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The Encounter Ancient Champion from Outsideleft caught up with me recently for a pre-gig interrogation. We’re looking ahead to April 12th at RPM. The atmosphere of the interview: sharp, a bit weird, exactly like the music. Outside Left is the same crew that reviewed Living Man. Just read the full interview here The Event: RPM Analogue Audio April 12th. 2:00 PM. The Blue Room Coffee Shop, Bearwood. Free entry. It’s an Outsideleft "afternoon out." Space is limited.

April 12th: A Sunday session: The Blue Room Café: RPM Analogue Audio Ltd. Logistics and Entry Location: RPM Analogue Audio Ltd. Date: April 12th. Vibe: Afternoon session. Organized by: Outsideleft. Just come for the music: Stay for the conversation. The Outsideleft crew knows their stuff: They’ve been documenting the fringe for years.

If you’re looking for music that doesn’t just play in the background but pulls you under the surface into a fully realised world, then Sub Life is for you. Released on Bandcamp by King Sleep, this EP is a musical amalgamation of alt indie, dream pop, and electronica. But it’s so much more than an EP. It’s also a story. The Underwater Dystopia Sub Life is an underwater dystopia, the escape from which is the plight of our protagonist. It is a thought-provoking narrative that mi

Every so often, I have a look through my “archive”. This is of course, a grand term for looking through my old hard drives from the late noughties. And among all the misfires there is sometimes a song where I think “hang on this is actually all right”. The song in question is May You Live, which was a massive hit for by previous band Waler in an alternate 2009. In my new moniker of King Sleep I decided to solipsistically cover myself, and you can hear how it turned out here

In an era where digital surveillance creeps further into daily life, King Sleep—the genre-defying project from Birmingham visionary Vincent Gould—has dropped a powerful new single that's already turning heads. "Living Man (No to Digital ID)" is a bold protest anthem that fuses urgent old-school hip hop, psychedelic guitar flourishes and conscious lyrics that demand resistance against the erosion of personal freedoms. The track, available to stream and purchase on Bandcamp (wi