Featuring
* Lauren Sarah Hayes
* James Adrian Brown
* Joy Moughanni
BYOB
Doors 7:30pm. Performances begin around 8pm.
Lauren Sarah Hayes
is a Scottish improviser, sound artist, and scholar who is recognised for her embodied approach to computer music. Her music is a mix of experimental pop/live electronics/techno/noise/free improvisation and has been described as ‘voracious’ and ‘exhilarating’. As a live sound sculptor, she manipulates, remixes, and bends voice, drum machines, analogue synths and self-built software. She has toured extensively across Europe and North America, including as part of her tenure with the New BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Her work has been released on Superpang, Hard Return, Pan Y Rosas Discos, LOL Editions, Werra Foxma, Sunwarped, and Harmonic Ooze Records.
https://www.laurensarahhayes.com
James Adrian Brown
is the former lead guitarist of the alternative rock band Pulled Apart By Horses. After achieving chart success, touring the world, and releasing four critically acclaimed studio albums with PABH, James has begun paving a new path in instrumental electronic music and composition.
Brown’s solo work is heavily electronica-based, utilising analogue synths alongside tape machines, piano, strings, and immersive ambient atmospherics. His focus lies in the analogue process of capturing and creating sound using physical hardware.
He has received support from the likes of Gideon Coe on BBC 6 Music and Chris Hawkins, who championed him for creating “massive electronic soundscapes in a Mogwai kind of world.” James was also featured on BBC Radio 3’s Unclassified by host Elizabeth Alker.
Taking inspiration from artists such as Boards of Canada, Rival Consoles and Thom Yorke, Brown is exploring, evolving, and pushing his songwriting into bold new sonic territories. His debut album is set to be released on the revered UK electronic label Castles In Space, marking a significant new chapter in his journey as a solo artist.
https://www.jamesadrianbrown.com
Joy Moughanni
is a Beirut-based producer, engineer, and songwriter, as well as a partner at Tunefork Studios. A former mentee of renowned Lebanese producer Fadi Tabbal, he first emerged in Beirut’s alternative scene as a member of the electronic and pop projects Pomme Rouge and Gizzmo, producing four EPs.
As he transitioned into a solo career, Moughanni became a sought-after collaborator, producing albums for a range of regional artists. In the wake of Lebanon’s economic and political crisis, he joined the 2023 OneBeat program, working with international artists to create ambient hip-hop compositions and developing a sonic installation for MATA Festival.
With a background in architecture and a focus on spatial sound, Moughanni’s work explores the relational dynamics of sound—both in physical spaces and in the ways music interacts with personal and political realities. Recently, his sonic explorations have delved into themes of manipulation, examining both individual and systemic control through experimental composition and production.
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