Dean McPhee // Jon Collin | small hours @ Snapes Printworks

Dean McPhee is a UK-based guitarist whose work draws on dub, British folk, underground electronic music, and psychedelic rock, evolving from sparse, echo-laden solo guitar pieces into a heavier, more immersive style incorporating deep bass, hypnotic riffs, and layered, loop-based structures. Performing on electric guitar through an expansive pedalboard routed into a valve amplifier and 18" subwoofer, his live sets unfold in real time, building dense, rhythmic compositions from minimal elements. A regular contributor to the Folklore Tapes collective, he has released music on his own label Bass Ritual as well as on BLAST FIRST (petite), Sonido Polifonico, Reverb Worship, and Hood Faire, which he co-runs with Sam McLoughlin and David Chatton Barker, and has toured throughout the UK and Europe, opening for artists including Thurston Moore, Acid Mothers Temple, Michael Chapman, The Magic Band, Emeralds, and Ex-Easter Island Head. His latest album, Astral Gold, received widespread critical acclaim from The Quietus, Uncut, Aquarium Drunkard, MOJO, Loud and Quiet, KLOF Mag, and Brainwashed, and his sixth album, Northern Earth, was recently released on limited cassette with an LP version to follow this September

Jon Collin makes DIY music, sound and art using stringed instruments, long tones, found objects, field recordings, friction and anxiety. His recorded practice is based around interactions with the world through recordings made in non-studio locations. He has released records on e.g. Discreet Music (Sweden), Feeding Tube Records (USA) and DDS (UK). His collaborative work includes three LPs with Demdike Stare, releases of live collaborations with Bill Nace, Sarah Hughes, and Kelly Jayne Jones, and a trio record with Troth on A Colourful Storm (Australia). He runs the record label Early Music and ran the tape label project Winebox Press.

As always our resident DJ Bolts on deck providing the essential soundtrack tunes for the evening. Stick around after the show for the now staple dance floor get down.