Richard Norris

We were on Soho Radio this week with ace producer Richard Norris.

You may know Richard from his various excursions into electronic music under a range of different aliases. From his early days in chart botherers, The Grid to more recent work as half of Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve alongside Erol Alkan and as another 50 percent of Circle Sky, he's had his hands in more musical pies than an aural Gregg's.

So we were excited to have him on Soho Radio for our wee show. You can listen below which begins fairly rustily but then gets going about ten minutes in. I'm a fucking nervous bastard when confronted with a microphone...

M magazine @Independent Venue Week w/Circle Sky and Tomaga

So it's that time of year again when our work are doing a gig - and this one should be a stonker with Richard Norris and his new live analogue electronic outfit, Circle Sky.

Here's the blurb and tap us up for tickets...its next Thursday 28 January...

We are excited to announce that Tomaga (Hands in the Dark Records) and Circle Sky (Richard Norris and Dubka) will co-headline our M magazine night at The Sebright Arms, London, on Thursday 28 January 2016, in celebration of Independent Venue Week.

They will be joined by the inimitable record hound DJ Doug Shipton (Finders Keepers/B Music), who will be spinning delectable tunes throughout the night.

Tomaga are Tom Relleen and Valentina Magaletti - a pair of sonic voyagers whose unfettered musical explorations have led them to exciting new territories that loosely incorporate jazz, electronic and psych.

They also make up the rhythm section of psych-rock trio The Oscillation, and between them have played in countless other bands including Neon Neon, Raime, Shit and Shine and Voice of the Seven Thunders – all of which helps inform their unique sound.

We’re really chuffed to have them play at The Sebright Arms to debut their brand new live set. The show follows a brilliant year of mind-blowing sold-out gigs and their critically acclaimed sophomore album Familiar Obstacles.

Circle Sky is the exciting new electronic project from Richard Norris and Martin Dubka. Both have impeccable bleep-heavy CVs; Richard is best known for his work as The Grid and with likeminded music obsessive Erol Alkan as Beyond the Wizard’s Sleeve.

Fellow synth addict Martin Dubka was a member of Kitsune-signed band Cazals but is now more notorious as a knob twister par excellence, tearing up many an East End dancefloor with his acid-drenched machine funk.

The duo are now making beautiful electronic music together as Circle Sky. With 30 tracks already recorded and a huge 2016 on the cards, their gig at The Sebright Arms will be their debut. Expect a live modular meltdown and synth heavy audiovisual assault on the senses.

We’re excited. You should be too.

Tickets are £3 in advance, available from http://bit.ly/1JtRN0R

PRS for Music members can get free entry – apply for your promo code at http://www.m-magazine.co.uk/tickets

Places are strictly limited and are issued on a first-come, first-served basis.

Event details
Date: Thursday 28 January 2016
Venue: The Sebright Arms, 31-35 Coate Street, London E2 9AG

Doors at 7.30pm. Over 18s only.

Check out a Circle Sky preview here...

Gone mining for words

Long time readers, long time. But when the sun is out, you’ve got live and breath in the fresh rather than die in front of a stuttering computer.

Now it’s going grey and winter is just round the corner, it’s time to get back on the horse and give youse the 011 on what’s been going down round da endz. Big vibes in a little flat let me tell youse. Check out a few wee interviews with heroes first innit.

We spoke to Matt Johnson from The The to celebrate 30 years since Soul Mining. 

Goldie swore at us for 20 minutes 

Richard Norris told us how he wrote Swamp Thing with the Grid. 

Viv Albertine from the Slits told us the truth