Second part of really excellent introduction to Stuart Hall here from @jemgilbert.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c... with a touching ending about Hall’s function as a role model for those of us doing politically engaged intellectual work.

Still depressed about the EHRC and what it says about the decline of feminism in my lifetime. But, to all my trans & NB friends, colleagues & students: try to remember that only a small, genital-obsessed minority want this (however hard the media try to change that). Many many people support you. 💜

This months featured act at the May @noiseupstairs.bsky.social is The Dissonance Collective. Noise Upstairs happens on the 2nd Thursday of every month at Fuel Cafe Bar in Withington South Manchester. Free entry, join in names in the hat trios, starts 8.30 #freeimprovisation

Second of tonight's trios at the May @noiseupstairs.bsky.social is Matt, Joe and Poppy. This event happens on the second Thursday of every month at Fuel Cafe Bar in Withington, South Manchester. Starts 8.30, names in hat trios. Come and join in, free entry!

Couple more pics of Dissonance Collective

On Sunday, 12.00-13.30, Ivor Kallin will include some music by me and @azaldua.bsky.social on his resonance fm show! You can listen in London or resonancefm.com

APRIL NOISE UPSTAIRS

On 12th April I will perform at Xing the Line experimental poetry series with @azaldua.bsky.social The details seem only to be on Facebook - here’s a link. www.facebook.com/events/13245...

NOISE UPSTAIRS APRIL! Thursday 9th April, 8.30pm, at Fuel Cafe Bar, 448 Wilmslow Road,Withington, Manchester, M20 3BW. Bring instruments to participate. Free Entry. Our Guests: Zoe Gilby and Johnny Hunter.

not one not two @noiseupstairs.bsky.social geoff + his big bass beast sax hervé + alto sax #deeplistening #improvisation #concentration #flow #communalcomposition #soundart #extendedtechniques #meditation thanks to @azaldua.bsky.social for the visuals

Hello Bluesky. If you like Improvised Music/ Free Jazz, you can hear and buy it on my records here: sarahgailbrand.bandcamp.com I haven't released a new record for a while - I'm benched as a trombone player while I recover from hand and arm surgery, but my music lives on! #BandcampFriday

MARCH NOISE UPSTAIRS!

AMN Reviews: Boundaries Festival 21-22 November 2025 By Lauren Redhead Where should you go to look for contemporary music explosions in November? It used to be that there was no singular answer to this question, but in the last 5 years Boundaries Festival has begun to establish Sunderland as a…

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

@noiseresearch.bsky.social @spiral-tat.bsky.social and @azaldua.bsky.social improvising tonight @noiseupstairs.bsky.social in Manchester

Music and/as Process deadline has been extended to Sunday 5th Oct. (midnight). #MusProc2025 takes place across 2 dates/venues in November: Goldsmiths (7/11), Edinburgh Napier (8/11). Info via website: musicandasprocess.org/conference-2... Submission form: shorturl.at/njhmC #practiceresearch

Thanks Lauren!

This is good; "Minister of Hypocrisy Wes Streeting" "So there we have it. One Irish person is charged with ‘terrorism’ in a UK court for speaking out against violence, while another Irish person is being held up as a victim of unfree speech for speaking out in favour of violence."

There is no other winter programme like this ANYWHERE in the UK. A feast of top tier masters of their craft alongside some of the most exciting modern artists performing today. Its a line up full of deep variety, exciting ideas & maverick methods. Tickets from only £15! musiccity.uk/whats-on/bou...

This is tonight! It’s now a trio with me, @azaldua.bsky.social and Henry McPherson - we’ve got field recordings, moss, deconstructed 17thC fugue, an accordion, free improv. Looking forward to making some sounds!

Talking of DIY promoters, Boundaries is coming back to Sunderland in November and this is something you music lovers should get involved with too❤️‍🔥

AUGUST NOISE UPSTAIRS NEXT WEEK

Only 6 hours to go until our 2025 Rewind broadcast begins! Tune in tonight from midnight on Resonance 104.4FM and Resonance Extra. RADIOPHRENIA - Rewind 2025 4th – 10th August, 2025 www.resonancefm.com

AUGUST NOISE UPSTAIRS!

I'll ease of the Boundaries promo soon i promise! Ita a one man job & I'm doing everything, literally everything you can think of when organising a large gig. So yeah just hold tight & gimme a bit time to share this event out there. Solidarity tickets from £15/25/35/45 musiccity.uk/whats-on/bou...

August Noise Upstairs!

July Noise Upstairs!

JUNE NOISE UPSTAIRS NEXT WEEK!

Noise Upstairs, 12th June

June Noise Upstairs. Thursday 12th June. At Fuel Cafe Bar Wilmslow Road, Manchester M20 3BW, 8.30pm ; free entry, bring instruments to participate. Our guests: Verbo | Voda.

MAY NOISE UPSTAIRS- THIS THURSDAY!

Heading to Tectonics Festival in Glasgow. This has become an annual trip for @azaldua.bsky.social and me. Every year there are fantastic artists we love and great ones to discover as well. See you there if you’re in Glasgow!

Sharing these concert details again to catch those in Manchester… …here’s a link to join the guest list if you’d like to come: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The last Soundhunt (for a while at least) went out with a bang in Cambridge on Sunday afternoon, with three short duos, from hosts Dominic Lash and N.O.Moore, a first time meeting between Tansy Spinks and Ben Jones, and an established duo from David Birchall and Alistair Zaldua, before all together.

Soundhunt is tomorrow afternoon! Sadly it'll be the last one at Thrive, so it'd be great to see a healthy crowd to round off three great years of monthly gigs of improvised music! soundhunt3.wordpress.com/2025/03/01/b...

Looking forward to playing 2nd date of my tour in duet with David Birchall, tonight at Ealing Extranormal, at OPEN Ealing Arts Centre, Music begins: 7.30pm #ealing #ealingarts #improvisation #freeimprovisation #eviolin #eguitar #experimentalmusic #electronics www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ealing-ext...

Recentthingsamliking #bandcampfridaying @laurenredhead.bsky.social hrmnming laurenredhead.bandcamp.com/album/hrmnm N Wooley henrying ideologicorgan.bandcamp.com/album/henry-... T Gowans boinging scatterarchive.bandcamp.com/album/hermit... Fiddlers nyahhing nyahhrecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-coll...

Concert tonight in duet with David Birchall, at Notes and Sounds, venue: University Arms, Sheffield #freeimprovisation #sheffield #experimentalmusic #improvisation #eviolin #eguitar

Yesterday I released some electronic/drone pieces on bandcamp and today there is a broadcast of that music and some other pieces on Noise Radio! The broadcast is at 4pm/9pm UK time and 5pm/10pm CET 🙃 Noise Radio: noise-radio.com Bandcamp: laurenredhead.bandcamp.com/album/hrmnm

Enjoyed Hale 10km with @azaldua.bsky.social this morning. Part of my marathon training and pleased with my pace - especially after I only learned of the hills on the start line!

Tour dates this spring:

Go read a book.

Dear all , Here is a call of more than 80 Israeli musicians re the situation in Israel and Palestine. We will be grateful for sharing over social media widley. www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...

I'm not the only instrumental studio in this position, but interesting to see how many professional clarinetists are signing up for Darmstadt - I have feeling younger players just don't know about it. Still some spaces in the clarinet studio so please tell your friends, today is last day to apply!

Luc Ferrari was born on this day in 1929… that is something to celebrate…

Due to current bad weather and forecast for continued issues this evening/night we are POSTPONING tonight's session of Noise Upstairs. Back in February.

This Thursday!