I-D.A Projects presents a rare three-night London residency at Cafe Oto (10-11-12 July) for members of The Los Angeles Free Music Society (LAFMS) and Extended Organ: Paul McCarthy (vocals and guitar) Joe Potts (“Chopped Optigan”) Rick Potts (electronic and customised acoustic instrumentation) Alex Stevens (processing and synths) The group will perform a set each night and a further set in collaboration with guest artists. Guest collaborators and support for each night will be announced at a later date. Photography by Fredrik Nilsen. Links in Bio for further info and tickets. @cafeotodalston @paulmccarthyyy @mccarthy_studios @dillygoat @joepottslafms @rxckpxtts @a.s.stagram @tomrecchion @fredriknilsenstudio #idaprojects #cafeoto #lafms #extendedorgan

Repost: @aquariumdrunkard This Heat :: Made Available: John Peel Sessions “I get asked to play more music like This Heat, but to my knowledge there is no other music like This Heat” – John Peel For 37 years, John Peel worked as a conduit, pulling unheard voices out of the static and setting them loose across the BBC dial. In 1977, one of those voices was This Heat, formed just a year earlier in a Camberwell rehearsal space. Frayed at the edges, with clipped rhythms pushed straight to broadcast, they didn’t sound like a band adapting to a Maida Vale studio so much as one ignoring the usual expectations of a radio session. Now at AD.

Proud to be working on this. repost: @thisheat ‘They went beyond punk before punk had properly started…the entire album is a controlled explosion of ideas. Nearly fifty years on, This Heat’s debut is something the world has still not completely caught up with.’ — Simon Reynolds On 12th June This Heat Records will reissue our 1979 self-titled album, also known as ‘blue and yellow’, on vinyl (US/ Canada on Superior Viaduct). All channels open. All possible processes. 24-hour red alert. — This Heat @thisisnotthisheat @charlesbullenmusic @simonreynoldswriter @superiorviaduct @southernrecords #thisheat #thisisnotthisheat #charlesbullen #charleshayward #garethwilliams

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Repost: @robinrimbaud There are bands that shape a moment, and then there are bands that seem to shape the future. English experimental rock band This Heat (1976-1982) were unmistakably the latter. They were formed in London by multi-instrumentalists Charles Bullen, Charles Hayward and Gareth Williams. I still remember buying their debut album in about 1980 and can still listen to it today and be blown away by it. Their music almost felt like a transmission from somewhere ahead of its time, with tape experiments, fractured rhythms, political urgency, and a fearless approach to sound that blurred the lines between rock and pure sonic exploration. They only released two albums and an EP in their brief original run. Imagine Joy Division uniting with Bernard Parmegiani, whilst listening to PIL’s Metal Box and The Pop Group. They were dark, witty, unsettling, symphonic and aggressive. I never saw them live in their original days, but only when they briefly reformed with the playfully named This Is Not This Heat (2016-2019). I did, however, get to see The Camberwell Now (1982-1987), the group that splintered off from This Heat and they were truly awe inspiring live. Their music remains radical, handmade, questioning, and deeply human all at once, and proof that refusing to follow the rules can certainly lead to some absolutely unforgettable magic! #thisheat @thisheat @thisisnotthisheat @charlesbullenmusic #charleshayward #garethwilliams

Repost: @thisheat 50 years to the day — Friday, 13th February 1976 — we played our first gig, where we recorded the improvised track Rainforest, that later appeared on our 1979 self-titled debut album. #thisheat #thisisnotthisheat #charlesbullen #charleshayward #garethwilliams @thisisnotthisheat @charlesbullenmusic

repost: @slowfoot_records Following on from the release of their acclaimed third LP ‘Past Still Present Tense’ and a string of well received shows, including dates supporting legendary bands Gong and Red Snapper, SNORKEL are back in action this month with a headline show at The Victoria, Dalston, London. MIRROR TV AND DISASTERS BY CHOICE PRESENT: SNORKEL + THE WHISTLING HEADS + SONS OF VILJEMS JANUARY 31ST @victoriadalston Tickets selling on DICE! https://link.dice.fm/3zVXNBB0aYb?sharer_id=57f5132320058924a10cf6a3 Frank Byng - drums, electronics, Ben Cowen -synths, samplers, Roberto Sassi -guitar/sample, Luke Kulukundis - guitar/vox/sampler. “Past Still Present Tense grooves on Krautrock and urban beats, with dub flavours and exciting, imaginative details woven throughout the beats and the bleeps. It’s like packing a whole lost weekend in the city into one hour and will reward the most catholic of ears.” (Prog) Album available on double 12” vinyl and digitally from our store (link in bio). @snorkel_band @thewhistlingheads @sonsofviljems @frankbyng @bensnrkl @sydnuku @robsassi @snorkelstudios #experimentalmusic @mirr_ortv

repost: @danielosullivan_musick This Sunday @cafeotodalston #charleshayward

Repost: @sammyburns_music This Heat - A New Kind of Water Live in Krefeld, Germany, 1980 #charleshayward #charlesbullen @charlesbullenmusic #thisheat #experimentalrock # postpunk avantgarde

@zzzakia sitting in for @gillespeterson on @bbc6music with guests Douglas McCombs and John McEntire of Tortoise also played 24 TRACK LOOP from This Heat’s 1979 self-titled debut album stating that This Heat’s records were foundational, providing a great blueprint of how to create music. @trts @thisheat @thisisnotthisheat #tortoise #bbc6music #thisheat #charlesbullen #charleshayward garethwilliams

@zzzakia sitting in for @gillespeterson on @bbc6music with guests @trts play GOOD SIDE from the 1983 album For A Reason by Lifetones (@charlesbullenmusic and Julius Cornelius Samuel). #lifetones #tortoise #bbc6music #charlesbullen

FRIDAY NIGHT Repost: @thealbanyse8 Meet the all-star lineup joining sound activist Charles Hayward for SOUND IS NOW this Friday night at @londonjazzfest 🎷🎷🎷 @charlottekeeffemusic Robert Sassi @karlonibuje Agathe Max @larry_g59 📆 Friday 21 November 📍 @thealbanyse8 🎟️ Link in bio