Dr Sardonicus Winter Festival VII

Friday:
Doors 6.pm
Perry Frank 6.45pm
Broken Lines 8pm
Moko Trio 9.15pm
Soundwire 10.30pm
Saturday:
Doors 6.30pm
Mascot Moth 7.30pm
tAngerinecAt 8.30pm
Dead Sea Apes 10pm
Sunday:
Doors 1pm
Calli Hughes Trio sing Dylan and Cohen 2pm

Perry Frank is the musical project of Sardinian musician Francesco Perra, a sonic journey through Ambient, Drone, Post-Rock, and electronic music.
Known for creating dreamy and immersive soundscapes, Perry Frank blends ethereal drones, glitch, and influences from Sardinian folklore to offer a unique and captivating musical experience.
The sound of Perry Frank is characterized by dreamlike and ethereal atmospheres created by soundscapes and background glitches, which together form rarefied, soothing, meditative, slightly nostalgic, and dark sonic landscapes.
His music is influenced by Brian Eno, Basinski, Fennesz, Harold Budd, Tim Hecker, Boards Of Canada, Tycho, and Robin Guthrie.

Broken Lines:

Formed in 2014 in Pembrokeshire, West Wales, Broken Lines is a three-piece who harbour as much piss and vinegar as they do snarling spirit, their sound is impossible to pigeon-hole, let alone cage. Fusing together elements from many genres to form a triumvirate of uncompromising alternative rock.

From the outset they aimed to create exciting, emphatic, absorbing music. Drawing on and harnessing elements of alternative rock, punk, and psychedelia, and with personal influences as varied as New Model Army, Nick Cave and The Pink Fairies, the trio meld styles to make something that is exciting, exhilarating, compelling, vital, and entirely their own. Fast and jagged, slow and smooth, serene and thunderous, Broken Lines take listeners and audiences on a glorious sonic journey, fuelled by genuine passion and propelled by towering musicianship and craft.

Not afraid to speak out on issues that concern them, the band projects a "no compromise" view of the world, delivering the sound of a band backed into a corner and trying desperately not to bite. With their own practice facility and recording suite, Broken Lines have the space and scope to fully commit to conceiving, creating, and recording, as well as honing their prodigious live performance skills. A Broken Lines show is a solid guarantee of an experience not to be forgotten.

The debut album 'Liberation' announced Broken Lines in October 2019 and gave flight to 10 stunning self-penned tracks. With the second album well under way and catchy, hard hitting single releases, Broken Lines deserve to be heard by the widest audience.

Moko Trio:
West Wales' premier Afro-Cuban jazz instrumental trio. Melodies inspired by the Pembrokeshire coast set to beats from hotter countries. Retro lounge-core revisited. Post-elevator for love makers. Prone to occasional outbursts of psychedelic surf rock. Enough chops to satisfy the chin strokers and plenty of grooves for the hip shakers.

Soundwire:
Simon Court: Vocals, Percussion
Peter Moore: Guitar, Programming, Backing Vocals
David Jones: Guitar
Adam Freeman: Bass Guitar
Richy Lee: Drums, Percussion
Soundwire are a psychedelic / alternative band based in South Wales / Bristol, UK.
Formed by former Sweetest Ache vocalist Simon Court and guitarist Peter Moore, their immersive, kaleidoscopic sound developed drawing inspiration from the fuzzy riffs of 60's psychedelia, the motorik-rhythms and swirling guitar-synth fusion of 70's 'krautrock', and the reverb-drenched, hypnotic sonic stylings of the likes of My Bloody Valentine, Spacemen 3, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Death In Vegas, and many more.

Their self-titled debut album was mixed and produced by Thighpaulsandra (Spiritualized / Coil / Hawkwind), and received critical acclaim from Drowned In Sound, Louder Than War, Buzz Magazine, etc., and enjoyed frequent airplay on BBC Radio as well as numerous indie and alternative radio stations worldwide.

Soundwire have just completed their second 10-track studio album, which has been mixed and produced by Thighpaulsandra and mastered by Ian Button (Death In Vegas) and is due for release by Sister 9 Recording (UK) and Little Cloud Records (US) in March 2025. To date, 3 singles have been released from the album: 'Shake The Fever' - released digitally on Mine Mine Mine Records; 'Satellite', and 'Degrees of Separation' - both of which were released as 7" singles on Fuzzed-Up / Astromoon Records.

Tracks from the forthcoming album feature on 3 compilation LPs: 'Another Sun' on 'Under The Bridge 1', and 'Everything Is Real' on 'Under The Bridge 2', released by Skep Wax Records, as well as a special remix of 'Degrees of Separation' by Ian Button which was included on 'Lovely Ugly' from REPEAT Records, showcasing the best bands and artists currently in South Wales.

Soundwire played extensively throughout the UK last year, including at the Bristol Harbour Festival, Swansea Fringe, and Under The Bridge all-dayer in Bristol, and have been regular performers at Cardiff Psych and Nois

Price: General Admission: GBP 35.00

Artists: Moko Trio, Perry Frank, Mascot Moth, tAngerinecAt, Dead Sea Apes, Calli Hughes Trio, Broken Lines, Soundwire

Time: 6:45 pm to 11:59 am