Harvest is proud to announce it’s monthly return to it’s spiritual home at The Globe in Cardiff. Our Relaunch features the dynamic Kraut-esque sylings of welsh wunderkid H. Hawkline (in his Harvest debut) and the folk exotica of Miss Mauds Folly. Plus Psych Out set’s from Andi Harvest and Apollo Sky. This event heralds a new era in Harvest history and will feature our usual Psychedelic Sensuround experiene.Welcome back aboard the trip that never ends…TURN ON…TUNE IN…FREAK OUT

HARD PAN TRIO

Utilising voice, percussion, drums, found sounds and feedback Hard Pan veer between abrasive clamour and joyous expressionism. Comprising Pascal (PartWildHorsesManeOnBothSides), Luke (Poot Records) and Stuart (Smear Campaign/Plum Slate/Total Vermin): an engaging roster of Northern improvised primitivism.

BELIED GUNAIKO

Debut solo outing by flautist KJJones of PWHMOBS; a mantra painted on a plain of pure pipe feedback and extended perforations.

Support and tickets shortly.

http://www.beartownrecords.com/
http://rayonrecs.blogspot.com/
http://totalvermin.blogspot.com/
http://pootrecords.blogspot.com/

Sugar Drop presents:

SEAMS
& BRIGHT LIGHT BRIGHT LIGHT

Wednesday 20th July
9pm-4am
£free entry

Touring with GOLD PANDA and DAM MANTLE has set SEAMS off to a strong start. Electronic music mixed with traditional songwriting and structure (some would describe as post-Dubstep) – field recordings chopped and looped over subtle synth and drum work, recreating moods and experiences.

Seams website

BRIGHT LIGHT BRIGHT LIGHT
http://www.brightlightx2.com/
http://www.myspace.com/brightlightx2

Shiny electronic pop music from Neath via London, BRIGHT LIGHT BRIGHT LIGHT has been produced by BOOM BIP and Andy Chatterley (KYLIE/DIANA VICKERS), found fans in ROB DA BANK/LAUREN LAVERNE, and you may have recently caught him on tour with ELLIE GOULDING.

* JOINT HEADLINE SHOW *

Supports:
F-Block (BBC Introducing)
Bromance (Signature)
Astrosnooze (Recommended by DJ Yoda)

8:00pm – 04:00am : FREE ENTRY

SUGAR DROP
* Every Wednesday *

Your midweek dancefloor dose of roots, electro, dub, party breaks, dubstep, drum’n'bass and all round floor filling mashups. Regular guest DJs, live acts & more.

Drinks:
2-4-1 cocktails 5pm-9pm
Bottles from £2
Pints from £2.50
House wine from £1.80
Shots from £1.50

10 Feet Tall
Cardiff
CF10 1BG
http://10feettallcardiff.com/

Up next are Nekkrosis. I become slightly wary of these Northumberland chaps as they appear, goatee bearded and wearing caps, giving the impression that we could be in for some sports metal. The singer even looks a bit like Fred Durst or that guy from Disturbed. Luckily their music avails such fears, coming off like a groovier Circle of Dead Children or a less spastic Cephalic Carnage sound tracking a Tony Hawk game (in good way). The vocals, from Durst and the guitarist, are all in the pig register. Heavy on the chugga-wugga, Nekkrosis alternate between inventive and complex guitar/bass harmonies and stupidly tight, blasting staccato riffage. Excellent stuff, though I would have enjoyed them even more had they been proceeded by some blackened digi-grind, Atomçk perhaps.

A few beers later Napalm Death emerge. ND have been around so long they are practically classic rock now, like ACDC or something. Seeing them in such a small venue, even in this turd of a place, is a super-special treat. Plus One, Oram and I bolt ourselves to the front railing like teenage girls at a Take That concert (or perhaps more like middled age women?) and prepare for injuries. Napalm blast through several hundred songs, including choice cuts from ace new album Time Waits for No Slave and micro-classics from Scum (the obligatory, almost unnoticed “You Suffer”) , From Enslavement to Obliteration, Harmony Corruption (“Suffer the Children” particularly kicked my ass) and Smear Campaign. The newer tunes come off particularly well (even if they don’t play “Fallacy Dominion” – Teh fuckers!). They certainly don’t sound like they’ve been at this for 20+ years. How many bands can you say that about these days? What do you have to say for yourselves REM? When did you last play a grindcore show? I bet Bono can’t even death grunt. ND finish up without an encore and I release I will probably need a neck-brace in the morning. One could argue that had local grind duo Atomçk opened up, everyone would have had a much better time. Despite this every band fucking slayed (slew?)

PASSION PIT (DJ SET)
http://www.myspace.com/passionpitjams
A member of Passion Pit is calling in during their European Tour to spin some electro, house, disco & techno.

MAX TUNDRA (DOMINO RECORDS)
http://www.myspace.com/maxtundra
“A whole other world of pop music – an absolutely unique, enchanting, and irreplaceable vision” – Pitchfork

“This year has bubbled and bleeped with the sound of bedroom electronica that harks back to the past, but the third album by Max Tundra is the most joyful of all. A pop tour de force, bursting with bright, bouncy hooks” – The Guardian

DIRTY GOODS
http://www.myspace.com/dirtygoods
“80′s influenced electro-pop suggestive of Prince, Chromeo, MRSKRFT and Kanye West; could see this getting picked up” – Buzz Magazine, March 2009

MIDORI HIRANO (JAPAN)
http://www.myspace.com/midorihirano
Midori Hirano from Japan was one the early Meze Festival Top Picks!!! Beautiful soundscapes that mix organic instruments with digital beats & bleeps. Minimal in its approach but with a mighty output.

THE LITTLE DEATHS (recently added)
http://www.myspace.com/lildeathsnewport
The Little Deaths are soon now to begin their much over due debut ep – with only some demo’s about, most of their reputation as an “up and coming” local band come from those who have seen them perform live. This is the last chance to see them playing South Wales for quite some time.

THURSDAY 29TH OCTOBER
MEZE LOUNGE
8PM – 3AM
£5

online tickets:
https://www.wegottickets.com/event/58465

or available at Spillers / Diverse / Meze Lounge

for full into regarding the month festival in association with The Joy Collective, see http://www.mezefestival.co.uk

THE JOY COLLECTIVE presents…

A Free Show! 7.00pm – 9.30pm

ANIMAL HOSPITAL (Boston, US)
http://www.animalhospitalmusic.com

Animal Hospital is Kevin Micka’s one-man musical recording/performance entity. Formed at the tail-end of Micka’s time with Boston band The Common Cold, Animal Hospital slowly began to take on a life of its own in 2004. A self-titled debut CD by Animal Hospital was released on Boston’s Mister Records that year and displayed Micka’s ability as a composer and engineer in communicating his creative expression. Since then, Kevin has consistently toured the United States and completed two European tour throughout France, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, Italy. Animal Hospital has won followers from all corners of the music world, earning himself spots on tours with bands as diverse as Beirut, Neptune, and the tech-grind metal group The Great Redneck Hope (not to mention a recurring role as bumper music on Boston’s NPR station).

During performances, Micka buries himself in a pile of electronics-shelves of effects, mixing consoles, amps and delay units-while patiently constructing a layered nest of loops consisting of live drum beats, guitar chords, scrapes, chucks, chimes, and melodies resulting in anything from more conventional songs to meticulously crafted ambient movements on to full on improvisation.

This show includes a video realised by Melissa F Clarke http://www.mfclarke.com

Live art with local artists and contribution (Newpart) http://www.newpart.co.uk

Additional visuals by Austin

Sunday 8th November
Meze Lounge
7pm-9.30pm (strict 9.30pm curfew)
Entry: FREE INVITE (donation bucket on night)

Request free invite to: thejoycollective@gmail.com