Another Spirit of Gravity release has been launched on bandcamp – Satellites by WASPS 

WASPS are Andrew Greaves and Dan Powell, both members of the Spirit of Gravity music collective. ‘Satellites’ is their first release as WASPS. Its three tracks use found objects and understated layering of digital and analogue synths to create atmospheric pieces of great economy and beauty. There is abstraction, fragmentary melodies, and plenty of light, shade, and space.

The germ of the album was sown with successful, largely improvised live collaborations at the Rose Hill and, under the Spirit of Gravity banner, at the Rossi Bar. ‘Satellites’ too was mostly improvised, and was recorded in a single day at ChiffChaff Studios in Brighton in late 2025. The duo then spent the long winter evenings mixing the recordings.

Stream or download (£9) here: spiritofgravity.bandcamp.com/album/satellites

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

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.
Her forthcoming album Sonic Allies/Vocal Others is the culmination of years of her vocal praxis to create “others” that have her back, sometimes advocate for her, and help her take up space.
nicolawoodham.bandcamp.com/
www.nicolawoodham.com/
Instagram: @nicola.woodham

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