ROLL UP ROLL UP

There's a limited quantity of tickets for July 10th's edition of The Outer Church now available for purchase from Resident Records in Kensington Gardens, Brighton. Of course, if you tend to shun human contact you can still buy your tickets in advance from here.

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SOME TRUTHS

Bass Clef's Ralph Cumbers loads his majestic modular (a Doepfer, since you asked) for a set of purest analogue electronics.

THESE FEATHERS HAVE PLUMES

Andie Brown conjures "an incredibly seductive sound world filled with layers of dark wafting smoke, deep resonant drones and an amazing full tonal palette" (Foxy Digitalis)

KEMPER NORTON

"Cornish cousin of some of the drifting ghost-voices we caught on tape at car-boot sales and incorporated into our non-gig installation work" (Kid Shirt)

WRONG SIGNALS

Toby Smith draws on a dazzling tonal palette to deliver fractal synthetics from the very heart of the coastal ghostal.

At The Green Door Store, Brighton. Admission £5. Available in advance from WeGotTickets.

THE OUTER CHURCH COMMUNITY BROADCAST #1

The first edition of The Outer Church Community Broadcast 

is now available to stream at Mixcloud. 

Featuring special guests 

Warren Ellis and Laurie Penny 

plus a selection of the fine electronic oddities including 

Kemper Norton, 10-20, Sone Institute and The House In The Woods.

THE OUTER CHURCH #2

Issue #2 of the all-new OC is designed to work as an all-out assault on the fabric of reality, paying tribute to those visionaries whose remarkable written work continues to offer inspiration while hailing the sinister sounds of elsewhere. Two films, three live acts... one Church.

WARREN ELLIS: CAPTURED GHOSTS + GRANT MORRISON: TALKING WITH GODS

Courtesy of Respect! Films, The Outer Church presents an unmissable double bill of acclaimed documentaries illuminating the lives and careers of two visionary British writers and countercultural icons. Directed by Patrick Meaney, 'Talking With Gods' and 'Captured Ghosts' were produced with the full cooperation of Morrison and Ellis and incorporate interviews with the artists alongside colleagues and contemporaries including Helen Mirren, Douglas Rushkoff, Joss Whedon, Mark Waid, Geoff Johns, Patton Oswalt, Stoya, Matt Fraction, Katelan Foisy and more. The influence of Morrison and Ellis on The Outer Church is immense; this double bill is intended as a tribute to their brilliance.

OLD APPARATUS

Since their OC debut last year mysterious London-based collective Old Apparatus have performed live alongside Philip Jeck and Fennesz, released their second 12" 'Zebulon/Hammerhand' for DEEP MEDi and assembled acclaimed mixtapes for Electronic Explorations and BigUp. In addition there's a cassette due on the Tapeworm label (Stephen O'Malley/Simon Fisher Turner/Philip Jeck) and the outfit are currently recording their full-length debut for DEEP MEDi. Unique and unbound by generic constraints, Old Apparatus loiter on the vanguard of contemporary bass music.

PYE CORNER AUDIO

With his 'Black Mill Tapes' series, Pye Corner Audio has administered a shot of ectoplasmic energy to the evanescent area of haunted audio, bringing elements of Carpenter soundtrack, glassy electronic drone and cosmic disco into the mix. 'Black Mill Tapes Vol.3' is PCA's current release and represents a further evolution of the outfit's unsettling sound ++STOP PRESS++ The Outer Church has just received the exciting news that the Head Technician is currently working on his debut PCA album for the esteemed Ghost Box label.

KEMPER NORTON

A longtime friend and associate of The Outer Church, Kemper Norton is the South Coast's finest - indeed only - proponent of slurrtronic folk sounds. Blending acoustic instrumentation with synthetic sonorities and his own spectral vocals, he conjures a sound suggestive of a rural Coil. Recently spotted wassailing on the allotment, he brings his finely-textured twisted roots music to The Outer Church for the third time.

Tickets £5 in advance from: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/152811

THE OUTER CHURCH REBORN

Yes, tis true. The Outer Church has flown the old coop and settled at a new address, that of Komedia on Gardner Street, Brighton. The OC will take place monthly in the Studio and regularly feature live performances and films as well as the (very) odd disc spun by DJs Joseph Stannard and Kemper Norton.

In order to go some way towards covering costs for the night, we have found it necessary to ask a small admission fee. However, we fully intend to give every congregation their geld's worth and make good on our promise of spectral sounds, uncanny visions and electronic folklore, every month.

As you can see from the marvellous affiche above, the first edition of the relaunched Church commences on November 10th and is produced in association with Mordant Music, one of the finest outlets for bent sounds in our unfair land, having released music by Shackleton, Vindicatrix, Cosmic Dennis Greenridge and Mr Maxted among others. Top level spore Baron Mordant will be revolving specially selected platters and screening exclusive films from the MM editing suite while Vindicatrix will be playing a live set, giving an indication as to why he is being hailed as a startlingly original new voice - literally, as his inimitable vocals are a key element - in British electronic music.

And there's more where that came from...