Dots & Loops 18th Anniversary

Dots & Loops returns for a one-off 18th anniversary special! Our first club for 6 years, and our first set since supporting Saint Etienne on their Tiger Bay anniversary tour.
Join us on 4th October at Aatma (formally Kraak) from 9pm ‘til 2am for fine sounds, drinks and dancing. Entry is just £2 before 11pm, and £4 after.
Shoegaze, post-punk, kraut rock, power pop, alternative, indie, electronic, psych, low-fi and more from the likes of:
slowdive depechemode thereplacements duster blur m83 pixies air stereolab can kraftwerk r.e.m. lcdsoundsystem spiritualized moonduo bowie teenagefanclub williamonyeabor missionofburma fourtet bjork arthurrussell transam mudhoney thepopgroup neu! wire silverapples harmonia fugazi broadcast johngrant dinosaurjr brokensocialscene aphextwin woodenshjips saintetienne suicide pulp mybloodyvalentine thejesuslizard bushtetras yolatengo felix spacemen3 galaxie500 talkingheads thejesusandmarychain goat spectrum the13thfloorelevators luna thebeachboys peakinglights thecure klausjohanngrobe brianeno interpol nickcave&thebadseeds electrelane theclientelle bedhead sonicyouth mazzystar modernlovers factoryfloor chadvangaalen cocteautwins massiveattack sonicboom superfurryanimals atthedrive-in kingcrimson johncale nirvana quilt robynhitchcock low prince magnoliaelectriccompany gainsbourg pjharvey wilco sharonvanetten thechills thesoftboys nicklowe suede thegobetweens bccamplight cometsonfire theweddingpresent thefall kikagakumoyo damonandnaomi theflyingburritobrothers
huskerdu domakesaythink unwound elliottsmith bigstar angelolsen boardsofcanada animalcollective funkadelic thebyrds buzzcocks jonathanrichman slint petshopboys thecleanersfromvenus codeine thepsychedelicfurs thefieldmice loureed beastieboys modestmouse mogwai tvontheradio neworder thebreeders gangoffour pylon sparklehorse nadasurf kurtvile boris thevelvetunderground alanvega acidmotherstemple purplemountains flamingroovies thedBs love deerhunter arabstrap neilyoung pavement guidedbyvoices loop charlesbradley theshangri-las andyouwillknowsbythetrailofdead
orangejuice reigningsound thebetaband thevaselines television courtneybarnett joydivision thesonics silverjews grinderman mia goldensmog theKLF brittaphillips radiohead sugar mew theramones leonardcohen thesoftboys redhousepainters ride grandaddy martinrev etiennedaho pandabear michaelrother fuxa yeahyeahyeahs portishead felt thestooges rokyerickson theMC5

Chance Meeting: PROPERTY UNKNOWN

Our next 2023 show brings together artists Dhangshaen creuxPokk!SW1n-HUNTER who, over the last couple years, have gravitated towards each other’s approach to public sonic experimentation and ethos for continuing to live in this world. Expect harsh noise, glitch, mutant dancehall and more.

Tickets £10 adv/more on the door

Doors 19:30pm

Dhangsha (Bengali for ‘destruction’) is the project and alias of electronic artist Aniruddha Das. He works at the interface of bass culture and experimental noise, creating a kind of “mutant dancehall” where distorted ‘alien’ motifs evolve and disintegrate over sparse but heavy beats. He explores minimalism, repetition and fragmentation, instigating turbulent interactions between metered and non-metric rhythm. Aside from releasing a handful of albums, including “Live at Spirit of Gravity” and “Aberrant,” the latter with label Hard Return, he has contributed to compilations by Iklectik, Syrphe and Avon Terror Corps. He is part of the ground breaking vinyl compilation “Disruptive Frequencies,” on Nonclassical, which received a storming review in The Wire. Dhangsha’s overwhelming passion is playing live. He has performed at the Bogotrax electronic festival in Colombia and has toured throughout the UK and in Europe both solo and supporting political/electronic duo Yao Bobby & Simon Grab. He is set to appear this autumn at Iklectik’s live series “Black Industrial/Noise.” He is a commissioned participant of the AHRC-funded initiative “Exploring Cultural Diversity in Experimental Sound,” examining the relative lack of Black and South Asian practitioners in experimental music in the UK.

https://dhangsha.bandcamp.com/music
https://hardreturn.bandcamp.com/album/aberrant

Lucia H Chung is a Taiwanese artist based in London, United Kingdom. She performs and releases music under the alias en creux where the sound creation springs from her fascinations in noise generated through no-input feedback mixing board. The volatile nature of the system and the unpredictable glitch from the excessive energy pouring into the equipment becomes her improvisational and compositional strategy. Lucia’s passion lies in live performance and has regularly performed solo and with collaborators in the UK, Europe, Asia and North America, including Lausanne Underground Film and Music Festival, Krama Festival, and Lisboa Soa Festival.

Fuzz comes alive, moving at odd angles like the sinuous threads are being chased by a series of subatomic bleeps and flashes. Tension rises as the tempo picks up, fueling the disjointed rhythmic quality within each sterile, self-contained unit.’ – Fox Digitalis

www.luciahchung.com 

Pokk! is the co-founder and contributor to the anarcho-collectivist, anti- capitalist, agile electronic music label sometimes referred to as SM-LL, Small, or “the label”. Initiated under the premise and values found in counter culture and electronic music’s position away from the mainstream money engine and the ego’s intent for popularity. Indoctrinated on repetitive, rhythmic electronic music, sometimes full of hiss, bass, clicks, glitches and shifting patterns, often focused around one or two sounds. This is easier than having to layer things.

No info on this one, obviously…But nothing’s that simple is it?…There’s something reassuring about the anonymity of music that sounds like a factory floor filled with malfunctioning industrial machinery…One for the Vladislav Delay devotees for sure…Emulsified dub radicals and grubbing post techno residues” – Boomkat

Label
https://www.sm-ll.com
Bandcamp

https://store.sm-ll.com/
YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/@ExpectResistance
Live 2018

https://youtu.be/lzLMnXwb_7E
RA

https://ra.co/dj/pokk/past-events

SW1n-HUNTER is the solo sonic project of artist Adam Denton. Dependent on context and situation, they’ll combine frequency sculpture, instrumental mutation, environmental recording, machine/human utterance, feedback systems, movement and decayed samples, etc etc. Recently live shows have manifested as unwieldy, improvised audio essays, often accompanied by textual video works, performed across the world in places like Vietnam, Brazil, North America, Japan, Europe, Ireland, and Kurdistan. When not doing SW1n-HUNTER, Denton works on projects like The Old
Police House (2013-2021), an experimental venue in Gateshead UK and most recently the Abandonment sonic research project in Slemani, Kurdistan region of Iraq, with a wide range of collaborators including Mariam Rezaei, Hardi Kurda, Khabat Abas, Dror Feiler, Elvin Brandhi and Gustav Thomas.

Links:
https://opaltapes.bandcamp.com/album/aliasing-the-empty-face
https://tribetapes.bandcamp.com/album/trust
https://fortevilfruit.bandcamp.com/album/the-point
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Cozm3xTmZZo&feature=emb_logo
https://soundcloud.com/sw1n-hunter

Zolanglesea

Zolanglsea is presenting their debut show consisting of live music and art.

– live music
– free raffle
-art
-zine
– encouraged fancy dress

CANCELLED motus presents james andrew b2b t.jacques, lowerhauz & schlechte

Our 3rd party this year and we have a very tasty line-up ready to start your bank holiday weekend off with a bang.

With a first ever B2B between two wizards on the wheels, T. Jacques and James Andrew, we cant wait to see what they have in store for us. Don’t miss out on a little bit of history and witness two masters at work.

The stage is set, Aatma is a secluded, cosy space tucked away in Manchester’s northern quarter, a venue perfectly suited to the artists and sounds that will be pumping through the airways all night long.

James Andrew is really flourishing in the scene at the moment, his cutting edge sound is something that simply can’t be ignored. He’s the brains behind Nothing but Nice Records, a label to keep an eye out for with some stellar releases, but James has also released on some major labels such as Limousine Dream & Subsequent and in our opinion one of the best in the game at the moment. On the back of a tour down under and some major dates in the diary this year in Europe, we’re so honoured to have him on board. His style goes hand in hand with Motus and more importantly T.Jacques who he will be sharing the stage with on the 26th.

T.Jacques is another artist who has really blossomed in the scene over the past few years, with his high energy DJ sets, providing beats that you just have to groove to. Not to mention an extremely talented producer with releases on huge labels such as mind helmet, churning out tracks that have made a huge impact in more ways than one. Whether it be making people move on the dance floor or influencing a new generation of producers with his unique sound that leaves an imprint on the mind, his sound is something that we really adore and to have him spinning some records B2B with another insanely talented artist, it would be daft to miss out on what’s to come.

Body Double co-founder and good friend Schlechte makes his second appearance for the Motus faithful. His record bag is filled to the brim with absolute gems. Last time he was nocking out some serious grooves, he really knows how to get the people going. This year Body Double have showcased some serious names such as DJ Pipe and Malika already and they’re only just getting going, watch this space!

Lowerhauz finish the line up, Motus co-founders and brothers who share that party starting telepathy. Anyone who has witnessed one of their sets in the past know exactly what to expect, if not just expect energy from start to finish!