Finally had some time back home after quite an unintentionally hectic beginning to the year. Iāve realised Iām at my happiest when my life exists in its simplest form, making music and being around the people I love most.
@absoluteishere and I have a @nightmanoeuvres gig on June 12th for Percolate and itās going to be a special one we are really leaning into the hybrid setup and I want a lot of it to feel like a live jam. Thereās a sweet spot with DJ shows and I think the chaos and playfulness of playing live with decks makes me feel so connected with the audience. Things can go wrong and thatās all part of the fun.
You can get tix on @resident_advisor Iāve put a link at the top of my link tree ā¬ļø
Weāve redeveloped the @londongrammar studio too and the child in me is so excited as weāve finally bitten the bullet and put a full console in there. It may be silly but thereās something about leaning on a console listening to a mix that is timeless, and Iāve always been a sucker for the process. Weāve finally built a space as a band that feels uniquely ours and the music weāve been making already is fucking exciting.
25 degrees and sunny in London. Weāre inside rebuilding the Hybrid Live show. Thinking of upgrading the OB, trying out the Erica Synths Hex drum machine. Soho House on Friday. Athens with Caribou in May. Vespers with Percolate in June. Big months ahead š Links in bio
LONDON! Weāre back in town for our next headline show on home turf and inviting some friends to join us. This ones going to be special āØ Sign up for priority access to Ā£15 tickets š
I spent the last week in the Arctic Circle. Firstly in Iceland, then in northern Sweden. I was surrounded by sparkling glitter drifting through frozen skies, and at night a pinholed canvas of stars, faintly illuminated by shades of green and purple.
For the first time in a couple of months, I felt compelled to listen to my subconscious again, and slowly my creativity is beginning to wake up. Itās a blessing not to have to force these things. Thereās nothing quite like the unimaginative beauty of nature to awaken the parts of you that have been quietly hidden away.
Our souls are part of nature too. They need watering and nourishing, or they wither and fade.
When I returned home, I sat at the piano and began playing some of the old classical pieces I learned as a child. Something I havenāt felt drawn to for a very long time.
Iāll share some images from the far north as it was this past week.
What a beautiful place ā£ļøāļø
Iāve consciously chosen a slower January for myself. Last year carried so much momentum I felt as if I were about to fall off the edge of a map I hadnāt yet explored the extremities of. In some senses it were as if the volume had been turned up, which can be wonderful but thereās no such thing as highlights without shadows.
I regularly dream of ridding myself of the things that seem to haunt me. Yet the truth is without the sublayers of texture the painting feels thin to the touch. I often wonder how much of sadness is circumstantial, something that feels that deep certainly canāt be so easily explained.
Iāve never particularly been a goal driven person, nor someone led with rigid intention. Yet I think from now on wherever possible years for me will begin like this; tidying spaces, setting gentle intentions, clearing room both within and without. Not to force anything to arrive, but to leave space in the hope that prospective dreams will come and reside there peacefully.
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I canāt have imagined where life would go this year. I have loved immensely and lost immensely too. Played a million shows all over the world with my favorite people, all whilst missing people I love back home. Itās been a year of grief, rebirth and growth. I have thrown myself into everything as much as I could. I feel so grateful to have so many wonderful people in my life, for the more of life that lies in the wake behind me I learn that in the most difficult times friends are all you have.
Even more so I have learned to love and accept myself, a continuous process of healing that will always need nourishing.
I hope wherever you are and whatever you are looking for the universe blesses you with a wonderful 2026. Love and peace always ā£ļø
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Merry Christmas everyone. In the madness of life it is often hard to achieve alignment with the natural unfolding of existence. As someone who thinks about these things probably a little too much I would always take the highs and the lows of life over the space that exists in between. Perhaps that will change one day.
There is an adolescence in all of us. Itās amazing how the lens shifts depending on the mind behind it. As much as I love the cacophony of sound that is london in December I took myself away, alone into the mountains. The moments of clarity and peace achievable when alone in a environment of that scale are remarkable.
I donāt find anything more meditative than this. Conversation becomes quiet in my mind and deeper emotions are allowed to surface in their own time. As a creative this feeling is indispensable to me.
Overwhelmingly the feeling Iām left with is that of love, and a sense of being blessed with the opportunity to exist in this universe. There is a vast difference between loneliness and solitude, and the latter is a magical thing to harness.
Sending love to everyone this time of year ā£ļø
We just released an EP of club focused weapons with 2 of our favorite people in the dance world right now, @chloerobinsondj and @rohaanmusic ā£ļø
These are weapons made for the floor š
See you at Sunday at @fabriclondonofficial
Link in bio for the EP on @fabric_records and for the last Sunday tickets too.
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A little introspection before we send it at @fabriclondonofficial on the 30th. Free early entry tickets in my linktree (in bio)
Gonna be posting a lot more performance related stuff on @nightmanoeuvres page going forward. ā£ļø
