Events

SynthFest UK 2020 – Virtual Event

Date

10/10/2020 - 11/10/2020

Time

All Day

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Details

Link to this event's page: https://www.sensoria.org.uk/events/synthfest-uk-2020-virtual-event/

CREEP SHOW

Date

05/10/2019

Time

7:30 pm - 10:30 pm

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Venue

Foundry. See venue details and map...

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Sensoria are pleased to announce the premiere live performance by Creep Show.

Creep Show brings together John Grant with the dark analogue electro of Wrangler (Stephen Mallinder / Phil Winter / Benge).  Following their debut album Mr Dynamite (voted 2018 Album Of The Year by Electronic Sound Magazine), they’re now announcing a new live show that will be packed with experimental pop and surreal funk.

Their first gig will take place at Sensoria on Saturday 5 October bringing a suitable finale to the 2019 festival’s closing weekend.

Creep Show’s album Mr Dynamite was recorded in Cornwall with a lifetime’s collection of drum machines and synthesisers assembled by Benge and explored by every member of Creep Show. There’s a real sense of freedom in the shackles-off grooves, channeling the early pioneering spirit of the Sugarhill Gang through wires and random electric noise.

This sense of adventure is also part of the interplay between the two vocalists, John Grant and former Cabaret Voltaire frontman Stephen Mallinder, who switch between oblique wordplay to sinister humour as Phil Winter and Benge continue to man-handle the machines.

“Creep Show is Hydra,’ says Mallinder. ‘A beast with multiple heads and voices, so no one is quite sure who is saying and doing what. Everything is permitted and everything is possible.’

• Sensoria are pleased to announce that support will be courtesy of electronic/dream-pop singer songwriter Elsa Hewitt.

The Foundry venue has a disabled viewing platform for up to 8 people.
Further information here regarding access information and tickets for carers.

Link to this event's page: https://www.sensoria.org.uk/events/creep-show/

SUFFRAJITSU DAY

Date

05/10/2019

Time

3:30 pm - 6:15 pm

Booking

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Venue

Picture House Social. See venue details and map...

Details

Tickets £5.50 adv. MOTD   

Throughout 2018 clandestine collaborators D.N.W. (Deeds Not Words) celebrated the Vote100 centenary. D.N.W. (created a string of guerilla art stunts which they filmed to celebrate some of the extraordinary stories of the Suffragettes through a 21st century lens. Surreal, subversive and playful, their films explore these tales through experimental costume, music and creativity.

This year they have created a new film called SuffraJitsu. Come along to the premiere and see how the Suffragettes fought back using martial arts!

Doors 3.30pm

4pm onwards fanzine workshop (Games room)

Create your own Suffrajitsu fanzine using collage and/or illustration and let the world know which tales of wonderful / warrior women inspire you.

4.30pm – 5.30pm  Find your voice workshop

Find your voice, build confidence and resilience  with Girl Gang’s bespoke  one hour workshop that combines movement and theatre, exercise, discussion and games.

5.30pm  Screening of DNW Chapters 1 – 3 (3 short films)
5.45pm Screening of SuffraJitsu plus a talk by D.N.W.
6.15pm close.

Throughout the event Minnow books will have a stall/table.

The films are PG certificate and the event is suitable for young people aged approx. 10 and above.

 The event is female focused but men are welcome to the screenings, Q&A and fanzine workshop too.

The event will be filmed and photographed. The Find Yor Voice workshop won’t be filmed.

Sorry no refunds available.

 
The SuffraJitsu short film is being created as a result of, and seed funded by, the British Council’s FamLab 2018

• Artwork by Anja Uhren.

 

Link to this event's page: https://www.sensoria.org.uk/events/suffrajitsu/

SYNTHFEST UK 2019

Date

05/10/2019

Time

10:30 am - 6:30 pm

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Venue

The Octagon Centre. See venue details and map...

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Manufacturer Exhibition \\ Modular Meet \\ Retailers \\ Education \\ Seminars & Demos

Come and see the biggest range of synthesizers in the UK, try them and buy them on the day!

Over 45 companies will be exhibiting at the event, ranging from the boutique Eurorack Modular brands such as AJH Synth, Analogue Solutions, Expert Sleepers and Dreadbox to keyboard brands such as Yamaha, Korg, Roland, Moog, Nord, Arturia, Novation and Udo-Audio, plus a range of soft-synth and virtual instrument developers.
* See website for full list.

Ticket price includes free entry to Seminars and Demos.

SEMINARS

• Composing With Tape
  Engineer and producer Marta Salogni will use her Revox and Akai reel-to-reel tape machine setup to demonstrate the compositional element of tape within electronic music creation. Based on a live performance, she will talk about tape machines as musical instruments whilst showing different forms of creative processing such as tape loops, feedback and cross-routing sends and returns.
  Marta has worked with artists across a range of styles including Björk, Bon Iver, Goldfrapp, Frank Ocean, and Holly Herndon.
• Fairlight @ 40
  Fairlight CMI Owner, enthusiast and some-time restorer, Rob Puricelli (aka Failed Muso), will take you through the 40 year history of this ground breaking instrument, dispel some myths, reinforce others and demonstrate why this machine, 40 years ago this year, changed the way we make music to this day, and is as important to electronic music making as the the Minimoog.
• A Guy Called Gerald
  We’re excited to announce that Gerald, recognised as the man who kick started Europe’s acid house movement with his ’88 classic ‘Voodoo Ray’ and ‘Pacific State’ (as a founding member of 808 State), will be on the seminar stage talking about and demonstrating how he puts a track together.
• Getting Started With Modular
  Everything you always wanted to know about building a Eurorack Modular but were too afraid to ask! Join SOS author and the man behind Molten Modular, Robin Vincent for an in-depth ‘beginners guide’ to building a system from scratch. How to choose a case, which modules to start with and how to put them together! Robin will explain the process as he goes about building up a system live on stage. This will be followed by a Q&A session to give you the opportunity to ask those burning questions before running back into the exhibition hall to buy your very own system!

Free entry to Talks and Demos included in the ticket price.

Buy your ticket in advance (£11) and save on the £15 door price.

Concessionary prices available.

Adult and Concessionary ticket prices include SynthFest UK bag for life (pictured below).
Children under 14 years of age are welcome free of charge.
If you would like to make a group booking, please email info@sensoria.org.uk with the number in your party and to discuss this in further detail.

SynthFest UK has been created by Sound On Sound magazine, in partnership with Sensoria Festival.

Please note tickets cannot be refunded once a transaction has been completed. Programme running order and start times of the talks will be announced in September. We reserve the right to change the programme at short notice.

Further event details www.synthfest.co.uk
The Octagon has wheelchair access. Please see venue details for more information.

• Sensoria are programming a series of events around SynthFest UK. Tickets now on sale for Creep Show on Saturday 5 October at The Foundry (from 7.30pm).
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Link to this event's page: https://www.sensoria.org.uk/events/synthfest-uk-2019/

SHEFFIELD ‘TIL I DIY

Date

04/10/2019 - 05/10/2019

Time

9:30 pm - 12:00 am

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Venue

Foodhall Sheffield. See venue details and map...

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Some of our favourite bands ( including The Sleazoids) on Sheffield’s punk/post punk DIY scene play live.

Between bands we’ll be screening a small selection of short films on Sheffield’s underground DIY music.

Films include:

• Never Say DIY Dir. Zoe Jones UK 2017 5mins
  Never Say DIY captures the feelings and attitude towards ‘do-it-yourself’ in Sheffield, in the music, venues, and the sense of community spanning between the collectives. Partly shot in the now closed Lughole, it shows the passion for music and determination to self-suffice in a time where punk is needed more than ever.

 

• LOSS Dir. Zoe Jones UK 2017 2mins
  Named after the Swedish band on their first UK tour, filmed at their Sheffield date in Audacious Art Experiment (now Hatch). With mentions of their home country, and what punk means to them, this short piece shows the heart and soul of the genre.

 

• Curated by Zoe Jones as part of our Young Bookers scheme.

Ages 18+

Tickets – pay as you feel (£7 suggested)

• Lates are Foodhall’s friday fundraising events. We ask for a £7 suggested donation on the door – although nobody is turned away for lack of funds – and they are BYOB (no bar). Please be respectful of the space and each other. Unfortunately the toilets at Foodhall are not wheelchair accessible. This event will feature loud music and visuals.

  More info & accessibility statement.

Link to this event's page: https://www.sensoria.org.uk/events/sheffield-til-i-diy/

BO NINGEN live score THE HOLY MOUNTAIN (18) *SOLD OUT*

Date

04/10/2019

Time

8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

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Venue

Drama Studio, The University of Sheffield. See venue details and map...

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* SOLD OUT *

Dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky USA 1973 1hr 54mins

Jodorowsky’s surreal, trippy and controversial follow-up to El Topo. The cult classic features a flood of sacrilegious imagery and existential symbolism and caused scandal when premiered at Cannes in 1973. The Alchemist (Alejandro Jodorowsky) assembles together a group of people from all walks of life who represent planets in the solar system. The intention is to put the recruits though strange mystical rites and divest them of their worldly baggage before embarking on a trip to ascend The Holy Mountain and displace the immortal gods who secretly rule the universe.

• Not for the faint-hearted.

A welcome return to Sensoria for Japanese psychedelic outfit Bo Ningen (following their epic show at Abbeydale Picture House in 2015), presenting their new live score.

Tickets £11

Link to this event's page: https://www.sensoria.org.uk/events/bo-ningen-live-score-the-holy-mountain-18/

SENSORIAPRO 2019

Date

04/10/2019

Time

10:30 am - 6:30 pm

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Venue

Sheffield Town Hall. See venue details and map...

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Friday 4 October 2019

DOWNLOAD THE DELEGATE GUIDE PDF

SensoriaPro is our unique, informal gathering of composers, filmmakers, music publishers, music supervisors, games developers and festivals all under one roof to discuss the latest innovations in music and the moving image. A must-attend event with a stunning line up of speakers, direct access to international buyers and informal, friendly networking.

The event this year takes place in the historic Sheffield Town Hall approx. 5 minutes walk from the railway station.

Registration opens at 10am.

10.30am – 11.30am

INDEPENDENT RECORD LABELS – looking at the current landscape for record labels and the added value they can bring in an age of DIY digital services. Guest speakers include James Burton (Warp Records), Chris Smith (CPU Records) & Gribs TT (fka Tobago Tracks). Moderated by journalist Daniel Dylan Wray.

 

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11.40am – 12.30pm

KEVIN BACON in conversation

We are super excited to welcome Kevin Bacon, one of the UK’s leading authorities on the music industry.
Having started his career as a bass player for Comsat Angels, Kevin is now Chief Product Officer at Revelator / Original Works, a digital asset issuance platform and trust protocol for blockchain-based distributed payments and tokenization of real-world creative assets.
Come hear firsthand about the changing landscape of the business of music.

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Break

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1.30pm – 2.30pm

NAINITA DESAI

 

We are delighted to welcome NAINITA DESAI who will be in conversation with an illustrated talk about her career and latest projects. As a leading  documentary composer in the UK, Nainita has scored hundreds of bespoke TV series and film for broadcasters. Her most recent projects include For Sama and the interactive game Telling Lies.

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2.40pm – 3.40pm

FESTIVALS: FROM BAGGING STAGE TIME TO GRABBING HEADLINES
Hosted by the AIF (Association of Independent Festivals) this session will look at how festivals help build an artist’s career.
The panel guests, including Ami Lord (Standon Calling), Emma Zillmann (Kendal Calling, Bluedot), Sam Meaghan (SM-MGMT) and Paul Reed (AIF) will explain how to get noticed and what bookers are looking for. The session will also spotlight various artists’ journeys to headline status and those who play the ‘long game’ making a living on the festival and live circuit.

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4pm – 5pm

SCORING CONTEST

The SensoriaPro Scoring Contest is now live. This year we have a launch trailer from the latest PSVR game Blood and Truth (courtesy of Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe) .

The Scoring Contest is a unique opportunity for registered delegates to score or place music with the chance to have submissions critiqued by a panel of industry including Ian Neil (Head of Music for Film, Sony) Andy Oskwarek (Woodwork Music) & Nainita Desai.

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Drinks

The venue has wheelchair access.

Sorry no refunds available for this ticket – we may be able to transfer up to 40 days before the event – after which no transfers are available. If you need to request a transfer please email info@sensoria.org.uk

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REGISTER HERE

Link to this event's page: https://www.sensoria.org.uk/events/sensoriapro-2019/

HOLLY HERNDON: PROTO

Date

03/10/2019

Time

8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Booking

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Venue

Foundry. See venue details and map...

Details

Tickets: £14.50/£11 conc.s

Electronic musician Holly Herndon presents her vision of a musical and digital future, exploring technologyís potential through artificial intelligence, vocals and visuals.
Herndon is joined by an expanded vocal ensemble and her nascent machine intelligence creation Spawn to perform music from her third album PROTO. Created through collaborations with a long list of musicians, programmers, developers and theorists including JLin, Matthew Dryhurst, ensemble developer Jules LaPlace and of course, Spawn.

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We’re really excited to announce support for Holly Herndon will be the incredible Gribs, co-manager of TT – (fka Tobago Tracks).
Based in London, she has performed at Corsica Studios, Tate Modern and The Royal Academy as well as holding down sets for Boiler Room, NTS Radio and Rinse FM. Having previously supported the likes of Yamaneko, CEM, and Flora Yin-Wong and Mobbs, she’s known for sprawling, textural sets and a deeply experimental approach to dance music. She recently played her first show in Sheffield at Hatch for their chaotic Tramlines weekender – it’s good to have her back in the city so soon!

Ages 14+

 

Link to this event's page: https://www.sensoria.org.uk/events/holly-herndon-proto/

PHILIP THOMAS plays FELDMAN

Date

02/10/2019

Time

7:15 pm - 9:45 pm

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Venue

Upper Chapel. See venue details and map...

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Hypnotic, shimmeringly beautiful and endlessly fascinating, Morton Feldman‘s piano music is conceived on a huge scale yet unfolds almost like a whisper, using the most simple of ideas.
 
Pianist Philip Thomas, a leading interpreter of Feldman’s music, gives this one-off performance to complement rare screenings of short documentary profiles of two of the US’s greatest visual artists, both featuring incidental music by Feldman.

FELDMAN Music for the film Sculpture by Lipton
FELDMAN Piano Piece (to Philip Guston)
FELDMAN For Bunita Marcus
 
with screenings of film documentaries
Jackson Pollock (1951)
Willem de Kooning: The Painter (1964)
Directed by HANS NAMUTH & PAUL FALKENBERG; music by FELDMAN
 

• Presented by Music in the Round and Sensoria, in partnership with Another Timbre Records to launch Philip Thomas’s latest recording of Feldman’s works for solo piano.

Tickets £10.50 / £8.50 on sale 13 July.

Available online or in person/by phone at Sheffield Theatres tel. 0114 249 6000

• Feldman art films are PG certification
• There is a small allocation of space for wheel chairs at the venue – please contact the organisers if required (info@sensoria.org.uk)

•  Get 20% discounted car parking at Sensoria 2019

Link to this event's page: https://www.sensoria.org.uk/events/philip-thomas-plays-feldman/

SHOW ME THE PICTURE: THE STORY OF JIM MARSHALL (18)

Date

01/10/2019

Time

8:30 pm - 10:02 pm

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Venue

Drama Studio, The University of Sheffield. See venue details and map...

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Dir. Alfred George Bailey UK/USA 2019 1hr 32mins

UK Premiere

Tickets £7.50/£5.50 conc.s

Legendary US photographer Jim Marshall captured the heights of the Rock and Roll music era, from the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix, to the civil rights movements and some of the most iconic moments that defined the 1960s.
A child of immigrants, he battled inner demons and fought his way to become one of the most trusted mavericks with access to all areas of many artists’ lives, the man with five Leica M4s hanging round his neck – chronicling music history from the jazz greats to Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash and The Rolling Stones.

Link to this event's page: https://www.sensoria.org.uk/events/show-me-the-picture-the-story-of-jim-marshall-18/