Xylitol: Kosmische jungle
This Sound Bureaucracy: Thee Founders return with decks and loops
Jobina Tinnemanns: The sound artist and composer improvises
SuperBonce: 4 hands, 1 head, more noise

Turn up sharp – we have 4 acts tonight!

Xylitol is the alias of Catherine Backhouse, producer and DJ under the name DJ Bunnyhausen. She was a resident DJ at Kosmische, the now dormant Krautrock club and is a fan of jungle and hardcore. She currently co-hosts the radio show Slav To The Rhythm, which focuses on vintage central and eastern European pop and electronica and she’s also co-writing a book on Yugoslavian pop culture.
xylitol.bandcamp.com/
planet.mu/artists/xylitol/

Thee Founders Nick Rilke and Tony Rimbaud return to live performance in the Spirit of Gravity’s 25th Anniversary year. Having performed since the start as Malevich, Ill/Fitting Suits and I’m Dr Buoyant vs Needle Exchange, the duo return to the stage as This Sound Bureaucracy, presenting an unpredictable mix of decks, loops and samples.

Tony Rimbaud has performed since 2006 as I’m Dr Buoyant, and has also presented long-form works as Not By Radium. A regular member of the ad hoc Spirit of Gravity Quartet, he has also collaborated with many other artists such as Rashamon, minimal impact, Chris Parfitt, Bela Emerson, and more regularly with saxophonist Ron Caines and keyboard player Andrew Greaves. Releases from his solo works and collaborations with Ron Caines and Chris Parfitt can be found on the Spirit of Gravity BandCamp page. He is currently working on a new release with Andrew Greaves, working with saxophone recordings by Ron Caines for a trio album.
soundcloud.com/im-dr-buoyant

Nick Rilke performed with Tony as Malevich, Ill/Fitting Suits and This Sound Bureaucracy, and on his own as Needle Exchange, using decks with altered vinyl, loops, fx and spoken word, alongside audience participation and other antics. Always an anarchic presence, his most recent appearances have been as compere for Spirit of Gravity anniversary events. Outside of his contributions at the Spirit of Gravity, he has played modern folk with The Sweet Ordeal, and has more recently concentrated on his role as leader, vocalist and keytarist for synth-driven, story-telling post-punk band Dateless Wonder Club.
datelesswonderclubband.bandcamp.com/

Jobina Tinnemans is a composer at the nexus of contemporary classical and electronic art music, writing for ensemble, voice and solo performers, both in conventional and cross-discipline instrumentation and notation.
ALBUMS – in 2020 her first album Five Thoughts On Everything was released on the New York-based label Bright Shiny Things and widely reviewed and broadcast, recommended as ‘a disc to die for’ by The Whole Note. Vanitas (2023) for string quartet, performed by the Frankland Quartet and released under the same name, received a ‘recommend listen’ in Prospect Magazine #73. Earlier this year Tinnemans’ released Electronic Diary I (2005-2015) and Rot, Gelb, Blau (2015) with Paris-based label Modulisme, which is a compilation album of previously unreleased electronic works. The seven short piano pieces of Seven Sisters (2021) have seen multiple performances in Europe and the US by Fidan Aghayeva-Edler and are now on her Elements & Jasmine Petals double album, released by Salomé Records in early 2026. Tinnemans’ most recent works for piano, a set of thirteen pieces inspired by the artwork of Bridget Riley, simply called Riley, is awaiting release.
jobinatinnemans.com/

SuperBonce: An extended pairing makes a noise set from a contact miked head. Featuring Geoff Cheesemaster’s head and effects, with Louise providing the noise.
McCloud, McCloud+1, Cour’en, etc

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

Our third live streaming festival Gravitons 2026 runs between 7th-12th November, presenting live streamed experimental electronic performances from around the world, with a full schedule featuring:

See gravitons.org/ for full details