180 Studios presents UK premiere of Jon Rafman’s Minor Daemon

The Canadian artist’s computer-generated fever-dream examines the relationship between technology and social consciousness. 180 Studios will present the UK premiere of Minor Daemon (2022), a new film by Canadian artist and filmmaker Jon Rafman, from 2 February – 25 March 2023. Set in a surreal dystopia, Minor Daemon: Volume 1 is a feature film...

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Fact Mix 892: Nexcyia

An intimate ambient soundtrack to the ups and downs of 2022 from the perspective of experimental producer and sound artist Nexcyia. Nexcyia is the musical alias of Adam Dove, an African-American/French sound artist and ambient musician who splits his time between London and Paris. His artistic practice, which encompasses sculpture, installation,...

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Andrew Broder, serpentwithfeet, Kazu Makino and Holly Blakey explore the mind of Alan Moore with These Seas

Movement artist Holly Blakey reunites with dancer and actor Nandi Bhebhe for a visceral response to the writing of Alan Moore, adapted by producer and musician Andrew Broder alongside serpentwithfeet and Kazu Makino. Back in 2020 the Minneapolis producer and multi-talented musician Andrew Broder was tapped for the soundtrack for The Show, a fantasy...

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Fact Mix 891: Richie Culver

Through intense introspection and a DIY approach to sound, Richie Culver taps into the loose, potent energy of the afterparty, capturing the feeling of discovering worlds thought impossible in cigarette smoke and shitty speakers. Richie Culver is responsible for some of the most quietly devastating music of recent years. Already infamous...

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Holodec tunes in to the sounds of the city in Dog / Just U

Artist, composer, producer and DJ Holodec tunes into the ethereal sounds of a dog’s eye view of Los Angeles. Holodec met Kelman Duran outside the old Chinatown studio of NTS in Los Angeles. “He had the show before mine,” he explains. “We were both out in the alley smoking, just chopping it up and it all grew from that, here we are now.” Where...

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Fact Mix 890: Akua

A journey at light speed through the universe of Akua, focusing on old school techno from the ’90s and early 2000s. Over the past several years, Ghanian-American artist Akua has established herself both as a fixture of the New York’s dance music community at venues including Basement and Public Records, and as an internationally renowned...

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Fact Mix 889: Tim Reaper & Jack Anderson

In the first of a new series of audiovisual mixes, Fact is extremely proud to present a new collaboration from visionary jungle powerhouse Tim Reaper and digital artist and DJ Jack Anderson. Tim Reaper is one of contemporary dance music’s most prodigious talents, a wildly prolific producer and life-long jungle devotee balancing revivalist rigor...

Dec 2022

Fact 2022

We curate a selection of our favourite commissions, documentaries, music videos, audiovisual works and mixes we presented in 2022. Most people would agree that 2022 was a mess. It was a year spent in permacrisis, with goblin mode thoroughly engaged, a year in which vibes were shifted, culture wars were waged, won, lost and cancelled and very...

Dec 2022

Fact Mix 888: Torus

Torus embarks on a pilgrimage through sound and harmony, a transcendent commute through ambient music for apoplectic times. One of the most arresting moments from The Flash, the modern classic split record from Torus, the production alias of visual and sound artist Joeri Woudstra, and DJ Lostboi, an alter ego of producer and composer Malibu,...

Dec 2022

Alan Johnson pay homage to reggae innovator Count Ossie with Stillness

Shaped around words taken from Count Ossie’s legendary track ‘Poem,’ Tom Neilan and Gareth Kirby send up a haunting homage to the reggae innovator in minimal percussion and high pressure bass weight. “In the stillness of the night and the clamour of the day, Count Ossie’s wise poetic words ring true in every single way. Long live his legacy.”...

Dec 2022