Can you keep a secret?

Will you give us one night of your life?

Capsule and Fierce Festival have co-commissioned a mysterious and memorable experience that will take place in Birmingham on Thursday 5 April as part of the next Fierce Festival (which runs from 29 March – 8 April 2012). The artists have insisted that their identity is kept strictly anonymous until after the event has taken place.  Capsule and Fierce Festival are combining their expertise in producing cutting edge music, contemporary art and live experiences to create this very unique event.

When you book you will be asked to leave an email address and phone number. We will arrange to meet you at a location near Birmingham City Centre, where your experience will begin.

Intrepid audience members can book alone for £15 or a discount is available for groups of 4, who can buy a ticket for £55. There are no concession tickets available.  Early booking is advised as capacity is limited. Tickets are available here http://www.theticketsellers.co.uk

Please note you will be blindfolded as part of this experience.

Londoners should get down to The Grosvenor on Sunday 4th March to catch Conny Prantera’s beautiful installation KORE’ KOSMOU. Previously shown at Supersonic Festival 2011 we’re thrilled this installation of drawings, video projections and live music performance gets another outing.

For this show Conny Prantera has assembled some amazing musicians, and she presents you with a rare occasion to see them playing live in a one-off improvised music set.

BRIDGET HAYDEN……………………………………http://soundcloud.com/florasninos

MARK WAGNER ………………………………..http://markwagnermusic.blogspot.com

CHRISTOS FANARAS………………………………………..http://www.thejackshirt.com

ESTASY ……………………………………………http://www.myspace.com/extacysound

ALEXANDER TUCKER …………………………………http://www.alexandertucker.org

The show is a free event, but small contribuitions to cover costs will be welcome!

For more information about Conny Prantera’s work see:

CONNY PRANTERA ………………………………...http://connyprantera.blogspot.com

Our old friends House of God are celebrating their 19th birthday on Saturday 25th February at Subway City. Featuring Regis, Surgeon, PCM, Harvey Lane, Sir Real and loads more – not to be missed if you like your raving as heavy as it gets. Its a 10pm-6am all nighter and tickets are available here http://www.theticketsellers.co.uk

SWLLWS/Sian Macfarlane presents a new work exploring the Victorian séance, and its roots in the pain of the loss of loved ones. This work will be presented at our event with Grouper at Fierce Festival.

An exploration of the world of the séance, popular in Victorian times, where spiritualism was at its height, this piece will incorporate family snaps, slides, and super 8 footage as well as found sounds.

http://swllws.bandcamp.com/

Come and check out this eerie performance on Friday 30th March at VIVID along with the ever fascinating Grouper and the mutated dance music of Diamond Catalog. Tickets are available here https://www.theticketsellers.co.uk/. And watch this space for details of the after party – entrance for

which is included in the ticket price.

Exciting news – Dylan Carlson is creating his first major solo project outside of Earth. He has set up a Kickstarter project to get support for the project which will consist of a limited edition lp/dvd/book and cd/dvd/book(500 of each format) and a special pressing of 150 copies(lp only) with personalized ex libris by Simon Fowler (who will also do the cover and end papers). This is not being released through a label, but is a labour of love for Carlson. Read more about him and the project here http://drcarlsonalbion.wordpress.com/

There’s only THREE days left to pledge support for this project – do it HERE

Listen to the new Earth record via Pitchfork

Buy Simon Fowler’s limited edition Supersonic Festival screenprint

This lovely poster was designed by Daniel Margetts – www.behance.net/margetts

We’re always up for working wth new illustrators so feel free to get in touch via [email protected] if you want to design a poster for us in the future

Monday 5th March

Teeth of the Sea + Health & Efficiency + Victories at Sea

Hare & Hounds

https://www.theticketsellers.co.uk

This year, Flatpack Festival will be collaborating with storytelling wizards YARN on a new project called Five Stories High. They’re looking for talented film-makers, illustrators, and artists to help retell the entire plot of Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane in new and interesting ways.

Shortly before the start of the festival each of the selected teams will be assigned a section of the film (roughly 6.5%), and then you will have about a week to prepare for the grand finale.

On 18 March – the last day of the festival – the finished film will be shown in its entirety at the Custard Factory in a dazzling, multi-media performance known as Five Stories High.

So if you’re a performer, illustrator, or filmmaker who is interested in taking part then just fill in the short form on YARN’s website. Entry closes 1 March

For further information contact [email protected]

Flatpack Festival takes place 14-18 March 2012 across Birmingham – some highlights have been announced here: www.flatpackfestival.org.uk

Don’t forgot Capsule are teaming up with Flatpack on Saturday 17th March to present Panopticon – a night of psych featuring White Hills and Pontiak. Tickets available here: http://www.theticketsellers.co.uk/

Everybody’s favourite new band at Supersonic last year was London psych band Teeth of the Sea and so we’ve brought them back for an intimate gig at Hare & Hounds, on Monday 5^th March. Come along to witness one of the stand out bands of last year’s festival, pure space rock that stomps and prowls in a menacing fashion. Also are on the bill are psych, folk and no wave ensemble Health & Efficiency and Victories at Sea.

Each year we love to get involved with the excellent Flatpack Festival and we’re thrilled that this year we’re working in partnership to present the Saturday night knees up on 17^th March at Custard Factory. And what a knees up it will be! A

night of psych of the highest order Panopticon will feature the full on wig out of White Hills and Pontiak as well as psych films and a DJ set from Club Unlikey. Tickets are available HERE

In collaboration with another Birmingham festival, we are presenting a night of sound art and performance as part of Fierce. The inimitable Grouper will present her recent work Violet Replacement at VIVID on Friday 30^th March, comprised of tape loops, field recordings and submerged atmospherics. Also on the bill are organic noisemakers Diamond Catalog and a merging of folk and abstract instrumentation from Swallows. Tickets to the show include entrance to the festival afterparty.