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Bristol's Experimental Music Listings

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Bristol's Experimental Music Scene

It’s Bristol’s dance music that has earnt Bristol’s music scene international recognition, but the city’s playful experimentation between musicianship, electronics and sound art that is starting to gain the most traction. It's with a sigh of relief that we bid farewell to loop-pedal-powered hippies of the past and embrace the patch bays, compressors and modular synths of the future. All Bristol’s experimental music events are listed on this page.

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What our editors say

“An intimate look from long-time institution Rough Trade at two of the most exciting contemporary bands operating in a world entirely their own. Ex Agent bring their fiercely experimental No Wave inspired improv to the table, offering a captivating performance for the freaks and the weirdos. Moin needs little introduction — in the midst of the tour for their recent delight ‘You Never End’, released via AD93, they’ll bring their unique fusion of Alt-Rock, Post-Punk and much more, melded together by delectable guitar tone and percussion.”
From: Moin & Ex Agent

“Margin Forever is a new experimental music and art collective; bringing together promoters and artists behind events like Supernormal, Tough Sell, Liquid Library, Monochrome, Mouthfeel, Enter The Noid and QWAK Club, to celebrate art and culture at the margins (forever).”
From: Fashion Tips, Milkweed, Yol + Stacks more

“We are pleased to return to Loco Klub for a third year, for a gig that has become the production modus operandi of the festival. With a new year, comes a new transformation of the club’s tunnels. A/V installations, light shows and projections are set to accompany visceral and experimental live performances.”
From: Loco Klub w/ Kahn + Autumns & more

“Evicshen is the nom de guerre of sound artist, experimental music performer, and inventor Victoria Shen (she/her). Based in San Francisco, Shen's sound practice is concerned with the spatiality/physicality of sound and its relationship to the human body. Her music features analog modular synthesizers, vinyl/resin records, and self-built electronics. Shen's music eschews conventions in harmony and rhythm in favour of extreme textures and gestural tones.”
From: Evicshen, Jack Dove, MARCY

“Los Angeles-based musician Tashi Wada works within a heady, intergenerational slipstream bridging storied East and West Coast art music institutions, and the DIY experimental scenes that emerged in the 2000s and 2010s.”
From: Tashi Wada