The Belarina Experiment: Bela Emerson, her cello, new effects, new pieces
Morwell: Sci-fi rave and soundsystem pressure
Bennu: Egyptian noise via Italy
The Belarina Experiment: Bela Emerson, her cello, new effects, new pieces.
Bela is a versatile sonic artist with lived experience of neurodivergence. Since 2003, she’s been making improvised and responsive music on acoustic cello, electric cello with effects pedals, voice and environmental sounds. This work has taken her on tours of North America, Europe and the UK, to festivals including Glastonbury; she’s also been commissioned as a solo artist by BBC Radio 3 and had four solo releases.
In 2023 Bela was selected for a prestigious 12-month Arts Council England-funded Developing Your Creative Practice (DYCP) award, focusing on creative sustainability and explored through movement, embodiment, listening, and sound, with Contact Improvisation (CI) and other movement practitioners.
Bela had three artist residencies in 2024/25: Fabrica (Brighton), Positive Ambisonics (Tayvallich), Anita’s Room (Brighton Dome).
Following these residencies, Bela is currently recording, and presenting new – written – work live: a new and exciting process for a performer whose acclaimed solo work has previously almost exclusively been based in improvisation.
belaemerson.com/artistic-work/
Morwell: Warped storytelling built from glitchy audio collage and low-end pressure Releasing disorienting electronic music from the North East since 2018, Morwell has been featured on BBC 6 Music, NTS, Rinse FM, and even Radio 1. His live show explores the dark, immersive psychedelia of his new label Spiritual Transmissions. Spoken word collages culled from late-night YouTube sessions and archival interviews sit on shapeshifting blends of IDM, shoegaze, free jazz, and club music informed by UK soundsystem traditions and the hardcore continuum.
morwell.net
BENNU is Mohammed Ashraf (Pie Are Squared) and Ahmed Abdelaziz (PYLON&ON&ON, ZIZO), Egyptian producers based in Italy and the UK respectively.
The ancient Egyptian god of pre & post existence, Atum, takes many aspects. The Bennu bird, the Grey Heron, is one aspect of Atum; its cry is the first sound in existence. Bennu is also an asteroid the size of the empire state building, on course to potentially hit earth in just over a hundred years and cause a mass extinction event to terran life. TABANGO, BENNU’s debut EP, sounds like the latter.
thisisbennu.bandcamp.com/album/tabango
piearesquared.bandcamp.com/album/plstc
zizo.bandcamp.com/album/i-feel-you
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 6th November 2025 | 8pm – 10.30pm | £5 (cash only)
Downstairs @ The Rossi Bar
8 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3WA
Glacially evolving ambient music and memories of glaciers are the inspirations behind Remember Glaciers. This project of Jim Purbrick shares the memories of the last people to remember visiting glaciers, as improvised live streamed performances.