Andy Diagram & Richard Harrison of Spaceheads to Spark The Sounds of Revolution Across M16 on March 3rd... Bring Your Own Pitchfork!!

Join Spaceheads on the Glorious 3rd.... when Andy Diagram and Richard Harrison will spark the sounds of Revolution across Manchester's M16.... bring your pitchforks and your dancing shoes to the Carlton Club in Whalley Range on March 3rd at 7.30pm. A fiver in advance for registered Revolutionaries and £6 on the night - come and dance to old favourites, groove to new beats and preview their new rabble-rousing offering, The Revolution Sashays Up The Mall....

Spaceheads are a unique trumpet and drums duo, with Andy Diagram's layers of melodious live brass loops, breathy samples, electronics and effects combining with Richard Harrison's driving percussion to generate a highly danceable fusion of electro jazz funk with an indie flavour.

Andy Diagram has brought a new facet to the trumpet over the years, playing through loopers and effects with a wide range of bands, from the bright leftfield pop of Manchester's indie heroes James to the darker, more abstract sounds of Pere Ubu's David Thomas. He has a long history of taking the traditional sound of the trumpet, adapting and changing it to give it a completely new voice within the heart of today's alternative music. He has recently integrated a mobile phone into his set up, working in conjunction with effects and pedals, transforming the traditional brass instrument into a modern, electronic sound - with the help of something as mundane and unexciting as a fish slice, lashed to the trumpet - enabling him to transform a single horn into the full sound of widescreen, cinematic brass, right in front of your disbelieving eyes and ears!

Along with drummer and percussionist Richard Harrison, Spaceheads are pioneering a live electronic looping sound that is beat driven with fragmented melodic bursts and disjointed, cut up samples. The almost psychic connection that Diagram and Harrison have built up between them over 35 years of playing together allows them to change their sound and take it into an entirely new direction, seemingly at a whim.

The title track of their new mini album, "Laughing Water" has become something of a favourite of BBC 6 Music's Gideon Coe and Tom Robinson, and aims to add yet another dimension to their unique and distinctive sound.

Andy's hotwired, loopy trumpet and Richard's skippy beats are perfectly complemented by the mellow rhythm of long-time friend Vincent Bertholet on Double Bass. The resulting sound carries at its heart the Spaceheads' characteristic live loops, with twisting melodies set over shifting grooves, its ambient atmospheres accompanied by blissful, harmonized trumpet loops - yet each track has its own individual feel and texture which sets it apart from its neighbours.

But the Spaceheads experience isn't just an aural treat - they are accompanied by Rucksack Cinema, whose live mixing of video images, from black and white films of steam trains, 1920s space films and clips from classic movies combines with images of the universe, spinning stars, psychedelic swirls and blocks of light and colour projected around the walls, floor and ceiling of the venues they play, turns the whole show into a complete mind blowing audio-visual experience not to be missed. For more information, visit the website, Facebook Page or Twitter Feed.

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