Hilary Woods + Ian Helliwell + Phoebe Bentham

Hilary Woods Brighton

Hilary Woods plays Brighton on 31st October 2023 at The Rose Hill. Get tickets until 6pm on the show day above or from DICE.

Stage times:

Hilary Woods: 9.30pm

Ian Helliwell: 8.40pm

Phoebe Bentham: 7.50pm

Limited tickets available on the door

Working across song, sound, writing and analogue filmmaking, Irish artist Hilary Woods’ atmospheric and evocative compositions cultivate practices that are in call and response to each other. Her sensorial sonic experimentalism and her excavations incorporating drone, samples, field recordings, texture and voice, give way to the intimacy and tenderness of a deeply personal and intuitive song-writing. A sound embedded in visual potency, physicality and a moving majesty, 2023 will see the release of Hilary’s third full length record on Sacred Bones Records. Live she will be joined on her upcoming shows by pioneering and visionary drummer and percussionist Gabriel Ferrandini, whose impulse to free the drums from their conventional confines creates states of confluence between
rhythm, texture and harmony.

Early independent music releases were hailed as ‘a revelation in terms of the depth of song writing’ (The Sunday Times), and were followed by her critically acclaimed debut LP Colt on Sacred Bones Records in 2018. Encompassing “the stuff of Bosch paintings’, Colt comprises eight ‘stark and haunting compositions that stand on the edge of a knife” (Bandcamp). Her sophomore LP Birthmarks (‘a thrilling and scopic round trip” – The Quietus), was released in 2020, before Isolation Tank emerged on tape as part of the Documenting Sound series on Boomkat Editions. The reverberating songs and charcoal skies of Woods’ simmering EP Feral Hymns were released on cassette in 2021.

Hilary Woods has toured extensively throughout Europe and the US playing special guest to Grouper, Low and Marissa Nadler, with solo headline performances at Le Guess Who, Southbank, Sonic City, Zemlika and Quarter Block Party, to name but a few. http://www.hilarywoods.com

Plus support:

Ian Helliwell: A self-taught multi-media artist, Ian Helliwell works in music, film, animation, analogue electronics, instrument building, collage, installations, live performance, light show projection, graphic design, writing and film programming. He has made over 170 experimental films – one of the largest bodies of shorts in the world to feature electronic music soundtracks by one artist. With his ‘creative soldering’ approach, he has designed and built a unique range of electronic tone generating machines – Hellitrons and Hellisizers – which he uses to compose and record his music. His book, Tape Leaders – A Compendium of Early British Electronic Music Composers, was first published in 2016, and since 2008 he has been making the Tone Generation, an audio series in which he researches and discusses early electronic music recordings.
He runs his Analogue Sound Workshop from his flat in the centre of Brighton, giving participants an opportunity to experience older style equipment and experiment without computers, making electronic sounds using tape and battery powered circuitry. For the upcoming Cinecity film festival in Brighton he is launching Synch Pulse, a monthly night in the Lord Nelson pub screening experimental animation and avant garde short films. http://www.ianhelliwell.co.uk/

Phoebe Bentham: Phoebe Bentham is a Brighton based Artist/Producer and Engineer. She uses a combination of live analogue tape looping, mixed modality and improvised melodies to create rich and luscious ambience music, all without touching a computer. Phoebe aims to combine chiptune sounds with a soaring theremin to create a cozy environment in order to give the audience 8 bit dreams. She plays this show as a duo with French artist Ëlle explores various genres evolving through neoclassical, noise and ambient elements with folk undertones. https://instagram.com/phoebe_wigglyair & https://instagram.com/makeitbad_

Upcoming Love Thy Neighbour shows:
31102023 – Hilary Woods. The Rosehill
01112023 – An Evening with Tom Robinson. Lewes Con Club
02112023 – Personal Trainer. Lewes Con Club
08112023 – Silver Moth. Lewes Con Club
09112023 – Bodywash. The Prince Albert
10112023 – Maruja. Green Door Store
11112023 – Soft Machine. Lewes Con Club
11112023 – Dark Horses. Green Door Store
11112023 – David Tattersall Group. West Hill Hall
15112023 – Autobahn. The Green Door Store
24112023 – bdrmm. Patterns
26112023 – Abracadabra. The Prince Albert
28112023 – Ozric Tentacles + Gong. Chalk
28112023 – The Rural Alberta Advantage. The Prince Albert
30112023 – Flat Party. The Prince Albert
01122023 – Mickey Callisto. The Folklore Rooms
02122023 – Don Letts. Lewes Con Club
09122023 – John Otway. Lewes Con Club
12122024 – CIVIC. The Hope & Ruin
13122023 – Modern Nature. Lewes Con Club
21012024 – John Craigie. The Prince Albert
30012024 – John Francis Flynn. Concorde 2
18022024 – Michael Cera Palin. The Hope & Ruin
18022024 – Meadow Meadow. The Prince Albert
20022024 – Pip Blom. Chalk
21022024 – CIEL. The Hope & Ruin
23022024 – JOHN. Concorde 2
27022024 – Jordan Mackampa. Chalk
06032024 – Beans on Toast. Chalk
08032024 – Lime Garden. Chalk
02042024 – Martha Tilston. Komedia
21042024 – Martin Turner ex Wishbone Ash. Lewes Con Club
28042024 – Focus. Lewes Con Club

Accessibility:

Venue is accessible to wheelchairs, however there is no disabled toilet. Gendered toilets. If you require a carer ticket, please contact us at info@lovethyneighbourmusic.co.uk with evidence such as a blue badge or access card. If strobe lighting or standing for long periods of time is an issue, please contact us in advance so we can make arrangements.

Hilary Woods Brighton

Hilary Woods Brighton