Cherrystones

Machine manipulator, DJ, collector and music auteur, Cherrystones has been consistently working, composing, producing, editing, programming, soundtracking and performing. Biding time considering and then ready to present the latest instalment of his music journey, after completing the highly acclaimed Critical Mass compilations, he presented 2 EPs of live analogue intimacy on Emotional Response. A symbiotic progress of craft - challenging, spooky, deep and ethereal across 12 tracks.

Never pandering to trends, his art based on immediacy and the moment, transposing and emitting the heard and unheard as a way to communicate.

Seahawks & Woo

After reissuing a trilogy of Woo albums on Emotional Rescue - Whichever Way You Are Going, Into The Heart Of Love and A La Luna - in 2019 Emotional Response and Ocean Moon came together for a special collaborative release where Seahawks took the music of WOO on a journey to the inner sanctum; immersive, psychoactive and phased to perfection.

For those who know not the music of WOO, you enter a truly unique sound, where brothers Clive and Mark Ives invite you to their combination of acoustic instrumentation (primarily guitar and clarinet) and electronics (live to tape) in a way that reflects the past, present and future. Recording since the 1970s, with only a handful of albums released in the subsequent years, there has been a considerable discover and reappraisal of their music in the last decade. With the now classic original albums reissued, there is now a continuing treasure trove of hundreds of unreleased songs steadily appearing.

In this context, sonic ambient explorers Seahawk’s dived in to the tapes and reimagined, remixed and rearranged Woo’s music, adding to their dubby, mesmeric, playful and undefinabley recognisable ethereal and timeless pop music. Coming together especially for this anniversary event, Seahawk’s Jon Tye and Woo’s Clive Ives present an exclusive DJ / VJ set. Prepare to behold a rare and magical incarnation of transcendent beauty.

Ani-Roy

Ani-Roy was a collaboration project between Aniruddha Das and Gary Stewart. Recording in 1990 at the Marcus Garvey Centre in Nottingham, they cut 2 EPs of acid / 303 inspiring and inspired improvised jams. Fari 116 and Tilt were reissued Emotional Recording subsidiary, Platform 23 Recordings, in 2021 and the duo will reform for a live set, especially for this event.

Aniruddha Das

Aniruddha Das (the “Ani” of “Ani-Roy”) is an experimental electronic musician better known as “Dhangsha”.   His collaboration in Ani-Roy showcases his lesser known talent as a programmer of melodic and syncopated TB acid lines - indeed it is he who is responsible for all of the acid bass parts in Ramjac Corporation’s live set.  His low end and rhythmic sensibility is a consequence of his previous incarnation as dub bassist “Dr Das.”, from which he was a founder of Asian Dub Foundation.  As Dhagsha he recently supported international political noise renegades Yao Bobby & Simon Grab on their UK tour, which kicked off at Cafe Oto.  

Gary Stewart

Gary Stewart (“Roy" is his middle name) is an interdisciplinary artist working at the intersection of sound, moving image and computational creativity. His work examines social and political issues of identity, culture, and technology. Through the application of innovative technologies and practices he is part of a global network of collaborators who are advocates for equality, climate justice and better health through the arts especially those from marginalised communities. Operating through a range of theoretical, fictional, and artistic frames his work traverses media art, experimental music, and research.

Ramjac Corporation

Acid house luminary Paul Chivers aka Ramjac Corporation is one of UK's unsung electronic music pioneers known for his voltaic live shows during the UK house music explosion between 1988-92, performing at such legendary events as the Sunrise Energy and Back To The Future raves, as well as groundbreaking tours with Orbital and The Shaman that first shown dance music could go on tour.

Best known for his releases on cult record label Irdial Discs, his now highly sought after and much heralded classic "Cameroon Massif!” EP rereleased in 2018 on Emotional Rescue. A close friend and associate with Ani-Roy’s Das and Stewart, Ramjac will close the anniversary event at Oto, crafting the missing link between house, acid house, breakbeat and dub based musics.