Program 12 arrives Oct 20th as the cold sets in and fall squeezes the sunlight hours out of the day - to be held between the spellbinding walls of John Wesley's New Room (the world's OLDEST methodist building !!) - five fresh performers invite us to explore with them their relationship with spirituality, contemplation and sound

introducing....

Mochyn Daer - music woven from the fertile ancestry of time and excavated deep from within inside the earth - seamlessly blending modern sound healing techniques with song from Welsh history and folkloric tradition into a magnetically powerful sonic force that floods the soul and commands the attention of all nearby living creatures, great or small - recent release "Riverloom" is a stunningly beautiful body of work (still available at the time of writing) and serves as a perfect accompaniment to the twilight hours 

Ye Gods - man of many aliases Anton Maiovvi returns with his Ye Gods project, having now assembelled a significant tapestry of work (over a relatively short space of time) on heavy-hitting record labels such as L.I.E.S, Bunker Records, Phage Tapes, and a recently self-released triptych of cassettes which defied expectation and uprooted his sound into altogether more moonlit and otherwordly locale - a Bristol native, Anton returns from across the pond to deliver us his singular blend of liturgical dark-ambience coaxed out of the power of the human voice, prismatic effects and his trusty 808

Rocheman - some days it's easy to think that all the great songs have been sung but listening to Rocheman swiftly debunk such falsehoods by proving that sophisticated songwriting craftmanship can still flourish in a correct set of hands - elegant fingerpicked guitarlines interlock with lush semi-orchestral arrangements and rich baritone vocals, creating an inimitable sound capable of stirring emotion deep from within even the most dispassionate of souls

Shlinga - is a sound-artist & professional terpsichorean who imbues her performances with a sense of playfulness and cheer, interacting with her environments in a way that is expolratory, inviting and thoughtfully proxemic. Shlinga's improvisational craft explores themes of touch, dance, sensitivity + sound and captures the true spirit of free-expression - presenting for the first time in Bristol her installation "The Web" (inspired by Ellen Fullman's long string instrument) and weaved especially for this evening in unique way truly befitting of the magnitude of the space

Revelry - infant devotional trance music project crafted from half a lifetime of love, loss, (hair-loss) and learning live with joy whilst navigating a deeply uncertain world

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this event will be broadcast through the Awassa Soundsystem - a unique omni-directional stereo soundsystem which broadcasts 360° from two poles to envelop sound around spaces and also around those in attendance, to better amplify the resonance contained within the surrounding architechture and equally the sonority contained deep within the human body

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"Everything is transfixed, only the light moves." - Leonora Carrington

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