FORTHCOMING EVENTS

Mirror System Seated Set

The first half of the evening a rare, seated performance by Mirror System, the downtempo and chillout project of System 7’s Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy. This set will open with an excerpt from the seminal Rainbow Dome Musick, originally released by the pair back in 1979 and an album which played a vital role in the development of the ambient music genre. The distinctive Mirror System sound is based on deep rolling grooves and the subtle blend of rich dreamy electronica and guitar. Their successful debut album was released in 2005 and now their style also incorporates a soft minimal tech-house element.

System 7 Dance Set

The auditorium seats will be removed for the second half of the evening when Steve and Miquette assume their System 7 incarnation. System 7 pioneered the use of electronic guitar in an electronic dance music context and continue to thrill audiences across the globe with their unique blend of electronic, beats and sample with live guitar riffs, solos and MIDI-interfaces.

Both sets will be accompanied by visuals in this special event in support of Exeter’s community radio station, Phonic FM.

Please note that the balcony seats will be in place all night so please book one of those if you wish to remain seated for the whole evening.

This is a fundraiser for community radio station Phonic FM.

Treacherous Cretins is a UK-based band that performs the works of the legendary American composer Frank Zappa. Its members have played and collaborated with the likes of Dweezil Zappa, Ike Willis, Ray White, Denny Walley, Craig “Twister” Steward and Candy Zappa. They played at Exeter Phoenix last year and are back with a revised setlist that features Zappa material they’ve never tackled before alongside the classics.

For this return to the UK they will they are performing two punishing sets with Bobby Martin, multi-instrumentalist regular member of Zappa’s band from 1982’s challenging ‘Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch’ album all the way up the great man’s passing!

In 2019, their set was a nigh spot at the 30th Anniversary Zappanale Festival in Germany: a yearly festival dedicated to Zappa’s music which draws thousands of fans from all around the world.

With a particular fondness for the more obscure, hard-to-play material and deep-cuts, Treacherous Cretins promises to deliver another stunning tribute to Zappa and his massive musical legacy. Expect a generous helping of Zappa rarities and songs seldom played live by other bands as well as plenty of fan favourites.

This is a fundraiser for community radio station Phonic FM.

“Hey out there in the land of cool people, who like even cooler music. I love Frank Zappa music, and I love it even more when it’s done well! This band rocks! Come one, come all, suspend your disbelief, let your hair down, and take the musical journey with them.” – Ray White (vocalist/guitarist with Zappa from 1976-84).

“I had a great time singing with Treacherous Cretins at the 30th Jubilee Zappanale, they made me sound good!” – Candy Zappa (Frank’s younger sister)

Eat Static

Originally formed as an Ozric Tentacles offshoot way back in 1989, Eat Static have set the bar for sci-fi drenched, alien-oriented techno ever since. Merv Pepler coaxes unearthly bleeps, squelches and other-wordly sounds from his ongoing deep dive into modular synthesis, combined with beats, pulses and bass rhythms that continue to pack dance floors and festival fields across the world. An Eat Static performance contains no presets and no off-the-shelf samples that you will have heard in other tracks, just the latest output from Merv’s fervent imagination.

Banco de Gaia

Toby Marks has been performing as Banco de Gaia since 1989 with 17 albums to his credit (20 if you count cassette releases), the latest being the critically acclaimed ‘Trauma’. Live sets combine an array of exotic samples from across the globe with complex yet danceable rhythms and stunning visuals as classic tracks such as ‘Last Train to Lhasa’ and ‘Heliopolis’ segue seamlessly in an ever-evolving mix.

This event is a fundraiser for Exeter’s sound alternative community radio station, Phonic FM.

Creedence Clearwater Revival, commonly abbreviated as CCR or simply Creedence, was an American rock band formed in El Cerrito, California. The band consisted of lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and primary songwriter John Fogerty, his brother, rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty, bassist Stu Cook, and drummer Doug Clifford.

The band’s most prolific and successful period between 1969 and 1971 produced fourteen consecutive Top 10 singles (many of which were double A-sides) and five consecutive Top 10 albums in the United States – two of which, Green River (1969) and Cosmo’s Factory (1970), reached number one. The band also performed at the legendary 1969 Woodstock festival.

CCR’s music remains popular and is a staple of U.S. classic rock radio airplay; 45 million CCR records have been sold in the U.S. alone. The compilation album ‘Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits’, originally released in 1976, is still on the Billboard 200 album chart and reached the 600-week mark in August 2022. It has been certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for at least 12 million copies sold in the U.S.

This is a fundraiser for Exeter community radio station Phonic FM.