Headfirst Editor's Pick
"Another rock solid Totality all day transmission from the fringes of experimental muzack, essential for fans of all things good and weird in this world. Must-sees include: Yokel & DHam & Franco Franco’s gonzo psych-rap odyssey, ‘queer garden noise’ from Punchcutter and kosmische electronic bliss from Maes Y Circle."
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A gig held at Dareshack on Saturday 17th June. The event starts at 16:30.
The second Totality in June will team up with Jake Healy (Function Room) on Saturday, June 17th at Dareshack.
We’re honoured to run our All Dayer with this incredible group of like minded underground artists.
It’ll start mid afternoon and finish late.
Tickets are now available at Headfirst.
A+J x
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COIMS featuring Matt Lymon
COIMS are an experimental sound duo from Bristol UK, using percussion and strings to create primitive sonic freedom. Featuring the unparalleled vocal folds of Malt Lymon.
Listen - https://coims.bandcamp.com/
Reviews:
COIMS seem to be onto some kind of as yet unnamed Fusion music (Mark Pino, Disaster Amnesiac).
This delicious spew has no regularities or pulses familiar to conventional jaded lugs, and it clatters about in a most ramshackle manner free from such nonsense as guitar solos or traditional dynamics... Wayward creepster music (Ed Pinsent, Sound Projector).
COIMS is not fucking around. Or rather, they Are fucking around so hard that they’ve discovered (and mastered) a solid niche for themselves that is every bit as adventurous in its being hard to follow as it is its remaining easy to get lost in (Jacob An Kittenplan, Cassette Gods).
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EKHIDNA
Ekhidna is a brand-new London and Bristol based duo that has launched into the electronic music scene with their dark and distinctive synth-based sound. Comprised of members Ais and Freddie, the duo was formed in 2022 and has quickly gained a reputation for their brooding and menacing music.
Their sound is characterized by its moody and industrial qualities, inspired by elements of EBM, techno, gqom, synth pop and darkwave to create a unique blend of haunting and danceable tracks. Ais's ethereal vocals provide an emotive layer to their songs, while Fred die's intricate drum machine and synth work gives the music its driving force.
Check their socials - https://www.instagram.com/ekhidna___
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FOOT FOOT
Lo-fi art prog 5 piece, foot foot dance around pastoral, indie-flecked math-folk and discordant, post-rock while never quite settling on either.
FFO Movietone, bar italia, Swirlies, The Sonora Pine etc.
Socials -
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HARPOON
Head-spinning vortex of lean, brutalist, interlocking composition and hyperkinetic rhythm study, honing years of live improvisation into a thrill-ride of texture through two volca beats and plenty of cheap fx pedals.
Listen - https://harpoonsound.bandcamp.com/album/permission-fist
Watch - https://vimeo.com/331004571
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JAKE HEALY
1/4 of Bristol's very own Sugar Horse, using turntables and samplers to create a suite of pure sound, musique concrete and dub explorations.
Listen - https://jakehealy.bandcamp.com/album/creulon-soundtrack
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MAES Y CIRCLES
Maes Y Circles are an experimental South Wales based band, using analogue synths to build layers of arpeggios, noise and textures, all played live. Part komische, part minimalist and with an early Warp Records influence. Receiving kudos for their previous EP release, recent remix for Gallops and live performances, Maes Y Circles will put on an immersive show.
Listen - https://maesycircles.bandcamp.com/album/ep01 / https://open.spotify.com/artist/7L43mUIktgSGidfLhkThjo
Reviews:
“This record is a must-have for any fan of purist minimalism or progressive electronic music” Simon Gore (Circuit Sweet)
Featured as Buzz Magazines “Ones to watch”
“Sounds not unlike ‘cough’ Buttons, lost in an unpenetrable forest somewhere outside Blaenau Ffestiniog” Adam Walton (BBC Radio Wales)
“MAD visuals from @chameleonic making this one of the most ethereal performances I’ve seen this year!” Mintys Gig Guide
“Came here by chance tonight and found this band doing some rad kosmische excursions which incorporated a tribute to the Clockwork Orange OST. really good.” Noel Gardener (Buzz Magazine, Quietus)
“That they manage to induce such euphoria while steadfastly refusing to throw in a drop until almost the end is very much to their credit.” Ben Woolhead (Buzz Magazine)
Some artists they've been compared to are Oneohtrix Point Never, Caterina Barbieri, Fuck Buttons, Nils Frahm and often Tangerine Dream...
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PUNCHCUTTER
Ever-evolving queer garden noise.
youtu.be/6An6SZZNEWg
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RAINBOW SLICER
Rainbow Slicers songs often combine sparse atmospherics with booming electronic percussion and electronic noises, reverberating around heavy beats. As the music gets busier, the beats get chopped and mangled, before they start to resemble something like a broken tape machine, lost and spitting out the same repeated message of amplified noise.
At times the bleeps and odd drum patterns bring to mind classic Warp artists like Autechre or Boards of Canada, but the material is far less forgiving overall. If anything, the sound can bring to mind some of the harsher, more noise-reliant techno producers of today such as Blawan, but there is very little to make you dance here, the music is instead designed to evoke."
Listen - https://rainbowslicer.bandcamp.com/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBHGyO1itFw
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YOKEL x D.HAM x FRANCO FRANCO
Ahead of their forthcoming album on Bokeh Versions, YOKEL, D.HAM and FRANCO FRANCO bring the weirdo-electronics, sampledelica fused with blunted stream of consciousness and turnt-up melodics. 'Would you take a minor tour into your InnerMindMaze...?'
soundcloud.com/yokelbristol
https://accidentalmeetings.bandcamp.com/track/yokel-tsunami-1607-ft-d-ham-franco-franco
https://avonterrorcorps.bandcamp.com/track/yokel-ft-franco-franco-d-ham-pappas-got-a-brand-new-cornea
More listening via PLAQUE
soundcloud.com/plaquebristol
plaquebristol.bandcamp.com
Entry requirements:
We’re honoured to run our All Dayer with this incredible group of like minded underground artists.
It’ll start mid afternoon and finish late.
Tickets are now available at Headfirst.
A+J x
———————————
COIMS featuring Matt Lymon
COIMS are an experimental sound duo from Bristol UK, using percussion and strings to create primitive sonic freedom. Featuring the unparalleled vocal folds of Malt Lymon.
Listen - https://coims.bandcamp.com/
Reviews:
COIMS seem to be onto some kind of as yet unnamed Fusion music (Mark Pino, Disaster Amnesiac).
This delicious spew has no regularities or pulses familiar to conventional jaded lugs, and it clatters about in a most ramshackle manner free from such nonsense as guitar solos or traditional dynamics... Wayward creepster music (Ed Pinsent, Sound Projector).
COIMS is not fucking around. Or rather, they Are fucking around so hard that they’ve discovered (and mastered) a solid niche for themselves that is every bit as adventurous in its being hard to follow as it is its remaining easy to get lost in (Jacob An Kittenplan, Cassette Gods).
———————————
EKHIDNA
Ekhidna is a brand-new London and Bristol based duo that has launched into the electronic music scene with their dark and distinctive synth-based sound. Comprised of members Ais and Freddie, the duo was formed in 2022 and has quickly gained a reputation for their brooding and menacing music.
Their sound is characterized by its moody and industrial qualities, inspired by elements of EBM, techno, gqom, synth pop and darkwave to create a unique blend of haunting and danceable tracks. Ais's ethereal vocals provide an emotive layer to their songs, while Fred die's intricate drum machine and synth work gives the music its driving force.
Check their socials - https://www.instagram.com/ekhidna___
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FOOT FOOT
Lo-fi art prog 5 piece, foot foot dance around pastoral, indie-flecked math-folk and discordant, post-rock while never quite settling on either.
FFO Movietone, bar italia, Swirlies, The Sonora Pine etc.
Socials -
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HARPOON
Head-spinning vortex of lean, brutalist, interlocking composition and hyperkinetic rhythm study, honing years of live improvisation into a thrill-ride of texture through two volca beats and plenty of cheap fx pedals.
Listen - https://harpoonsound.bandcamp.com/album/permission-fist
Watch - https://vimeo.com/331004571
———————————
JAKE HEALY
1/4 of Bristol's very own Sugar Horse, using turntables and samplers to create a suite of pure sound, musique concrete and dub explorations.
Listen - https://jakehealy.bandcamp.com/album/creulon-soundtrack
———————————
MAES Y CIRCLES
Maes Y Circles are an experimental South Wales based band, using analogue synths to build layers of arpeggios, noise and textures, all played live. Part komische, part minimalist and with an early Warp Records influence. Receiving kudos for their previous EP release, recent remix for Gallops and live performances, Maes Y Circles will put on an immersive show.
Listen - https://maesycircles.bandcamp.com/album/ep01 / https://open.spotify.com/artist/7L43mUIktgSGidfLhkThjo
Reviews:
“This record is a must-have for any fan of purist minimalism or progressive electronic music” Simon Gore (Circuit Sweet)
Featured as Buzz Magazines “Ones to watch”
“Sounds not unlike ‘cough’ Buttons, lost in an unpenetrable forest somewhere outside Blaenau Ffestiniog” Adam Walton (BBC Radio Wales)
“MAD visuals from @chameleonic making this one of the most ethereal performances I’ve seen this year!” Mintys Gig Guide
“Came here by chance tonight and found this band doing some rad kosmische excursions which incorporated a tribute to the Clockwork Orange OST. really good.” Noel Gardener (Buzz Magazine, Quietus)
“That they manage to induce such euphoria while steadfastly refusing to throw in a drop until almost the end is very much to their credit.” Ben Woolhead (Buzz Magazine)
Some artists they've been compared to are Oneohtrix Point Never, Caterina Barbieri, Fuck Buttons, Nils Frahm and often Tangerine Dream...
———————————
PUNCHCUTTER
Ever-evolving queer garden noise.
youtu.be/6An6SZZNEWg
———————————
RAINBOW SLICER
Rainbow Slicers songs often combine sparse atmospherics with booming electronic percussion and electronic noises, reverberating around heavy beats. As the music gets busier, the beats get chopped and mangled, before they start to resemble something like a broken tape machine, lost and spitting out the same repeated message of amplified noise.
At times the bleeps and odd drum patterns bring to mind classic Warp artists like Autechre or Boards of Canada, but the material is far less forgiving overall. If anything, the sound can bring to mind some of the harsher, more noise-reliant techno producers of today such as Blawan, but there is very little to make you dance here, the music is instead designed to evoke."
Listen - https://rainbowslicer.bandcamp.com/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBHGyO1itFw
———————————
YOKEL x D.HAM x FRANCO FRANCO
Ahead of their forthcoming album on Bokeh Versions, YOKEL, D.HAM and FRANCO FRANCO bring the weirdo-electronics, sampledelica fused with blunted stream of consciousness and turnt-up melodics. 'Would you take a minor tour into your InnerMindMaze...?'
soundcloud.com/yokelbristol
https://accidentalmeetings.bandcamp.com/track/yokel-tsunami-1607-ft-d-ham-franco-franco
https://avonterrorcorps.bandcamp.com/track/yokel-ft-franco-franco-d-ham-pappas-got-a-brand-new-cornea
More listening via PLAQUE
soundcloud.com/plaquebristol
plaquebristol.bandcamp.com
Entry requirements:
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