New release on the Spirit of Gravity BandCamp label: 25

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The Spirit of Gravity was founded in 2001 by Nick Rilke and Tony Rimbaud, to provide a platform for live experimental electronic music.

Before long it gathered a nucleus of local musicians and was attracting artists from around the world.

As part of the 25th birthday celebrations this year for the Spirit of Gravity, we wanted to release a compilation CD, to expand on the vinyl LP format we used for our 21st, and include artists old and new who we have loved over the years. There are a few missing for various reasons, but we’re very happy with the outcome.

Stream the two sample tracks from Rashamon and Rackets and place your pre-orders for the CD or digital release here: spiritofgravity.bandcamp.com/album/25 

Next radio broadcast on ResonanceExtra FM: Sunday 27th September – 8.00 to 10.00pm

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Gravity Waves and the Spirit World

Sunday 27th September 2026 from 8.00 to 10.00pm on ResonanceExtra FM, DAB radio or online at extra.resonance.fm/

THERE WILL BE NO SHOW IN AUGUST DUE TO THE RESONANCEFM SUMMER BREAK

The July edition of the Spirit of Gravity Radio show is available on the ResonanceFM Mixcloud page:
extra.resonance.fm/episodes/gravity-waves-and-the-spirit-world-number-hard-to-place
The first hour features more recordings from the orbit of the Spirit of Gravity, including a track recorded around the time we started out featuring “American Jeff” and recorded in his office above our first venue 25 years ago. The second hour is dedicated to ‘Hard to Reach’, an extended piece produced for Gravity Waves by Christopher Simms. ‘Hard to Reach’ is an audio essay about Simms’ experience of growing up in care in Britain during the 1960s and 1970s.

You can also catch up on all the previous shows this year from the Gravity Waves page at spiritofgravity.com/gravity-waves/

Thursday 3rd September at the Rossi Bar: Arconic / Nicola Woodham / f.ampism

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Arconic: Ambient sound with visual stimulation
Nicola Woodham: Voice making through movement; interrupting proceedings
f.ampism: Bringing a meticulous approach to electroacoustic collage

Arconic is the solo project of Rob Parton, an electronic musician and sound artist from London. His work explores sound, space, and time through synthesis, feedback, and field recordings. Blending ambient, acousmatic, and spatial sound practices, he creates immersive live performances that evolve in response to the acoustics of each venue.
Recent work includes performances and presentations through Sound/Image Festival, CRUX AV London, Spatial Audio Gathering and Project DIVFUSE. His practice developed through a Master’s in Music and Sound Design at the University of Greenwich, focuses on spatial composition and live improvisation. His live performances combine looping delays, drones, and evolving textures to invite deep listening and calm reflection.
www.arconicsound.com
www.instagram.com/arconicsound/

Nicola Woodham, who hails from Brighton, started making vocal performances in 2014. Vocal experimentation is her life’s work and is deeply personal. Nicola spends hours in the studio processing her voice and devising sound poetry. What she shares with her audience are finely tuned performances with lots of space for free improvisation. Performing with these methods is a way for Nicola to create estrangement, here between her mouthings and any expectations for her to sound and behave in specific ways due to her gender. Out of this rupture evolves the weird, the other, and the affecting. A rustling creaturedness.
nicolawoodham.bandcamp.com/
www.nicolawoodham.com/
Instagram: @nicola.woodham

f.ampism is paul wilson is f.ampism.
Sound/visual artist based in Brighton,UK.
He also plays in Kaloja; a duo with Jan Anderzén, and Yayoba; a trio with Johannes Schebler and Jani Hirvonen.
Member of Brighton-based gonzo free-jazz fünftet Bolide.
Monthly radio show The Infinite Inward, on Resonance Extra.
When he’s not making stuff, he’s practising/teaching Yoga.
f.ampism.com/

Live visuals by Meljoann

Hosted by Geoff Cheesemaster

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

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

Thursday 3rd September 2026 | 8pm – 10.30pm | £5 (cash only)
Downstairs @ The Rossi Bar
8 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3WA