Blank Media Collective

Upcoming Event: BLANK MEDIA PRESENTS… November ‘09

Saturday 28th November, 8:30pm - Saturday 28th November, 11:30pm

Fuel Cafe Bar, Manchester

This month Blank Media Presents… is delighted to introduce you to:

Nadia Lowe (www.myspace.com/nadialowemusic)
”...Acoustic / Reggae / Electro…”
Janx: The Gathering (www.myspace.com/janxthegathering)
”...Psychedelic / Experimental / Jam Band…”
The Bear Around Your Neck (www.myspace.com/thebeararoundyourneck)
”...Acoustic, lo-fi, folk, brittle bones, inhale - exhale…”

More information below…

That’s not all ................ there will be sets from the Blank Media resident DJs and of course, any Blank Media Presents… event has to include cake!

Doors Open 8:30pm. Suggested donation £3. Fuel Cafe Bar, 448 Wilmslow Road, Manchester

All money raised goes towards the progression of Blank Media (for further information please email us at info@blankmediacollective.org). Blank Media is a voluntary, not-for-profit organisation.

Nadia Lowe (www.myspace.com/nadialowemusic)

Nadia Lowe is a singer/songwriter. She was born in Manchester, UK. After early years spent in Jamaica, she returned to her birthplace. She began teaching herself the guitar when she was 15, after hearing Alanis Morrisette and Sheryl Crow. She has however been influenced by a lot more than ‘90s girl singer songwriter types.

Eventually she began to fuse the musical influences of her roots into her songs. Jamaica gave her reggae, ska, blues and country. Manchester gave her rock and indie and a spell at Durham University gave her acoustic and folk. Electro and dance came from not being able to drive and sitting in her twin brother’s car! She just can’t resist a good genre when she hears one.

When her repertoire reached two hundred songs, she figured she should do something with them. In February - March 2007 she recorded part of a reggae album in Jamaica with Delroy Walker, drums (Manchester, UK) and Brutus Richards, lead guitar (Port Antonio, Jamaica). This project will be completed when she returns to Jamaica next year.

In 2007 she provided guest vocals to ‘Hurricane’ by San San (dance/electro). All the proceeds from the sale of this single went to the victims of Hurricane Dean in Jamaica.

Nadia Lowe has just released in the UK a four song acoustic EP called ‘ONE’. A full length studio album is planned for the near future. The EP is available to buy now at (www.indiestore.com/tridentrecords)

Janx: The Gathering (www.myspace.com/janxthegathering)

Janx: The Gathering is a three-piece improvisation group created in Wirral, UK in 2007. Combining free improvisation, frenetic breakbeat, dark ambient, electronica and noise-rock, the live performances take the listener on an unmapped sonic trip. The group was formed by members of the The Jinx Outpost commune, a collective of musicians and DJs running techno and drum & bass events. They initially rehearsed in a decommisioned Cobra Mk III spacecraft, which was a large influence on their sound. It was at the Jinx Outpost’s music and arts festival - Willowstock - that they performed their first public session. Their first release was a split with Blood Moon on Womb Recordings, in July 2009. A forthcoming release on Electronic Musik is expected by November.