Join us on 12th December for the final Sanctum of the year and a very special line up!
Curtain Twitcher could only have emerged from Sheffield. The female electronic duo Sophie Stone and Grace Griffin generate corrupted downtempo post Balearic chug pulses and wobbles, throbs and twitches- full of fat noises and bolshy Moogery. It's human and appealingly analogue. More Delia Derbyshire's Radiophonic Workshop than DAF, More Tangerine Dream than Depeche Mode. Not your average bloketronica.
Their exciting new record “Leap The Dips” emerged from machine jamming with a creative freedom that only comes from genuine friendship: “We’ll talk about pretty much owt if you provide the tea and cakes”.. A light in the dark. But sometimes hope can fade and if that happens, how do we get it back? Frankly, this music doesn’t behave itself in any way you might expect. Plugged in post rave pop can be far too orderly. Music should be messy. Even on occasion revealing a tune your mum could hum.
“Northern Electro at its mesmerising best” - Now Then Magazine
“Love it! Electronic wonkiness at its finest” - Richard Norris (The Grid)
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Experimenting in different styles of music and with different bands, Iridal draws from everything he has learnt over the years- from starting out as a Drum and Bass DJ in Torquay to running a club night for 2 years at the end of the 90s and early 2000s. Not afraid to wear his influences on his sleeve, Iridal brings a rich and playful helping of breakbeat, trance and dance to the table with the feel of Orbital and Kiasmos.
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As if that wasn’t enough, Stroud favourite GRANDAD returns with their signature sonic maximalism for an attention deficit age. Featuring electronic skulduggery, shoehorned geetar riffs and occasional coordinated bits, this is a line up not to be missed!