Scatterfon/`Geoff Hearn/Effective Word Order

Scatterfon are a deft and captivating improvisational trio pitched somewhere between Virginia Astley and Cream. Three established composers - BAFTA-nominated soundtrack artist Hutch Demouilpied, Ivor Novello Awards nominated sound designer Lucie Treacher and mercurial songwriter, singer and multi-instrumentalist Otti Albietz - committing themselves fully to the moment, Scatterfon’s first gig was closing the show at this year’s Two Ship Festival of Improvised Music in Hastings, where they followed a host of free music luminaries, including Maggie Nicols and David Toop, by taking the crowd to places they had never been before. This will be their second show.

Beloved sax and shakuhachi titan Geoff Hearn is a performer who needs no introduction to Rose Hill audiences.

Effective Word Order were described in the following glowing terms in John Robb’s Louder Than War review of their first gig at 2023’s Sonics all-dayer: “Rammellzee-inspired robot prankster whose amazing performance somehow bridges the gap between Glenn Branca and Slipknot”. Since then they have inscribed a fierce arc across the south coast experimental music firmament, playing with like-minded artists from Beau Flies to Einsturzende Neubauten’s Alexander Hacke. November 27th will mark their Brighton debut.

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