
My new track Eerie World got a play on Graham Duff’s Mixtape (Totally Radio) for 13 April – listen to the programme here – good company I’m in.
And here, just because, are some recent live pix – they have that blurry nightmare feel I so enjoy:
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April 17, 2022 | Categories: News, Radio, Visuals | Tags: airplay, gig photos, Graham Duff's Mixtape, new music, radio, Totally Radio | Comments Off on Graham Duff’s Mixtape & random pixxx
Another improv album from Safehouse Brighton – I’m on tracks 1, 17 & 19. This is the fifth in a series of remote collaborations started over lockdown (am on every one except the first), so I’ll skip the blurb; enough to say it’s a big listen and a deep dive into freeform sound adventure. It’s also possibly the lightest, most accessible volume so far; who knows what’ll happen when we reach the end of the alphabet…
That’s one extreme, so here’s the reverse – from the Rossi Bar gig in November showing the other end of what I do:
1) MF – 2) La Pequena Em – 3) Austerity – 4) Austerity/Gulls (photos by Jimmy Guest)
It’s been a blast, somewhat against expectation given how bleak things looked in January – hope to do a lot more next year, and that everyone’s 2022 is utterly fucking fab.
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December 7, 2021 | Categories: Music, News, Visuals | Tags: album release, Austerity, Brighton music venues, free improv, gig photos, Gulls, improvised music, La Pequena Em, Safe House Brighton | Comments Off on new Safehouse album: MNO (plus gig pix)
A brief whizz of noise from Bar 42 the other week – song is Ugly Man.
Here’s the recent Eight Miles High Club gig in Brighton… had some good gigs lately, but this one had to be the most fun in a while – with 2) Fane 3) Melt Plastic Group & 4) the edge of an energetic crowd: all fantastic.
Eight Miles High Club on instagram

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October 25, 2021 | Categories: Gigs, Visuals | Tags: Bar 42, Brighton music scene, Eight Miles High Club, gig photos, gigs, live music, music venues, onstage, performance, Rossi Bar | Comments Off on visual riches, Oct ’21
“Matt played his guitar with menace tonight”
The gig went really well – thanks to Leisure Tank and headliners Skinny Milk. We got reviewed, too, courtesy Plugged In Brighton – link here. A brief video:
And a few pix (thanks to Mik Hanscomb. The out-of-focus shots of the other bands are mine – I’m a musician, not a photojournalist… clearly):
…Onward to the next one.
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February 27, 2020 | Categories: Reviews, Visuals | Tags: DIY gig, gig photos, gig review, gig video, Leisure Tank, live music, Plugged In Brighton, Skinny Milk, The Prince Albert | Comments Off on Feb gig review / visuals
As part of my musical sideline as a (novice) member of the Safehouse collective, here’s some video footage – and photos – from the 25th April gig supporting Shatner’s Bassoon & Bolide, once again courtesy Agata Urbaniak:
…photos on Flickr here

It’s good to branch out…
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May 4, 2018 | Categories: Visuals | Tags: Agata Urbaniak, black and white, Bolide, free improv, gig photos, improvised music, live music photography, live music video, music venue, performance, Safe House Brighton, Shatner's Bassoon, Verdict Jazz Club | Comments Off on live video & pix: Wildcard Quartet, 25 April

Fantastic, atmospheric photos by Agata Urbaniak – follow this link to Flickr for more
These were taken at Sunday’s Bar 42 gig, and include shots of Dran Krwawy, La Pequena Em, Kuroneko… I really like this photographer’s work, which captures the heightened, adrenalised feel of live performance better than most others I can think of – without resorting to any of the obvious moves – so it’s a thrill to be included. Feast yr eyes, glut yr etc.
And for good measure, here’s a video of an unreleased song called Evil Relief :
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April 24, 2018 | Categories: Visuals | Tags: Agata Urbaniak, Bar 42, black and white, Flickr, gig photos, guitars, live music photography, masks, music venue, performance, punk | Comments Off on live video/photos, Bar 42 April ’18 (Agata Urbaniak)
from the 69X End of Year show at Cargo, London, 16th Dec ’17
photos by Paul Newman
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December 21, 2017 | Categories: Visuals | Tags: 69X Music, Cargo, gig, gig photos, live music, London, onstage, Paul Newman photography | Comments Off on Cargo gig pix Dec 17