Monday 7 August 2023, 7.30pm

HARD RETURN presents: Lucia H Chung + Dhangsha + Akira Sileas + Zheng Hao

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The first live event from HARD RETURN: a label dedicated to repetitive/persistent music based in Bournemouth, UK.
https://hardreturn.bandcamp.com/

Lucia H Chung

Lucia H Chung is a Taiwanese artist based in London, United Kingdom. She performs and releases music under the alias ‘en creux’ where the sound creation springs from her fascinations in noise generated through no-input feedback mixing board. The volatile nature of the system and the unpredictable glitch from the excessive energy pouring into the equipment becomes her improvisational and compositional strategy.

Lucia’s passion lies in live performance and has regularly performed solo and with collaborators in the UK, Europe, Asia and North America, including Lausanne Underground Film and Music Festival, Krama Festival, Lisboa Soa Festival, Sanatorium of Sound Festival and Festival Electropixel.

‘Fuzz comes alive, moving at odd angles like the sinuous threads are being chased by a series of subatomic bleeps and flashes. Tension rises as the tempo picks up, fueling the disjointed rhythmic quality within each sterile, self-contained unit.’ – Fox Digitalis

www.luciahchung.com

Photo by Keith de Mendonca

Dhangsha

DHANGSHA (Bengali for ‘destruction’) is the alias of sound artist and educator Aniruddha Das. He works at the interface of bass culture and experimental noise, creating turbulent scores where 'alien' motifs evolve over sparse but heavy beats and distorted bass. Aside from a stash of albums, he has contributed to compilations by Iklectik, Syrphe, Avon Terror Corps, Tusk Editions, The Wire, Industrial Coast, Hard Return and Nonclassical. Known for his visceral live sets, he has performed in the UK, Europe and Colombia. Aniruddha was recently appointed to teach in the Department of Electronic & Produced Music at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.  

Zheng Hao

Born in Wuhan; based in London. Mainly uses electronics or electro-acoustic instruments for solo and group improvisation – currently focused on exploring the amorphous in different sound spaces.

https://atunnel.net/
https://zhenghao.bandcamp.com/