 
Stephan Mathieu
Stephan Mathieu
Work that focuses in on the static hiss and background noise of recording and pushes it to the fore.
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Work that focuses in on the static hiss and background noise of recording and pushes it to the fore.
 
A performance bearing witness to a struggle built upon patience and collective action from the great multi-instrumentalist and member of the AACM.
 
Ecstatic, scalding and ludicrously heavy, nobody matches Incapacitants for live noise energy. One of the most exhilarating live acts in underground music.
Screening of films by Duvet Brothers, David Critchley, David Hall, John Latham, Judith Goddard, Mike Leggett, Tony Sinden
 
Writing that shows us that, even in struggle, there is light to be let in.
 
A 101 panel on sex work in Scotland, hosted by National Ugly Mugs, Sex Workers Union, Scotland for Decrim (Decrim Now) host
Glasgow. Low-end drone guitarage army in praise of the open chord.
 
Sparse and miniature free thought workouts involving guitar, vocals and tuba.
 
Politicised fan-fiction chronicling working class gay urban space and fantasy.
 
Slowly evolving ultra-subtle harmonics and multi-tracked, otherworldly drones that only reveal their true power at high volume.
 
Wordless, reverb drenched voice, ghosted electronics, seething and ferocious electronic damage and Patty Waters style vocal mania.
 
Performance of a Sudoko based graphic score giving rise to a process of self cancellation.