Far Rainbow: Ghost machines and tangible percussion.
Screaming Alice: More direct/less polite/than you/might expect/and not a screen/to be seen.
Frixon Klatt: Ominous atmospheric beats
Far Rainbow is the London-based duo of Emily Mary Barnett and Bobby Barry. Their new album The Blue Hugeness begins with bubbling sounds which Barnett’s cymbals splash through, taking on a gait somewhere between Jack DeJohnette and a leaky pipe. Later, flickering drones emerge that seem more electrical than instrumental – which might be true as previous releases have seen Barry credited with playing electric toothbrush and various small motors. Submerged in it all are eerie field recordings, the most beguiling sounding like a baby cooing in the distance. It’s seldom clear where any sound comes from on this tape. Even where the drums begin and end gets a little hazy, while the lush reverb that glistens off everything is a source of intrigue in itself. It’s a spooky and hypnotic zone, one where machines seem to live in ghostly spaces. Every sound on ‘The Blue Hugeness’ is a riddle, slipping along the boundary between familiar and unfamiliar to find an alluring place in the in-between.
Screaming Alice: improvised organic pieces around skeletal structures. Motorik grooves, major keys, misbehaving analogue synths and perhaps some animal noises from Spirit of Gravity collective members Andrew Greaves (Broken Star, as himself and in various collaborations) and Howard Spencer (Birds of Death Valley, Hazandaz, Sold, Celled).
Frixon Klatt is a solo electronic act from Southampton now exploring his interest in old IDM, jungle and breakbeat with a atmospheric ominous twist. Check him out on SoundCloud at soundcloud.com/frixonklatt
Hosted by our very own DJ Cheesemaster
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
“The Spirit of Gravity: making experimental music a threat again – since 2001”
Thursday 3rd August 2023 | 8pm – 10.30pm | £5 (cash only)
Downstairs @ The Rossi Bar
8 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3WA