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"Self-identifying freaks, make your way to the checkout please. The 12th annual Schwetwave tsunami consumes you with the no-wave blues trash of Drainolith, ritualistic Dark Age motorik duo Zohastre, NDW sophisti-synth-punk Das Kinn + more outsider sonics and devious antics than you can shake a 3D printed stick at. Nobody does it better ..."
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A gig held at Strange Brew on Friday 20th June. The event starts at 19:00.
You are cordially invited to SCHWETFEST 12.0: A DIY SCI-FI FUTURIST MUSICK BALL!
Live sets Das Kinn, Zohastre, Foudre, Kou, Drainolith, GGED plus backroom aktion from So Low DJs for the creatures of the night! +++ EXTRA SPECIAL AMAZING SPECTRAL GUEST!
DJs Katie Shannon and Proteus in the backroom from 1am playing "favourites from the classier chic side of industrial electronics, coldwave, EBM, noise, NDW and forgotton Goth bands; past, present and future!"
From Canada, Norway, Belgium, Germany, Scotland and across France and England come a cohort of Global Sonic Miscreants converging for One Night Only!
Attempting to address the approaching wave of l'appauvrissement culturel, we offer up 8 acts that defy, counter and negate the purveying, perverted trends of today.
All out-of-towners, EIGHT Bristol debuts!
Familiar faces in formations unforeseen. No "headliners" (ALL HEADLINERS!).
0% compromise utmost aural freakishness from the get-go 'til the curtain call.
Please consider buying an Average Schmuck ticket at £15, or perhaps even paying more if you are able to and wish to support sonic miscreancy in your area.
More £ on the door.
Rest assured, if yr into anything from;
Fragmented Future Shock Rock, Maximal Wave Synth Punk, Cryptic Post No-Wave Outsider Murk, High Voltage Tantric Hypno-Techno, Art Damaged DIY Lofi Folk, Tradcore Kraut Noise Witchery to Gothic Minimal Synthesis and Apocolyptic Body Musics...
YR IN SAFE HANDS!!!
Entry requirements: 18+, any under 18s accompanied by 21+ adult 1:1 ratio
Live sets Das Kinn, Zohastre, Foudre, Kou, Drainolith, GGED plus backroom aktion from So Low DJs for the creatures of the night! +++ EXTRA SPECIAL AMAZING SPECTRAL GUEST!
DJs Katie Shannon and Proteus in the backroom from 1am playing "favourites from the classier chic side of industrial electronics, coldwave, EBM, noise, NDW and forgotton Goth bands; past, present and future!"
From Canada, Norway, Belgium, Germany, Scotland and across France and England come a cohort of Global Sonic Miscreants converging for One Night Only!
Attempting to address the approaching wave of l'appauvrissement culturel, we offer up 8 acts that defy, counter and negate the purveying, perverted trends of today.
All out-of-towners, EIGHT Bristol debuts!
Familiar faces in formations unforeseen. No "headliners" (ALL HEADLINERS!).
0% compromise utmost aural freakishness from the get-go 'til the curtain call.
Please consider buying an Average Schmuck ticket at £15, or perhaps even paying more if you are able to and wish to support sonic miscreancy in your area.
More £ on the door.
Rest assured, if yr into anything from;
Fragmented Future Shock Rock, Maximal Wave Synth Punk, Cryptic Post No-Wave Outsider Murk, High Voltage Tantric Hypno-Techno, Art Damaged DIY Lofi Folk, Tradcore Kraut Noise Witchery to Gothic Minimal Synthesis and Apocolyptic Body Musics...
YR IN SAFE HANDS!!!
Entry requirements: 18+, any under 18s accompanied by 21+ adult 1:1 ratio
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