Author: Spirit of Gravity

6th May netlabel release

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‘Works from home’ is the latest release from Andrew Greaves. It features five tracks produced, unusually for Andrew, purely as recordings and without regard to live performance (what with their being not a lot of opportunity for that of late). Some of the set is based on organ improvisations created during the first lockdown of 2020. The rest of the album comprises works from the winter of 2020-21, using spontaneous of analogue synth sequencing. Each piece was conceived, collaged, recorded and mixed in one hit.

Stream or download the album here:
spiritofgravity.bandcamp.com/album/works-from-home

As will all SoG releases, any sales income will be donated to the Rossi Bar Crowdfunder, to help the venue that we will, if all goes to plan, be returning to fairly soon
Direct donations can be made here: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/save-the-rossi-bar

For other releases on the Spirit of Gravity netlabel, go to: spiritofgravity.bandcamp.com/

Thursday 5th August at the Rossi Bar: CANCELLED

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Unfortunately the Rossi Bar has had to close due to COVID-19, so our event on 5th August is cancelled. Watch this space for further developments

Previous streaming events are available to view on the Spirit of Gravity YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCBOpPIol32j2ydppLgS7Osg

4th March: Dan Powell / midi_error / Noteherder & McCloud
1st April: Ensemble 1 / The Zero Map / Cutlasses
6th May: Ascsoms / child / Not By Radium
3rd June: Kieran Mahon / rDyer / Melancholic Robot Tantrum / Andrew Greaves

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

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Gravity Waves and the Spirit World

Sunday 25th July 2021 from 8.00 to 10.00pm on ResonanceExtra FM, DAB radio or online at extra.resonance.fm/

Presenting a special mix of live tracks recorded at the Spirit of Gravity over the last 20 years, compiled by Tony Rimbaud – a personal selection from the early years to the most recent performances, featuring all of the acts from the Spirit of Gravity Collective, plus guests including Devilman, Sarah Angliss and Monzen Nakacho.

minimal impact May 2002 / Waxed Apple May 2002 / Multiplex May 2002 / Rashamon November 2003 / Sold June 2004 / Same Actor July 2004 / Kutchi December 2004 / LRS March 2005 / Faoi August 2006 / Dan Powell April 2007 / nwodlteM May 2008 / Shitmat October 2008 / This Sound Bureaucracy October 2009 / Thomas Hiltz January 2010 / Broken Star March 2010 / Komuso February 2011 / I’m Dr Buoyant and Ron Caines July 2011 / Transept July 2011 / June Deer March 2012 / Devilman December 2012 / Sonic Roundabout March 2013 / The Static Memories December 2013 / Sarah Angliss June 2014 / Noteherder & McCloud December 2015 / Johanna Bramli December 2016 / Andrew Greaves April 2017 / Capslock 20s December 2017 / midi error July 2018 / Monzen Nakacho March 2019 / 30. Ensemble 1 March 2019

The June edition of the Spirit of Gravity Radio show is available on the ResonanceFM Mixcloud page:
www.mixcloud.com/resonanceextra/gravity-waves-and-the-spirit-world-june-2021-sunday-27th-june-2021/
This month’s show pays tribute to Rowan Forestier-Walker, better known to us as Embla Quickbeam,who sadly died recently.

Next radio broadcast on ResonanceExtra FM: Sunday 27th June – 8.00 to 10.00pm

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Gravity Waves and the Spirit World

Sunday 27th June 2021 from 8.00 to 10.00pm on ResonanceExtra FM, DAB radio or online at extra.resonance.fm/

We were sorry to find out that Rowan Forestier-Walker, better known to us as Embla Quickbeam, sadly died last week. She’d been ill for a while and passed in the company of her husband in a cabin they’d been refurbishing down in Cornwall. She was one of life’s decent people an artist of singular vision and always a pleasure to have play.

When we moved to the Green Door Store she was the first artist to play, and the first artist we asked to play. Her sets were rather like her in the end, rather lovely, full of depths and just gone far too soon.  She will be missed by all of us who knew her.

Sound Artist Jez riley French has written this obituary for The Wire: www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/essays/rowan-forestier-walker-1977-2021

Our radio show this month starts with two Embla Quickbeam pieces, one from record and one live set from Splitting The Atom.

The rest consists of music from the orbit of the Spirit of Gravity, including more tracks from Elliptical Orbits, our commemorative 20th Anniversary compilation:

Embla Quickbeam – Gloam Mirror / Embla Quickbeam – Live at Splitting The Atom / Andrew Greaves – Organ Improvisations / Mathematical Tile – Ladies’ night (uncle Perce’s mix) / Yudd Habb – Butterfly sandwich / Cutlasses with Duncan Speakman – Return Carrier / Barker – E7-E5 / Same Actor – The Current State of Play / Map 71 – Girlface Occupation / Melancholic Tantrum Robots – Ritual / Monzen Nakacho – Death Spiral / Cutlasses with Amy Cutler – Wolf moon / Ingrid Plum feat Lisa Jayne and Ben Graham – Running with wolves / Resonant Blue – Gilded

The May edition of the Spirit of Gravity Radio show is available on the ResonanceFM Mixcloud page:
www.mixcloud.com/resonanceextra/gravity-waves-and-the-spirit-world-may-2021-sunday-23rd-may-2021/

This month’s show presents a guest mix from Spheress featuring music made by young producers in Brighton alongside more established artists.