Friday 1st November
Upstairs at the Walthamstow Trades Hall
An evening of live music and immersive visuals covering ambient, drone, experimental and dancefloor rhythms. Celebrating the life and work of Graham Dowdall aka Gagarin.
£5 suggested donation raising money for Drake Music
now – https://nowtheband.com/
Founded in 1998 by Justin Paton, who blends his love for electronics, synthesisers, and classical instruments, now explores alternative pop music. The band have performed across the UK, Norway, and Japan in settings ranging from outdoor festivals to gallery-based sound-art and live film scores. Over the years, they have shared the stage with acts like Stereolab, Andrew Weatherall, Damo Suzuki, Faust, and Plaid.
the closer we are to dying + Sophie Sirota – https://thecloserwearetodying.bandcamp.com/
the closer we are to dying is a dark ambient project for Terry Lane to process emotionally driven, thought-provoking and intense music. Sophie Sirota is an acoustic and electric violist, singer and composer. She has worked with a diverse range of artists as a session musician, arranger and composer, including 4-Hero, D’Influence, Gabrielle, Beth Orton, Ed Harcourt, Paul Weller, Robert Kirkby, Tindersticks and artists Jeremy Millar and Sadie Hennesey.
Cyberwaste – https://msha.ke/cyberwastemusic
Dark electronic pop, Cyberwaste is the creative alter-ego of Ashlinn Nash (Ash) a female music producer and multi-disciplinary artist from London. With influences of:
Moby, Massive Attack, Grimes, Infected Mushroom, Gary Numan, Faithless, The Prodigy, Pendulum, Aphex Twin to name a few, Cyberwaste will be sure to get the dancefloor going into the night.
FLOORS – https://www.instagram.com/floors_band/
A three-piece comprising modular synths, guitar and piano moving between ambient, minimal techno, noise and contemporary classical.
Arconic – https://arconicsound.com
The solo project of Rob Parton, an electronic musician and sound artist with a passion for live improvisation, sound design, and spatial sound. Blending emotive soundscapes and sound design with field recordings and samples from travels, Arconic explores the convergence of music, real-life sounds, and immersive art.
Sourmilk – https://sourmilk1.bandcamp.com
As sourmilk, Andrew Kesbey sculpts cathartic expressions of urban tension using a combination of field recordings and electronic brutalism.
Visuals by Alien 101 & 2-Digit
Alien 101 is the visual project of Lola Solera Marquez, a ‘digital pop artist’ with a track record of performing live visuals with electronic musicians across London and beyond.
2 Digit Visuals (aka Sadler) is a visual artist and VJ, passionate about the intersection between motion visuals and music. He has been perfecting his technique for narrative visuals, expanding his visuals and developing his style for nearly a decade using generative, real-time interactive techniques alongside machine learning and audio-reactive algorithms to create a unique visual experience.
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7pm – Midnight
Join us for a special night of live music in memory of Graham Dowdall aka Gagarin, who sadly passed away earlier this year. Graham was a brilliant musician, live performer, and community music practitioner, who had a great influence on the live electronic music scene. Celebrating his life and musical work we will be raising money for Drake Music, a charity that he worked closely with over a number of years. https://www.drakemusic.org/
