capsule PRESENTS
www.supersonicfestival.com 2011
BACK IN 2003 I REMEMBER SEEING CAPSULE DJING. THEY WAITED UNTIL THEY HAD AN ENTIRE ROOM PUMPING BEFORE PLAYING A SLAYER/HARDCORE DN’B BREAKS REMIX FOLLOWED BY SOME MISSY ELLIOTT. EVERYONE LOST THEIR SHIT SO MUCH THAT PART OF THE CEILING GOT PULLED DOWN. AND I REMEMBER THINKING, ‘MY WORD. THEY REALLY KNOW WHAT THEY’RE DOING…’. SINCE THEN IT’S BEEN MY PLEASURE TO WATCH CAPSULE AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, THEIR FESTIVAL SUPERSONIC GROW INTO THE INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED BEASTS THAT THEY ARE TODAY. THERE ARE PLENTY OF GREAT FESTIVALS IN THE WORLD BUT NONE THAT FEEL SO CONSISTENTLY CUSTOM BUILT JUST FOR ME. THAT SAID, CLEARLY A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL EXACTLY THE SAME WAY AS ME. THIS YEAR, OUT OF A COLOSSAL LINE UP, INDUSTRIAL DUBSTEP TERRORIZERS CLOAKS, TRIBAL ELECTRONIC ROCK INTRANUATS THE SKULL DEFEKTS, COSMIC SYNTH ROCKERS TEETH OF THE SEA, NWOBHM LOOP MASTERS PHARAOH OVERLORD AND GLOWERING MINIMAL TECHNO AESTHETES BYETONE ARE ON A PERSONAL MUST SEE LIST. AND NO ONE WITH ANY SENSE NEEDS PERSUADING TO WATCH ELECTRIC WIZARD, TURBONEGRO AND A WELCOME RETURN FROM ZOMBI. AND NOT FORGETTING THE VARIETY OF INFORMATIVE TALKS AND FILMS IN THE THEATRE SPACE. RANGING FROM WILLIAM BENNETT OF WHITEHOUSE AND THE VICE GUIDE TO LIBERIA TO A Q AND A WITH TONY CONRAD AND THE BLOOD SWEAT & VINYL DOCUMENTARY. WHAT MORE COULD YOU POSSIBLY WANT THAN REAL ALE, FINE CAKE AND MOUNTAINS OF MERCH? (AND TALKING OF WHICH, THEY CAN HELP WITH THAT AS WELL…)
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aPAtT 9.20PM FRIDAY I SPACE 2 apatt.com
A completely original and bewildering band who create a daft and beautiful mess, yet thanks to their skill it all works. Perhaps think of them as the fizzy-pop yin to the prog-metal yang of Secret Chiefs 3. The outfit operate more as a community art project than a traditional band, linking into street performances, arts centres and audiovisual collaborations.
Cloaks
Drumcunt
12.30AM FRIDAY I BOXXED
10.20PM FRIDAY I BOXXED
3by3cloaks.blogspot.com
soundcloud.com/drumcunt
Previously heard with a DJ set at Supersonic 2010, Cloaks play speaker-shredding blasts of dubstep noise. Their beats skip and judder while all manner of found sounds build up into layers of ambient scree. Cloaks’ music is a harsh listen but all the more devastating and exciting for that. Mainman Steve Harris also runs the excellent 3by3 label.
Rising from the gutter that trickles down Lewisham Way comes the royally messedup sound of DrumCunt. Featuring Hey Colossus/Shit & Shine drummer Rhys (CNT1) and augmented by HyperBlackBass Leon (CNT2), DrumCunt will scramble your brain and thwhack your forehead mercilessly.
Mike Watt + The Missingmen
Part Chimp
11.30PM FRIDAY I SPACE 2
10.20PM FRIDAY I SPACE 2
hootpage.com/hoot_wattbio.html
partchimp.com
Mike Watt, bassist/composer/performer from San Pedro, California, is a legendary figure for fans of hardcore and US indie rock. Known for his streetwise wit, he was a founding member (along with d. boon) of the Minutemen in the early 1980s. Since the Minutemen finished he has played with fIREHOSE, dos, J. Mascis and Perry Farrell’s Porno for Pyros and as of 2003 he’s handled bass for The Stooges. We are thrilled to invite this total dude to play at Supersonic, along with his Missingmen.
This much loved noise rock band are spending 2011 enduring a slow, drawn-out death since deciding to split after their final, appropriately titled, album ‘Thriller’. Come and worship at their funeral pyre for one of your last chances to catch the loudest band around.
Scorn
Scotch Egg
1.30AM FRIDAY I BOXXED
11.20PM FRIDAY I BOXXED
myspace.com/mjhscorn
djscotchegg.com
If you like your bass heavy, and we mean HEAVY, then make some time for Scorn. A sonic experimenter since his early days with Napalm Death, Mick Harris was part of the creation of Grindcore. As Scorn his music is industrial and experimental in nature, much of the output focuses on minimalist beats with an emphasis on very deep bass lines. It’s a treat to have Scorn back at Supersonic.
Supersonic’s favourite Japanese maverick. Shigeru Isihara never completed Tetris as a child. To get his own back on the world, he now wields a Gameboy and a megaphone as DJ Scotch Egg. Due to his many collaborations (including Drum Eyes who also play this year) the Scotch Egg sound is constantly evolving and is bound to touch on something you’ll love.
Secret Chiefs 3
Slabdragger
12.50AM FRIDAY I SPACE 2
9.20PM FRIDAY I BOXXED
secretchiefs3.com
holyroarrecords.com/slabdragger
Created by former Mr Bungle man Trey Spruance in the mid 1990s, Secret Chiefs 3 play everything from surf rock to death metal to Persian funk. But again, they sort of don’t. Secret Chiefs 3, and their many branches and mutant children, seems built to respond to anything. The constants are phenomenal playing skills allied to the wit and the intelligence to know how and when to be ridiculous. It will be what it will be, so expect to be surprised and amazed.
Slabdragger are a little known treasure from the esteemed Holy Roar label. A band who sing about epic quests to Nepal to find killer weed, rubbish Roman Centurions, battling huge Octopian creatures and drinking rum. Sludgy, brutal and possessed of a wicked sense of humour, you can file Slabdragger alongside Klaus Kinski and Drunk in Hell as bands to play on the bus in the fightback against tinny pop monstrosities.
Saturday Lineup Agathe Max 6.15PM FRIDAY I OLD LIBRARY agathemax.bandcamp.com
An inventive violinist from Lyon, France. With an elegant command of melody and a strident use of rhythm, Max creates dynamic, fast-flowing loop pieces that encompass noise, post-classicism and krautrock.
Antilles
Backwards
7.15PM SATURDAY I BOXXED
9PM SATURDAY I OLD LIBRARY
www.myspace.com/realreelpr
A kraut, psych-rock group, their sound is reminiscent of the locked in rhythm sections and psychedelic propulsions of 1970s Germany, but brought right up to the present day. Insistent basslines, domineering bass and toms, and placid Moog tones are all present. Basically, it’s blissed out space rock.
Local noisemakers Backwards play drunk songs for the drunk, music for young lovers, music to polish brass to. A heathen gang of collapsing drums, doubled-up frictitious bass, declamatory vocals and guest improv sax from Mike Fletcher.
Bardo Pond
The Berg Sans Nipple
6.45PM SATURDAY I SPACE 2
4.30PM SATURDAY I BOXXED
bardopond.org
thebergsansnipple.tumblr.com
A legendary American psychedelic rock band from Philadelphia, formed in 1991. Whether labelled as space rock, acid rock, post-rock or even shoegaze, the band keep on refining and expanding their tripped-out sound of dueling guitars, slow-moving rhythms and the cavernous echo of Isobel Sollenberger’s flute and vocals. There’s not many kicking the jams further out into the stratosphere than Bardo Pond.
A Frenchman, Nebraskan, two drums, synths, samples, a ton of percussion and vocals. Phew. Their sounds hop-skip past each other. Combining devastatingly beautiful melodies held tight by a mind bending rhythm section, Berg Sans live are a riot of fast-moving limbs and twisting sounds. We’ve been hoping to get them back ever since their 2004 Supersonic performance.
Electric Wizard
Klaus Kinski
10.15PM SATURDAY I SPACE 2
10.15PM SATURDAY I OLD LIBRARY
myspace.com/electricwizarddorsetdoom
myspace.com/klausruddykinski
Perhaps the heaviest band in the world. Electric Wizard really do toll the bell of hell. Violent, bleak and ritualistic, they worship at the black altar of the riff where vintage valve amplifiers and primal ritualistic beats can wash away all the filth and drudgery of everyday life.
Five lazy people from the North Wales coast and one man from Bury. They have bent guitars, an unhinged singer, a goth for a bassist and two drummers. Their debut album ‘Skelington Horse’ found a fan in Jean Herve-Peron of Faust who invited the band to play at his annual Avant Garde Festival in Shiphorst, Germany this year. Coming across as something like The Birthday Party fronted by Spike Milligan, Klaus Kinski are not a band to take home to your mum.
Kogumaza
Lucky Dragons
7.30PM SATURDAY I OLD LIBRARY
8.30PM SATURDAY I BOXXED
kogumaza.bandcamp.com
luckydragons.bandcamp.com
A Nottingham trio using primitive rhythms, patterns and riffs to create dense and mesmeric song-cycles. The band’s live sound is manipulated by a fourth member through dub delays and echoes, allowing what is basically a heavy rock trio to expand and willingly lose control of the sound they make as they make it. The resulting music places the band somewhere between the infinite repetition of Moondog, the thick gloop of ‘Masters Of Reality’-era Sabbath and the hypnotic pulse of Lungfish.
As much an art installation and a playground-for-all as they are a musical project, Lucky Dragons are all about people coming together to make sound, to make an event, to make something new and joyous. It’s not by accident that they refer to their live shows as ‘actions’ that encourage participation. Their songs begin with improvisation, like a game where the only rule is that each action must generate a kind of response or new action. Lucky Dragons encourage participation and this Supersonic live show promises to be all about (re) discovery and (re)turning to play.
Monarch
Nathan Bell
12.30AM SATURDAY I BOXXED
5PM SATURDAY I OLD LIBRARY
myspace.com/monarchuberalles
nathanscottbell.bandcamp.com
Sludge-metallers Monarch return to Supersonic. Disparate members mean live shows are rare, playing some of the slowest tempos and heaviest dirges around. Lacking any need or desire for crescendo, the band has as much in common conceptually with minimalism as the physical onslaught of most metal bands. In short, Monarch are not a band for the faint-hearted.
Bell plays mesmerizing, cyclical banjo pieces that make creative use of delay and bowing techniques. His music is sometimes sparse, sometimes urgent, but always inventive and the current album ‘Colors‘ on Lancashire & Somerset Records is as good a place as any to enter his world. Notably, Bell was the bass player in Lungfish alongside Daniel Higgs (recent Skull Defekts collaborator), a legendary Dischord band.
Orthodox
Pharaoh Overlord
5.15PM SATURDAY I SPACE 2
9.45PM SATURDAY I BOXXED
myspace.com/orthodoxband
ektrorecords.com
A trio from Seville, Spain playing experimental doom metal, inspired by Spanish religious folklore, the true metal sounds of Black Sabbath, Melvins and Sleep and even jazz. The result is a liturgical music with obsessive repetitions, minimalism, feedback, distortion and endless drones creating a primitive, trance like feeling.
In their own words, Pharaoh Overlord play “hypno-improv-stoner-rock”. Featuring three members of Circle (also joining us this year), the band started up just over a decade ago to explore their love of hypnotic rock styles. Since then, they’ve boiled it right down to its essence, nasty noisy full-on art rock. Satisfying head-music that’ll move your body too.
The Skull Defekts Teeth Of The Sea 11.15PM SATURDAY I BOXXED
6PM SATURDAY I BOXXED
skulldfx.com
teethofthesea.blogspot.com
Hard at work on their numerous individual projects, constantly collaborating, releasing their own records on their own imprints, and touring incessantly, The Skull Defekts are Sweden’s answer to the States’ Sonic Youth or the Netherlands’ The Ex and one of the centerpieces of the Swedish experimental rock scene. Their stunning ‘Peer Amid’ album released earlier this year on Thrill Jockey is a hypnotic Krautrock-influenced post-punk treat.
From London, Teeth of the Sea play a wild, mixed-up strain of what sounds like semi-improvised jams. Structures are amorphous, reference points are redundant as they switch modes from song-to-song – noise-rock, electronics and dubbed-out trumpet all get a look-in. The band are regulars on the UK underground avant-rock circuit, thanks to their tangled electronics, heavy throbbing bass and feral distortion. A hermetically sealed unit, their unique sound means Teeth of the Sea will be one of the surprises of Supersonic.
Wolves In The Throne Rooms
Zombi
8.30PM SATURDAY I SPACE 2
12.15AM SATURDAY I SPACE 2
wittr.com
zombi.us
Finally, Wolves in the Throne Room make it to Supersonic, they are a force to be reckoned with in the extreme music world. Based in the remote Pacific NorthWest of the US, core members Aaron and Nathan Weaver formed the band with an intention to blend 90s Norwegian black metal with something approaching a sense of spirituality that is rooted in the landscape and natural cycles of the Northwest.
Using all-analogue vintage synths and sequencers, coupled with live drums and bass, Zombi’s sound is far more expansive than you’d imagine a duo could ever be. Taking inspiration from progressive rock, krautrock and soundtracks, their brand of space rock is multilayered. The sweeping synth sequences and pulsing rhythms are sometimes dance-based, sometimes reflective, but always hypnotic under the watchful eye of this distinguished duo.
Alva Noto 10PM SUNDAY I BOXXED alvanoto.com
Sunday Lineup
An exciting insight into the world of one of the most important electronic artists around. Alva Noto is a stage name of sound artist Carsten Nicolai. Clicks and glitches are not used as ornamental additions to the compositions but make up the essential rhythmic and harmonic elements of the work. His Supersonic appearance will celebrate 15 years of the RasterNoton label.
Astro
Barn Owl
5.45PM SUNDAY I OLD LIBRARY
5.30PM SUNDAY I SPACE 2
odn.ne.jp/astro
electrictotem.com/barnowl
Hiroshi Hasegawa comes from a strong tradition of Japanese harsh noise, accented with his own brand of psychedelia. His solo project, Astro began in 1993, using analog synthesizers. Expect intense, punishing psychedelic synth noise from his first UK show.
Supersonic 2010 attendees will need no introduction to the stunning dust-trails of sound that San Franciscan duo Barn Owl create. We just had to get them back as the praise for their mesmerising drones and layered feedback has slowly built up into a huge wall of superlatives. The twin guitars of Evan Caminiti and Jon Porras intertwine instinctively, equal parts slow-burning twang and spacedout feedback drone.
Byetone
Circle
11PM SUNDAY I BOXXED
10.15PM SUNDAY I SPACE 2
raster-noton.net/artists-byetone.12.html
circlefinland.com
Olaf Benders, manager of Raster-Noton record label, performs solo under the name Byetone. Benders creates his music digitally, assembling sine tones and complex sound fabrics to create an artificial world. It might be complex, it might be complicated, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t fun. Who says Sunday night isn’t for dancing? Along with Alva Noto, his Supersonic appearance will celebrate 15 years of the Raster-Noton label.
Formed in 1991, Circle are probably the most visible and prolific act in the Finnish avant-rock underground. Weaving hypnotic mantras out of exacting Krautrock beats, heavy riffs, arty noise and dark psychedelia, their tough repetition has served as the lone unifying theme throughout 15 years of experiments. We’re stoked to have these guys back after their epic 2006 performance.
Cut Hands
Drum Eyes
7PM SUNDAY I OLD LIBRARY
5.15PM SUNDAY I BOXXED
djcuthands.blogspot.com
myspace.com/drumeyes
‘Wriggle Like A Fucking Eel’ 12” by Whitehouse was received by many in the wider noise/industrial scene as a radical musical direction with its inclusion of obscure Ghanaian percussion instruments. Whitehouse’s William Bennet has since realised Cut Hands; a project of Afro noise where polyrhythmic percussion and abrasive sounds merge.
Drum Eyes are DJ Scotch Egg’s drum thunder worship gang. A Brighton/London based collective, they also feature ExBoredoms drummer E-Da and K-Power (ex-Power IUp!). The band combine dueling drums, cornets, keys and mutated gameboys to present a devastating live show. The members are expert at whipping up a hypnotic maelstrom of tribal drumming tripouts infused with sludgy doom and terrifying electronics.
Drunk In Hell
Envy
9.45PM SUNDAY I OLD LIBRARY
8.45PM SUNDAY I SPACE 2
facebook.com/drunkinhell
sonzairecords.com/envy.html
A ferocious five piece band of reprobates from the North East of England. Loud, riff laden and abrasive, the band proclaim influence from booze, drugs, sex, violence, the 9-5 grind and paranoia. With those kind of sources, it’s no wonder they’ve been terrifying audiences across the land. Now it’s your turn.
Since their inception in 1992, Envy have become a dominant band in the independent heavy music scene in Japan. Their music has gradually evolved into a sound where intensity and beauty coexists, merging hardcore and post rock with unapologetic emotion.
Eternal Tapestry
iconAclass
4PM SUNDAY I SPACE 2
6.45PM SUNDAY I BOXXED
myspace.com/eternaltapestry
facebook.com/iconaclass
Free improvised guitar with structured rhythms and lots of layered ambient sound, this is psych folk amplified. With members’ links to Jackie O-Motherfucker and Barn Owl amongst others, and a new home at Thrill Jockey, Eternal Tapestry are the classic jam band on constant loop in your head, soloing into infinity.
MC/producer Will Brooks is best known for his work as Dälek, often likened to My Bloody Valentine colliding with Public Enemy. iconAclass is his newest solo project and sees him maintaining the gritty view of boom-bap he is known for, with heavy, hypnotic beats running a spotlight squarely on the lyrics.
Modulate 3.45PM SUNDAY I BOXXED modulate.org.uk
As well as sharing an interest in electronic music, abstract art, and realtime audiovisual, the links between this 5 piece collective go back further, interwoven with the history of Birmingham’s vibrant club scene during the 90s. Individual members were involved in running legendary live electronic music club Oscillate, and in releasing albums and performing live as the Higher Intelligence Agency.
Pekko Kappi Selfless 2.45PM SUNDAY I SPACE 2 pekkokappi.com
Kappi is one of a number of young musicians investigating the ancient FinnishKarelian bowed lyre and bringing it alive for new generations. His haunting playing and other worldly vocals are guaranteed goosebump makers. His ‘Vuonna 8’ 6’ album was released last year on the ever-reliable Singing Knives label.
4.30PM SUNDAY I OLD LIBRARY last.fm/music/Selfless
A Birmingham four piece, politically/sociallycharged hardcore/grind band, Selfless lie somewhere between Black Flag and Heresy with a few Discharge riffs here and there. Songs are high impact, fast and very, very short in length. Featuring members of I am Colossus and Fukpig, their debut album features 12 songs in just 21 minutes.
Silver Apples
Turbonegro
8.15PM SUNDAY I BOXXED
12AM SUNDAY I SPACE 2
silverapples.com
turbonegro.com
Decades after their brief yet influential career first ground to a sudden and mysterious halt, the Silver Apples remain one of pop music’s true enigmas. The band appeared on the New York scene in 1967 but far from the Summer of Love West Coast hippies, their music explored a totally new breed of psychedelia with pulsing rhythms and electronically generated melodies. The band is now touring as a solo act, with Simeon (aka “The Oscillation Man”) singing and playing his famous hand-made instrument.
The almighty Kings Of Deathpunk play a UK exclusive headline performance at Supersonic 2011. A Norwegian punk band formed in 1989, their style infuses glam rock, punk rock and hard rock into a style the band calls ‘Deathpunk’. Bringing all the glam, good tunes and great vibes (not forgetting the denim-clad followers), Turbonegro are the perfect finale to Supersonic 2011.
White
Hills
11.15PM SUNDAY I OLD LIBRARY whitehillsmusic.tumblr.com
“Fuzzed-out motorik space-rock” is what the band call it. There’s more than a little twisted psychedelic glam in there too, but White Hills are really one of those bands that creates their own world. This is a party for out of space and you better dress up! Their new album ‘H-p1’ (out on the always reliable Thrill Jockey label) is heavier and darker than ever, so now is the perfect time to catch them live.
SPECIAL PERFORMANCE
Alexander Tucker Dorwytch Cycle
presents
11PM SATURDAY I THEATRE alexandertucker.org
Folk, drone and electronica, twisted and blended with a true nomadic spirit by Alexander Tucker. For this special performance, Tucker will present material from his recent ‘Dorwytch’ album, matched with projections of films made specially for this Supersonic appearance. Expect noise collages, yetis and phantom moaning. This is your chance to enter the Alexander Tucker visual world of hairy beings and other worldly creatures.
SPECIAL PERFORMANCE
Fire! with Oren Ambarchi 8.15PM SUNDAY I OLD LIBRARY earthwindand.com
Fire! operate in a liberated zone as a living, breathing organism. They are not afraid to groove spaciously or to pummel the senses with a frantic assault. Featuring members of The Thing, Tape and Wildbirds and Peacedrums, these are some of Sweden’s finest creative talents. This Supersonic show is a special performance with Australian sound artist and prolific collaborator Oren Ambarchi. In association with Birmingham Jazz. birminghamjazz.co.uk
SPECIAL PERFORMANCE
Ore 2.15PM SUNDAY I THEATRE soundofore.com
A drone doom tuba band, Ore is where the doome metal, classical and experimantal backgrounds of the three players are melted down in the heat of the foundry to forge a music that is massive in scale. Ore are the sound of Birmingham, its industrial heritage and its metal-working origins. The band’s intention is to isolate the most powerful sounds created by the brass section, to rework and remould the sound to forge something original where the magnitude of the orchestra is fused with the blast of Heavy Metal and tempered with experimentation and experience. Supersonic 2011 will see the debit performance of this new work.
SPECIAL PERFORMANCE
Tony Conrad 7.15PM SUNDAY I SPACE 2 tonyconrad.net
A legendary figure in both film and music, Tony Conrad was an early member of the New York based ensemble The Dream Syndicate alongside La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela and John Cale. He played a pivotal role in the formation of the Velvet Underground and is a giant in the American soundscape. Conrad continues to exert a primal influence over succeeding generations with his ecstatic oscillations and hypnotic drones. Every performance is difference, every performance is an event – don’t miss this!
WORKSHOP
Mute Synth PERFORMANCE:
10PM SATURDAY I THEATRE dirtyelectronics.org
Since 2003, John Richards has been exploring the idea of Dirty Electronics, focusing on face-to-face shared experiences, ritual, gesture, touch and social interaction. At Supersonic 2011 you can become part of that interaction. Take part in building the Mute Synth and then perform in a large ensemble with Dirty Electronics. Designed in collaboration with Mute Records and graphic designer Adrian Shaughnessy this year, the Dirty Electronics Mute Synth is a hand-held touch and tilt instrument that gives you pulsating brilliant white noise and grunge in the hand. The Mute Synth is a simple noise-based device that utilises feedback, exploring the relationship between artwork and circuit board. The synth is controlled by using the conductivity of the human body to complete the instrument’s circuit when the copper etching is touched. Check out the workshop participants achievements when they perform in the Theatre Space on Saturday.
WORKSHOP
Imperfect Cinema SCREENING:
8.45PM SUNDAY I THEATRE imperfectcinema.com
DIY Punk Cinema collective Imperfect Cinema will be inviting attendees at Supersonic Festival 2011 to contribute to an alternative documentation of the festival using endangered media technologies. Imperfect Cinema is a micro-cinema practice from Plymouth, UK which offers a non-hierarchical alternative to moving image sectors, through do-it-yourself ethics. Participants in the Imperfect Cinema workshop at Supersonic will receive a workshop, both practical and theoretical, introducing them to Super-8 cinema and lo-fi modes of recording. Participants will then obtain their own recordings of the festival, documenting their experience of the event. Recordings will then be processed and edited to form a screening and performance of the work created with a live soundtrack provided by the SOUNDkitchen sound-art collective. An opportunity to see and hear other people’s tales of Supersonic, it promises to be a risk-taking and inclusive event where the watchers become the watched.
FAMILY FUN
Supersonic Kids Gigs MAC I QUEENS RIDE I BIRMINGHAM B12 9QH macarts.co.uk
WE’RE DELIGHTED TO PARTNER ONCE AGAIN WITH MAC TO PRESENT TWO SPECIAL EVENTS, BRINGING BIG SOUNDS TO LITTLE PEOPLE!
SATURDAY 22 OCTOBER I 2.30PM I LUCKY DRAGONS This performance will put the audience at the heart of the show, and encourage participation with the artists and with each other. hawksandsparrows.org
SUNDAY 23 OCTOBER I 2.30PM I THE BERG SANS NIPPLE Two drums, synths, samples, a ton of percussion and vocals – they’re hardcore kids gone gamelan! thebergsansnipple.tumblr.com As well as these performances there’ll be plenty of opportunities to make, play, think and most importantly, have a dance!
PERFORMANCE & INSTALLATION
SOUND kitchen 12-8PM SATURDAY-SUNDAY I ZELLIG soundkitchenuk.org
SOUNDkitchen is a collective of sound artists and composers bringing new and experimental sounds to Birmingham. SOUNDkitchen aims to present anything and everything that’s experimental and electronic, crossing genres from electroacoustic to soundscapes to noise to ambient drones to Afrobeat, Dubstep, Balkan music and many more! As part of Supersonic, SOUNDkitchen will be serving-up audio delights in their Cinema for the Ears. Working in collaboration with BEAST (Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre) they will bring you a concoction of installations and performances in their site-specific immersive sound sculpture.
PERFORMANCE
Velzuvial
24 HOUR MUSIC PERFORMANCE
9PM-9PM I 22- 23 OCTOBER EASTSIDE PROJECTS I 86 HEATH MILL LANE I B9 4AR www.eastsideprojects.org
This new performance commissioned by Supersonic and Eastside Projects is a collaboration between artist Christian Jendreiko (responsible for last years Gods White Noise live installation) and Andrew Moscardo-Parker (aka Lash Frenzy). Together they will be exploring the action of both playing and what is actually being played over a 24 hour period, allowing for the piece to develop and evolve naturally. Christian and Andrew will be joined by a core group of string players along with a few ‘special’ guests. What will be created will be truly unique!
EXHIBITION
‘Incarnate’ James Robinson LAKESIDE GALLERY jwrobinson.co.uk
Photographing Supersonic for the past 2 years, James has been able to not only shoot live performances, but also develop an on going set of portraits of the artists off stage. It can be difficult to think of musicians as people, popular culture elevates artists to such inaccessible places, it is often easy to forget that they are real. Photographers rarely get the opportunity to interact with musicians, restricted to press pits and passes, blocked by security and reduced to paparazzi. The beauty of the ‘alternative’ music scene is that it’s about creating, doing and making music that is to be thought about, enjoyed, sometimes maybe even not enjoyed. These are the people who are making without a shadow of a doubt, the most interesting, challenging music anywhere in the world. These artists maintain integrity. These people are real.
EXHIBITION
‘Herman Inclusus’ Stuart Kolakovich MARKET PLACE stuartkolakovic.co.uk/hermaninclusus.html
Stuart Kolakovic was born in the Midlands, UK - home to Black Sabbath and industrial pollution. At Supersonic 2011, Stuart will be presenting new work by his alter-ego Herman Inclusus inside a shed that has been converted to an Orthodoxstyle church. “From straunge and dampe woodlands is borne Herman Inclusus, a plagve ridden scholar, chronicler and adept of an unheralded preisthood whoth sanctifies the Despondent. He has brought fourthe his collections of unholy relics and exhvmed icons to illuminate your pervertd souls. Blesseth the sicke. Hail Herman Inclusus.”
EXHIBITION
Conny Prantera 12-8PM SATURDAY-SUNDAY I ZELLIG connyprantera.blogspot.com
Conny Prantera is an artist and illustrator who lives and works in London. Here at Supersonic she will be showing a new piece titled Kore Kosmou, a video installation consisting of photomontage and drawings, meticulously put together frame by frame, animated and synched to a series of purposely created audio loops and drones. The subject of the installation is the 4 Elements of the Natural World: Air, Water, Earth and Fire. Through her intricately detailed drawings, she reveals an imagery of disquieting visions: a collection of relics from a world of wonder, which appears disturbing and suspiciously sardonic at the same time.
LIMITED EDITION PRINT & T-SHIRT
Simon Fowler cataract-operation.com
SUPERSONIC MERCHANDISE Simon Fowler is a London born artist and printmaker, predominantly working with pen and ink and traditional print-making techniques. He currently produces artwork for a number of acts including Earth, Sunn O))) and Devilman. Simon also co-runs Cataract Publishing with writer and poet Paolo Chianta.
EXHIBITION
Spectacle MARKET PLACE Supersonic invited six artists to create illustrations in response to this years theme of ‘Spectacle’. The term references the Roman practice of staging Circuses, and the famous Roman elite philosophy of “Bread and Circuses”. The purpose of the Spectacle was to maintain civil order during times of social and economic uncertainty. Spectacle, like Supersonic Festival itself operates in two contexts simultaneously. On the one hand, it refers to high culture performances where audiences are drawn to an impressive visual accomplishment. This context co exists with its reference to low cultural shows operating in a ‘folk’ environment.
Chris Bourke chrisbourkeart.com
Graig Earp craigearp.co.uk
Harriet Shaphard alanasartwork.blogspot.com
Jake Blanchard jakeblanchard.co.uk
Sophia Alda sophiealda.co.uk
Thomas J Hughes tom-j-hughes.co.uk
EXHIBITION
Grindcore: Cut n Paste 12-8PM SATURDAY-SUNDAY I ZELLIG If you think the Capsule ladies sit around twiddling their thumbs between Supersonics, think again! 2011 has been an incredible year for our most ambitious project to date.We’ve worked with the likes of Tony Iommi and Judas Priest to produce a unique series of exhibitions and events all celebrating Birmingham and the Black Country as the birthplace of Heavy Metal. The project is ongoing and you can contribute to the Home of Metal digital archive and learn more at www.homeofmetal.com Impassioned by the social conditions of the time and inspired by anarcho-punk bands who were taking an anticapitalist stance through their music, Nicholas Bullen and Miles ‘Rat’ Ratledge formed Napalm Death. At only 14 years old, they were motivated to play gigs, create fanzines, and swap music via cassette tapes with the wider punk community. This installation will give you an exciting introduction to this period of music history – the formation of Grindcore.
Continuing our celebration of all things independent, we look at the wonders of self publishing and DIY modes of production.
FILM
$100 & A T-shirt 4.30PM SATURDAY I THEATRE A cultural analysis of what makes zine makers tick; what the hell zines are, why people make zines, the origin of zines, the resources and community available for zine makers, and the future of zines.
PANEL
From A to Zine 5.30PM SATURDAY I THEATRE Featuring Alex Zamora of Fever Zine, Nic Bullen, formerly of Napalm Death and Charlie Woolley, archivist of a unique collection of fanzines and political ephemera dating from the punk movement and its aftermath assembled by artist and collector Toby Mott. The panel will discuss the history of zines, their inspirations and the resurgence of zine culture.
EXHIBITION
Birmingham Zine Festival MARKET PLACE birminghamzinefestival.com
An annual celebration of alternative publications. For Supersonic, they’ve invited some excellent small press publishers to sell and exhibit their books, comics and zines including Liz Lunney, Fever Zine, My Cardboard Life and many more.
IN CONVERSATION + SCREENING
William Bennett plus Vice Guide to Liberia 6PM SUNDAY I THEATRE A special Q&A will see Whitehouse/Cut Hands man William Bennett, the influence of West African sounds on his own work, his new Afronoise project and his music’s inclusion on the Vice film. VBS TV travels to Liberia in West Africa to explore a country ravaged by years of civil war. Liberia was originally planned and founded as a homeland for former slaves back in 1821. But fast-forward over a century and a half, and a military coup, and you find the first Liberian Civil War as Charles Taylor’s US-backed opposition overthrows a government unfriendly to US interests. The film explores the current fate of the Liberian people and that of the warlords themselves.
THEATRE PROGRAMME
Saturday Highlights
BLOOD, SWEAT & VINYL: DIY IN THE 21ST CENTURY
A documentary film focusing on the artistrun record labels Hydra Head, Neurot, and Constellation, and their many associated bands. An answer to those who question where the spirit of punk rock is today. Including the thoughts and experiences of artists like Neurosis, ISIS, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Pelican, Oxbow and Evangelista, the film promises to be an indepth and illuminating look at the connections and networks built up by artists committed to uncompromised work and self-expression. bloodsweatvinyl.com
STILL BEFORE
An intimate tour portrait of the exceptional avant rock band, Oxbow. This film uncovers the obsessions, machinations and thought processes behind making, playing and touring music that embraces art as though its life depended on it. Across five countries, over a dozen shows, and in front of rapt audiences, ‘Still Before’ explore the whys of art creation, the touring life and the motivations for continuing the process over two decades. Filmed entirely on an iPhone with a 640×480 pixel resolution. stillbefore.com
Sunday Highlights
MAN WITH A VIDEO CAMERA
A documentary about the Finnish band Circle, an epic band you can witness live at the festival this year. Filmmaker Esko Lönnberg left his middle-class job to pursue his artistic desires. ‘Man With A Video Camera’ actually becomes closer to an anti-documentary as the circumstances of filming turn out to be chaotic, with most of the band appearing totally uninterested. Throughout, he captures everything essential and unessential on video while the band plays and, in the end, this unique film tells you all you need to know about documentary-making, its perils and its rewards. fonal.com/shop/petrihagner_ manwithavideocamera_dvd
KILL ALL REDNECK PRICKS: A DOCUMENTARY FILM ABOUT A BAND CALLED KARP
This is a biography of a friendship. Set in the indie-rock utopia of an evergreen-forested Olympia, Washington of the early 90s, this film chronicles the journey of three friends from childhood to adulthood over a span of 20 years. Nestled in the mythology of bands such as Beat Happening, Bikini Kill, Unwound, and the Melvins, the story of a band called KARP is the story of a childhood love forced to make adult changes in order to survive an adult world. karplives.com
THEATRE PROGRAMME
Saturday Timetable
4.30PM I FILM: $100 & A T-SHIRT
10PM I PERFORMANCE: MUTE SYNTH
A cultural analysis of what makes zine makers tick.
The workshop participants perform some Dirty Electronics.
5.30PM I TALK: A TO ZINE Exploring zine culture.
6.30PM I FILM: BLOOD, SWEAT & VINYL: DIY IN THE 21ST CENTURY An answer to those who question where the spirit of punk rock is today.
8PM I FILM: STILL BEFORE WITH INTRO BY THE FILMMAKER An intimate tour portait of the band Oxbow.
11PM I PERFORMANCE: ALEXANDER TUCKER PRESENTS DORWYTCH CYCLE Enter a world of hair beings and other worldly creatures.
12PM I FILM: FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN Sex and gore filled, delirious trash-art gem.
Sunday Timetable
2.15PM I PERFORMANCE: ORE A drone doom tuba debut.
3PM I FILM: FONAL RECORDS SHORTS Shorts from the influential Finnish label.
3.30PM I FILM: MAN WITH A VIDEO CAMERA
6.30PM I FILM: KILL ALL REDNECK PRICKS: A DOCUMENTARY FILM ABOUT A BAND CALLED KARP A documentary of a friendship.
8PM I FILM: HOME OF METAL DOCUMENTARY
A documentary about the Finnish band Circle.
Celebrating Birmingham & the Black Country as the birthplace of Heavy Metal
5PM I TALK: IN CONVERSATION WILLIAM BENNETT
8.45PM I PERFORMANCE: IMPERFECT CINEMA An alternative documentation
The Cut Hands and Whitehouse artist discusses his West African influences.
of the festival.
5.30PM I FILM: VICE GUIDE TO LIBERIA Exploring the current fate of the Liberian people.
9.15PM I TALK: IN CONVERSATION WITH TONY CONRAD The Quietus talk with the prolific artist
10.15PMI FILM: SUSPIRIA Classic Italian horror with Goblin soundtrack.
Market Place 4 - 11PM SATURDAY I 2 -10.30PM SUNDAY The ever present Supersonic tea room is back this year, serving tea, coffee and confectionary delights. Us Capsule Grannies recommend taking some time out with a nice cuppa tea and a lovely piece of cake. This is also home to a host of independent distributors, record labels, poster artists and peddlers of curiosties.
Bad Egg Records badeggrecords.co.uk
An independent, stalwartly DiY label which has been releasing and promoting some of Birmingham’s finest and noisest since 2009, including Stinky Wizzleteat, Human Hands and Fuck Your Haircut.
Cold Spring coldspring.co.uk
The UK’s premier label, mailorder and distributor for Industrial & related music: Esoteric, Dark Ambient, Power Electronics, Noise, Ritual, Japanoise, Soundtrack, Neofolk, Doom and experimental music.
Dead Pilot Records deadpilotrecords.co.uk
A cooperative label specialising in Electronic A small DIY record label from Buckinghamshire established in 2007, focusing on hand made physical releases of various sounds and styles.
Burning World Records
Edgeworld
Label and mailorder based in Holland, home of the Roadburn Festival, and mainly focused on vinyl. Black metal, drone, death, stoner, doom - as long as it kicks you in the gut.
We are a tiny,fiercely independant record store specialising in alternative,outsider,eme rgent,interesting music that just happens to be predominantly VINYL!
burningworldrecords.com
First Fold
Lancashire & Somerset Records
An independent record label specialising in Electronic and Experimental music. First Fold’s focus is to maintain a self regulating and enthusiastic approach to the creation of music and visual media.
A humble label, we attempt to help and support a growing family of bands like Enablers / Nathan Bell / Kogumaza / McWatt / Mugstar, all with a like-minded ethos based around truthful, honest music.
Future Noise
Static Caravan
firstfoldrecords.com
future-noise.co.uk
Manchester based-label, booking agency and PR company. They have worked for Ufomammut, Conan, Bastard of the Skies, Black Sun, OvO, The Sleeping Shaman, Supernatural Cat Recordings and The Malleus Rock Artlab.
lancashireandsomerset.co.uk
staticcaravan.org
UK’s largest small label since 1999. Digging out musical treasures at the A + R car boot sale of recorded sound. releases include Zombi, The Owl Service, Steve Moore, Starless and Bible Black.
Holy Roar
Southern Records
The label’s first release was in June 2006, with the Phoenix Bodies album ‘Raise the Bullshit Flag’. Since then Holy Roar Records has released over 80 CDs, records and tapes.
Since the late 1970s Southern have worked with a veritable Who’s Who of independent labels, including Dischord, Wrong, Touch & Go, Kranky, Constellation and Ipecac.
holyroarrecords.com
blog.southern.com
Bar After the success of our debut bar last year, we’ve worked hard to bring you more delicious real ale, cider, wine and more to aid your weekend enjoyment. PURITY BREWING CO. produces premium ales using only the best natural ingredients. It brews three of its own cask ales locally, exclusively imports select international beers and distributes two premium local ciders. VELTINS 4.8% abv. Regarded as one of the finest examples of German Pilsner. Veltins has a superb dry and clean palate and a delicately carbonated body that gives a slight bitterness with a light citrus finish. HOGAN’S CIDER 4.5% abv. Hogan’s is a medium dry cider with distinctive, apple-fruit aroma and some peaty notes. Well-balanced on the palate. Made with 100% pressed local fruit and no added sugar or apple concentrate.
CASK ALES: PURE UBU 4.5% abv. Pleasurably balanced and full in flavour UBU is a premium and fullflavoured amber beer. A blend of four English malts combined with Northern Brewer and Cascade hops, it has a complex combination of spicy and caramelised flavours. PURE GOLD 3.8% abv. Pure Gold is a refreshing easy drinking golden ale with a dry and bitter finish. Made with English Maris Otter and Cara Gold malts plus Northern Brewer, Fuggles, Hereford Golding and Styrian Golding Hops. THE KRAKEN COCKTAILS In other good booze related news we’re very happy to have The Kraken Rum on board as a sponsor. Choose between ‘Perfect Storm’ or ‘Krakola’ to sample this delicious dark, spiced rum. 70EIGHTS is a new Custard Factory bar where you can sit back in comfort if you need to get away from it all.
Food Court
Fill your foodie boots and stuff ya face with a selection of tasty hot food.
Plus more on site food options from:
Bay Leaf
Authentic Bangladeshi cuisine with a twist
Yumm
Vegetarian, Vegan and Yummy foods to suit every diet
OTHER ACTIVITIES
The Event 21 - 30 OCTOBER VARIOUS VENUES I DIGBETH I BIRMINGHAM B5 the-event.org You will be happy to hear that another exciting arts festival is taking place in the Eastside area of Birmingham at the same time as Supersonic. The Event is a contemporary arts festival showcasing the best in artist-led activity, exploring visual arts, performance, live art, film, video, web-based, installation, intervention and sound, all demonstrating the diversity of the thriving arts community in the city. As part of The Event, you can witness Samekhmem - performers of the Sacred Eternal Drone. Join their followers where you can experience, contribute to and dictate past and future performances. Experience a Samekhmem performance, witness the perpetual Sacred Eternal Drone, as part of The Event on Friday 21st October at Minerva Works, 5pm-10pm. Contribute to this performance via http://tools-and-principles.blogspot.com/
VIVID PRESENTS
Sonic Graffiti 12 - 5PM THURSDAY - SATURDAY 24 SEP - 29 OCTOBER I ADMISSION FREE VIVID I DIGBETH I BIRMINGHAM B5 vivid.org.uk Walking the streets near to VIVID and Supersonic Festival, the ubiquitous signs of neglect passing you by. Set into a decaying wall there is a headphone socket. You unplug from your own music and plug yourself into the city. The sounds you hear are of and from this place, dark and decayed. Artist Sam Underwood will tour his Sonic Graffiti during the festival, meet him on Friday 21st October at 8pm, or Sunday 23rd October at 8pm outside VIVID. Sonic Graffiti is a co commission between Capsule and VIVID and is part of an experimental season entitled Crash, stimulated by the vision of J.G. Ballard.
EASTSIDE PROJECTS PRESENTS
Empty Orchestra EASTSIDE PROJECTS I 86 HEATH MILL LANE I B9 4AR eastsideprojects.org
PERFORMANCES: 21 OCTOBER I 7 - 9PM DOM ALLEN I FLAT SOUFFLÉE I TEAM DOYOBI
22 OCTOBER I 7 - 8PM ROB GAWTHROP + PETE MCPARTLAN Empty Orchestra is the literal translation of karaoke. Artists will interrogate, dismantle, displace, replace and rebuild the tools and contexts of musical performance. From the use of instruments in extended ways, and playful explorations of audio/visual interferences, to work that abandons precision to embrace ‘shoddiness’, the exhibition brings together the slick and the shabby, the engineered and the experimental.
IKON GALLERY PRESENTS
Andrew Cross Ensemble FEATURING THE MUSIC OF The Enid 11AM - 6PM I 21 - 23 OCTOBER IKON GALLERY I 1 OOZELLS SQUARE I BRINDLEY PLACE www.ikon-gallery.co.uk For his latest collaboration with musicians associated with 1970s ‘progressive’ rock, artist Andrew Cross has worked with a group once dubbed Europe’s ‘biggest cult band’: The Enid. Cross presents a portrait of enigmatic founder and creative core Robert John Godfrey filmed together with current band members at their studio and collective home in Northampton.
SUPERSONIC QUIZ HOSTED BY
Club Unlikely 2.30PM SUNDAY I OLD LIBRARY Flaunt your collective musical nous in this unique contest to determine the Trivia Champs at Supersonic 2011. It's free to enter and you can field a team of anything between 2 and 6 people. The quiz starts at 2.30pm so please have your teams registered and ready to fire for 2.15pm. Think you know your Electric Funeral from your Electric Wizard? Well, Bring it on!'
OUT NOW!
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MERCHANDISE
Friday timetable
TIMES 9PM
10PM
11PM
BOXXED
SPACE 2
9.00 DJ: DJ X
9.20 SLABDRAGGER
9.20 APPAT
10.00 DJ: DJ X
10.00 DJ: White Boy Shit
10.20 DRUMCUNT
10.20 PART CHIMP
11.00 DJ: DJ X 11.10 DJ: White Boy Shit
11.20 SCOTCH EGG 11.30 MIKE WATT AND THE MISSINGMEN 12AM 12.10 DJ: DJ X 12.20 DJ: White Boy Shit
12.30 CLOAKS 12.50 SECRET CHIEFS 3 1AM 120 DJ: DJ X
1.30 SCORN 2AM
Saturday timetable TIMES
OLD LIBRARY
BOXXED
SPACE 2
4PM
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4.30 BERG SANS NIPPLE 5PM
THEATRE
5.00 NATHAN BELL
4.30 Film
5.15 ORTHODOX 5.30 PANEL:
5.30 DJ: Outcrowd
A TO ZINE 6PM 6.15 AGATHE MAX
6.00 TEETH OF THE SEA
6.00 DJ: Walter
6.45 DJ: Outcrowd
6.45 BARDO POND
6.30 Film
7PM
7.00 DJ: WBS
7.15 ANTILLES 7.30 KOGUMAZA 7.45 DJ: Walter
8PM
8.00 INTRO: STILL
8.00 DJ: Outcrowd
BEFORE 8.30 DJ: WBS
9PM
8.30 LUCKY DRAGONS
9.00 BACKWARDS
8.30 WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM
8.15 Film
9.15 DJ: Anthea 9.30 DJ: Walter 9.45 DJ: WBS
10PM
9.45 PHARAOH OVERLORD
10.15 KLAUS KINSKI
10.00 MUTE SYNTH
10.15 ELECTRIC WIZARD 10.45 DJ: Anthea 11.00 ALEXANDER
11PM
TUCKER
11.15 SKULL
DEFEKTS 12AM
11.30 DJ: Quietus
12.00 DJ: Anthea
12.00 Film
12.15 ZOMBI 12.30 MONARCH
1AM 1.30 DJ: Quietus
See Theatre Programme for film details.
Sunday timetable TIMES
OLD LIBRARY
BOXXED
SPACE 2
THEATRE
2PM 2.15 ORE
2.45 PEKKO KAPPI 3PM
3.15 MIKE HURLY ENSEMBLE
3.00 Film 3.30 DJ: Tippex
3.45 MODULATE 4PM
3.30 Film
4.00 ETERNAL TAPESTRY
4.00 DJ: Tom 237
4.30 SELFLESS
4.45 DJ: Bad Egg
5.15 DJ: Tom 237
5.15 DRUMEYES
5PM 5.45 ASTRO
5.00 DJ: Tippex
5.00 Q&A: WILLIAM
5.30 BARN OWL
5.30 Film
BENNETT
6PM 6.30 DJ: WBS
6.15 DJ: Bad Egg
6.45 ICONACLASS 7PM
6.30 Film 6.30 DJ: Tippex
7.00 CUT HANDS 7.15 TONY CONRAD 7.45 DJ: WBS
7.45 DJ: Anxst
8.15 FIRE!
8.15 SILVER APPLES
8PM
8.00 Film 8.15 DJ: Walter
8.45 ENVY
10PM
9.15 DJ: WBS
9.15 DJ: Anxst
9.45 DRUNK IN HELL
10.00 ALVA NOTO
10.30 DJ: WBS
11.15 WHITE HILLS
1AM
2AM
9.45 DJ: Walter
9.15 IN CONVERSATION:
10.15 CIRCLE
10.15 Film
TONY CONRAD
11.00 BYETONE
11PM
12AM
8.45 IMPERFECT
CINEMA
9PM
11.15 DJ: Quietus 12.00 DJ: X
12.00 TURBONEGRO
1.00 DJ: Anthea
2.00 DJ: Capsule Ladies
See Theatre Programme for film details.
Supersonic Team
Thanks
Curated and Produced by Capsule: Lisa Meyer and Jenny Moore
Capsule would like to thank the following people without whom this event couldn’t happen:
Production Manager: Warren Fisher Urban Audio Productions Programme Coordinator: Sarah Lafford Operations Manager: Laura Coult Artist Liaison: Sara Fowles Intern, Artist Liaison: Caroline Gillett Intern, Production: Eduardo Pinto Intern, Special Projects: Nicola Lowery Intern, Marketing: David Armes Brochure design & illustration: John Eddy and Ian Richards at Heavy Object Visuals: Chris Plant at Colour Burst Press: Lauren Barley Crew: Darren Osborne & Team Area Coordinators: Backstage: Jane Avery & Ross Cotton Production Office: Andy Swann, Nicki Sunn, Beth Hogan Marketplace: Gush Sohal & Kate Fitzgeorge Bars: Ben Fell Tea Room: Aaron Wright & Helga Henry Documentation: Film crew: Matthew Taylor, Ella Turner, Martin Poyntz-Roberts & team Photography: Katja Ogrin & team Supersonic Volunteers: We would like to thank our team of volunteers for all their hard work in the lead up to & over the weekend of the festival.
To all the artists performing or exhibiting and for continued support from: Warren Fisher and team, Ian at Heavy Object, Chris Plant at Colour Burst, Frankie, Dave, Danny, Raoul & Custard Factory Team, The Dark Lord, Bunny Bissoux, Phoebe Jeebe, Kaye Winwood, Jacob Masters, Fran, Angela Maxwell at Acuwomen, Lara Ratnaraja, Helga Henry, Neil Rami & Tim Manson at Marketing Birmingham, Marian and Yasmeen at Vivid, Gavin Wade, Ruth Claxton and team at Eastside Projects, Rebecca Small & Jonathan Watkins at Ikon, 7inch Family, Paul, Kirsten & all at Purity, Paul Mason at Marbelhead, Log, Louisa Davies at mac, Tony Dudley Evans & Mary Wakelam at Birmingham Jazz, Cheryl & Ali at The Event, Andy Capper at Vice, Anthea at Thrill Jockey, Johnny Doom at Kerrang Radio, John Doran + Luke Turner at The Quietus, Vuk at RockA-Rolla, Juan at Staf Magazine, Kerry & Dave at Fused, Chris at Brum Notes, Nicholas and Ruth Bullen, Mark Murphy, Nick Morgan, Ben & Patrick PRP Security, Sam & Kay at Get a Grip, Andrew Parker, Rob Kito, Sam Underwood, Simon Fowler. Extra special thanks for much needed support and encouragement from: Sarah Lafford, Laura Coult, Sara Fowles, Caroline Gillett, Eduardo Pinto, Nicola Lowery, David Armes, Gush Sohal & Kate Fitzgeorge Nicola Shipley, Clare Reddington, Julie Weir, Allison Schnackenberg, Tony Sylvester, Ian Richards, Ben & Mabel Javens, Ian Rogers, The Meyer and Moore households.
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