Bob Drake, Arch Garrison and VLVE at The Samuel Worth Chapel Presented by Sheffield General Cemetery Trust and Buds & Spawn Bob Drake Born and raised in the Midwest USA and now resident in the South of France, Bob was a founding member of avant-rock heroes Thinking Plague in the 1980s, has been a member of the 5uu's, The Science Group, Vril, the Peter Blegvad Quintet and many others, but it is with his series of solo recordings between 1994 and the present that he has really found his voice as a pedlar of individual, avant-garde, but always highly melodic tales of anthropomorphic animals, hauntings, geology, holy wells, astronomy... the list goes on, all performed by himself. an alarmingly fertile basin of creativity and collaged, kitchen-sink songcraft. Pitchfork Media https://bdrak.com/ https://bdstudio.bandcamp.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@bob-drac VLV What is VLV? Folk lullabies re-imagined by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Found-sound collages interrupted by Welsh language orations and sudden outbursts of fuzz bass. Gleaming synthpop workouts that collapse into swirling dreamscapes of sax and harp. Tiny sounds opening out onto the epic. Hi-tech and no-tech, deployed with equal measures of discipline and abandon. Carefully sculpted disorder. Uncanny geometries of noise and melody. Dizzy and gleeful and drawn in notebooks. That is VLV. VLV started out as the outlet for composer/performer Chle Heringtons compositional work using text and image as the starting point for scores. She collects sounds and diagrams, composing predominantly for bassoon, saxes, electronics and found sounds to explore synaesthetic memory and collective experience. The performance is mesmeric and improvisational, ranging from Aphex Twin abstractions to childlike songs with arresting lyrics, in the vein of Brian Enos vocal works Prog https://valvemusic.bandcamp.com https://www.facebook.com/valvemusic www.valve.cloud [//www.valve.cloud] www.chloeherington.com [//www.chloeherington.com] Arch Garrison North Sea Radio Orchestras musical director, composer and accomplished guitarist Craig Fortnam brings his weird folk solo project to Sheffield once again. Exploring his fascination with Englands ancient landscape and singing intricate songs about Roman roads, ditches and mounds, Thames Fluvius. Utterly bewitching. Arch Garrison prove that less can be more, and that our limitations are often the very things that set us free. The Quietus Craig has spent the last 20 years composing, performing and producing albums; whether as North Sea Radio Orchestra, as Arch Garrison or under his own name. All these projects have Craigs strong and unique personal sound; virtuosic nylon-string guitar with a strong emphasis on melody and chord, be it with strings/wind/percussion/organ (North Sea Radio Orchestra), the psych-folk of Arch Garrison with its wobbly synths/organ and guitar or his solo material which combines all these elements. Craigs music is described as English in sound with reviewers comparing him to Robert Wyatt, Vaughan-Williams, Cardiacs, Syd Barrett, and Vernon Elliott. Craigs most recent release was the new studio album from North Sea Radio Orchestra Special Powers, available now from Bandcamp. https://archgarrison1.bandcamp.com/ https://northsearadioorchestra.bandcamp.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@craigfortnam8602 12/6 plus booking fee. Event Details Doors: 7.00pm Performance: 7.30pm Location: The Samuel Worth Chapel, Sheffield, S11 8NT Accessibility: The Samuel Worth Chapel is fully accessible. Facilities: The Samuel Worth Chapel has a fully licensed bar selling local beers, wine and spirits. Tickets: All tickets are sold online via Ticketsource. No tickets are available on the door. Please note, this is an 18+ event. ID and bags will be checked upon entry. T&Cs Tickets for this event are non-refundable. However, if for any reason the event is cancelled by Sheffield General Cemetery Trust, we will refund your ticket. If you have bought a ticket but are unable to attend, please email [email protected] so we can try to reallocate it. Email [email protected] with any questions about this event. Thank You This is a volunteer-led fundraising event for Sheffield General Cemetery Trust (Registered Charity Number: 1103158) with all proceeds going towards the charitable aims of the Trust. We thank you for your ongoing support in preserving this special place for generations to come.