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"Japanese futuristic experimentalists KAKUHAN forge a restless chamber-club terrain of staccato electronics, convulsing rhythms and swooping cello strokes with a helping of growling dub pressure. Joining the duo, catch new Bris supergroup Twelfth House, new-age harp incantations from Sissi Rada and Loto Retina’s gnome-glitch sorcery."
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A gig held at Strange Brew on Saturday 11th October. The event starts at 18:30.
En Masse presents:
KAKUHAN (live)
Sissi Rada (live)
Twelfth House (live)
loto retina (live)
THIS EVENT IS INCLUDED IN THE FESTIVAL PASS.
** Please note doors are at 6PM **
Our spiritual home. Each year we return to Strange Brew, and each year it delivers. A room that holds memory and momentum, this time we are here early evening for live antics.
KAKUHAN are a duo formed in 2022 of Koshiro Hino (of goat and YPY) and Yuki Nakagawa, blending cello with haunting electronics. Their incredible live show explores contemporary and club, traditional and modern, physical and metaphysical, composition and improvisation.
Sissi Rada is a Greek artist who bridges classical and electronic music. Trained as a classical harpist, she has performed with major orchestras like the Berlin Philharmonic and Deutsche Oper. In her electronic work, she blends classical technique with songwriting and experimental production, collaborating with artists such as Brian Eno, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Andi Toma, and Jay Glass Dubs.
Twelfth House is a new project formed in summer 2025 by Derridea (Georgia Cusack), Norman Church (Kinlaw), and Fohn (Tom Connolly, Quade). Emerging from an impromptu jam in a Nova Scotia beer garden, their sound explores themes of lineage, land, and displacement through raw acoustic elements and sweeping, atmospheric textures. Folk traditions are reimagined with modern tones, creating music steeped in melancholy and quiet mysticism.
loto retina crafts hyperactive, chimeric music that blends chaotic micro-samples, gloopy bass, and erratic percussion. Their sound, equal parts digital glitch and feral energy, feels like a malfunctioning machine possessed by a forest spirit. Released on cult labels like Orange Milk and Promesses, their live sets are a tangle of sequencers, MIDI cables, and battered drum pads, producing music that growls as much as it grooves.
Expect an ensemble of performance and collaborative AV pairings, all under one roof.
You can purchase tickets for this event via Headfirst.
For more information, please visit our website: enmasse.dance
Entry requirements: 18+
KAKUHAN (live)
Sissi Rada (live)
Twelfth House (live)
loto retina (live)
THIS EVENT IS INCLUDED IN THE FESTIVAL PASS.
** Please note doors are at 6PM **
Our spiritual home. Each year we return to Strange Brew, and each year it delivers. A room that holds memory and momentum, this time we are here early evening for live antics.
KAKUHAN are a duo formed in 2022 of Koshiro Hino (of goat and YPY) and Yuki Nakagawa, blending cello with haunting electronics. Their incredible live show explores contemporary and club, traditional and modern, physical and metaphysical, composition and improvisation.
Sissi Rada is a Greek artist who bridges classical and electronic music. Trained as a classical harpist, she has performed with major orchestras like the Berlin Philharmonic and Deutsche Oper. In her electronic work, she blends classical technique with songwriting and experimental production, collaborating with artists such as Brian Eno, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Andi Toma, and Jay Glass Dubs.
Twelfth House is a new project formed in summer 2025 by Derridea (Georgia Cusack), Norman Church (Kinlaw), and Fohn (Tom Connolly, Quade). Emerging from an impromptu jam in a Nova Scotia beer garden, their sound explores themes of lineage, land, and displacement through raw acoustic elements and sweeping, atmospheric textures. Folk traditions are reimagined with modern tones, creating music steeped in melancholy and quiet mysticism.
loto retina crafts hyperactive, chimeric music that blends chaotic micro-samples, gloopy bass, and erratic percussion. Their sound, equal parts digital glitch and feral energy, feels like a malfunctioning machine possessed by a forest spirit. Released on cult labels like Orange Milk and Promesses, their live sets are a tangle of sequencers, MIDI cables, and battered drum pads, producing music that growls as much as it grooves.
Expect an ensemble of performance and collaborative AV pairings, all under one roof.
You can purchase tickets for this event via Headfirst.
For more information, please visit our website: enmasse.dance
Entry requirements: 18+
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