Wednesday 17 July 2024, 7.30pm
DOS celebrates the release of two new artefacts 'The Shell Is A Cell' - a book of visual ephemera published by Timeless Editions conflating collages, paintings, photographs, automatic drawings, poems and journals, and new LP 'The Pastoral Machine' composed for the Sonoton Music Library and released on vinyl by VHF. Playing mostly new and unpublished material, DOS will be joined by friends Caius Williams and Rose Keeler Schaffeler.
Daniel O’Sullivan is an English multi-instrumentalist and composer whose work spans an eclectic range of genres, from chamber music to psychedelic rock. Renowned for his collaborations with avant-garde luminaries and his own groundbreaking projects, O’Sullivan’s artistry is characterized by its lush arrangements and emotional depth. His contributions bring an additional layer of melodic and harmonic sophistication to this reimagining of Karenina.
Led by brothers Louis and Harry Stevenson Miller, The No Show is a phenomenally well kept secret, but perhaps not for long. While running an esoteric bookshop ‘Anywhere Out Of The World’ in the Manchester’s Northern Quarter, publishing small runs of curated poetry and hosting tea ceremonies, The No Show make finely spun and deeply spacious music. Viewing the most elemental, fibrous and filigree aspects of silver age pop through the lens of archaic dramatic tradition. Impossible to classify but perhaps Alasdair Galbraith, Elodie/Mirror, early Velvets and Elvis are the closest antecedents.
'Elephant House are an intriguing duo consisting of Shenggy Shen on percussion and Christos Fanaras on keyboards. Droning, fizzing and bubbling analogue synths weave around propulsive drum patterns which build into an ecstatic tension.' - Record Collector
Elephant House is a London-based baroque 'n' roll duo, featuring Shenggy Shen on drums and Christos Fanaras on synths. Since their inception in 2013, they have been a vibrant part of the London underground music scene. They have released two LPs on Adaadat Records: Pony Ride (2017) and Chollima (2019).
Shenggy Shen is the former drummer with China's first all-female punk band Hang on the Box. She is also a former member of the avant-duo White with Zhang Shou Wang from Carsick Cars whose self-titled debut was produced by Blixa Bargeld. Her solo music has also been released on Noise Joy and Little Sound. Her most recent work, Parallel Weaving, is an "in distance" collaboration with Beijing-based artist Sheng Jie, created during the lockdown and released on WV Sorcerer Productions in 2022.
Christos Fanaras follows in the Greek lineage of ambient pioneers, like Vangelis and Iasos only with an emphasis on deep dark brooding soundscapes and space-age melancholia. He has released music on his own imprint Down Is Up sometimes under the moniker Jack Shirt. Alongside M.K. Hauser, Christos is one half of the project Masters both having previously played together in the band Agaskodo Teliverek.
