Wild Grooves: Silent-Disco
Schedule
Wed Sep 24 2025 at 06:30 pm to 09:30 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Fabrica gallery | Brighton, EN
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Join nature recordists Hazel Reeves and Axel Drioli in wilding the dancefloor at Fabrica, Brighton. Get up and dance to uplifting nature-inspired beats live-mixed by Axel. Or chill to soundscapes of nature mixed by Hazel. Two-channels. You choose. Chill or go wild!Each track will be infused by the soundscapes of hope from habitats near and far, all recorded by Hazel and Axel. From nightingales and beavers from Knepp to black-crowned cranes from Senegal.
Ten percent of the ticket price will go to a local wildlife charity.
FAQs
What do I need to bring?
Yourself. But if you want to chill and lay or sit on the floor, bring a mat or cushion. There will be chairs available.
How do the headphones work?
For those not familiar with silent-discos, we’ll give you pointers on changing between the two channels on the bluetooth headphones provided.
Can I buy drinks?
Yes, there will be a pay bar.
Axel Wild
Wildlife Sound Recordist | Immersive Electronic Music Producer
The music of Axel Wild (Axel Drioli) merges electronic grooves with organic natural sounds, shaped by years of international travel through his project Sounding Wild, following migratory bird routes across Europe and West Africa. Sampling the rhythms of nature, he blends contemporary electronic influences with traditional sounds and percussion, crafting sets that evolve like the natural world—starting with deep, contemplative grooves and building into powerful, high-energy instrumentations, echoing the dawn chorus.
Axel’s debut EP Wildifyed (2024), released under Sounding Wild Records, fuses funk, house, hip-hop, and jungle with organic soundscapes. He recently performed at Glastonbury 2025 with Sam Lee, and at Shambala Festival and Future of Sound 2024, delivering spatial and improvisational live sets that connect music with the wild. As a spatial audio designer, Axel has worked with The Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Springwatch, and The Guardian. He is UK-based, born in Trieste, Italy.
@axelwildsound | @soundingwild | soundingwild.com
Hazel Reeves
Wildlife Sound Recordist | Sound Artist | Sculptor
Hazel Reeves’ artistic practice is becoming wilded, her studio being at the heart of the pioneering rewilding Knepp Estate. She sees herself as a sculptural choreographer who harnesses the sounds of nature to tell stories of hope, of burgeoning biodiversity in nature havens like Knepp, where nightingales thrive yet face cataclysmic declines elsewhere.
Hazel’s passion is creating playful, immersive, affecting nature soundscape experiences for all – involving birdsong and movement/dance – that participants find freeing, thrilling, joyous. These events bring people closer to nature, closer to each other. Hazel’s collaboration with composer Damian Montagu, Knepp Dawn, was released under Moonshot Music Label (2024), blending melody and dawn recordings. Hazel lives in Brighton.
@hazelreevessculptor | hazelreeves.com
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Where is it happening?
Fabrica gallery, 40 Duke Street, Brighton, BN1 1AG, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
