AKOUSTIK ANARKHY- 25 YEARS OF UNDERGROUND SOUNDS

HOLLY HEAD - NO GAIN - BBC 6 MUSIC, RADIO X - JOHN KENNEDY & BBC INTRODUCING

HOLLY HEAD - NO GAIN HAS BEEN PICKING UP THE RADIO PLAYS ON BBC 6 MUSIC NEW MUSIC FIX WITH DEB GRANT & TOM RAVENSCROFT, JOHN KENNEDY ON RADIO X AND BBC INTRODUCING LANCASHIRE.

AKOUSTIK ANARKHY - "RETURN TO BACK PICCADILLY" - 27/09/24

AKOUSTIK ANARKHY
"RETURN TO BACK PICCADILLY"

HOLLY HEAD @hollyhead.band
PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS
& DJ ED BAYLEY @edbayley_12

FRIDAY 27TH SEPTEMBER 2024
THE RAT & PIGEON @theratandpigeonmcr
£6 ADV / £10 OTD / 7PM 

JOIN US TO CELEBRATE THE RELEASE OF 'NO GAIN'
THE BRILLIANT DEBUT SINGLE FROM HOLLY HEAD
OUT 10TH SEPTEMBER ON AKOUSTIK ANARKHY.

OUR HISTORY WITH BACK PICCADILLY RUNS DEEP...
IT'S 21 YEARS SINCE WE FIRST HOSTED A SEMINAL UNDERGROUND PARTY
AT THE GARDENS HOTEL ACROSS THE ROAD IN 2003. TOO MANY PARTIES TO RECALL.
DAY TURNED INTO NIGHT AND NIGHT TURNED BACK INTO DAY.
RECORD DEALS WERE SIGNED IN THE STREET AND SEYMOUR STEIN TURNED UP IN A LIMO.
IT'S THE STUFF OF LEGEND - TIME FOR A NEW CHAPTER.
WE'RE WELL UP FOR THE RETURN AT THE RAT AND PIGEON.

HOLLY HEAD AND DJ ED BAYLEY SHOT BY @rkellyphoto

TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW. LINK IN THE aA BIO.

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HOLLY HEAD - NO GAIN - DEBUT SINGLE OUT 10/09/24 ON AKOUSTIK ANARKHY

I'VE WATCHED FOR SO LONG, BUT I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND IT....

HOLLY HEAD - NO GAIN

THE DEBUT SINGLE @hollyhead.band

OUT 10/09/24 ON AKOUSTIK ANARKHY 

PRODUCED & MIXED BY @seadnamcphail @airtightstudios

COMMUNICATIONS BY @maintainperspective

DISTRIBUTED BY @the_orchard_ @sonymusic

Political activism, unrelenting basslines, cut glass guitar riffs and the freneticism of enhanced neural pathways all fuse, spark and ignite as Manchester newcomers, Holly Head, release their debut single, No Gain on Akoustik Anarkhy. 

Fringing post-punk, flirting with dance and suffusing no little funk into precious few minutes of an incessant, rug-cutting “Afrobeat Curious Post-Hardgaze”, the four-piece transmit the crucial sounds of a raging, wide-awake, no more bullsh*t society.

LAUNCH PARTY FRIDAY 27/09 AT THE RAT & PIGEON @theratandpigeonmcr 

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aA25 - AKOUSTIK ANARKHY 25TH BIRTHDAY - MARTIAL ARTS HEADLINE YES PINK ROOM

aA25 - HaAPPY BIRTHDaAY, FELIZ CUMPLEaAÑOS, BON aANNIVERSaAIRE

YEaAH, YEaAH 25 YEARS IN UNDERGROUND SOUNDS

AKOUSTIK ANARKHY HITS 25 YEARS THIS AUTUMN!

AND WE STILL BELIEVE IN THE SPIRIT OF YOUTH

THE DESIRE TO CREATE AND DANCE

AND THE TRANSCENDENTAL POWER OF MUSIC

COME TOGETHER & MAKE IT HAPPEN

SATURDAY 16TH NOVEMBER

YES PINK ROOM & TERRACE

@yes_mcr

HOW WILL WE CELEBRATE? 

MARTIAL ARTS @martialartsband HEADLINING 

THEIR BIGGEST SHOW TO DATE 

SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT PLACE TO START

PLUS MORE STELLAR ARTISTS TO BE ADDED

DJ'S ED BAYLEY, ASTROLAYB, LEGO & R KELLY 

@edbayley_12 @astrolayb @visuals0und @rkellyphoto

FROM 4PM ON THE TERRACE, IN THE PINK ROOM AND BACK TO THE TERRACE TIL LATE

THANKS TO OLD FRIENDS  @danielcrouch1976 & @ruth_ruth_ruth AT YES FOR LAYING OUT THE WELCOME MAT. 

TICKETS £3 - £12 - EARLY BIRD'S ONSALE NOW FROM SEE TICKETS - GET IN QUICK. LINK IN THE BIO.

@martialartsband SHOT IN PARIS JUNE 24 BY @gary_conway_photo

"SEMINAL IS WHAT WE'RE SAYING" - RAYMOND RAY - 1999

aA25 - AKOUSTIK ANARKHY - EXISTENTIALISTS INTO MUSIC

AKOUSTIK ANARKHY SATURDAY 22ND JUNE

MARTIAL ARTS PLAY PARIS SUPERSONIC 27TH JUNE 2024

DEFECTOR THE SEMINAL NEW SINGLE FROM MARTIAL ARTS OUT TODAY ON AKOUSTIK ANARKHY

CUT MY TEETH LET MY JAW UNLOCK....

DEFECTOR THE SEMINAL NEW SINGLE FROM @martialartsband

OUT TODAY ON AKOUSTIK ANARKHY - LINK IN THE BIO.

PRODUCED BY @seadnamcphail MIXED BY @the_coconut_express 

MASTERED BY @twozeroninemastering ARTWORK BY @yernbarr 

COMMUNICATIONS BY @maintainperspective 

SATURDAY 25TH MAY - MARTIAL ARTS HEADLINE THE WHITE HOTEL @m3_7lw 

WITH @splinttttt / @hollyhead.band AND @edbayley_12 

IT ALSO HAPPENS TO BE CUP FINAL DAY AND THE ATMOSPHERE IS SURE TO BE HOT.

TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM SEE TICKETS £8.80 ADV / MORE ON THE DOOR - LINK IN BIO 

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AND I WOULDN'T KNOW WHERE TO START....

MARTIAL ARTS  - DEFECTOR 

OUT 15/05/24 ON AKOUSTIK ANARKHY 

HERE WE ARE BRINGING YOU THE SENSATIONAL SECOND SINGLE DEFECTOR FROM @martialartsband 

COHERENT, DREAM-ENCROACHING RIFFS AND THE INDECLINABLE WILL TO FIGHT RATHER THAN FADE. DEFECTOR IS THE SOUND OF THE BAND ON TOP OF THEIR GAME.

RECORDED AND PRODUCED AT @airtightstudios MANCHESTER BY SEADNA MCPHAIL @seadnamcphail

MIXED BY TAREK MUSA @the_coconut_express IN LIVERPOOL.

PHOTO BY @alexispanidiss COMMUNICATIONS BY @maintainperspective

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TIENES HAMBRE? AKOUSTIK ANARKHY - SAT 4TH MAY

AKOUSTIK ANARKHY: HAMBRE, HOLLY HEAD, IPLU, DJ ASTROLAYB, SATURDAY 4TH MAY - THE BRITONS PROTECTION

Hambre - Pues tenemos mucha hambre. 

Holly Head - emerging cosmonaut like with a level of groove and tunes that marks them out as a very special band. Holly Head take primary influence from the post hardcore and emo scenes of the 1990's and throw in Donna Summer baselines and Afrobeat. You'll be enraptured by the tunes, prepared to move and be moved.

Iplu - Arthur 'Junior' Robinson is quite the character. If you happened upon his set at Akoustik Anarkhy in December you'll know this electronic artist occupies a space others rarely tread. Experimental techno beats, elements of breakcore/DnB, Beatless ambience and horoscopes.

DJ Astrolayb's 5th Akoustik Anarkhy of 2024 and a Britons Protection Residency.

Film Scores, Warp Classics, Electronica and garage rock.

Holly Head Photography by @gary_conway_photo

AKOUSTIK ANARKHY - EXISTENTIALISTS INTO MUSIC

AKOUSTIK ANARKHY PRESENTS THE SHORT CAUSEWAY, WORM SCHOOL, MLEKO, DJ ED BAYLEY PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS - SAT 20TH APRIL - THE STAR AND GARTER

AKOUSTIK ANARKHY PRESENTS MARTIAL ARTS / SPLINT - DOUBLE HEADLINE - SAT 25TH MAY - THE WHITE HOTEL

YOU CAN HAVE IT ALL BUT HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT IT....

AKOUSTIK ANARKHY PRESENTS

MARTIAL ARTS / SPLINT 

SPLINT/ MARTIAL ARTS

DOUBLE HEADLINE 

DJ ED BAYLEY & SPECIAL GUESTS 

SATURDAY 25TH MAY 

THE WHITE HOTEL

ONSALE NOW 

£8.80 ADV - SEE TICKETS / MORE OTD / 7PM

MARTIAL ARTS RELENTLESS ACCELERATION INTO DESTINY SEES THEIR AURA INCREASING LIKE A PRECIOUS ORB THAT ALL COMERS WANT TO TOUCH.

DEBUT SINGLE WARSAW SAW TALK BECOME REALITY. FOLLOW UP DEFECTOR AWAITS IN THE ANTEROOM AND THEN THERE'S TRIUMPH, THE NEW HOUSE AND SELF-PORTRAIT....!

SPLINT'S LINE UPS HAVE AND COME AND GONE BUT THE TUNES, 145, MILITARY PROCEDURES AND AWAITING HILLS CONTINUE TO GENERATE SO MUCH NEW INTEREST THAT JUST WHO IS SPLINT SEEMS ACADEMIC AND WHAT THEY ARE AND THE MYTH THEY CREATE SEEMS MORE OF INTEREST.

OPERATING IN DIFFERENT TERRAIN TO MANY, THE BAND ARE FINDING THEIR GROOVE AND RUMOURS OF A LATE SPRING RELEASE ARE SWIRLING. 

DJ ED BAYLEY'S RISE TO TACKLE THE WHITE HOTEL WAS ONLY MATTER OF TIME AND HERE HE IS: A SELECTOR OF IMPECCABLE TASTE WITH A PARTY TO OPERATE.

WERE YOU THERE? BETTER MAKE THAT A YES.....

TICKETS FROM SEE TICKETS NOW....

AKOUSTIK ANARKHY - EXISTENTIALISTS INTO MUSIC 

AKOUSTIK ANARKHY PRESENTS JAMES YOUNG, DOVE ELLIS, KINDUR, DJ ASTROLAYB PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS - FRIDAY 12TH APRIL - THE BRITONS PROTECTION

AMERICA'S NEW TRINITY OF LOVE: DEAN, BRANDO, PRESLEY....

AKOUSTIK ANARKHY PRESENTS

JAMES YOUNG

DOVE ELLIS

KINDUR

DJ ASTROLAYB 

PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS 

FRIDAY 12TH APRIL 2024 

THE BRITONS PROTECTION

GREAT BRIDGEWATER STREET, MCR.

£8.80 ADV - SEE TICKETS  / MORE OTD / 7PM

James Young took to the stage at Akoustik Anarkhy at The Britons Protection in December and left his mark so quickly that he appeared at aA again just a week later at Withington Public Hall Institute.

Collecting words in verse and rhyming his way through Salford via Andalucia his debut poetry collection 'Reduced to Clear' was published just a few weeks ago and he returns to Akoustik Anarkhy in charismatic form to celebrate the release. 

Dove Ellis - Irish artist based in Manchester backed by a 4 piece band, Ellis's sound finds a path from classic 60's Rhythm and Blues into the 90's American rock of Jeff Buckley.

Kindur - dark, modern, electronic pop made by Chris Durkin who straddles the artist/producer world creating his own output while also pulling the strings for other artists.

DJ Astrolayb spins the tunes opening with a strictly Dub set before covering Film Scores, electronic treatments, beats and beyond 

AKOUSTIK ANARKHY - EXISTENTIALISTS INTO MUSIC 

THERE'S A CLUB IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO.....

THERE'S A CLUB IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO....

AKOUSTIK ANARKHY 

THE BRITONS PROTECTION 

FRIDAY 15TH MARCH 2024

SLOW HAND CLAP / GREYTOOTH

MLEKO / IMAGINARY PART

DJ ASTROLAYB

AKOUSTIK ANARKHY - EXISTENTIALISTS INTO MUSIC 

AKOUSTIK ANARKHY PRESENTS SLOWHANDCLAP, GREYTOOTH, IMAGINARY PART, DJ ASTROLAYB + SPECIAL GUESTS. FRIDAY 15TH MARCH

MARTIAL ARTS - DEBUT SINGLE - WARSAW - OUT 28/02/24 ON AKOUSTIK ANARKHY.

I WILL GET MY CHANCE.....

MARTIAL ARTS @martialartsband DEBUT SINGLE - WARSAW - 

OUT 28/02/24 ON AKOUSTIK ANARKHY.

MARTIAL ARTS AND AKOUSTIK ANARKHY ENTERED ORBIT IN 2023.

THE BAND, JUST 2 GIGS INTO LIFE, CAME INTO VIEW - AN APPARITION - 

UNHINDERED BY THE GRAVITY OF THEIR SOUND.

THEY WERE ALREADY SITTING ON WARSAW / DEFECTOR / THE NEW HOUSE 

AND SELF-PORTRAIT BEFORE THEY'D EVEN PLAYED BEYOND THE REHEARSAL ROOM. 

WARSAW - ALWAYS THE NATURAL OPENER - OPENS THEIR ACCOUNT, SHUDDERING INTO LIFE.

RECORDED AND PRODUCED BY SEADNA MCPHAIL @seadnamcphail 

AT AIRTIGHT @airtightstudios  MANCHESTER. 

WE'RE DELIGHTED TO RELEASE THE RECORD ON AKOUSTIK ANARKHY.

LIVE DATES ABOUND - SO GET YOURSELF A TICKET....

29/02 - FIFTH COLUMN ARTS - OLD BLUE LAST - LONDON

02/03 - SOUP - MANCHESTER 

09/03 - PERMANENT CREEPS - JAGUAR SHOES - LONDON 

14/03 - JARRED UP - SHEFFIELD 

PHOTOGRAPHY BY RICHARD KELLY @rkellyphoto

AKOUSTIK ANARKHY - EXISTENTIALISTS INTO MUSIC

I'VE BEEN CASING YOUR JOINT FOR THE BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE - AKOUSTIK ANARKHY

STANDING ON THE CORNER, SUITCASE iN MY HAND - AKOUSTIK ANARKHY

AKOUSTIK ANARKHY PRESENTS DRIVERS / FRUIT / THREADS/ PEACE_TALKS / DJ IMAGINARY PART - THE STAR AND GARTER - FRIDAY 9TH FEBRUARY

AKOUSTIK ANARKHY PRESENTS

DRIVERS / FRUIT / THREADS / PEACE_TALKS / DJ IMAGINARY PART

FRIDAY 9TH FEBRUARY - THE STAR AND GARTER

£8.80 ADV / MORE OTD - SEE TICKETS 

Drivers @drivers.fc soundtrack Bullitt transferred to Manchester 2024.

Their set at Akoustik Anarkhy in November saw the progressive noise rock band return after a hiatus and confirmed their Lalo Schifrin influenced post punk is inspired. Don't miss this one. 

Fruit @fruitband_ are a five-piece post-rock band experimenting with dissonance, noise, poetry and song structures. Their debut single 'Bleak' was released in February 2023 and described in one review as 'Mogwai at their most intricate, fronted by a morose and angry John Cooper Clarke'. Their storming performance at aA at The Britons in December booked their return.

@threadsbandmcr Rejecting the woes of today, Threads take comfort in hauntology and the occult. Experimenting with misuse of four track tape machines, sonic qualities of hallways and DIY guitar pedals Threads cynical but droll observations of the world around them over sparse and noisy post punk feels timely.  Kane Martin’s meandering prose about the absurdity of now finds poetry in overstimulation, and Hanley’s percussion punctuates the turbulence.  George’s guitar obscured with feedback and reverb completes the trio. Sonically threads try to emulate their namesake, the 1984 film documenting Sheffield’s nuclear demise.

@peace_talks_music Voicing an experimental blend of alternative & electronic dark-pop, PEACE_TALKS is the moniker for Manchester based artist and producer Tommy Deedigan. Taking shape in early 2021 in the form of some early demos and collaborations, the PEACE_TALKS live outfit has transformed these writings into an uncompromising multimedia performance. 

Imaginary Part @davecgh focuses on the intrinsic relationship between art and technology, drawing abstract beauty from a traditionally analytical subject. Hailing from Modena (Italy), now Manchester-based, Davide Cuoghi takes inspiration from a mathematical notion for his solo project: in mathematics, complex numbers are composed of a real part and an imaginary part. 

AKOUSTIK ANARKHY EXISTENTIALISTS INTO MUSIC