Photo credit Callan Dooley
HYPERDAWN is an experimental pop duo from North Manchester. Following the release of their debut album Bleach in 2019 they have built a reputation for their distinct, hands-on approach to music making, using live reel-to-reel tape processing, electronics and vocals. Often associated with Manchester's The White Hotel, their recent shows have seen them alongside the likes of Space Afrika, Tara Clerkin Trio, Ssaliva and feeo.
Hyperdawn's second album Steady received extensive national press attention including in The Quietus, Electronic Sound, Clash Mag and Crack Magazine. Regularly aired on BBC 6 Music, including performing a live session, Steady was named in numerous Best Albums of the Year lists (The Quietus, Boomkat). The album has gained the attention of industry figures and prominent musicians, which for example saw Hyperdawn on a US West Coast tour in Aug 2024 supporting Amen Dunes.
Photo credit Callan Dooley
Hyperdawn is Vitalija Glovackyte and Michael Cutting, two composers/producers making diverse work from semi-improvised live sets to orchestral commissions from the likes of the London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Ensemble Intercontemporain and Apartment House. Individually their work has been performed in venues from the Royal Festival Hall and Cafe Oto in London to National Sawdust (New York), and festivals around Europe and North America such as Spor Festival (Copenhagen), Darmstädter Ferienkurse (Darmstadt) and HCMF (Huddersfield).
PLUS SPECIAL GUEST POLYPORES
POLYPORES’ mercurial live performances range from highly textural, intricately woven modular synth tapestries, through to whirling psychedelic freak-outs with hypnotic polyrhythms and fuzzed-up drum machines. A riveting performer in complete symbiosis with his instrument, each Polypores performance is a unique channelling of the weird energies that make up his fractal musical universe.
PLUS special guests MILK EYED SIGH
MILK EYED SIGH is a new collaboration comprising of long-time spars Cameron Molloy and Carl Brown. The live show also involves Luke French. The debut EP ‘Dog Verses’ is due for release early feb via Glint Music.
An exercise in improvisation in which the duo build singular collage worlds using live turntable sampling techniques with effects, countered by sporadic kit percussion in a rapid-fire conversational manner. Microscopic sampled fragments are spun into buggy, staccato melodies that provide an almost-ambient bed of unlikely tones and textures for Molloy to freely and playfully respond to on the kit.
“We wanted to make something from loops and a drum kit that reflected where our perspectives meet. Something steady but constantly disrupted, like life. Without any real regard for tonality and timing, just a raw expression in the moment”
Catch HYPERDAWN, POLYPORES and MILK EYED SIGH right here at Preston’s Continental on Thursday 13th February 2025. Seated show, doors at 7.30pm.
Tickets are £7 advance (£10 on the door)
To buy tickets for this event please visit our events page: Hyperdawn + guests TBC tickets from Skiddle .