Lili Holland-Fricke is an experimental cellist and songwriter whose work explores the outer edges of her instrument, weaving introspective, dreamlike fragments into gently unsettling sonic worlds. She released her debut album ‘dear alien’ - a collaborative project with producer Sean Rogan - with Melodic Records last November.
‘…an unexpected take on the meeting of improvised sound and avant-songwriting, buzzing with a quiet energy that both shields the listener from and submerges them in a distinctively contemporary discomfort ‘- The Quietus
‘Holland-Fricke and Rogan prove to be masters at entertaining the intersection between hope and melancholy, keeping you guessing with every passing note as each song unfurls with more complexity, confrontation, and abstraction than the last ‘- Far Out Magazine
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William J. Stokes is an artist and producer based in Stroud. As a member of the avant-pop trio Voka Gentle (“hard to classify and even harder not to love” -Uncut) he has made two critically acclaimed albums and has collaborated with Wayne Coyne, Panda Bear, Sonic Boom and more. Weaving a dialogue between the guitar and modular synthesiser, Stokes’ compositions and soundscapes are suspended between noise, ambience, melody, drone and rhythm. Drawing from a palette of electronic sounds, samples, vocals and electric guitar, Stokes' music fuses compositional structure with spontaneous passages to create unique performances.
18:00-20:00: Kitchen open - pay-as-you-can as always. Bar open ‘til 22:00
20:00: Sanctum live in The Sanctuary