a common task ~ a new event series dedicated to the grittier edges of outsider dance music.

~ a debut

Kahn and Autumns LIVE (Deep Medi, Bandulu, Detriri, Downwards)

Kahn, second-wave dubstep veteren of the early '10s, collapses the distance between grime and dubstep. Forging a Covid friendship with Derry-hailing EBM starlet Autumns - mainly based on a shared love of The Viper - they have formed a rarely-appearing live duo. Together, they pick at the joint threads of punk and sound-system culture's combined anecestry - raw maschine-dub, industrial steppers and EBM

FFO: Throbbing Gristle, Nitzer Ebb

Conor Thomas (The White Hotel, The Black Lights, The Death of Rave, NTS, Boomkat)

Truly the DJs-DJ. Irreverent, idosyncratic, knowledgable and ever-gutsy in his selection. Conor has quietly influenced the sound the North West scene for years. From now-cult sets at his residency at The White Hotel (the recordings of which are salivated-over by scouring youtube nerds) to buying records for Boomkat, to running The Death of Rave and Elegia - if you're into weirdo dance music in the NW, you've been influenced by Conor Thomas.

FFO: Nosedrip, mad miran, Jon K

MING MÒ LI (Queensway)

Young upstart! Freshly minted to the DJ life, Liverpool-local MING MÒ LI brings a vial of the brackish intersection between early industral and deep house, pulled up from a youth spent emo-ing.

FFO: Nine Inch Nails, Galcher Lustwerk .

.. and your long-suffering, reluctant host, Lupini (NTS, heavy texture, ACT)

a fly-by-night ambientist, hopping the fence between gritty electro, post-punk, techno and house.

FFO: Optimo, Josey Rebelle, Elena Columbi, Lena Wilikens

~~ ADDITIONALLY:

- chess games - for the competitively-minded

- stim corner - if you need to just not talk to anyone

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