FLUFF is a DIY queer electronica night in Manchester conceived by Norrisette and Industries. FLUFF aims to provide a platform for LGBT+ electronic musicians to perform and test out original underground music to a live audience, as opposed to being a club night, and has kickstarted the careers of many. In this iteration at The Nico Ditch , you can expect an enchanting blend of sea chanties, magical leftfield electronica and beautiful songwriting.
Featuring Iona Of The Hill, synda sova, Industries and Mike Plunkett.
we go back to our DIY grassroots with this one, offering a platform for LGBT+ electronic musicians to perform and test out their original underground music with you, the best live audience
this is a special duo feature gig with 3 of the freshest, wittiest, fluffiest electronica double acts in Manchester + 3 spicy and innovative soloists each melding new arts and sounds together
Industries ist ein elektronisches Musikprojekt von Markus Hetheier. In seiner Musik spielt er mit musikalische Strukturen von Field Recordings, Störgräuschen bis hin zu harmonischen Melodien und großen Beats.
Zusammen mit Norrisette organisiert er die queere elektronische Musiknacht FLUFF in Manchester, England, die unter anderem durch Factory Internationals Factory Sounds gefördert wurde.
Zudem absolviert er einen künstlerischen Doktor an der School of Digital Arts, wo er queere klangliche Geographien Manchesters erforscht.
Neben dem Studium arbeitet er auch im kulturellen Bereich, wo er kreative Projekte koodinert und verschiedene Gemeinschaftsgruppen in klangliche Praktiken involviert.
In diesem Konzert wird er sein Projekt Randomised Structures vorstellen. Hier receycelt er seine ersten elektronischen Musikexperiemente und vermischt sie mit Elementen seiner neuen Musik, um auf spontane und experimentelle Art die Vergangenheit in der Gegenwart zu integrieren und so eine neue Klangerfahrung zu schaffen.
I am excited to play at Noodlr Live at The Carlton Club next Thursday, July 3rd; the night runs from 8 to 11 pm. There are only very few nights for electronic live music and I have not yet not made it to Noodlr, so I‘m especially stoked for this one.
Catch my presentation today at the Neither Factory Records nor Madchester conference at the School of Digital Arts with support from Manchester Metropolitan University, The University of Manchester and Creative Manchester.
Markus Hetheier – Queer Resistance: DIY Culture in Manchester’s Contemporary Electronic Music Scene
While Manchester’s longstanding history of electronic music scenes has been widely researched in relation to DIY culture, the connection between Manchester’s electronic music and DIY culture has not been examined much in a contemporary context. In this presentation it is argued that DIY culture can function as a site of resistance for queer people within Manchester’s current electronic music scene. It opposes the corporate music industry and provides a space for queer people to empower themselves through electronic music performance. In order to demonstrate this the Manchester-based queer electronica night FLUFF will be used as an example. The night was set up by Anna Appleby (performing as Norrisette) and the presenter Markus Hetheier (performing as Industries) as a response to their desire to perform their electronic music live after Coronavirus restrictions were lifted, with the aim to also connect with and platform fellow queer electronic musicians. Setting up FLUFF can be understood as an act of resistance in the precarious post-Brexit and post Coronavirus economy as it aims to create a resilient space for queer electronic musicians despite the challenging economic situation. In addition, focusing on the queer community in the context of electronic music can also be interpreted as act of resistance as it includes and empowers queer electronic music producers. Both artists will reflect on FLUFF in relation to DIY as a culture of resistance through a reflective conversation which will inform a DIY toolkit intended to assist artists from marginalised communities with navigating the current UK music landscape.
Markus Hetheier is a Manchester-based electronic musician and researcher. Through his electronic music project Industries he explores and subverts musical structures ranging from field recordings, distorted sounds to harmonic melodies and large beats. Together with Norrisette he co-runs the Manchester-based queer electronica night FLUFF. The night 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. Besides being an electronic musician, he is also undertaking a practice based and participatory PhD at the Manchester Metropolitan University investigating Manchester’s queer sonic geographies. In addition, he has years of experience working in the arts ranging from administrating and coordinating creative projects to facilitating participant engagement through sonic practices, often with a focus on community. Find out more on his socials @industriesmcr and visit his website www.industriesmcr.com.#industriesmcr
Shout out to Norrisette and our FLUFF adventures! 🐩
Thank you Sounds From The Other City for inviting FLUFF again to take over The Old Pint Pot downstairs stage. This Industries set was one of my favourites yet. It was so nice to see a mix of people from uni, work, life. Past, present, unknown. All floating in and out, some sat down, some dancing. Waving, smiling. And to be able to look out onto the water with the sun coming in. Like a busy living room concert in nature. Magical.
At Sonic Transformations —a joint event by MASSmcr and DVRK Arts Collective— my sound piece ‘A queer sonic geography of Manchester’ was presented. It comes with contributions by AminaB Dyphnos Gabriel Marques Camargo Gary Fisher Hal Industries kaoti Leah Wall Norrisette PHIA SKY Ryan Charles Jacob
The sound piece is composed of eleven different soundscape compositions by the research participants and me. We all went on soundwalks and recorded field recordings around the Gay Village area in Manchester. Each of us arranged their field recordings into soundscape compositions with the aim to sonically represent our individual relationships to Manchester from a queer perspective. I then took the stems of each soundscape composition and mixed them all up, creating a sonic collage inspired by Foucault’s notion of homosexuality cutting ‘slantwise [through] […] the social fabric’ (Foucault, 1994, p. 138). In doing so I queered the sonic geographies explored by the research participants and me.
Foucault, M. (1994) ‘Friendship as a way of life,’ in Rabinow, P. (ed) Ethics: subjectivity and truth. New York: The New York Press, pp. 135—156.
Snippets of the sound piece are also included in MASSmcr’s Sonic Manifesto, listen below.
We are thrilled to represent FLUFF stage at this year’ Sounds From The Other City festival at The Old Pint Pot (downstairs) on 4th May alongside stages across Chapel St and The Crescent in Salford. Except a variety of electronic music sets from Chaines, Industries, Zolatec, Norrisette, kaoti and Bennettiscoming. Tickets are selling fast, so get your tickets here and let’s celebrate Spring together this May bank holiday…
