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Phoenix

Phoenix are coming to the Palace this September. Known for their sleek, highly stylized sonics and incredible, infectious melodies, Phoenix have released five celebrated, brilliant albums, with their new record due in 2017.

Alexandra Palace, London, United Kingdom

Fennesz & Kiki Hitomi

Austrian ambient artist Christian Fennesz joins us for a very rare London show. Using guitar and computer to create shimmering, swirling electronic sound of enormous range and complex musicality, Fennesz\' lush and luminant compositions are anything but sterile computer experiments. His legendary album with Ryuchi Sakamoto, Cendre, showcased his sensitive, telescopic recordings and inherent naturalism, and with a new album in the offing this year we should hear plenty of new material in our latest showcase with The Wire magazine. Joining him on the bill is King Midas Sound\'s Kiki Hitomi, who will be bringing the Enka-inspired reggae sounds from her debut solo album, Karma No Kusari.

The Jazz Cafe, London, United Kingdom

Bad Vibrations Presents: Guantanamo Baywatch

Portland punks Guantanamo Baywatch return to The Shacklewell Arms on September 26th! Tickets on sale now at DICE - Just For You.

The Shacklewell Arms, London, United Kingdom

Ex-Easter Island Head: Large Electric Ensemble

For those who lament the death of guitar music, let Ex Easter Island Head point you in the direction of a beatific future. Featuring waves of mallet-beaten guitar overtone nirvana, pulsating phasing chatters of acousmatic byrdsong, whatever is happening it is always sublime if you\'re not a fan already you most certainly will be after this... Critically acclaimed Ex-Easter Island Head are a UK collective who incorporate multiple prepared electric guitars, percussion and other instruments to explore interplay, repetition and melodic intervention. The groups live performances have been praised for their hypnotic energy, compositional flair and unique spectacle. Salford Large Electric Ensemble comprises performers drawn from all corners of the thriving Manchester and Salford underground to present an ambitiously scaled work for eighteen prepared electric guitars and percussion. Utilising a self-developed language of extended techniques and mechanical preparations, graphic notation and aleatory procedures the piece sees the groups shimmering electrified minimalism expanded to a bold new scale, encompassing members of Gnod, ILL, Action Beat, Mother and tapping into the vast resources of talent at Salfords Islington Mill and on the Manchester-based Tombed Visions label. Support will come from bass clarinet voyager Chris Cundy

Cube , Bristol, United Kingdom

METRO TEMPO : Andy Green's Birthday : TICKET ONLY : ILS Recordings

https://m.facebook.com/events/167960413775134 Limited TICKET ONLY, at just a Fiver @ www.eventbrite.com/e/36956418643 Greenman's Birthday with Inverted Light Source (invertedlightsource.com), AMCS system (amcs.3rdevent.net) and many great true Electronic music artists. qUE (Inverted Light Source recordings, with Techno Machines) Steve Walkertronic (Inverted Light Source recordings, Techno Set) Andy Green/Kuya (Live Detroit Techno) Dave Sanderson (Fnoob Radio, Electro Set) Wave Function (Future Funk, Live Techno) The Beatician (Live Electro Electronica) Friday 29th September @ Basement 45, Frogmore St., Bristol BS1 5NA. #TECHNO #ELECTRO #UNDERGROUND #MUSIC #BRISTOL

Basement 45, Bristol, United Kingdom

Mr Mendel + Mike Shawe At The Crofters

MR MENDEL returns to play Hot Buttered Soul after his first Bristol debut with us two years ago, can\'t wait to have him back. Expect a DJ set brimming with uplifting Soulful-edged energy, Tropical cool and Disco excitement from a very talented and gracious friend and DJ. Holding down his Lumberjacks in Hell / Red Light Radio residency alongside Marcel Vogel, Mendel has been busy playing Worldwide festivals and party\'s in 2017. blurb Mendel Ezra is the sort of DJ who collapses time and compresses distance. If you\'ve heard him play around Europe over the last few years, it maybe didn\'t occur to you that some of the records you heard were made 30 years ago on the other side of the world. In fact, the records he plays could have been made at any point in the last five decades in any corner of the globe. Mendel\'s skill is bringing it all together into a single, soulful dance floor experience. He\'s been spreading his message beyond Amsterdam more and more recently, his reputation flourishing thanks to his standout sets, his popular online mixes and his well-received edits. "In general I like simple edits that keep the soul and dynamics of the song intact," he tells us, "but emphasise something different to the original." It\'s been working nicely. Mendel has given his light touch to music by Fela Kuti, Nina Simone, James Brown and, most memorably, the Brazilian bossa nova group Trio Ternura, with his unreleased version of "A Gira" sitting on a healthy 100,000-plus plays on SoundCloud. (words courtesy of RA) MR MENDEL joins MIKE SHAWE (HOT BUTTERED SOUL) The Crofters Rights 30.9 No Advance Tickets - pay on the door 4 - arrive early

The Crofters Rights, Bristol, United Kingdom

Bad Vibrations Presents: The Younger Lovers

Bad Vibes are delighted to welcome Southpaw Records\' The Younger Lovers to The Shacklewell Arms this September 30th. Following up their 2013 LP \'Sugar In My Pocket\', the Californian outfit recently released their fourth LP \'Young Brothers\', heavily influenced by the likes of Bikini Kill, Riot Grrl and TV On The Radio. Have a listen to their single \'Whiskey and Water\' here: bit.ly/2eSRyUg Tickets are on sale via all the usual spots. The Younger Lovers The Shacklewell Arms 30/9/17 8 18+ www.badvibrations.co.uk

The Shacklewell Arms, London, United Kingdom

Ex-Easter Island Head: Large Electric Ensemble

For those who lament the death of guitar music, let Ex Easter Island Head point you in the direction of a beatific future. Featuring waves of mallet-beaten guitar overtone nirvana, pulsating phasing chatters of acousmatic byrdsong, whatever is happening it is always sublime – if you're not a fan already you most certainly will be after this... Critically acclaimed Ex-Easter Island Head are a UK collective who incorporate multiple prepared electric guitars, percussion and other instruments to explore interplay, repetition and melodic intervention. The group’s live performances have been praised for their hypnotic energy, compositional flair and unique spectacle. Salford Large Electric Ensemble comprises performers drawn from all corners of the thriving Manchester and Salford underground to present an ambitiously scaled work for eighteen prepared electric guitars and percussion. Utilising a self-developed language of extended techniques and mechanical preparations, graphic notation and aleatory procedures the piece sees the groups’ shimmering electrified minimalism expanded to a bold new scale, encompassing members of Gnod, ILL, Action Beat, Mother and tapping into the vast resources of talent at Salford’s Islington Mill and on the Manchester-based Tombed Visions label. --============--============-- Support will come from woodwind voyager Chris Cundy. Utilizing bass clarinet, saxophones, and other unusual woodwind instruments Chris splits his time between the UK and Canada. He has toured internationally with Cold Specks, Timber Timbre, Guillemots, and Fyfe Dangerfield. He also accompanies songwriters including Little Annie, Baby Dee, Devon Sproule, and Edd Donovan. Recently Chris has started to release a series of albums under his own name. Becoming friends with Billy Childish - artist, musician, and founder of Hangman Records & Books at an early age instilled and inspired in him a strong DIY approach, one in which quickly led to establishing experimental projects including Grace & Delete - a duo with fellow painter and electronics musician James Dunn. He also started to explore self-developed playing techniques such as multi-phonics, circular breathing, micro tonality and generally speaking a more tactile approach to the instrument. Advance tickets available from Headfirst Bristol

Cube , Bristol, United Kingdom

I Am Giant - O2 Academy2 Islington

Academy Events present I Am Giant + New Volume Ticket prices: 10.00 advance STBF Under 14s must be accompanied by an adult over 18 at all times. Minimum Age Restriction: 8 O2 Priority pre-sale: Tuesday 4th July 2017 @ 9am General on-sale: Thursday 6th July 2017 @ 9am

O2 Academy Islington, London, United Kingdom