What's On in Bristol

Bristolian bass lynchpin Ossia serves up a righteous bill at The Brunswick Club on March 8th, as part of the Submerge festival. Fresh from dropping his debut LP on Blackest Ever Black, he’ll play live alongside a heavyweight all-star cast with mutant dub-tek hybrids from John T. Gast, scuzzy improv punk via EP/64, distorto beatnik beatz from ASDA and eyes-down melancholia courtesy of local Young Echo auxiliary unit Jabu. 🎫 Tickets: hdfst.uk/E51282 📺

Stripping back techno, grime, UK Funky and dancehall to their raw, unadulterated cores, NKC's boneshaking drum workouts are the basis of the sound he's nurtured through his atEveEven the Strong label. Peppered with pop-culture sampling and stuttering vocal snippets, NKC sets are second to none, serving up a rhythmic layering that leaves ceilings dripping and bodies aching. The Her Records associate comes to Cosies! on Friday 8th March, hosted by Psychotherapy Sessions - PTS for a night of dystopian madness. With a beefed-up soundsystem, hardcore warmups from DJ Roy Bar and strictly limited free etickets, dance in confidence that hard drum will never die. ​ 🎫 Tickets: hdfst.uk/E51589 📺

With co-signs from Ricardo Villalobos and Zip and remixes from Fabric's Craig Richards; Voigtmann's incredibly forward take on house and techno was never destined to go unnoticed. The Yumé Records and Toi Toi Musik alumni touches down at The Island this Friday for a rare Bristol show courtesy of Deep Discs, with residents in full support. 🎫 Tickets: hdfst.uk/E50742

Schwet returns again to the stately upstairs room of The Stag And Hounds Public House to host Barcelona’s post-industrial dance duo Dame Area. Their live set features ethnic percussion, 80s synths, crashing sheet metal and striking vocals, crucial for fans of Toresch, Suicide and atminimal wave records. They’re joined by HARRGA, a local duo set to release their debut LP via the shadowy Avon Terror Corps. Resident DJs playing the usual unusual until late... 🎫 Tickets: hdfst.uk/E51032 📺

Flitting between high-speed acid jams, dark techno pieces and lo-fi electro cuts, Legowelt Music’s live shows are defined by his affinity for the imperfect, crafting off-kilter, oddball breaks that continue to bewilder hardware nerds and ravers alike. Pushing the boundaries of experimental electronics, Danny’s no stranger to synthesis, building his own ‘sentient Star Shepherd’ from scratch. Catch the electro wizard live in The Loco Klub's cavernous tunnels alongside local talent DJ October and Gallegos for one of French Kiss's most boundary-pushing line-ups yet. 🎫 Final Tickets: hdfst.uk/E50425 📺

James Chance Official’s vision of funk improvisation delivered with punk attack can hardly be rivaled. A leading figure of the downtown New York scene in the late 70s, with his groups Teenage Jesus & The Jerks (alongside Lydia Lunch) and with The Contortions, creating arguably the most essential punk-funk hybrid. Don’t miss this extremely rare chance to see them in the UK at The Lanes on March 13th (courtesy of Lysergic Limes and BLG Promotions). 🎫 Tickets: hdfst.uk/E49976 📺

Few can list a t.A.t.u remix as one of their finest achievements and retain their musical credibility. Yet, like much of techno’s new wave of pioneering producers, no cultural stones lay unturned for Air Max '97 Music. In keeping with Bristol’s own experimental sound, the Melbourne producer spills a diverse pool of influences across his oblique DJ sets, reworking the likes of Bjork, Rihanna, Kelela and even Gangsta Boo into unrecognisable, frenzied mayhem, packed with rhythmic complexity and a floor-heavy focus. Joining the dots between broken beat, bassline, grime and garage, his own productions are dark and twisted amalgams, warping vocal samples into nightmarish yet melancholy textures that call to mind IDM greats such as Burial, Aphex & Autechre. Don’t miss him alongside Hi5ghost, Zoee, Saaaz and NES$ b2b MUN SING for Illegal Data’s first show of 2019 at The Old England. 🎫 Tickets: hdfst.uk/E50870 📺