Thanks to all who came along to the first of two Supersonic taster events last Saturday at Eastside Projects in Birmingham. The amazing performances, and diversity of acts on show has got us all buzzing for the main event in October. Below are some lovely shots of the event by Katja Ogrin.

Laurence Hunt of Pram opened with a solo percussive project. Creating abstract sounds and looped feedback.

Sarah Farmer presented ‘An Array of Events’ using DIY instrumentation (plus viola)

Iron Fist of the Sun stepped the volume up a notch with a power electronics set

The first UK outing of Justin Broadrick’s new JK Flesh project. And it was LOUD.

King Midas Sound System closed the event with a set touching dub, reggae, drone and noise, plus great vocals from Roger Robinson and Kiki Hitomi

If you missed this event, fret not! A second Supersonic Taster event takes place at London’s Corsica Studios this Thursday 9th August. Tickets are available via http://www.corsicastudios.com/

And if you’d like to see more events like this happen, with line ups to be found nowhere else, support us via our We Fund campaign.

The Guardian today described

Supersonic is an excellent small festival of boundary-chafing music that takes place at Birmingham’s Custard Factory every October. As a hint of what to expect, the organisers are hosting a couple of “taster” nights this week, with acts from the electronic end of their wide-ranging brief. Godflesh’s Justin Broadrick and Kevin Martin, aka The Bug, have collaborated many times over the years – most significantly throughout the 90s as industrial hip-hop outfit Techno Animal – and these two nights find them showcasing their latest projects. Martin appears as part of heavyweight future-dub soundsystem King Midas Sound, while Broadrick performs as JK Flesh, a new beat-oriented guise that bridges Godflesh’s malefic grind and Jesu’s snowblind soundscapes. In Birmingham you can also catch the power electronics of Iron Fist Of The Sun, while “Romany surf-step” chap Glatze provides a bit of light relief in London.

Tickets for tonight can be purchased from HERE doors are at 7.30pm – we’ll be running a lovely real ale bar too
Eastside Projects can be found – 86 Heath Mill Lane  Birmingham, West Midlands B9 4AR

For tickets to the London show on Thursday see HERE

For full line up of Supersonic Festival 19-21 October see HERE & tickets are available from HERE

On Saturday 4th August, a very special event will get us all excited for the 10th edition of Supersonic – extending our birthday celebrations as much as possible! The Supersonic Taster at Eastside Projects in Birmingham will see a range of adventurous artists taking over the gallery space for an exciting one off event. Doors are 7.30pm and we will have a lovely Purity Ale and cider bar. Tickets are available via https://www.theticketsellers.co.uk

King Midas Sound System will take us on sonic adventures to the deep and heavy and will feature live vocals, exclusive remixes and astonishing sound design. Check out their Fact mix below:

JK Flesh aka Justin Broadrick of Godflesh, Napalm Death, Jesu will present the UK premier of his new project that explores the darker side of dubstep along with his inimitable guitar sound.

Bitter cold contemporary power electronics comes in the form of Iron Fist of the Sun, just don’t call it art noise!

Artist and instrument designer Sarah M Farmer will present ‘An Array of Events’, mixing traditional methods of sound production with DIY instruments and experimental techniques “in a bid to overcome the problem of being a lone performer with only the usual number of hands and limited instrumental skill.” Check out one of her previous installations below.

Pram and Modified Toy Orchestra percussionist Laurence Hunt will present a new solo percussive project combined with live electronics.

What a show! Bardo Pond were incredible, and it was great to see people travelling from far and wide on a school night to catch this gig. Thanks to all who came along and to Damrai Vent and their eerie improvised opening.

Thanks of course to Katja Ogrin for another brilliant set of live shots.

Our next show is a very special Supersonc Taster event at Eastside Projects on Saturday 4th August from 7.30pm. Spanning dubstep, industrial sounds, electronica, DIY instrumentation, power electronics and free jazz, this is a must see! Tickets are still available via https://www.theticketsellers.co.uk

A reminder that the wonderful Bardo Pond will perform at Hare & Hounds this Wednesday. We really pleased to have them back in Birmingham after their beautiful show at Supersonic Festival last year. With only three UK dates on this current tour, tomorrow is a rare chance to see this amazing live band.

I heard someone comment recently that the limits of music have now been defined, bracketed by John Cage’s silence at one end and Merzbow’s maximum noise at the other, leaving only the option of filling the spaces in between. Bardo Pond demonstrate how much scope there is to innovate within that continuum. If rock music is to have any relevance in the new millennium, it is bands like Bardo Pond that will make it so. www.terrascope.co.uk

Support comes from Damrai Vent who will be crafting a live set of improvised sounds, creating ‘soundtracks to science fiction movies never made’.

Tickets are £10 in advance, more OTD. Get them now via https://www.theticketsellers.co.uk/. Doors are 8pm.

As well as getting you hyped for Supersonic Festival with the heavy sounds of Kevin Martin (as King Midas Sound System, performing as The Bug in October) and JK Flesh, we’ve taken the opportunity to programme some exciting sounds from some of Birmingham’s own experimental sound artists.

Sarah M Farmer is a Birmingham based artist exploring various sound techniques and home made instrumentation. For this event she will be performing a new piece entitled ‘An Array of Events’. “In a bid to overcome the problem of being a lone performer with only the usual number of hands and limited instrumental skill” Sarah will perform orchestral pieces using a variety of DIY instruments.

Check out some of her other work:

The event takes place on Saturday 4th August at Eastside Projects from 7.30pm. Tickets are available via https://www.theticketsellers.co.uk/

As well as getting you hyped for Supersonic Festival with the heavy sounds of Kevin Martin (as King Midas Sound System, performing as The Bug in October) and JK Flesh, we’ve taken the opportunity to programme some exciting sounds from some of Birmingham’s own experimental sound artists.

Lee Howard performs as Iron Fist of the Sun. Expect bitter cold contemporary power electronics with references to black metal and extreme noise – just don’t dare call it ‘Art Noise’!

The event takes place on Saturday 4th August at Eastside Projects from 7.30pm. Tickets are available via https://www.theticketsellers.co.uk/

As well as getting you hyped for Supersonic Festival with the heavy sounds of Kevin Martin (as King Midas Sound System, performing as The Bug in October) and JK Flesh, we’ve taken the opportunity to programme some exciting sounds from some of Birmingham’s own experimental sound artists.

One of these will be percussionist Laurence Hunt. Best know for his work with Pram and Modified Toy Orchestra, Laurence will be performing a new solo project – here’s a glimpse and what you can expect.

The event takes place on Saturday 4th August at Eastside Projects from 7.30pm. Tickets are available via https://www.theticketsellers.co.uk/