Join us Friday 12th June for our second live stream, part of our Plugged IN series of events to enjoy from the comfort of your own home! It kicks-off 8pm UK time on our Facebook page.
MIEKO SHIMIZU
Mieko Shimizu is a prolific London-based Japanese singer, songwriter, composer and producer. An acclaimed electronic artist, her career has seen her signed to the personal label of Hosono Haruomi of Yellow Magic Orchestra fame and collaborations with Mick Karn of the seminal UK band Japan, she’s performed at Sonar, Meltdown (sharing the stage with Kraftwerk and Massive Attack) and held a residency at London’s Southbank Centre. Amalgamating haunting melodies with challenging modular-synth-laden landscapes, her latest album ‘I Bloom‘ has equal moments of sparsely instrumental beauty as it does musical entropy, with layers and rhythms clashing and colliding in polyphonic harmony.
https://miekoshimizu.com
MIMBOT
London-based musician and producer, Mimbot has been creating music since he can remember. In January this year he released his first solo EP, ‘Simulation’ – a hypnotic combination of hopeful electronic downtempo melodies and dramatic lush synthesisers. In 2017 his track ‘Stretched Saturn’ based on samples taken from The Planets by Gustav Holst was selected by Jeff Mills, Gabriel Prokofiev, Astrud Steehouder and Max Reinhardt to be featured on the compilation Sampling Holst.
http://mimbotmusic.com
LOSSY
Saxophonist, composer and producer, Lossy will perform three pieces from his ‘Patterns Various‘ project – a stream of live sax combined with warped and glitched effects covering minimalist classical, experimental, jazz and ambient genres. Lossy aka (Sam Sharp) has toured with the likes of Hackney Colliery Band, Augustines, Introducing Live (DJ Shadow’s project) and Hollie McNish, and has released with labels as varied as Tru Thoughts, Two Rivers and Tessier Ashpool as well as his own imprint Boot Cycle Audio. Having grown up playing sax in big band ensembles Sharp went on to study classical music at Leeds before achieving his Masters in jazz from the Guildhall School in London in the mid 2000s. Since then he’s immersed himself in electronic music, building up a formidable arsenal of instruments and equipment at his studio in Hackney. He’s currently putting the final touches to his new album which will be out later in the year.
https://lossylossylossy.com
OBSCENITY STATE
Passion, blood ties and cultural complexity drove the cinematic vision behind Nilly Brook’s Obscenity State. Driven by her experience growing up in a family torn by the Iranian revolution, Nilly became hyper-aware of the corruption of power in its various forms. Seeking clarity, she immersed herself in world politics, art, animation and music through her studies at Central Saint Martins and the School of Oriental and African Studies. Poetically transcending the ages, Obscenity State transfixes listeners with her unique blend of electronica, post-punk sonics, twisting female vocals and intense dance rhythms.
https://www.obscenitystate.com/music
COMPUTERDISCO
James Bell (aka Computerdisco) has been searching for perfect beats for over 20 years. He has played at clubs and festivals all over the UK and Europe, with releases on Mish Masch and Talahachi. Playing his take on the classic sounds of Chicago house and Detroit techno he is a regular contributor to intergalacticfm.com, and is always experimenting with a mix of vintage equipment.
https://soundcloud.com/computerdisco
Plus audio/visual pieces from 2-DIGIT, MOUSEONTHETELLY, & ALIEN 101 accompanied by recordings from Stow-Lab past jam events.
PLUGGED is a collaboration between Stow-Lab and Addictive TV. Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
