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Thursday 4th November at the Rossi Bar: Emma Papper / FROST/ Territorial Gobbing

Emma Papper: ambient electronics & improvised clarinet and EWI 5000
FROST: solo drum activated electronics
Territorial Gobbing: cut-up electronic noise & object improv performance art

Emma Papper is a Brighton musician – part of David Bramwell’s Oddfellows Casino (folky electronica) for 20 years and the Brighton Film Quartet (contemporary cinematic music) for 9 years.  Over the last 3 years I have got into composing electronic music using an EWI 5000 (electronic wind synthesizer) / Reason combination and to date have produced 2 solo and 2 collaborative albums (‘Sounds in Space’, ‘Deeper Sounds in Space’, ‘Long Distance Dreams’ and ‘Day Trip to Europa’  My live solo set is me playing mainly improvised clarinet / EWI 5000  over my electronic compositions.
emmapapper.co.uk/music

FROST is a drummer who plays as a soloist with an acoustic kit triggering sounds and loops from a sample pad.
Current project, Perm Octo Clavè Induction Set is a body of 10 songs centred on a binary rhythmic framework, encompassing 10 songs released as five separate records throughout 2021. Each song explores a unique iteration of a rhythmic motif, with acoustic instrumentation in dialogue with sequenced electronics. There are reoccurring themes of minimalism, leftfield techno and post rock, underpinned by the ideology of networked beats.
musicbyfrost.bandcamp.com
Not to be confused with Fröst.

Territorial Gobbing – high speed clutter, vocal garbage and tape abuse shooting for sound-art and settling for much less.
territorialgobbing.bandcamp.com

Thursday 4th November 2021 | 8pm – 10.30pm | £5
Downstairs @ The Rossi Bar
8 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3WA

Next radio broadcast on ResonanceExtra FM: Sunday 24th October – 8.00 to 10.00pm

Gravity Waves and the Spirit World

Sunday 24th October 2021 from 8.00 to 10.00pm on ResonanceExtra FM, DAB radio or online at extra.resonance.fm/

This show is likely to include tracks from the Bang the Bore compilation ‘Here’, and more from the Radiant Heretics label.

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-2021-sunday-26th-september-2021/
This month’s show consisted of a special show featuring artists from the mysterious new Radiant Heretics label.

Thursday 7th October at the Rossi Bar: Dan Powell / R. Dyer / This Sound Bureacracy

After our first successful return to the Rossi bar in September, we are on track to return in October.

Featuring: DAN POWELL / R. DYER / THIS SOUND BUREAUCRACY

Dan Powell: Small percussion and custom digital processing
R. Dyer: Odd songs built from memories and stray kit
This Sound Bureaucracy: The True and Authentick History of The Spirit of Gravity

Dan Powell is a sound artist who uses field recordings, handmade and proprietary electronics and tuned percussion. The main focus of his work is exploring places which have a particular personal. He has been active in electro-acoustic improvisation in London and Brighton, especially with Gus Garside in The Static Memories, and Chris Parfitt in Nil, and currently performs as part of Muster with James O’Sullivan.
cronica.bandcamp.com/album/four-walks-at-old-chapel
slightlyoffkilter.bandcamp.com/album/am

R. Dyer uses saxophone, saw, harp, found sounds, tape samples, looped vocals and synth to create mesmerising baroque pop laced with chaotic improvisation.
soundcloud.com/r-dyer-uk
rdyermusic.bandcamp.com/

This Sound Bureaucracy: Mr Nick Rilke presents the True and Authentick History of The Spirit of Gravity with Accompaniment by Mr Tony Rimbaud. Thee founders return.
This Sound Bureaucracy are remarkably undocumented.

Thursday 7th October 2021 | 8pm – 10.30pm | £5
Downstairs @ The Rossi Bar
8 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3WA

Noteherder & McCloud: Laurie’s Revenge

The latest release on the Spirit of Gravity net label is a very limited lathe cut from Noteherder & McCloud, hand numbered in clear vinyl, titled “Laurie’s Revenge”.

Says Geoff Cheesemaster about their latest offering:
“We took the opportunity under lockdown to try a new way of recording, well new for us anyway. For years we’ve only ever played and recorded “live” whereas this gave us an opportunity to work more as other folk do, recording multiple parts, multi-tracking and generally doing more than we could attempt in a live situation.
“We were very pleased with the results and so asked Spheress to remix the track in his own inimitable style. When we got that back, we felt that a limited 10″ release was the least we could do.
“This release is our tip of the hat to Laurie Johnson.”

Order your free download and very limited lathe cut through the Spirit of Gravity BandCamp label now at https://spiritofgravity.bandcamp.com/album/lauries-revenge

Next radio broadcast on ResonanceExtra FM: Sunday 26th September – 8.00 to 10.00pm

Gravity Waves and the Spirit World

Sunday 26th September 2021 from 8.00 to 10.00pm on ResonanceExtra FM, DAB radio or online at extra.resonance.fm/

This month we present a special show featuring artists from the mysterious new Radiant Heretics label, including tracks from Ludd Púca, Dr Ray Power, Othermen, Luke Pendrell and Alex James Pollard:
Ludd PúcaFantôme dansant / Luke Pendrell & Alexander James Pollard feat. (Dawson, Crowley) – Aleister Crowley and Charles Dawson: The Order of the Dawn Man (radio edit) /

Othermen – Clay Man Touched the Sides / Dr Raypower – The Concrete Acid Echo Tapes (Dr Raypower vs. His Majesties Lüdd Puca)
Plus:
Ellis Warren – Spam Jam Live Performance * / Luke Pendrell – Spam Jam Live Performance * / * With Steven Mallinder (Cabaret Voltaire/Creep Show/Wrangler)

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-2021-sunday-22nd-august-2021/
This month’s show features music from our recently re-issued compilations available via BandCamp, then in the second hour some field recordings from Simon James, and other music from the orbit of the Spirit of Gravity including Cutlasses, Melancholic Robot Tantrum and Dan Powell.

Thursday 2nd September at the Rossi Bar: Ravine Machine / David K Frampton / more TBC

Ravine Machine
Ritual projections and sonic illuminations (Amy Cutler & Scott Pitkethly from Cutlasses)

David K Frampton
Raw vocals and personal electronics

Plus more to be confirmed

Thursday 2nd September 2021 | 8pm – 10.30pm | £5
Downstairs @ The Rossi Bar
8 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3WA

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

20th Anniversary re-release: Volume 4 (live)

The fourth Spirit of Gravity compilation featured live recordings of people in the orbit of The Spirit off Gravity from way back in 2004. Featuring the astonishing Catfork by Sold, minimal impact in mellow mood, Henry Collins ongoing battle with sound engineers, cut up beats from Rashamon, and much more.

Stream or download the album here: spiritofgravity.bandcamp.com/album/volume-four-live