(Friday 14th Dec / 8.30pm / £6 advance, £7 on the door)

Amalgam brings together five renowned local musicians of different backgrounds for a unique collaboration. In various combinations throughout the night the musicians meld sounds of drone, noise, ambient, musique concrete, electro- acoustic. Or something else completely.

Heloise Thibault (H) is a French musician who uses electronics and keyboards to create a music of blissful drones and ritualistic rhythms. She also runs the label Zamzam recordings. http://www.zamzamrec.org/H.

Ian Watson is an artist and musician who uses oscillators, ipad and tapes to create noise with ambient/glitch tendencies. He also ran the label Phantomhead records. http://www.uhohwatson.com/

Joseph Hyde is a composer and professor who works at Bath Spa. His background is in electro-acoustic music utilizing laptop/modular synths and has created striking pieces collaborating alongside video/dance. http://www.josephhyde.co.uk
Seth Cooke is percussionist, promoter and a creator of Bang the bore website. His accomplished junkyard improvisations use everyday objects and a waste disposal steel sink. http://www.bangthebore.org/

Stuart Chalmers is an improviser who manipulates cassette tapes and pedals. His music ranges from frenetic collages to dark electro-acoustic soundscapes. http://soundcloud.com/skarabee

In the bar Jabu (young echo collective) will be spinning some dubby, radiophonic sounds till late.