The Crash of Moons Club Presents: SAILING MOON + FAITH IN GEOMET

SAILING MOON
FAITH IN GEOMETRY
JIM HOWARD

DJ PROFESSOR APPLEBLOSSOM

£8 ADV, £10 OTD

7.30pm  - Doors & DJ PROFESSOR APPLEBLOSSOM
8pm.      - Live Music starts
11pm      - Close

SAILING MOON (Brighton/Bristol)

"Fluorescently ambient grooves with a nod back to the Canterbury scene”

Summer 2026 saw Sailing Moon's maiden voyage, appearing at Seeker Festival in Dorset and Smugglers Festival in Kent. Now, this exciting new quartet are preparing for a run of shows in Bristol, Brighton and Kent, crafting and developing their sound in anticipation of recording their first EP offering in 2027.
Sonically placed in the field between GoGo Penguin, The Cinematic Orchestra and Tortoise, Sailing Moon conjure fluorescently ambient grooves with a nod back to the Canterbury scenes of the near and far past. 

Sailing Moon began as the moniker for Dorset-based hang drum player/guitarist Joe Gaines. Collaborations then started to form with drummer/composer Fred Hills during 2020, in deepest Devon. The pair later coalesced in Sussex at the foot of the Downs with multi-instrumentalist James Osler (Pillow, Samana, Ceann Capaill) and bass player Joe Woodham (Worldwide Weather, Jouis).
During a three-day writing session together, the bulk of their set poured out of them. Like water, this music flows, adapts, and is full of vitality and nourishment for the psyche and soul.

FAITH IN GEOMETRY (Dorset)

Faith in Geometry are a four-piece instrumental band from Bridport, Dorset, blending elements of electro, post-punk/rock, psychedelia and alternative rock into expansive, genre-defying soundscapes. Since forming in 2022, the quartet of Andrea Crociani, Dingo Valaitis, Kathy Kelly and Andy Park, have built a growing catalogue of original music, including their 2024 debut EP, ‘Delete’. 

JIM HOWARD (Whitstable)

Jim plays both as a solo musician and in the bands Moonscape, Forever Between, Beyond The Treeline, and Day For Night. He also works as a freelance musician. His music is a combination of acoustic and electronic sounds, using live processing and effects, together with improvisation to create a vibrant sound world.

Jim plays with many different projects, from straight ahead jazz to more experimental and free playing, often using electronics to expand his sound world. Tonight he will be be playing solo trumpet with electronics, playing music from his recent album Winter Sun.
Jim has played with many musicians including Django Bates' Delightful Precipice, Yann Tierson, Billy Martin, Phil Robson, Colin Oxley, Liam Noble,  Steve Watts, Billy Jenkins, Randy Brecker, Julian Arguelles, The London Jazz Orchestra, The Martin Hathaway Big Band, The Happy End, One Jump Ahead, The Infamous Grouse, D'Organ Trio, and his own groups, Moonscape, Beyond the Treeline and FilmBand

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"Jazz-steeped melodic imagination" (John Fordham)

On Winter Sun Jim employs the studio to stunning effect. Loopers and harmonic distortion abound in an assemblage of riveting textures. I sometimes think this review page should have a ‘music to write to’ section, the kind of place where Jim Howard would be an all day inspiration." (Lamont Paul)

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