Attenborough Centre co-promotion: Scanner

Friday 15th November: Scanner: Harry Smith at 100

Harry Smith (1923–1991) was a great American eccentric, experimental filmmaker, musicologist, graphic designer, bohemian and anthropologist. He was also a collector of found objects and sounds, including the world’s largest known private paper aeroplane collection. The Anthology of American Folk Music is perhaps his most famous contribution.

British artist Robin Rimbaud, also known as Scanner, has been invited by the Harry Smith Archives to celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth by performing live scores to a wide selection of his films. For this event, Scanner will be performing a live soundtrack to Smith’s Early Abstractions (1946–57) and Untitled Seminole Patchwork (1965–66) films.

Scanner has been intensely active in sonic art since the 1980s, producing concerts, installations and recordings, connecting a bewilderingly diverse array of genres. Committed to working with cutting edge practitioners he names Bryan Ferry, Wayne MacGregor, Mike Kelley, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Michael Nyman, Steve McQueen, Laurie Anderson and Hussein Chalayan amongst his previous collaborators.

www.attenboroughcentre.com/events/5160/scanner-harry-smith-at-100/

Gravitons festival of live streaming

Right on cue as the shorter days and the darker evenings make indoors attractive ….  Gravitons, an exciting and varied series of live streamed performances starts on 31 October and continues throughout November.

Each performance will run for approximately an hour. The livestream, which may be accessed with no charge, is here: stream.gravitons.org
The full lineup is:
31 October, 8pm – Meljoann – avant-pop songs, disorientating AV, wellness cult recruitment.
16 November, 3pm – Screaming Alice – improvised analogue synth-driven grooves
17 November, 3 pm – Dan Powell – semi–improvised soundtracks to films by Chris Marker
21 November, 8pm – Rashamon – laptop and iphone based stratified disco brainchild
23 November, 8pm – midierror – vintage and current grooveboxes on a sonic voyage
24 November, 7pm – Remember Glaciers – slow ambient soundscapes, improvised
27 November, 8pm – McCloud – noise beats from aka DJ Cheesemaster
29 November, 8pm – Emma Papper and Joe Davin – ethereal ambient collaboration with voice

Updates and more information here: gravitons.org

All made using ethical alternatives to big tech, with the aim of confusing the algorithms by creating a decentralised, local scene.

Next radio broadcast on ResonanceExtra FM: Sunday 24th November – 8.00 to 10.00pm

Gravity Waves and the Spirit World

Sunday 24th November 2024 from 8.00 to 10.00pm on ResonanceExtra FM, DAB radio or online at extra.resonance.fm/

Details to follow

The October edition of the Spirit of Gravity Radio show is available on the ResonanceFM Mixcloud page:
www.mixcloud.com/resonanceextra/gravity-waves-and-the-spirit-world-midnight-in-the-haunted-karaoke-27th-october-2024/
This month’s show includes some long overdue tracks from I Am Fya, tracks from the new Xylitol & Alien Alarms albums, a couple of remixes from Nil by Nose’s new trains based album, and some pieces by friends of the Spirit of Gravity. In the 2nd hour, Spectral Transmissions present Transmission 7: Midnight in the Haunted Karaoke.

Thursday 7th November at the Rossi Bar: Manu Louis / Les Biologistes Marins / Marina Moore

Manu Louis: New adventures of provocative and decontextualized juxtapositions
Les Biologistes Marins: Ambient music and water(‘s sounds)
Marina Moore: Strings, effects, synths, soundscapes

Chris [Symmetrical Forces] creates live visuals for each performance using his own lo-fi footage, dusty VHS tapes and obscure videos from the internet to create futuristic images from the past overlayed with out-of-reach memories and vague fragments of lost visions.

The Rossi Bar is a small grade II building, and they are restricted with how they can improve access for anyone with mobility issues. The live music venue is located in the basement, which can only be accessed by a short spiral staircase. More accessibility information and images of the venue are in this document:
spiritofgravity.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/The-Spirit-of-Gravity-at-The-Rossi-Bar-for-audience-members.pdf

Unfortunately, we’re unable to livestream more of our gigs, due to internet problems at the venue, but you can still catch us streaming live music sets from home at stream.gravitons.org.

“The Spirit of Gravity: making experimental music a threat again – since 2001”

Thursday 7th November 2024 | 8pm – 10.30pm | £5 (cash only)
Downstairs @ The Rossi Bar
8 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3WA