DOLLSTEP IV: CLIMAXED 5th Birthday w/ Alif Hilal, Jess Hands & Lyzander

For CLIMAXED's 5th Birthday, we are bringing the fourth edition of DOLLSTEP to the tunnels of Loco Klub for an all-doll lineup!

From the US via Berlin, we bring the priestess of maximalist textures, futurist techno and transformation, Alif Hilal (fka Lyra Pramuk), to her debut DJ set in Bristol. From performances at Unsound, Sonar & Pitchfork, Alif’s approach to music is ritualistic, sensory and timeless. A true testament to the DOLLSTEP sound.

Sub-heavy starlet Jess Hands joins us after several years playing for the likes of Outlook, FOLD, Eris Drew, Octo Octa, Waterworks and Rinse.

Bringing it back to the dubby low end, in true DOLLSTEP fashion, the mother of CLIMAXED, Lyzander, completes the lineup after a year of launching the club series. Over the past year, she’s played for the likes of Dalston Superstore, Queerky and gay garage, alongside appearances on Noods, Rinse FM, Brixton and Netil Radio.

Derived from queer expression of ‘the dolls’, the artificial life of a doll, the tension between the human and the machine, DOLLSTEP queers dubstep into something Derived from queer expression of ‘the dolls’, the artificial life of a doll, the tension between the human and the machine, DOLLSTEP queers dubstep into something mechanical, camp, and dystopian, undefined by genre.

DOLLSTEP is supported by the Early Career Promoter Fund, which is managed by PRS Foundation and funded by Arts Council England using Supporting Grassroots Music funding from DCMS.