Andrew DR Abbott / Dirty Electronics

Name: Andrew DR Abbott / Dirty Electronics
Start: 2026-01-26T19:00:00+00:00
Location: JT Soar

Schedule

Mon, 26 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

JT Soar | Nottingham, EN

Andy Abbott is an artist, musician and writer who lives in West Yorkshire, UK. His output as ‘Andrew DR Abbott’ centres on instrumental compositions for solo guitar.
Andy is best known for his deafening guitar work in the leftfield rock bands That Fucking Tank and NOPE with whom he has toured internationally on the DIY underground circuit, as well as mainstream gigs supporting Foals and appearances at Leeds and Reading festivals.
With his solo projects he has shared stages with Gwenifer Raymond, Richard Dawson, William Tyler, Dean McPhee, The Horse Loom, Alison Cotton, C Joynes, Nick Jonah Davis, David Thomas Broughton, Edgars Rubenis, Bhajan Bhoy, Sirom and Ex Easter Island Head.
Both his ‘Live on Daisy Hill’ cassette (released by Bloxham Tapes in 2018) and ‘Dead in Chellow Dean’ album (released by Cardinal Fuzz in the UK and Feeding Tube Records in the USA in 2019) use fingerpicked guitar, field recordings and handmade instruments to reflect the darker facets of life in the postindustrial North.
In 2020 Andy wrote and recorded the final part of the Daisy Hill trilogy ‘Erewyrehve’ and released this on his own ADRA Records imprint on vinyl in 2021. This was followed by a limited lathe cut 10-inch ‘Live from Clover Hill’ e.p released by Sonido Polifonico in 2022, and a contribution to Michael Chapman tribute album released by Tompkins Square Records in 2023.
In 2024 and 2025 he released an album of recordings influenced by his time as a musician in residence in acute psychiatric wards across Yorkshire under the alias ADRA. His current set is a long-form fluid composition for 12-string and baritone acoustic guitars layered over field recordings that aims to reflect the light and shade of the Calder valley.
https://andyabbott.bandcamp.com/album/live-from-clover-hill
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John Richards explores Dirty Electronics focusing on shared experiences, social interaction and critical making. He is concerned with the performance of large-group electronic music and DIY electronics, and he has come to consider these activities as a holistic action. It is a fluid, live practice associated with the ideas of workshop-installation and performance-installation. His work pushes the boundaries between music, performance art, electronics, and graphic design and is transdisciplinary as well as having a socio-political dimension. He has also written numerous texts on DIY practices, performance of electronic music, and object-orientated and material approaches in relation to sound art.
https://forceincmilleplateaux.bandcamp.com/album/piu-hiway