Before 3am, Music, Experimental

It's been speculated that Indian music and Celtic music long ago cross-fertilised each other, via the trade routes of the eastern Atlantic; sounds plausible, as reels and ragas can sound eerily and otherwise inexplicably similar. As if to underline the point, Red Note undertakes a tour of the Western isles with some…

A one-day event of alternative and experimental music. Acts appearing include, Renegade Brass Band, Bobby Conn, Melt Yourself Down, Dogshow and Lunar Module.

Experimental and improvised music by the performer.

The Montreal-based band performs experimental and post-rock.

Space/sludge rock supergroup power trio comprising Keiji Haino, Oren Ambarchi and Sunn O)))'s Stephen O'Malley.

World Premiere: Cellist Peter Gregson’s new work To Dream Again unfolds after a series of interactions between the audience and bespoke data systems. Created especially for this world premiere, these audience interactions mean that each performance develops in an entirely different way in the laboratory venue and…

Alternative and experimental rock by the Teeside-based outfit.

Experimental and improvised music by the London-based twosome.

The group performs experimental and improvised music.

Raging free jazz from restless the Franco-Australian trio, who've been compared to Roscoe Mitchell and Last Exit.

Ghosts of the past and present collide through video and sound technology in this evening-long project from the internationally renowned Brooklyn-based Bang on a Can All-Stars, an electric chamber ensemble that brings together some of the world’s most adventurous musical thinkers. The Field Recordings project looks back…

The pedal steel guitarist and multi-media artist play experimental music by Stefan Prins, A. Schoenberg and Thierry De Mey.

Contemporary classical combined with electronic and experimental music.

The four-piece from Houston, Texas, performs an experimental mix of art rock and alternative piano rock.

The vocalist and sax player perform experimental jazz songs with the organ-led trio.

With a projection of an entrancing new film specially created by artist Sonny Phillips, the band play their album in its entirety, with electronic textures, dark conceptual speech samples and prog melodic-ism.

The San Francisco-based singer-songwriter performs experimental electropop from the album This Train.

The band from Denmark performs progressive metal and experimental metal with elements of deathcore.

A new work by composer J Simon van der Walt that combines themes of technology, modernity, science and science fiction, played on laptops and real live instruments – including a performance from a double rock band. Things gon' get loud. Loud and freaky.

The Japanese singer-songwriter and musician, best known as a former vocalist of the German band Can, performs krautrock.

Experimental music duo from Ukraine, that combines alternative electro with Eastern folk.

The American four-piece performs an energetic mix of noise pop and experimental rock to promote the album Breakup Song.