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Calling all Deviants!!

Happy to finally announce our next Deviant adventure will take place on 14th July (also my birthday ?) at the newly renovated @alphabetbrighton (formerly Rialto Theatre) ..

Vey excited that playing live we have the wonderful
ELLiS. D @ellisdband

"If you're into twisted, psychosomatic art-rock, ELLiS·D is right up your alley. It's like they've hacked into the matrix of music-making and come up with something entirely new. But the real magic happens during his live shows where every performance is a wild ride, like a game of musical roulette." - Still Listening

alongside ELLiS we have @olispleen?s beautiful
?GASLIGHT ILLUMINATI" project ..

"The Gaslight Illuminati are a Brighton based three piece comprising of Oli Spleen, Tristram Arnold and a guest third member. .. Described by one reviewer as "harking back to a bygone pre-pop era of sea shanties and swan songs" The Gaslight Illuminati deliver deeply personal and hauntingly atmospheric ballads of grief, mortality, loss, longing and desire?

Followed by dancing till 3am with the Deviant Dj?s plus very special guest DJ:

STEVE MASON (Beta Band / King Biscuit Time) @stevemasonofficial

"Once a founding member of The Beta Band, Steve Mason is now best known as an artist with a rare melodic gift and an urge to experiment. From his debut solo album, the elegantly melancholy Boys Outside, to his latest release About The Light, Mason has never taken a step back, continually investigating where the boundaries between the craft of songwriting, technology and free expression lie."

And for your vision we also have live art from PINKY!
@thepinkyvision

"Pinky is a Brighton-based artist with a background in street art. He creates psychedelic imagery with a seriously positive vibe and a mission to spread peace and love across the world!..Pinky is known and collected in the UK, Europe and America. His prints are in the V&A Permanent Print Collection, amongst other collections! His clients and commissions include Nike, Flip, Gnu Snowboards and Levi?s, to name but a few?"

(14th July is also Bastille day - a day of revolution so consider French / Revolution an optional dress theme ??)

..Expect a musical journey joining the dots through genres including funk, psych / garage rock, classic hip hop, post punk / new wave, 60?s beat & more ? keeping it heavy but dance floor friendly ..

Positive Deviants is a new creative collective. Collaborating with and supporting likeminded artists to incorporate music, inclusive parties, ltd apparel, artist prints, photography & more ? Joining the dots between Hip Hop & Psych. Sound & Vision. Reflecting on subcultures, outsiders & social movements, seeking "Collective effervescence". As well as bringing people together around the things we love our long term aim is to provide a platform offering exposure & financial help to the artists and causes that inspire us.


More on Ellis D:

"Best known as the manic drummer behind the garage-psych outfit Strange Cages, and more recently Jealous Nostril, ELLiS·D spent ten years flailing his limbs across the tattered kits of UK and Europe?s basement scene before starting out his solo project in 2021. After signing with DIY label Crafting Room Recordings at the turn of the 2022, the ensuing 15 months has seen him in a state of near consistent gigging and touring throughout the sweaty dives of the continent, bringing his raw, mercurial live performance to stages from London to Luxembourg, Bristol to Brussels, Kendal to Kusel.

Backed by a near-continuously shifting set of session musicians on his tours, in the studio ELLiS·D channels the workhorse-like energy of fellow multi-instrumentalists Ty Segall, Prince and Kevin Parker to mould a sound that at once feels familiar but also completely his own, embodying the extravagance and glam-pop sensibilities of the likes of Marc Bolan and New York Dolls with the lyrical sensitivity and intensity of The Smiths and Jehnny Beth, to create something almost uniquely contradictory. Jangly, threadbare guitar riffs weave their way through CAN inspired rhythmic pulses as hook-smeared repetitions and explosive, abstract vocal acrobatics flow and fight their way into psych-driven instrumentals.

After two self-produced EP?s recorded on a shoestring in his mysterious Brighton studio space (known only to its inhabitants as ?The Carwash?) sold out separate limited cassette runs, February 2023 single ?Straitjacket Blues? signified a marked shift as ELLiS·D began exploring new territory with tinges of new wave and disco infused kraut rock weaving its way into his music, gaining consistent radio play from Tom Robinson at BBC Radio 6 alongside support slots for Razorlight at Brighton Dome and Hammersmith Apollo in April 2023."


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11 Dyke Road,

Brighton,

East Sussex,

England,

BN1 3FE.