Taking influence from 1960's Thai funk - their name literally translates to "Engine Fly" in Thai - the Texan trio Khruangbin is formed of Laura Lee on bass, Mark Speer on guitar, and Donald “DJ” Johnson on drums. Their debut album ‘The Universe Smiles Upon You’ is steeped in the bass heavy, psychedelic sound of their inspiration, Tarantino soundtracks and surf-rock cool.
“We feel like there is an ease that comes from being immersed in a space, away from the distractions of the city and everyday life. We make our music in a barn, in the Texas hill country, because it makes sense to us. Being there allows us to make music that comes naturally, and that’s what we wanted this album to be. We wanted to make a record that just let the music happen, and we hope that’s what you can hear.”
‘The Universe Smiles Upon You’ was recorded at their spiritual home, a remote barn deep in the Texas countryside where their first rehearsals took place. The band listened to a lot of different types of music on the long drives out to the country but their favorites were 60s and 70s Thai cassettes gleaned from the cult Monrakplengthai blog and compilations of southeast Asian pop, rock and funk. This had a heavy impact on the direction of the band, the scales they used and the inflection of the melodies; which coupled with the spaciousness of the Texan countryside culminated in Khruangbin forming their exotic, individual sound.
"If you like the idea of soundtrack music that might not sound out of place in a Tarantino movie, some wistful soul and slow-motion funk with an exotic ambience that offers hints of countries as far-flung as Hawaii and Japan, then you need some Khruangbin in your life." The Guardian
]]>In 2 x120, cellist Bela Emerson invites the audience to become live co-creators. This forty-minute piece connects a series of spontaneous interactions between Emerson & individual audience members, who are invited to improvise with her for two minutes each. Participants are offered one of three specific ways of interacting (two sonic, one visual), to generate a unique collaborative flow of sound. Drawing together Emerson’s extensive experience as both improviser and community musician, this is innovative and inclusive work.
Bio: Bela Emerson is an innovative cellist who composes in the moment using electronic processing. She has performed residencies at Sydney Opera House and Royal Festival Hall, as well as being commissioned by BBC Radio 3’s Late Junction as a solo performer, and releasing four solo albums. Her various collaborative works with artists such as filmmaker Tereza Buskova, acrobats Mimbre and musicians Sarah Angliss and Stephen Hiscock have been supported by PRS and Arts Council England and commissioned by BBC Radio 4 and the BFI. Bela also works as a community musician with Open Strings Music and Rhythmix’s Wishing Well, using music as a tool for connection, engagement and wellbeing.
Maggie Nicols and Deborah Withers will facilitate a performance based on the exercise 'One Note Leads to Another'. The performance will invite participation for the audience through sharing long notes and repetitive phrases broken into discrete elements.
For this event a range performers will gather in clusters across the floor of Trinity's, Fyfe Hall producing a sprawling live soundtrack to accompany the expanded film work Goldf". This work draws deeply upon Owen's interest in layman’s relationship to politics, participation and performance. His work aims to expand ideas of cinemas and how narrative is forged through the competition between soundtrack, voice and performance. Starting at 7.30 musicians will converse, build and resist amongst the bits .
This Is The Kit is the musical project of Kate Stables and long time collaborator Jesse Vernon, who are based in both Bristol and Paris. After appearing on Sunday Best Recordings’ 2006 compilation album ‘Folk Off’, the band received high praise from Drowned In Sound, and have subsequently been embraced by BBC radio for their quintessential ‘Britishness’. From 6Music, DJs Lauren Laverne, Radcliffe and Maconie, Marc Riley, Guy Garvey, Cerys Matthews, and Mary Anne Hobbs, and at Radio 1, Huw Stephens, Jen and Ally, and Phil Taggart have all given the band airplay.
On their third album, ‘Bashed Out’, the band collaborated with Aaron Dessner, best known for his work in The National. Indeed the record features the instrumental talents of not only the touring members of the band (Rozi Plain, Jesse Vernon, Jamie Whitby-Coles), but also session players from the Brooklyn music scene, including Bryce Dessner, Thomas Bartlett (Doveman, The Gloaming), Matt Barrick (The Walkmen) and Ben Lanz (Beirut, The National). The music remains quintessentially British, in a one-of-a-kind eccentric manner, and rooted in folk, but also encompasses elements of psychedelia, alternative rock, and electronic textures and sensibilities.
This is The Kit return to Trinity following performing live at BBC6 Music Festival Fringe February 2016.
Presented by Colston Hall
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If you're interested in having fun on roller-skates, then you have come to the right place!
Don't worry if you can't skate or don't have your own skates, we have got loads of skates available and our lovely Roller Boys & Girls will help you round if your a bit wobbly on your wheels... And if it all gets too much, then you can just chill out and get a large drink to get over the experience!
Expect a mixture of DJ's bringing you lots of energy and good sounds, with also live acts and entertainment to just complete your roller-disco night.
Please note roller-skating is at your own risk!
Adults including Skate Hire - £10 adv / £12 OTD
Got your own Skates - £8 adv / £9 OTD
or you can pay on the door, but to avoid disappointment if this event sells out...get a ticket!
Strictly over 18's (bar open all night), last entry 1am.
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Manchester’s JP Cooper is a self-made, self-taught musician who manages to exist effortlessly within two scenes generally considered to be at varying ends of the sonic spectrum. Learning his craft on the Indie Rock scene, but later connecting with the Sing Out Gospel Gospel Choir, John Paul Cooper’s exquisite vocal and adroitly played guitar seamlessly encompasses the best of both worlds. It’s Indie with soul, soul with heart.
After signing to Island Records 18 months ago, JP released two EP’s, which combined have had over 5 million plays. The first, Keep The Quiet Out, was produced by the Confectionary [Bonkaz, Jacob Banks]. The most recent (When The Darkness Comes), produced by the duo One-Bit, features six perfectly executed vignettes. The EP is deeply personable yet utterly relatable.
Next up is JP’s debut album proper which promises to be bigger and bolder affair, while retaining a sense of simplicity and honesty. Featuring elements of Hip Hop, stand-up soul and Country-inflected guitar, there will also be some unexpected twists and turns.
Footsie brings King Original to Bristol to join DEEP MEDi for 1 night only !!
2 hours of Father Wazair, Footsie, Sir Spyro, Dollar
2 hours of Compa
2 hours of T_!
All on the trusty RC1's sound system
Featuring:
Sir Spyro
Spooky
Very Special Deep Medi Squad
Bandulu Gang
Hi5 Ghost
Boofy
Gemmy
Superisk
Beavis
Tokin' Mandem
MC's: Killa P / Jamakabi / Capo Lee / Villain + special guest MC's
Limited physicals available: Idle Hands
Online from: Crack Magazine
In association with Trinity x Bandulu Records x DEEP MEDi x Wave Gang
If you're interested in having fun on roller-skates, then you have come to the right place!
Don't worry if you can't skate or don't have your own skates, we have got loads of skates available and our lovely Roller Boys & Girls will help you round if your a bit wobbly on your wheels... And if it all gets too much, then you can just chill out and get a large drink to get over the experience!
Expect a mixture of DJ's bringing you lots of energy and good sounds, with also live acts and entertainment to just complete your roller-disco night.
Please note roller-skating is at your own risk!
Adults including Skate Hire - £10 adv / £12 OTD
Got your own Skates - £8 adv / £9 OTD
or you can pay on the door, but to avoid disappointment if this event sells out...get a ticket!
Strictly over 18's (bar open all night), last entry 1am.
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Half The City is the compelling full-length Single Lock/Thirty Tigers debut of the Birmingham, Alabama-based sextet, who have already created a maelstrom of interest with their roof-raising live shows and self-released four-song 2012 EP. Produced by Ben Tanner of Alabama Shakes, and recorded and mixed in the storied R&B mecca of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, the album harkens back to the region’s classic soul roots while extending the form with electrifying potency.
“When St Paul and the Broken Bones emerged from their small-town-Alabama home and started playing shows, it was almost as if a fully realised group of old pros had stepped out of a time capsule from its Muscle Shoals’ heyday” (Village Voice).
On Half the City, the band’s debut, “St Paul (aka Paul Janeway) leads the charge of the soul-band, delivering truly amazing, gut-wrenching vocal performances”(PopMatters).
Grit, elemental rhythm, tight-as-a-drumhead playing, and a profound depth of feeling: these are the promises of a great soul band. And St. Paul & The Broken Bones deliver on those promises.
Doors: 7.30pm
Support from: Yola Carter, 8pm–8.40pm
St Paul & The Broken Bones: 9pm–10.30pm
Curfew: 11pm
The infamous RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE and the legendary TREMOR SOUNDSYSTEM are coming together to bring you the LEDGENDS OF JUNGLE!
big vibes and a serious junglist ting!
RAY KEITH
DJ SS
JACKY MURDA
KENNY KEN B2B KENNY KEN
BEAR TWISTS
KAMOH
NOISY ANTICS b2b RANDAWG
Hosted by TWITCHEE & TRAFIC M
Featuring:
Mutanta
Pete Not Bombs
Miss Radida
DJ Clod the One and Only
Join us beforehand for FREE pre-event: 'The Refugee Crisis: What Can We Do?' an evening of live music and refreshments, information, talks and discussion about the refugee crisis, 6pm-8pm.
Plus all-night info area & featured works from 'From Syria With Love' exhibition of Syrian art.
Also wood-fired pizza
Tickets available from Bristol Ticket Shop
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Goth Trad
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Om Unit
support from T_!
Tickets from Idle hands & www.billetto.co.uk
Showcasing the best of Bristol so join us for what is always a great day out.
Garden Stage:
Master's of ceremonies: Alice Taylor-Matthews & Edson Burton
Trinity Music Training / Temple Records- 12:00pm
Bodywork - 12:30pm
Luui - 1:20pm
Yama Warashi - 2:30pm
Many Monika - 3:45pm
The Evil Usses - 5:00pm
Bristol Samba - Bloco Carnavalesco - 5:45pm
The Most Trio ft Lil Rhys & Eva Lazarus - 6:15pm
Lionpulse Official - 7:15pm
RSD - 8pm
Theatre in Fyfe Hall:
Arnold's Big Adventure - Show 1. 11:00am / Show 2. 1:00pm
Cinco Coisas - 3:00pm - 4:00pm
(please note Arnold's Big Adventure is a ticked eventhttp://goo.gl/QvdqCc)
Main Hall:
Indian Drumming Workshop - 12:30pm & 3:00pm
Rattle: 4:30pm
Stalls (all day)
Graffiti Room:
East Bristol Contemporary - EBC004 Exhibition (all day)
Garden:
Wood Carving workshop: 2:00pm - 4:00pm
This year we have more exciting activities to get involved in...
Arnold's Big Adventure - by Tessa Bide: Taking place in a special bell tent, Arnold's Big Adventure features beautiful shadow puppetry, wonderful original music to sing along to & plenty of thrilling surprises along the way... 11am & 1pm / £5 / ages 3+ (due to limited capacity for Arnold's Big Adventure advance tickets are recommended)
Cinco Coisas: Is a solo show structured around the five basic needs of a child – Place, Nurture, Support, Protection and Limitation. Through dance, play, clowning and improvisation it proposes to lead the audience on a purely human experience.
Jimmy Cauty’s (The ADP Riot Tour 2016): Following the ADP's critically-acclaimed appearance at Banksy's Dismaland last summer, the installation has taken to the road, re-housed in a specially converted shipping container, which will open its doors to visitors across the country, at the sites of historic riots. Trinity will be its home from 29th April: 6pm - 8th May: 9pm. open daily 10am - 7pm
Drumming Workshops of India: A positive, enthusiastic Indian drumming session that teaches a group of children about Indian drumming culture. They cover the basic Indian rhythms and drumming techniques using a wide variety of percussion. Covering the basic Indian rhythms and drumming techniques using a wide variety of percussion. They also cover a brief history of drumming culture in India, including teaching the Indian drumming language.
Bristol Samba: We will have an amazing performance from Bristol Samba. They're one of our resident groups and its always great to have them perform at our events.
Pixel Whipped: Will be joining us again this year with their amazing array of retro games consoles for you all to play.
Trinity's Garden Party is free but we welcome donations in support of of the ongoing charitable work of Trinity Community Arts. You can donate on the day or beforehand via Bristol Ticket Shop (donation does not guarantee entry)
Trinity is sorry to announce that, due to a mistake on our part, Daddy G is unavailable to perform at this year's Garden Party, Sunday 8th May.
We are sorry to have caused confusion. Daddy G is a long-standing supporter of the Trinity Centre and we look forward to working with him on future events.
We will be announcing the change of lineup and new headline shortly and look forward to seeing you all for our '40 Years of Music' celebration.
Please be advised that, due to the small size of our site and large anticipated crowd numbers, dogs will not be permitted entry, with the exception of guide dogs.
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