16th October at the Scope: 4Heads / Worn Pots / The Spirit of Gravity/SafeHouse Quartet

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The Spirit of Gravity presents the Scope 2026

As part of our 25th Anniversary celebrations, for one night only we present the Spirit of Gravity Arts Lab we call The Scope, this time in the atmospheric Cabaret Room at Presuming Ed’s. The Scope ran from July 2014 to January 2016 at the Caroline of Brunswick, presenting low-key, intimate experimental performances, often one-off projects or ad hoc collaborations.

4Heads: semi-modular, small percussion, bruised uke: a duo

The return of the duo of Dan Powell (Rackets, Nil, Omsk, ad infinitum) and Geoff Cheesemaster (McCloud, Cour’en, Bonce etc).  Named after a photograph, 4Heads are Dan on semi-modular synthesiser & small percussion, Geoff on extended Ukulele and effects.

They have an EP on the Spirit of Gravity label as an augmented trio recorded live at Fort Process 2017: The Tunnel Tracks ep | Four Heads | Spirit of Gravity
and a track on a Spirit of Gravity compilation: ▶︎ A brief historia of green doria | The Four Heads | Spirit of Gravity

Worn Pots: improvised percussion loops disintegrate into crackles, pops and noise in the bowels of a hybrid modular drone.

Worn pots will perform “Audience Disintegration” with help from the audience: using contact mics and household items to record percussion loops which continually decay and disintegrate before being overdubbed with fresh loops which begin to disintegrate alongside the existing material.

The Spirit of Gravity / SafeHouse Quartet: The Spirit of Gravity meets the SafeHouse Collective for a joint improvisation

The ad hoc collaborations represented by the Spirit of Gravity Quartet and the SafeHouse Wildcard Quartet combine forces for a special joint improvisation. Andrew Greaves (keyboards) and I’m Dr Buoyant (loops and effects) from the Spirit of Gravity join Matt Clark (guitar) and Alison Briggs (cello) from the SafeHouse to perform two pieces, one based on a graphic score, the other a free improvisation.

Plus Lissajous figure projections

Friday 16th October | 8.00pm – 10.30pm | Feed the piggy donations on the door please
@ The Cabaret Room, upstairs at Presuming Ed’s, 114 London Road, Brighton BN1 4JG

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. This release is available in strictly limited CD form or as a digital download.

spiritofgravity.bandcamp.com/album/25 

Next radio broadcast on ResonanceExtra FM: Sunday 25th October – 8.00 to 10.00pm

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Gravity Waves and the Spirit World

Sunday 25th October 2026 from 8.00 to 10.00pm on ResonanceExtra FM, DAB radio or online at extra.resonance.fm/

1st hour: Two recent live recordings from I’m Dr Buoyant, the first recorded at Splitting the Atom in August, the other from the Willow Dome of the Ecomusicology Project in Stanmer Park later in the month.
2nd hour: “Ice Core 2025-11-30 (Peru 2025)” by Remember Glaciers featuring Rémi Chaintron sharing his memories of visiting a glacier in Peru in 2025. Performed live as part of the Spirit of Gravity Gravitons 2025 live streaming festival last November.

The September 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-i-m-dr-buoyant-remember-glaciers-2026-09-27
The first hour of this episode features two recent live recordings from I’m Dr Buoyant, from Splitting the Atom and the Ecomusicology Project during August. The second hour features “Ice Core 2025-11-30 (Peru 2025)” by Remember Glaciers featuring Rémi Chaintron sharing his memories of visiting a glacier in Peru in 2025

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

Thursday 5th November at the Rossi Bar: Athina B / Jilk / Baltic Snake Cult

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Athina B: The sounds of twilight, halfway between dream & memory
Jilk: Ambient glitch, jazz & emotive melodic ashes
Baltic Snake Cult: deep bass drift

Named for a Brighton shipwreck and a fragment of a Slum of Legs lyric, Athina B are a band playing from the liminal spaces – capturing the sounds of twilight, halfway between dream and memory where birds are caught midflight, lit by a setting sun. Helmed by local favourites YOU&TH and R. Dyer, with occasional guests and passers through, they turn found sounds, layered violin, bells, polyrhythms, harps, chants and charms into semi-improvised paeans to time and life and joy. With only a few performances to their name, they’ve already built a reputation for riveting performances and incredible on-stage chemistry. Not to be missed.
FFO: Dirty Three, Laurie Anderson, Lau nau, Haress, Kronos Quartet

Jilk – (previous releases; Cue Dot Records, Castles In Space, Project Mooncircle and Bricolage) are a Bristol based experimental collective.
This specially written show for Spirit Of Gravity will explore the intersection between ambient glitch, experimental, jazz infused drumming and emotive melodic washes.

Baltic Snake Cult – deep bass drift down the infinite corridors of the endless scroll. Dumb research, dubious methods.

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