Field Commander Ali, Jordan Ireland, Classifieds, Thoughtless Gift / Monday 20th July @ Dissenter Space

This is a not-for-profit sound art event. All of the money from this ticket will be used to pay the artists, equipment and other costs to run the event. If you are unable to pay for a ticket for any reason, please send us a message on here and we will put your name on the guest list. You are also welcome to turn up on the night - no one will be turned away for a lack of funds.

Excited to announce that we have teamed up with slipping to bring you two wonderful Australian artists alongside some who stay or were raised on Scottish soil.

Field Commander Ali saunters through Edinburgh with an intimate collection of songs built from layered vocals and the quiet sounds of the room itself. A delicate balance of closeness and distance in both sound and storytelling. The First From Field Commander was one of my most listened to records of last year. Listening to Ali's layered vocals and open strings coupled with the industrial and coastal views of Dissenter Space is something I'm romanticising.

Over the past year, Nicky’s been recording she’s been working on. Sketches, studies, pieces still finding their shape. Recently I received a long-form guitar track that’s a constant in my headphones. There’s a sense of process, of ideas stretching out and testing their limits rather than settling too quickly. Really looking forward to hearing Classifieds live.

Jordan Ireland's piano pieces are simple on the surface. Mostly short, unadorned improvisations, but they carry warmth and patience, the kind that slowly draws you in rather than announcing itself. There’s something in his playing that feels tied to that wider Australian experimental scene: open, pastoral, no hurry, like it’s moving at its own pace. The sweet spot.

Thoughtless Gift will be playing their first show. My best friend in life and in music. A Slipping OG hailing from just south of the Ardeer Peninsula, now nesting in London. TG’s guitar work leans into repetition whilst rejecting any rigidness, making patterns that soften and slip. I like to think of a Thoughtless Gift track more of a journal entry than a song. The two entries so far can be found scattered across the web.

words by Slipping