SHARP NOODLE PRESENTS
ISN’TSES – LONDON HAPPY HARSH FUN
Adhering only to a mythical structure, Isn’tses inflect a narrative of textured sound and auditory fullness using esoteric electronics, expanded vocals and emotional valences. Their music conjures themes such as paganism, political anger, intergalactic heroism and a playful interpretation of popular culture.
https://isntses.bandcamp.com/
https://isntses.weebly.com/
SILENT WEAPON – DIDCOT INDUSTRIAL NOISE DOOM DUB
Silent Weapon is the solo industrial/electronic/noise project of Umair Chaudhry.
Umair grew up in Oxfordshire, UK and started making music at the age of 8, and has been involved in various bands/projects over the years, including Xmas Lights, Gift of Blindness, Abandon, Future Proof and Walls of Freedom. Currently he is based in Didcot, near Oxford.
Silent Weapon started releasing music and performing in 2022. Known for intense live shows, SW has played in various venues in the South and is looking to play nationally at gigs and festivals in 2023.
Style wise the music is beat driven, with intense sub-bass, dense layers of synths/noise and distorted vocals.
Influences include Killing Joke, Techno Animal, Scorn, Throbbing Gristle, Skinny Puppy and Author and Punisher.
Releases to date include the EP “Eggshells”, and full length album “Purge” (both on Blindsight Records).
FFRWD – SOUTH WALES ABSURDIST MODULAR NOISE
Noise artist from Wales. Making sounds from whatever he finds.
FFRWD in Welsh means ‘stream’ and live performances and the creation of sounds are a stream of consciousness. FFRWD is also short for Fast Forward, Rewind. Tape machines are part of his sonic arsenal.
https://ffrwd.bandcamp.com/
SETH COOKE – BRISTOL RESONANCE & FEEDBACK NOISESCAPES
filling noise with space. artefacts and artifice. live performances involving feedback & resonance
Seth Cooke is a sound recordist, drummer and process performer based in Bristol, UK. His location-based work explores aberrant mapping and perturbed environments. His solo performances involve feedback and resonance. As a percussionist he plays traps and waste disposal sink. He sometimes enjoys the flexibility of improvisation, open composition and field recording.
He used to play drums for Hunting Lodge and Defibrillators. Current projects include a duo with Dominic Lash and the Every Contact Leaves a Trace CDr label. He co-founded the Bang the Bore collective with Clive Henry in 2009.
https://sethcooke.bandcamp.com/
LINUS FITNESS-CENTRE – BRISTOL COMMODORE 64 NOISEPOP
Bristol grindcore veterans Atomçk vocalist’s unlikely noise pop solo project. Basing his sound around the Commodore 64’s distinctive SID chip, Linus’ Buckfast fuelled assault on the senses mixes hard edged synths and noises with pop sensibilities and air punching passion.
https://linusfitnesscentre.bandcamp.com
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Poster drawings by Lisa McKendrick