Beat Detectives & Nuke Watch

VARIOUS ARTISTS VOLUME 1 is now on YouTube where you can enjoy in 4k. Link in bio. thanks again to everyone who helped make this possible!

Grave New World is out now. “LP Release Show” tagged on October 24th with @sophie_sykofriend and @wahssalguod @union_pool - going to be a real 1. We’ll have copies of the LP available at the show.

Nuke Watch - “Wait For It…” (PTNC009) - LP/digital, May 23, 2025. Snakes alive! Following mind-boggling LPs on The Trilogy Tapes and Impatience, Nuke Watch sidestep to Patience for “Wait For It…”, the first release on the imprint for…3 years (!), with a couple of restless longform digs. A-side Supersonic Percussion Anagram drops an arsenal of perpetually shifting rhythms, from window-rattling subs to melodic hand drum cycles, while Think Peace on the B wades the sticky depths of a free associative modular swamp 🛢️🪘🥁 Written and produced by Aaron Anderson & Chris Hontos. Electronic drum pads on Supersonic Percussion Anagram by William Statler. Additional instrumentation on Think Peace by Bryce Hackford. Mixed by Hontos and Justin Randel, mastered by Randel. Art & design by Luca Schenardi. Pre-orders open 🔗⬆️

Excited to announce that Nuke Watch will be embarking on its first uk/eu tour this summer. Let your friends know. ;-) Formed up in a trio mode with @strangejock for this excursion. We’ll be touring in support of our new LP titled “FUSION” which will be released this June on @sagome.sagome - perhaps we’ll see you out there. 20.6 Bristol, UK - Strange Brew* 24.6 Glasgow, UK - The Old Hairdressers ** 26.6 Brighton, UK - The Rose Hill 27.6 London, UK - Cafe OTO **** 29.6 Chiasso, SE - Radio Gwen 30.6 Torino, IT - Imbarchino ***** 1.7 Milano, IT - TBA ****** 2.7 Paris, FR - TBA 3.7 Brussels, BE - TBA 4.7 Antwerp, BE - De Nor ********* *SCHWETFEST **w/Wormhook & 12th Isle (DJ) ****Sagome Presents: Fusion LP release w/ Peter Zummo, Heta Bilatedin & MAG (DJ) *****w/ New York Chapters (Live) & Sagome (DJ) ****** LOCAL SERVICE w/ Babau & Sagome (DJ) ********* MINI KRAAK FEST

Nuke Watch - Fusion [SGM013] "For their latest effort and first European tour, Nuke Watch returns with a record on Sagome, expanding into a trio formation with musician Zack Stafford on wind instruments and electronics, bringing together different strands of musical interaction and live experiences that occurred over 2024 in various legendary locations in and around NY, particularly WFMU, The Lot Radio, and LSD Studio, with added interlude-type segments contributed by Leonard King on guitar and Daryl Seaver on the EWI MIDI wind instrument. Somehow inspired by the vertiginous technical virtuosity of musicians and projects like King Crimson, Tony Williams, and John McLaughlin, Fusion transposes the genre’s passion for impossible key changes and whimsical compositional complexity to the realm of free-form, instant composition, becoming a document of NW’s group jam sessions and the practice of collective improvisation. Scant overdubs. With their distinct imagery and tone, Nuke Watch channels millenarist stoner anxieties and end-of-world visions, expressing it through the distinctive contemporary psyop mystique of nuclear threats, dead new continents, and psychotic breakdowns. Enter a wormhole of laid-back, demented prophetic cultures and somewhat poetic hallucinatory paranoias through magic staircases, war locks, swarm of bees, wireless bamboos and Trip-free relays. Whether you are a neophyte or a long-time initiate to the 'watch', welcome to the Fusion." Digital + Limited 200 vinyl edition Pre-order available now on Bandcamp Album out on the 27th June [LP + digital] with a special launch event at @cafeotodalston Music by Aaron Anderson, Chris Hontos, Zack Stafford, Chris Farstad, Leonard King, Daryl Seaver Edit/Mix: Chris Hontos @chrishontos Mastering: Giuseppe Ielasi @senufoeditions Design/Layout: Aaron Anderson @aaron_anderson Liner Notes: Luigi Monteanni @exotica_neurotica Distribution: @honestjonsrecords

BD track in the new @quasiskateboards video Hard Reset. Full video on YouTube. An honor to be included. “The pants fit great.”

Wed 24th June NUKE WATCH, WORMHOOK, 12th ISLE DJS... on sale now! 👽 Nuke Watch is a New York based collective that specializes in a blend of free-jazz fusion and textured polyrhythmic Fourth World propulsion. The long running friendship and psychic connection of its founders Chris Hontos & Aaron Anderson (aka Beat Detectives) enhance their signature ritualistic rhythms, mutant modular synthesis, nimble keyboard runs, vibrantsampling and unidentified skronk. “The duo of Aaron Anderson & Chris Hontos sustain a remarkable run of releases since 2020 that has run rings around the DIY underground imagination, variously proving their mettle in live and studio settings, and neatly distilling the psychedelia of previous, cult project Beat Detectives in fluidly groove-driven modes that effortlessly enchant heads and snag hips.“ - Boomkat, 2024. They have released records on The Trilogy Tapes, Post Present Medium, Patience/Impatience, Commend/RVNG and Moon Glyph. Nuke Watch's new LP "Fusion" will be released this June on @sagome.sagome “This was a good one...NUKE WATCH LP from Impatience” Eye (Boredoms), 2024. “Frazzled synth virtuosity, textured sampledelia and mulched electronics take porous influence from all corners, from gamelan to Raï, Saharan strings, and Japanese classical court music, but lysergically morphed into a properly absorbing, if elusive, sort of instrumental storytelling” - Boomkat, 2022. Wormhook is mostly an improvisatory, channeled project, mostly dictaphone + phone recordings of vocalised first takes, devotionals, Prayers laments and social/spiritual commentary. where sparse and repetitive features of the everyday sonic background to austerity Britain smash together with naive instrumentation throwing up a non linear array of semi coherent multitudes. 12th Isle co-founder Fergus Clark will be DJ-ing between the live acts, he runs a monthly NTS session NTS session through chaotic record shelves, tascam nightmares, label related tracks & unreleased music.

🩸After four months in the coffin, GOTH SK8 rises🩸
 Thursday, March 19th ⛓️FEATURING⛓️
 ✧ DJ sets by @mofongo_massacre @deathtraitors 
 ✧ Live performances by @marijuanadeathsquad @beatdetectives 
 ✧ @marijuanadeathsquad b2b @beatdetectives in @clubflush 
 ✧ @accept.the.darkness flash tattoos The 10th iteration of GOTH SK8 returns. Not quiet. Not polite. Not diluted.
 Prepare for a cathartic release. Darkwave pulses, cold synth lines, industrial percussion rattling your ribcage, and bass dragging chains across the floor. The look? This is not costume. This is commitment.
Black on black on black — vinyl, fishnet, torn mesh, leather, latex, lace. Smudged liner, metallic shadows, pale faces or blood-red lips. Spikes, chains, chokers, platform boots (or skates). Veils, harnesses, corsets over tees, rosaries over tanks. Trench coats trailing like you just emerged from a fog machine. Romantic goth. Industrial goth. Mall goth. Cyber goth.
Victorian mourning meets roller rink warehouse rave. Soft sorrow or full dominatrix — all belong at GOTH SK8. In Club Flush, the ritual continues: heavier bass, darker edits, raw club energy, sweat, and full emotional exorcism. Ten editions deep. Four months in hiding. The equinox opens the portal on March 19th

6PM EST www.8ballTV.club Various Artists Volume 1: Beat Detectives Presenting a brand new web show on @8ball_tv at 6PM tonight! It will also be added to their regular programming. Watch on their website for a special secret bonus video… Volume 1: Come hang with @beatdetectives in their studio for a quick chat, paced with hundreds of frames of hand drawn animation. Then, witness a mind melting studio performance, accompanied by analog video effects and digital madness. Thanks to everyone who worked on this: Music - Beat Detectives Title Artist - @stinmaster Mixer - @adam_k_manson Cinematographer - @tallenoughforeveryride Colorist - @opiranha Camera Operator - @ewanilose Director, Animator, Editor - @andrewswiderski.nyc Absolutely no AI was used in the creation of this video. YouTube release on 01/30/26

2/11/26 - An evening of audio visual interpretations by U & Nuke Watch at Light and Sound Design. @majoranticlimax - U will be performing his latest work ARCHENFIELD live alongside an in-depth visual extension of the piece, exploring the shifting borders of rural England and Wales with its rich history of folklore customs and stories. & Nuke Watch will be performing alongside an array of videos, animations, and experiments created by the band - most of which have never before been seen in this expanded-cinema adjacent context. tickets at lightandsound.design

Weir World EP (3 way split) RIP Bob. Rock music is back. $5 USD on bcamp. available worldwide. @disk_immer played on the nuke watch track. #onlineonly