Manuel Padding, Arvind Ganga, Ashtray Navigations

An audio-visual evening of psychedelia and improvisation featuring musicians from The Hague in The Netherlands.

Manuel Padding (Netherlands)

Poet, musician and performance artist Manuel Padding (aka City Hands) hascreated a unique and dreamy universe where spoken word and misty tape collage collide into one. At Heart, he will be playing in a self designed audiovisual installation he has dubbed ‘The Melted Jungle’.

Arvind Ganga (Netherlands)

Arvind Ganga is a guitarist specialising in free improvisation. He takes a physical approach to guitar playing, employing objects and extended techniques to explore new sonic possibilities. His music draws from influencesas diverse as noise and drones, North Indian ragas, experimental rock, and everyday sounds. This is ethereal noise with a punk-improv attitude. soundcloud.com/arvindganga

Ashtray Navigations (Leeds)

Leeds based Ashtray Navigations fronted by Phil Todd blend psychedelia, exotica, drone, vintage synth waves and, increasingly, a very English electronica. As seen on the cover of the Wire! ashtraynavigations.bandcamp.com/