Henry Collins & Chase Coley / Hyacinth Bucket and the Magical Testicles Filled with Thousands of Bumble Bees and the Essence of Creation
Meljoann: Deconstructed R&B beats
Luuma: Feedback systems & DIY instruments
Henry Oolli Collins: Nothing I can write will prepare you for what Henry Collins is going to do. A sound artist operating always at the limits of music, although he’s most famous for hist frenzied Shitmat alter ego, he’s also produced considered electronica, free improv rummaging, an album of the Sound of Music without music, and who could forget the exercise bike hurdy-gurdy. Look at these but do not consider them to be useful in working out what the performance will be like.
everycontactleavesatrace.bandcamp.com/album/music-of-sound
henryliamcollins.wordpress.com/”
Chase Coley is an experimental sound artist and natural science educator. Chases’s instrument-making practice is a point of departure that interrogates the choreography of movements, actions and intentions, to produce new acoustic instruments, he will joined with fellow sound artist Henry Collins
www.chasecoley.com
‘Hyacinth Bucket And The Magical Testicle Filled With Thousands Of Bumble Bees and the Essence of Creation’ is also Henry Oooli Collins and Chase Coley
Something slightly different from the head of our Gravitons live streaming organiser; Meljoann puts aside her usual high concept performances for something special just for us.
meljoann.com
Luuma will be be summoning homemade instruments into life to render a live remix of his recent release Ffroeds (on Flaming Pines). Created with DIY electronics, unruly string instruments, self-modulating analogue synths, erratic machine learning models and esoteric sound synthesis, Ffroeds is a series of experiments into the (edge of) chaotic world of musical feedback systems.
luuma.net/pages/listen/
flamingpines.bandcamp.com/album/ffroeds
Live visuals by Meljoann
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 4th December 2025 | 8pm – 10.30pm | £5 (cash only)
Downstairs @ The Rossi Bar
8 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3WA