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Thursday 1st December at the Rossi Bar: Emma Papper & Jason Smart / Gun Boiler / Warped Love Group

Emma Papper & Jason Smart: purveyors of lyrical electronic landscapes
Gun Boiler: exploring the power of desensitisation
Warped Love Group: Field recordings in dub

During lockdown Emma Papper and Jason Smart decided to get away from it all and took a Daytrip to Europa, Jupiter’s Ocean moon. They then recorded an album based on their adventures and will be playing a selection of tracks from their musical travelogue.

Pushing the limits of sonic space and human tolerance within the shadow sounds of 200+ BPM Techno – Gun Boiler explores the power of desensitisation to find parity in stark audio darkness.

Warped Love Group: Field recordings in dub, stray vocals found amongst 20th century detritus in the skip of the internet, held together with primitive found sound percussion and rumbling bass.

MelJoann will be providing visuals for this show.

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 can be found at: spiritofgravity.com/accessibility/

Thursday 1st December 2022 | 8pm – 10.30pm | £5 (cash only)
Downstairs @ The Rossi Bar
8 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3WA

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

Gravity Waves and the Spirit World

Sunday 27th November 2022 from 8.00 to 10.00pm on ResonanceExtra FM, DAB radio or online at extra.resonance.fm/

This month opens with an hour of music from within the orbit of the spirit of Gravity Collective, including a long piece from our friend Simon James, plus some tracks from collective member Jim Purbrick, taken from his new Alien Alarms debut album “0 to 1”, and a piece from someone new to us, Hannya White. The Second Hour features a full playback of the latest release on the Spirit of Gravity Label, a twenty-first year anniversary re-issue of the 2008 compilation, Festival. Enjoy.

First hour: Hannya White – And a POW world / Alien Alarms – Storm Warning / Alien Alarms – Means of Production / Yao Bobby & Simon Crab – Ahome / Yao Bobby & Simon Crab – Every Day / Ingrid Plum – an occupation of air part 1 / Simon James – The Eyes Connect

Second Hour: McCloud and the Endless Guitars of Hagbard Stromm – Festival Part One – Endless Heat of Day / Hot Roddy – Fest 1 Fest 2 Fest 3 / I’m Dr Buoyant – Fat Elvis / Dan Powell – Hay Salman / Sh*tmat – Mick Hucknell leader of Daleks (Gwat Quan Mandrax Roller Derby mix) Blanka – Darko / Casio Headbutt – No Sleeping / minimal impact – Out Demons Out / Steve’s Boutique – Empty Field / Not By Radium – A World o’ Things / McCloud and the Endless Guitars of Hagbard Stromm – Festival Part Two – Treetime to Breakfast / Rashamon – Leave The Fields To The Vikings / Terror Wogan – CasioButt Science / Les Dins – Ne donnez Aucune Merde (Melange de Festival)

The October 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-october-2022-23rd-october-2022/
This month’s show opens with a special one hour mix by UK musician and artist Euso. The second hour features the usual high-grade experimentalism from in and around the orbit of The Spirit of Gravity Collective, with music from R. Dyer, Ingrid Plum, Ascsoms, and tracks from the new album by Rashamon.

New re-release on the Spirit of Gravity BandCamp label: Festival 2008

The latest re-release from the Spirit of Gravity BandCamp label is the 2008 compilation, created following a failed attempt to organise a festival in partnership with Wrong Music. “Festival 2008” includes tracks from ‘Gravity members including Sh*tmat, and more than one track provided by Steve ‘minimal impact’ in various guises.

Available now to stream and download from spiritofgravity.bandcamp.com/album/festival-2008

Thursday 3rd November at the Rossi Bar: Dhangsha / Ingrid Plum / Evey

Dhangsha: The return of Noise Dancehall fusion
Ingrid Plum: Voice / synth: “Corporeality” album launch!
Evey: Percussive electronics on a hardware tip

With apposite live visuals by Symmetrical Forces, overlaid with out-of-reach memories and vague fragments of lost visions.

Thursday 3rd November 2022 | 8pm – 10.30pm | £5 (cash only)
Downstairs @ The Rossi Bar
8 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3WA

Next radio broadcast on ResonanceExtra FM: Sunday 23rd October – 8.00 to 10.00pm

Gravity Waves and the Spirit World

Sunday 23rd October 2022 from 8.00 to 10.00pm on ResonanceExtra FM, DAB radio or online at extra.resonance.fm/

Details to be confirmed

The September 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-september-2022-25th-september-2022/
In this episode, music from around The Spirit of Gravity – compilations from Difficult Art And Music, Abstrakce Records, along with Shit Creek who played at our last show. The second hour features two extended audio works: a hallucinogenic sound essay by Mark Fisher and Justin Barton, and a strange and spectral track from Mark Leckey’s 2019 exhibition at Tate Britain.

Thursday 6th October at the Rossi Bar: I Am Fya / MelJoann / Gus Garside

I am Fya: From Manchester comes I am Fya, with her low End Textures, field recordings and sound system culture, steeped in Barbadian influences
MelJoann: Creepy avant-pop songs from Ireland’s MelJoann; disorientating AV and wellness cult recruitment are part of her weird world.
Gus Garside: 3 very different pieces for double bass and electronics from the improv and free jazz stalwart, on a solo outing away from Arc and other recent fertile collaborations

With apposite live visuals by Symmetrical Forces, overlaid with out-of-reach memories and vague fragments of lost visions.

Thursday 6th October 2022 | 8pm – 10.30pm | £5 (cash only)
Downstairs @ The Rossi Bar
8 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3WA

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

Gravity Waves and the Spirit World

Sunday 25th September 2022 from 8.00 to 10.00pm on ResonanceExtra FM, DAB radio or online at extra.resonance.fm/

Music from around the Spirit of Gravity – compilations from Difficult art and music, Abstrakce Records, along with Shit Creek who played at our last show. The second hour features 2 extended audio works: The Hallucinogenic spoken word ambient essay from Mark Fisher and Justin Barton, and the strange and spectral audio track from Mark Lecky’s (fairly) recent exhibition at Tate Britain.

Elise Plans – Cantoo (Everything Lasts Forever…) / Distant Animals –  Wolfams (Public Sector Prisons…) / Anatomy of the Heads – Drama at Spirit Lake (Everything Lasts Forever…) / Beattie – Canon – Hignell – 48 (Brexshitting) / Shit Creek –  ancestral vision of fibre optic cable / Shit Creek – ash song/ Map71 –  One-Dimensional Bang (Fourth Dimension Dub) / Ariel Kalma – Yin Yang  / Jeff Greinke – Their Secret Game / Noteherder and I’m Dr Buoyant – Restless head / Shit Creek

Mark Leckey – O Magic Power of Bleakness / Mark Fisher and Justin Barton – On Vanishing Land Side A/Side B

The August 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-august-2022-28th-august-2022/
This month’s show was taken from music around the orbit of The Spirit of Gravity, friends of friends and beautiful strange music we found online, including Emily McWilliams, Richard Youngs and Phillipe Petit