and scattered\, sometimes overlapping with one another as well as the musical backing\, which isn’t exactly musical or backing\, so much as a shimmering\, shifting sonic collage\, if not exactly reminiscent of William Burroughs’ audio experiments\, then very much a sonic interpretation of the cut-up technique in its simultaneous representations of multiple events and perspectives. Because every moment is a moment of change and the pieces on the stilling are constructed around a continual shift\, it’s disorientating by design. Scrambling the mutter lines\, it’s the soundtrack to your soundtrack.” [Aural Aggravation]\nGARY FISHER\nGary Fisher is a sound artist and experimental composer whose work explores sound through processes of inquiry and experimentation with objects\, actions\, words\, places\, and technologies. He records\, composes\, performs\, and creates installations with various sound materials and approaches including found objects\, found sounds\, invented instruments\, alternative approaches to traditional instruments\, interacting with spaces and places. Central to the work are the ideas of treating sounds as materials and materials as potential sound-makers\, amplifying textures and surfaces of objects The work often creates dialogues and blurs boundaries between improvised and composed\, analog and digital\, intentional and accidental\, noise and music\, and always leaves room for elements of playfulness and humor.\nSLAGS IN TAPESTRY\nExperimental. New. SKYMOUTH SAYS “I have seen the noise\, I have seen the colour of silence!”
URL:https://thepeerhat.co.uk/event/drone-gary-fisher-slags-in-tapestry/
LOCATION:The Peer Hat\, Faraday Street
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Peer Hat":MAILTO:nick@thepeerhat.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230905T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230905T233000
DTSTAMP:20230824T125642Z
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SUMMARY:Legion Of Swine & Guests
DESCRIPTION:SKYMOUTH here….we have a charming incident of audio violence to subject you unto\, yes it’s the one and only…\nLEGION OF SWINE (in their own words) “is interested in noise. The potential to brutalise it\, to smash it into pieces and to reconstruct it from a mass of racket. Throw in some hypocrisy via the political and ruling classes\, and stir for several minutes.”
URL:https://thepeerhat.co.uk/event/legion-of-swine-guests/
LOCATION:The Peer Hat\, Faraday Street
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Peer Hat":MAILTO:nick@thepeerhat.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230902T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230902T223000
DTSTAMP:20230823T132959Z
CREATED:20230823T132959Z
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SUMMARY:Skullduggery @ The Peer Hat
DESCRIPTION:Tickets · £6.50 \nwww.eventbrite.co.uk/e/skullduggery-the-peer-hat-tickets-698468306507
URL:https://thepeerhat.co.uk/event/skullduggery-the-peer-hat/
LOCATION:The Peer Hat\, Faraday Street
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230809T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230809T233000
DTSTAMP:20230728T124739Z
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SUMMARY:PORNO MASSACRE//GÜTS//ODIOUS RAT//DEAD STILLETOES
DESCRIPTION:Let us allow the delightfully named PRONO MASSACRE (BRAZIL) to introduce themselves…\n“Decadent glamour\, like a middle-aged whore with smeared makeup wearing silver sequined clothes\, and hiding a bloody knife.\nPorno-Massacre is a band from São Paulo\, Brazil composed of five members that mixes Punk\, Crossover and Glam. Influences such as The Cramps\, Ratos de Porão\, Turbonegro and Serge Gainsbourg are present in the sound.The presentations are marked by the theatrical and bizarre performances of the members when trying to vent the torture that consumes everyone. Especially by General Sade\, the perverted master of pulsating anarchy.”\nThat sounds like something does it not? SKY MOUTH SAYS “Perversion!”\nGÜTS raucous Manchester hard garage blues masters\, on the acclaimed Abattoir Blues label\, the band\, who are nothing ever than insultingly raw and exciting\, have agreed to lend their awesome talents towards making this night one to remember. SKYMOUTH SAYS “I can hear them through the walls!”\nODIOUS RAT make stinking punk battle chants. SKYMOUTH SAY: “I have never been so keeeen”\nDEAD STILLETOES make hard\, trashy punk with compellingly nihilistic humour. One to watch! \nSee less
URL:https://thepeerhat.co.uk/event/porno-massacre-guts-odious-rat-dead-stilletoes/
LOCATION:The Peer Hat\, Faraday Street
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Peer Hat":MAILTO:nick@thepeerhat.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230803T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230803T233000
DTSTAMP:20230728T124405Z
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SUMMARY:Hermetic Delight with The Beautiful Sinners & GRUND
DESCRIPTION:HERMETIC DELIGHT\nlo-fi pop – France\n——\n Austra\, Goldfrapp\, Chromatics\, Glass Candy\, Sally Shapiro..\n——\n“In existence for just over a decade\, Hermetic Delight have already been through a variety of guises\, the Strasbourg-based band moving from their post-punk origins into a sound enriched with both pop and avant-garde influences.”\n https://youtu.be/Ko5jpuNfdt4\n https://fortherabbits.net/…/premiere-hermetic…/…\n https://hermeticdelight.bandcamp.com/track/tied-up\nTHE BEAUTIFUL SINNERS are a five piece musical outlet delivering sounds that fuse familiar genres leaning towards underground RnB\, Hip-Hop & Indie. Through heartfelt messaging and uplifting tones\, their alternative approach creates a unique pocket of soulful and conscious sounds.\nGRUND is the psychedelic province of weird genius\, Tom Grund. Sits somewhere between Skip Spence and Nick Nicely. Unmissable.
URL:https://thepeerhat.co.uk/event/hermetic-delight-with-the-beautiful-sinners-grund/
LOCATION:The Peer Hat\, Faraday Street
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230731T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230731T233000
DTSTAMP:20230524T142545Z
CREATED:20230524T142545Z
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SUMMARY:The All Night Chemist & Guests
DESCRIPTION:The All Night Chemist are the newest wannabe dad-rock folk band on the London scene. Just a bit too earnest to be truly tongue and cheek\, their songs celebrate and mock the mundane while stirring the soul. Anything from cheesy pop bangers about mobile phones\, to moody trad folk exploring the modern-day fur industry\, their music has storytelling at its heart. \nTaking inspiration from the likes of Neil Young\, Flaming Lips and They Might Be Giants\, expect a 70s inspired alt-country romp. \n‘Daft and Irresistible’ – Tom Robinson\, BBC 6 Music
URL:https://thepeerhat.co.uk/event/the-all-night-chemist-guests/
LOCATION:The Peer Hat\, Faraday Street
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Peer Hat":MAILTO:nick@thepeerhat.com
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