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Berkshire Choral Festival

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Chromosome Needle, Butcher In The Fog, Infected Syren, Crybaby Deathmatch
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The London-based band plays experimental and extreme metal.
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2 Jun Jun 2, 7.30pm–1am The Miller, London SE1
The CMV Collective
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Experimental music grouping.
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6 Jun Jun 6, 7.30pm–9.30pm Victoria Rooms, Bristol
Coupe De Ville
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Hip hop and indie by the band from Manchester.
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14 Jul Jul 14, 7.30pm, doors The Barfly, Camden, London NW1
Cryptic Nights: Colour Deaf
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Experience an interactive audio-visual pyramid installation, in which the audience influences its environment through live visual feeds and trigger pads. Presented by Cryptic Nights, the event is the work of musician Kayus Bankole, video artist Sisi Lu and producer/visual artist Steven Morrison – aka Colour Deaf. Thursday's event includes a fashion show (with designs from Ciorstaidh Monk) and audience Q&A, while Friday's is followed by an after party with a DJ set from Dandy Riots.
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7 Jun8 Jun Thu & Fri 9pm CCA, Glasgow
Doune the Rabbit Hole
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Boutique music festival with a lovely woodland setting and additional forays into theatre, comedy and spoken word performances. 2012's line-up includes King Creosote, Hidden Orchestra, The Phantom Band, Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat, JD Twitch (Optimo), Malcolm Middleton, Kid Canaveral, Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard, Pram, Josie Long, Withered Hand, The Lovely Eggs, Three Blind Wolves, The Cosmic Dead, The Stagger Rats, Loch Awe, Sophie Ramsay, Pumajaw, John Knox Sex Club, Laura J Martin…
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24 Aug26 Aug Times vary DunCarron Fort
Duane Pitre, These Feathers Have Plumes
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Experimental music by the composer and accompanying musicians.
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14 Jun Jun 14, 8pm, doors Cafe Oto, London E8
Efterklang
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'The Piramida Concert' as the new age, classical and post-rock Danish ensemble collaborate with Northern Sinfonia.
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24 Oct 7.30pm Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Eska, Keston Cobblers Club
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Experimental folk singer-songwriter.
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30 May May 30, 8pm, doors The Old Queen's Head, London N1
Evan Parker presents Self Organising Systems
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A new improvisational project from legendary saxophonist Evan Parker and an ensemble that includes Germany's John Eckhardt.
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13 Jun 7.30pm Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh
Faith No More
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Alt and experimental rock from the American five-piece fronted by unpredictable lead singer Mike Patton.
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8 Jul Jul 8, 6.30pm HMV Apollo, London W6
10 Jul Jul 10, 7pm, doors O2 Academy Brixton, London SW9
Gavin Harrison & 05Ric Band, Stick Men
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The drummer and Porcupine Tree member plays progressive experimental rock with the group.
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3 Jun Jun 3, 7pm, doors Academy 3 at Manchester Academy, Manchester
4 Jun Jun 4, 7pm, doors Academy 3 at O2 Academy Birmingham, Birmingham
5 Jun Jun 5, 7.30pm Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff
6 Jun Jun 6, 7pm, doors O2 Academy Bristol, Bristol
7 Jun Jun 7, 7pm, doors O2 Academy Islington, London N1
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
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Canadian instrumental post-rock and experimental rock band.
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4 Nov Nov 4, 7pm–11pm HMV Forum, London NW5
Gonjasufi
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Experimental hip hop from Californian-born artist Sumach Ecks.
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16 Jun Jun 16, 9pm Village Underground, London EC2A
Gringo Records 15th Birthday
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Experimental rock showcase featuring Hookworms, That Fucking Tank, Grey Hairs and San Lorenzo on Friday and playing on Saturday will be Bilge Pump, Broken Arm, Polaris, Soeza, Picore, The Unit Ama and The Sauna Youth.
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8 Jun9 Jun Jun 8, 8pm, doors, Jun 9, 2pm, doors Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham
Introducing Take On Mr Scruff
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The nine-piece sonic outfit plays selections from Mr Scruff's six albums without a sampler in sight using only regular instruments.
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17 Aug Aug 17, 11pm Concorde 2, Brighton
The Invisible
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London-based indie and experimental rock three-piece.
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18 Jun Jun 18, 7.30pm, doors The Barfly, Camden, London NW1
Jaga Jazzist, Britten Sinfonia, Lars Horntveth, Susanne Sundfor
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Improv and experimental jazz by the Norwegian collective.
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16 Jun Jun 16, 7.30pm Barbican Hall at Barbican Centre, London EC2Y
John Butcher, Mark Sanders And Georg Grawe
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The saxophonist and drummer perform jazz improv and experimental music with accompaniment from the pianist.
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18 Jul Jul 18, 8pm Cafe Oto, London E8
Katie Rose, Ranchor Prime, Johnty Wilks
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Experimental folk-pop from the singer-songwriter.
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5 Jun Jun 5, 7.30pm–10.30pm, doors The InSpiral Lounge, London NW1
Keith James
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The singer-guitarist performs the poems of Pablo Neruda, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Federico Garcia Lorca and Jorge Luis Borges set to music.
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5 Jun Jun 5, 8pm, doors The Cluny, Newcastle upon Tyne
Lee Ranaldo
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Experimental alt rock from the guitarist and co-founder of Sonic Youth.
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7 Jun Jun 7, 7.30pm, doors Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
The Mars Volta
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The American band plays experimental prog rock in support of the album Noctourniquet.
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15 Jul Jul 15, 7pm, doors HMV Forum, London NW5
Norman Vladimir, Charley Macaulay, Simon Clothier, Phil Scott
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The New York City-based experimental pop and soul.
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18 Jul Jul 18, 8pm, doors The Troubadour, London SW5
Orphy Robinson And Rowland Sutherland, Paul Clarvis And Liam Noble
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Jazz improv and experimentation from the duo.
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10 Jun Jun 10, 7.30pm The Forge Venue And Caponata Restaurant, London NW1
Places & Spaces
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Guitarist Haftor Medbøe and singer Anneke Kampman play a musical response to the Scottish National Gallery's Van Gogh to Kandinsky: Symbolist Landscape in Europe exhibition. Abstract sounds from the natural world and daily human life form a backdrop to the performance of special musical composition, ahead of the release of an album.
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21 Jul 1pm Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh
Rachael Dadd, Ichi
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The singer-songwriter plays experimental folk.
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15 Jun Jun 15, 8pm, doors Eden Project Cafe, St. Austell
Red Note Ensemble: From Reels to Ragas
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Scotland's leading contemporary music ensemble plays a packed Indo-Scottish programme, with music by Judith Weir, Kuljit Bhamra, Giles Swayne, Bright Sheng, Jackie Shave, Witold Lutoslawski and the great Anglo-Indian jazz composer John Mayer. Part of Cottier Chamber Project.
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18 Jun 6.30pm Cottiers Theatre, Glasgow
Renzo Spiteri
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The experimental World music instrumentalist performs songs from the album Silence Sounds And Spaces.
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1 Jun Jun 1, 8pm Acorn Arts Centre, Penzance
2 Jun Jun 2, 8pm Sterts Theatre, Liskeard
3 Jun Jun 3, 8pm Chapel Arts Centre, Bath
Rick Redbeard and Adam Stafford
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Redbeard and Stafford, post-folk pioneers/experimenters both and better known as the lead singers of the Phantom Band and Y'All is Fantasy Island respectively, celebrate the release of their split 7" single on Gerry Loves Records.
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21 Jun 7.30pm
With support from Wounded Knee.
Henry's Cellar Bar, Edinburgh
22 Jun 8pm
With support from Yusuf Azak.
The Captain's, Glasgow
23 Jun 7.30pm
With support from Debutant.
Cellar 35, Aberdeen
The Rinky Dinks
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The Bristol-based five-piece plays ukulele interpretations of popular songs.
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15 Jun Jun 15, 7.30pm, doors The Fleece, Bristol
sound
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Innovative festival celebrating boundary-pushing new music of all kinds, from contemporary classical via jazz, electronic and experimental to indie. The 2011 festival included performances from artists as diverse as the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Mercury-nominated folk singer King Creosote, playful multi-genre chamber group Mr McFall's Chamber and DJ/multi-instrumentalist Frog Pocket – and that's just the Scottish contingent: artists came from around the world to join the spirit of…
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26 Oct18 Nov Times vary Various venues
sound lab presents Edit Point
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Composers' group Edit Point presents a concert of music exploring the clarinet, featuring the Cameo Clarinet Quintet and special guest Alastair MacDonald.
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15 Jun 7.30pm Recital Room at City Halls, Glasgow
Sounds Of Spitalfields
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Multiple brass musicians perform in an immersive music event, through the Australian sonic arts project Super Critical Mass. Directed by Tim Davy, Luke Jaaniste and Julian Day.
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8 Jun Jun 8, 12.30pm–2pm Spitalfields Market, London E1
Steve Noble, Alex Ward & Oren Marshall
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Improvised and experimental music by the drummer and accompanying musicians.
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5 Jun Jun 5, 8pm Cafe Oto, London E8
Sun Rings at Riverside
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Kronos Quartet headlines the climax of an evening of music and art installations inspired by the architecture and exhibitions of the Riverside Museum, with contemporary space-themed strings.
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15 Jul 7.30pm Riverside Museum, Glasgow
Talk Normal
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The Brooklyn-based two-piece plays experimental noise-rock.
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10 Jul Jul 10, 8pm Cafe Oto, London E8
Thomas Lehn, Tim Hodgkinson, Hannah Marshall, Phillip Wachsmann
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Experimental music by the German-born keyboard-player.
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26 Jun Jun 26, 8pm Cafe Oto, London E8
The Tiger Lillies
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Experimental music with elements of gypsy jazz, opera and Weimar-era cabaret by the London-based outfit.
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7 Jun9 Jun Jun 7–9, 9.30pm The London Wonderground Spiegeltent, London SE1
Tinderbox Orchestra
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The experimental youth orchestra plays original arrangements and compositions, here they collaborate with a choir, two guest bands (Broken Records and North Atlantic Oscillation) and Hidden Door arts collective.
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23 Jun 7.30pm The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh
Whatever Gets You Through the Night
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Live show that is just the tip of a multimedia iceberg involving an album, a collection of writing and a film. Created as a Vital Spark cross-platform commission by actor and director Cora Bissett, playwright David Greig and experimental music collective Swimmer One (and their home, Biphonic Records). Featuring writing and music from a whole host of Scotland-based talent, the project is a compilation of stories happening around the country between midnight and 4am.
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26 Jun29 Jun Tue–Fri 8pm The Arches, Glasgow
Wooden Wand, Duke Garwood
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Experimental folk from American singer-songwriter James Jackson Toth.
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30 Jun Jun 30, 8pm Miss Peapod's Kitchen Cafe, Penryn
5 Jul Jul 5, 7pm Rough Trade East, London E1
Wooden Wand, Duke Garwood, Dead Rat Orchestra
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Experimental folk from American singer-songwriter James Jackson Toth.
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29 Jun Jun 29, 8pm, doors Cafe Oto, London E8
Wooden Wand, J. Collin, Irma Vep
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Experimental folk from American singer-songwriter James Jackson Toth.
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27 Jun Jun 27, 7.30pm–12midnight Night & Day, Manchester
Wooden Wand, Savaging Spires
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Experimental folk from American singer-songwriter James Jackson Toth.
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26 Jun Jun 26, 8pm, doors Trades Club, Hebden Bridge
World Sanguine Report, Glockenspiel
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Experimental and improvised music by composer and poet Andrew Plummer with accompanying musicians.
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28 Jun Jun 28, 8.30pm The Vortex Jazz Club, Dalston Culture House, London N16

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