HECKLE CHAMBER is the new trio of Jem Doulton (drums), Roberto Sassi (guitar) and Alex Ward (guitar & vocals), all heavyweights on the experimental scene, notably with their roles in The Thurston Moore Group, Abstract Concrete and Pere Ubu respectively. Their debut EP lays out their stall with three dazzling tracks of visceral, noisy and complex rock, vividly recorded and mixed by Frank Byng in his South London studio.

CRACKLE started off as an off-kilter collaboration between bassist Nick Doyne-Ditmas and drummer Frank Byng, that draws on their extensive experience as musicians and producers working across a wide range of traditions and practices, old and new. Through a series of studio experiments and improvisations the duo set out to explore the frontiers between analog and digital, acoustic and electric, lo-fi and hi-fi, real and imaginary... this resulted in their album 'Heavy Water'. The duo had never planned to take the project live but couldn't turn down an offer to support Barry Adamson on a UK tour., enlisting synth maestro Ben Cowen to help augment their live sound. Now a trio, Crackle have continued to perform extensively in the UK to rave reviews and are currently working towards their second album....

Alex Wakefield and Andrea Giommi will play dreams and nightmares for bass and horn. A debut

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