There’s lots of good stuff with big reductions in the Capsule shop at the moment.

Supersonic 2012 t-shirt, was £15 now £10

Supersonic Kids Gig t-shirt, was £10 now £8

Supersonic 2006 CD (feat. Michael Gira, Alexander Tucker & more) was £6 now £3 and FREE with

every purchase during the sale

Supersonic 2010 print by Simon Fowler, was £20 now £10

Supersonic speakerhead hoodie, was £20 now £10

Home of Metal t-shirt, was £15 now £10

Supersonic 2012 ltd edition t-shirt, was £15 now £10

Supersonic 2011 hoodie, was £30 now £20

Barn Owl print, was £20 now £10

Image courtesy of http://tramped-rose.blogspot.co.uk

From all of the Capsule team have a great festive season – see you on the other side
Over n out

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.”

From a new library, to a new record shop – Birmingham is really bucking the trends!

“Milque & Muhle is an independent record shop based in Birmingham’s Custard Factory. Coming from a combination of music and art backgrounds Milque & Muhle is the creation of Nathan Warner and Ellena Donlon, recognising Birmingham’s demand for a unique music outlet, they hope to be a place where people can find rare material and discover the new.

Milque & Muhle not only provides vinyl and cassette, covering all left field material from Punk/Hardcore, Metal/Doom through to Industrial, Jazz/Free Jazz, Psyche, Soundtracks and Experimental; You will also find music fanzines, comics, presses and occasional art prints. With due course Milque & Muhle hope to curate local gigs and music/art based events targeted towards curious audiences in Birmingham.”

Birmingham’s newest record shop will open on 21st September, from 10 am – 6 pm (located next door to the Custard Factory reception), followed by an evening of live music from Black Veins, Female Smell and Ghold with DJ sets from Nicholas Bullen, David Grindi and Scott Johnston held in Muther’s studio Digbeth from 8 pm, free admission.

twitter.com/MilqueMuhle

Deputy Director

Capsule is looking for an experienced and enthusiastic arts professional to join one of the UK’s most dynamic arts organisations.

Fresh from our latest major project, a four-month multi-artform festival to celebrate the opening of the new Library of Birmingham, and building on the momentum from other high profile projects like Home of Metal, we’re now preparing to open a new chapter for Capsule. You’ll work with the Director to help reimagine and deliver our flagship project Supersonic Festival, now in its 10th year, and shape the future of the organisation.

You’ll have a successful track record in project management and fundraising, with hands-on experience of delivering complex arts events, a proven ability to manage budgets and cashflow, and the ability to lead small teams of staff.

Contract: Fixed-term for 12 months initially, with potential to extend

Hours: Part or full time

Salary: £28 – £32k depending on experience

Deadline for applications is 15th October 5pm.

To apply, please email lisa[at]capsule.org.uk to request an application pack, with Deputy Director in the subject line.
For more information about the role see About/Recruitment

Still Walking is a one of a kind festival, it covers a wide range of experiences, with no set remit, as long as it involves walking! And their Kickstarter project is currently live, they’re looking for support for the edition of the festival and there’s lots of tempting rewards for your generosity, from historic maps to personalised events.

Ben Waddington is a local historian, with a list of interests longer than anyone’s arm I’ve seen. He created Still Walking to showcase different people’s pockets of enthusiasm and expertise. Previous tours have focused on subjects from brutalist architecture to typography to Black Sabbath and moss growing on buildings.

Read more about their fundraising campaign at www.kickstarter.com/projects/stillwalking/still-walking-festival

I’m delighted to have been asked to take part on a panel for Supernormal Festival this weekend. The line up is looking great and includes some Supersonic Festival favourites Richard Dawson, Mugstar, Descalator Shit & Shine and Grey Hairs plus loads of acts we haven’t seen before which is always a treat.

WOMAN’S HOUR (AND A HALF)
An open forum to invoke discussion and celebrate the creative and vital practices of women working within creative and cultural fields. Join women from the programme to discuss their significant contributions to the visual and sound arts and consider points such as:
– Gender equality and the representation of women within the arts and music industries
– The relevance of this subject in today’s society

See more details of the full line up HERE

We are very pleased to welcome Spencer Hickman to Capsule’s Advisory Committee. A long friend of Capsule, Spencer has been really supportive of Supersonic Festival over the years and we’re thrilled to be

receiving his invaluable input to Capsule’s planning.

With over 20 years experience, music industry veteran Spencer Hickman is one of the loudest supporters of independent music in the UK. Hickman spent years working in record shops including setting up and running Rough Trade East (the UK’s largest record store), it won retail brand of the year twice under his management. Spencer co-ordinates Record Store Day for the UK, which in six short years has become the largest celebration of record shop culture in the world and is worth £3 million to the UK music industry. He left Rough Trade in 2012 to concentrate on his specialist soundtrack label Death Waltz Recording Company, which

within its first year has won numerous awards and has seen artists such as Dinos Chapman deliver exclusive new artwork for classic film scores.

www.deathwaltzrecordingcompany.com

Spencer joins Anna Russell of the National Trust, Warren Fisher of Urban Audio Productions, Gina Crane of Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, artist Mark Titchner and our chair Angela Maxwell.