Photograph by Norrisette
Happy Fluffoween
Beyond The Music
Thank you Beyond The Music for having me. It was a joy to play my original music live in the iconic electronic music venue that is SOUP. Special thanks to Factory International for asking to me play, Manchester Pride for curating the stage and GREYLINE for producing the event. Photographs by Dom Carter and Adrian Smith and special shout out to Danny H. who performed a beautiful set on his birthday.
FLUFF at Fat Out Fest
Industries 
Meme Gold 
Snuggle Ninja 
SEZBENNY 
Summer’s Groove 
thisvibrantbody
Thank you Fat Out for inviting FLUFF to Islington Mill this year. Meme Gold performed a magical and introspective set. Snuggle Ninja brought joy and smiles to people’s faces. Summer’s Groove took us on a sonic journey through various vibes and moods. SEZBENNY merged electronic music with her flute playing and the result sounded groovy and beautiful. thisvibrantbody served beats, energy and made us dance. I also enjoyed playing a DJ set with some of my own productions.
First and second photographs by Snuggle Ninja
FLUFF at SOUP
Thank you Norrisette aka my FLUFF partner in crime for curating the FLUFF Pride Summer Party at SOUP and Factory International for supporting us through their Factory Sounds programme. It was such a blessing to celebrate my 30th birthday on Pride Saturday in one of my favourite venues with our own event while I had family visiting. Shout out to the person who asked for the tracklist that one time I actually had one printed (which I didn’t follow)!
Photograph by Hester
FLUFF Pride Summer Party
I am so excited to spread the word about our FLUFF Pride Summer party at SOUP on August 24th curated by Norrisette with support from Factory International through their Factory Sounds programme. It will also be my 30th birthday that day and my sister Sonja will be visiting from Germany. Expect live sets from Norrisette, Knowing the Oak Tree, Zolatec Ayeshah and HUSK from 8 pm and DJ sets from osk.png, thisvibrantbody, Meme Gold. and myself, Industries, after midnight. Grab your tickets now and come celebrate with us! 🐩
Spotlight on Sonic Relations
In Spotlight on Sonic Relations I shared my creative findings from the British Council funded Spotlight on Culture artistic and cultural exchange with Grenoble, France. The aim of the event was to inspire artists, academics and other creative workers to create new structures for their work beyond borders. The event began with a sonic intervention: attendees saw the soundmaps and listened to soundscape composition I created in response to the project. The theme was ‘productive tension’ which I felt both internally and externally throughout the week, given that there were many artists and organisations involved with competing interests and that there was political unrest in France as well. This sonic intervention was followed by a panel discussion with EU artists living in the UK on the roles of such cultural exchanges in the post-Brexit era. Roxana Sayyad and Polina Chizhova-Wright both shared their experiences as Europeans having moved to and working the UK. Both echoed the need for international cultural work which is not based on nationalities. The following discussion between the panellists and attendees opened up a dialogue about the role of the arts as a political tool of change, which I hope will continue beyond the event.
Photographs by Helen Davison.
Soundmaps and soundscape composition by Markus Hetheier (Industries).
FLUFF #12
Dyphnos 
Paulin Aloïse 
is33n 
Industries
Thank you Dyphons, Paulin Aloïse and is33n for playing at FLUFF #12 alongside me. Shout out to Heidi for managing sound as well as Nick from Mirage Bar and Factory International for their support.
Intangible Sounds
Katie Chatburn 
The Wyrding Module 
Julian Holloway and Susan O’Shea 
Industries
Thank you to everyone who came and listened to Manchester’s queer sonic geographies at the sold out Intangible Sounds event as part of Manchester Histories at HOME in collaboration with the School of Digital Arts (SODA with other performances from Katie Chatburn, The Wyrding Module, Susan O’Shea and Bon Holloway who also took this photograph.
Electric Sandwich
Goëtia 
Quick Drop 
PHIA SKY 
Industries 
Electric Sandwich
Thank you Gary Fisher for organising Electric Sandwich at The Carlton Club as part of Chorlton Arts Festival and shout out to Goëtia, Quick Drop and PHIA SKY for their exciting and inspiring performances. The whole evening felt quite punk, from helping each other set up and improvising when things go wrong to the energy that was in the room.
Factory Sounds
Thank you Factory International for funding Norrisette and me to continue FLUFF.
Norrisette is an art-pop artist whose work encompasses composition, classical piano, music production, DJing, performance and visual design. She has recently formed her own band to explore new creative and collaborative landscapes, with Ashley Garrod on bass and Matthew Hill on drums, and has also performed as a featured vocalist across Europe.
Industries is an electronic music project by Markus Hetheier. His music explores and subverts musical structures ranging from field recordings and distorted sounds to harmonic melodies and large beats. He is an electronic music producer, DJ, sound artist, workshop facilitator and practice-based PhD researcher at the School of Digital Arts (SODA).
Together, Norrisette and Industries set up FLUFF – a regular queer electronica night in Manchester. FLUFF aims to provide a platform for queer electronic music producers to perform and test out original music to a live audience, as opposed to being a club night, and has kickstarted the careers of many!
‘We are so happy to be a part of this recent artistic venture for Manchester. It will be amazing to meet local innovators and to receive mentorship for our work promoting and supporting the music of upcoming LGBTQ+ artists through FLUFF. We hope that being part of this year’s Factory Sounds cohort will provide us with a platform for our work as performers, music producers and promoters and that we will be able to connect with like-minded musicians for future collaborations both in the studio and on stage.’