STRANGEFORMS FEST, LEEDS, DAY 2, APRIL 20 2014

 Venue : WHARF CHAMBERS, LEEDS

CODES IN THE CLOUDS: Post rock from London

 

MONSTERS BUILD MEAN ROBOTS: More post-rock, this time from Brighton. Evolved, via ALMA, into VLMV. No video, for some reason...

CLEFT: Bonkers Math-rock duo. RIP Riff-lord Dan Wild-Beesley

MONSTER KILLED BY LASER: Synthy post-prog 5-piece from Leeds

ALPHA MALE TEA PARTY: Math-rock maestros, still going strong.

TOMORROW WE SAIL: Sublime post-folk/neo-classical sextet from Leeds. 

TIDINGS: Post-metal of the highest order, from Edinburgh. Sadly no more. They could've been massive.

THE PROGRAM: Local ambient instrumental soundscapers.

 

CODES IN THE CLOUDS  https://youtu.be/0c9OkwDequI   https://www.facebook.com/codesintheclouds

MONSTERS BUILD MEAN ROBOTS   https://www.facebook.com/MonstersBuildMeanRobots

MONSTER KILLED BY LASER  https://youtu.be/EFYa1fMIMMk  https://www.facebook.com/monsterkilledbylaser

CLEFT  https://youtu.be/ZBEj_TDzvaA   https://www.facebook.com/cleftband

ALPHA MALE TEA PARTY   https://youtu.be/7Vog_dq2_rE  https://www.facebook.com/alphamaleteaparty

TOMORROW WE SAIL   https://youtu.be/bA6c8QD2O9s  https://www.facebook.com/tomorrowwesail

TIDINGS   https://youtu.be/MLxzYtFCZV0   https://www.facebook.com/TIDINGSband

THE PROGRAM    https://youtu.be/DO_pxM74Vyg   https://www.facebook.com/theprogram01

STRANGEFORMS FEST, LEEDS, DAY 1, APRIL 19 2014

Venue: WHARF CHAMBERS, LEEDS

The first StrangeForms fest, the brainchild of Stewart and Kerry Ramsay, with able assistance from Steven Creek and, no doubt, many others whose names I don't know. A DIY celebration of underground post-rock, post metal, math-rock and adjacent genres. From humble beginnings...

Line-up:

THE FIERCE AND THE DEAD: Instrumental progressive rock

LOST IN THE RIOTS: London Post-rockers, clearly not fond of shirts

POLY-MATH: Future StrangeForms regulars and math-rock legends

ENVOYS: Local post-metallers, featuring the aforementioned Steven Creek on guitar. The one in the white t-shirt, by the way. Broke up, but getting back together to play SF2023.

VASA: Frantic Glaswegian post/math-rock. John Niblock on bass, strange facial contortions and the origin of much toilet graffiti. Back again for 2023.

QUADRILLES: Math-pop from London. Late replacement for LATITUDES who couldn't make it.

HIMSELF: Interactive noise rock

SUNWOLF  Ambient drone metal from Scotland                                                

THE FIERCE AND THE DEAD   https://youtu.be/bQp7QEH8ozU  https://www.facebook.com/fierceandthedead

LOST IN THE RIOTS   https://youtu.be/btxCbVRwz7E  https://www.facebook.com/lostintheriotsmusic

POLY-MATH   https://youtu.be/6aVughirqf4   https://www.facebook.com/wearepolymath

ENVOYS  https://youtu.be/9k3zkLkor-M   https://www.facebook.com/envoysband

VASA   https://youtu.be/Nlk0LFVXv54   https://www.facebook.com/VasaBand

QUADRILLES     https://youtu.be/TkRs8sdG2c8  https://www.facebook.com/quadrilles 

HIMSELF   https://youtu.be/EE5yahNlYl4   https://www.facebook.com/himselfband

SUNWOLF   https://youtu.be/iIF5YzJIIJM   https://www.facebook.com/sunwolfuk