A SÉANCE FOR THE SUMMER

It pleases the Séance mightily to be hosting semi/modular psychonauts Teleplasmiste, the exploratory cosmic electronics project helmed by Mark O Pilkington (Luminous Foundation, Strange Attractor Press) and Michael J York (Coil, Cyclobe, The Utopia Strong) since 2015.

'Teleplasmiste’s cleverly layered soundscapes are deep and immersive. They plunge the listener through a psychic wall into what seems like infinite space.' The Quietus

photo Pete Woodhead

https://bandcamp.com/search?q=teleplasmiste&item_type=

https://thequietus.com/subscriber-area/music-downloads/teleplasmiste-spring-equinox-ep-of-nature-and-elecricity-interview/

Rose Io

Feral lullabies for uncanny children. RIYL Dame Darcy, Ivor Cutler, Virginia Astely.

https://roseio.bandcamp.com/

https://www.instagram.com/_rose__io/

Kemper `Norton

The preeminent sonic gazetteer of West Country phantasms and rave spectres graces the Séance for second summoning. The first was superb.

'A submerged breakbeat, a chug of acid rhythm or just a recurring shape in the Magic Eye blizzard.. A lovely fusion of Cornish and kosmische. ' The Wire

https://kempernorton.bandcamp.com/

Map 71

Brighton's beloved incantatory post-industrial drum-magick duo. Cut-up text delrium and buzzsaw electronic threat.

'Lisa Jayne’s vocals have...bite, and malice, to them, while Pyne’s backing tracks are svelte muscular things. They ripple with clever ideas and taut instrumentation whilst having the power to get under your skin.' God Is In The TV

https://map71.bandcamp.com/music

photo Al Strachan

Elkka Nyoukis & Karen Constance

Motherdaughter pitchwonk & tapemangle improv hatched from the Chocolate Monk/Blood Stereo otherlode.

Constance & Nyoukis utilise tapes and electronics to percolate a sound of uneasy wooze. Expect a bent out of shape surrealist take on the wonderful liminal world between wakefulness & sleep. Pillows are optional.

'Loops and manipulation go from crinkled, hissing ear wobble to more in-the-red what-the-f*ckery (à la Polly Shang Kuan Band).' Tedium House

https://bloodstereo.bandcamp.com/album/bicker-sweet

Near-weekly Séance channelings have occurred variously via the Repeater Radio, Slack City and Radio Reverb motherships for 15 years. Born from a series of all-day musical pub sessions in the mid noughties and named after the 1964 Bryan Forbes film Séance on a Wet Afternoon, each show is a digressive wallow in the astral hinterlands of esoteric pop, buried soundtrack treasure, new and old electronic grot, folk musics psych and trad, freeform misshapes, arcane dub effluvium, modern composition, covetable new releases and whatever else happens to be punching their ticket at the time.

When operating as a production unit The Séance has contributed tracks to A Year In The Country alongside remix work for various valued compadres. It will do some more of all this at some point once it pulls its finger out. Pete Wiggs is otherwise available as one third of Saint Etienne and Dem (aka James Papademetrie) isn't.

A full archive of shows can be found at www.the-seance.com