I am excited to announce Randomised Structures, the first EP in a series of releases in which I will reintegrate old tracks of mine into the present. When I was around 16 I recorded five albums that were improvised and barely edited. Now I am using them as source material to craft new music, representing the here and now.
To celebrate the release, there will be an EP launch event at PINK Manchester on December 10th from 7 pm. In my live set I will mix stems of my old tracks with recent and new ones, randomising the structures that were before to create something new. Gary Fisher and PHIA SKY will also play live sets. Get your tickets here.
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 also a practice-based PhD researcher at the School of Digital Arts (SODA).
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.
Together, they 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.
In this workshop you will learn about DIY culture and FLUFF and how you can use DIY as concept and method to kickstart your music project in your community. Industries and Norrisette will share their learnings in the form of a DIY toolkit with the aim to inspire participants to reflect on their artistic ambitions, communities they are part of and how these communities can help them to achieve their goals. These reflections will then be turned into action points which the participants can take away and realise after the workshop.
Expect this workshop to be a creative and interactive space where you will meet new people and potential collaborators!
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.
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.
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)!
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! 🐩
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).
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.
