DREADZONE: CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF DREAD

"A feast of bass heavy dubwise danceability”

Dreadzone have been releasing albums and progressively bettering, refining and perfecting their own unique and inimitable take on dub since their inception in 1993. They opened the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury in 1994 and began to bring their unique blend of electro, dub and reggae to a wider audience, going on to chart several singles including their Top 20 hit ‘Little Britain’. Their last studio album ‘Dread Times’, released on their own Dubwiser label, stormed into the Top 40 UK Official Album Charts on release – the first time the band have charted in over 20 years. More news soon on a brand new Dreadzone studio album coming soon. Dreadzone have long been, and still are, one of the best live bands around with a loyal and ever growing fanbase due in part to their storming and energetic live shows. Their 2023 shows will explore different aspects of their history and delve into their rich back catalogue. Greg Dread will also play a DJ set before all the Autumn shows. Core members Greg Dread and original bassmaster Leo Williams with legendary reggae vocalist Earl 16 are joined by Bazil on technology and Blake Robert (Greg’s son) on guitar in the 2023 Dreadzone live line-up.

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Islington Assembly Hall

Dreadzone

Mountain

Dreadzone - American Dread

Gigs

London

Kankan is an American rapper, producer, and songwriter. Jones is characterized by his heavily auto-tuned rapping style and "Really Rich" (RR) imagery, Kankan dropped two projects that helped launch his career which were Oxy & Codeine, and RR. The project Oxy & Codeine featured a single named Goin’ To Hell, which has amassed more than 2 million streams in a short period of time and has established Kankan in the Underground Rap scene.

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7pm Doors  
8.45pm Kankan  
11pm Doors

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Kankan

KanKan

Communion Presents Say Woah, a night delivering live music from exciting names in the UK rap and hip hop scene. Taking place at Islington Assembly Hall on Thursday 28th September, the second in the series will feature soul/hip hop project Children of Zeus, West London hailing rapper Finn Foxell and more amazing names including Bawo, Casskidd (DJ) and Peng Deli.

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Say Woah. 

Smoke with Me

Children of Zeus - Fear of a Flat Planet (feat. Layfullstop)

Children Of Zeus

Finn Foxell

Bawo

CASSKIDD

Peng Deli

Back Stone Cherry plus special guests.

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Black Stone Cherry

Far Caspian is the project of singer, multi-instrumentalist and producer Joel Johnston. Recording, playing and mixing everything himself across a catalogue of EPs and a debut record he has built upon this to become a fully self-contained and unique artist directing his own videos, shooting his press shots, creating his own artwork and starting a record label to do the same for other artists.

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Far Caspian

A Dream of You

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HAEVN

Skipinnish are at the very top of Scotland’s vibrant Celtic Music scene. Their anthemic songs and rocking bagpipe led tune sets have given them a track record of hits and sell-out shows across the country’s biggest and best music venues. Their popularity is now rocketing in southern parts too! Following a successful tour of packed out venues in England in 2022, they are returning in 2023 to meet the growing demand from fans South of the border.

Skipinnish co-founder, Angus MacPhail said –

“2022 was an incredible year for the band. Our two sold-out 5000 capacity summer shows were the biggest gigs we’ve ever done and we had our best and biggest tour in England. We cannot wait to return! Music is universal and it has been incredible to see audiences all over England go as wild at our gigs as fans anywhere closer to home! We are really looking forward to feeling this magic again soon!”

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Skipinnish

London-based singer/songwriter Tom Speight is a driven talent with a string of EPs and a full-length album under his belt, gaining strong radio support from BBC Radio 2 with seven playlisted records in a row, and over 200 million streams across DSPs. Since 2014, he has gained international recognition from the UK, to Germany to Brazil, headlining shows and supporting some of the biggest acts, from Ed Sheeran, Snow Patrol, to Ben Howard and Travis.

He’s now got a new album in the pipeline. It is bigger, bolder and poppier than the folky Collide and a celebration of living life to the max. A timely reminder to approach every day as an adventure, and an invitation to ride alongside him as he travels the world wide-eyed. Recorded with producer Chris Bond in Devon / Rich Turvey in London and featuring contributions from regular collaborators Lydia Clowes and Turin Brakes, the album was written as lockdown loomed and recorded over a socially-distanced summer. Sunny song titles, boisterous guitars, shimmering electronics and lashings of beautiful backing vocals are among its most enticing calling cards.

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Tom Speight

Save Tonight

Tom Speight - Heartshaker

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Municipal Waste

Sadistic Magician

Municipal Waste - Set to Destruct

Simge Sağın is a Turkish singer. From early 2010s, she started to make Turkish pop songs, and with the release of her single "Miş Miş" in 2015 she became one of the well-known artists in Turkey. Her other popular songs highly admired by the Turkish listeners include, "Ben Bazen", "Aşkın Olayım", "Üzülmedin Mi?", "Yankı" and many more...

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Simge Sagin

Perpetual Flame Ministries is an art house founded in 2022 by Kristin Hayter (Lingua Ignota) & KW Campol (Vile Creature), after a successful launch including the announcement of their inaugural festival & musical releases, they are returning with their second major music event of the year with Perpetual Flame v.2. Taking place at Islington Assembly Hall in London, England on 13-14 October 2023, PFv.2 will feature the final performances worldwide of Lingua Ignota's current & back catalogue as well as performances from some of their favourite local & international artists, including Jo Quail, Ashenspire, HIDE, & KEN Mode. The culmination will be Sunday night's free to attend nu-metal karaoke hosted by Perpetual Flame's Gwarsenio Hall at the Black Heart, being put on in conjunction with & celebrating Old Empire's 10 year anniversary.

Come join us for a cathartic weekend of music and events.

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Perpetual Flame Volume 2 Day 1

THE ORDER OF SPIRITUAL VIRGINS

Lingua Ignota - God Gave Me No Name (No Thing Can Hide From My Flame)

Lingua Ignota

Jo Quail

Hide

Perpetual Flame Ministries is an art house founded in 2022 by Kristin Hayter (Lingua Ignota) & KW Campol (Vile Creature), after a successful launch including the announcement of their inaugural festival & musical releases, they are returning with their second major music event of the year with Perpetual Flame v.2. Taking place at Islington Assembly Hall in London, England on 13-14 October 2023, PFv.2 will feature the final performances worldwide of Lingua Ignota's current & back catalogue as well as performances from some of their favourite local & international artists, including Jo Quail, Ashenspire, HIDE, & KEN Mode. The culmination will be Sunday night's free to attend nu-metal karaoke hosted by Perpetual Flame's Gwarsenio Hall at the Black Heart, being put on in conjunction with & celebrating Old Empire's 10 year anniversary.

Come join us for a cathartic weekend of music and events.

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Perpetual Flame Volume 2 Day 2

KEN mode

Ashenspire

Cate

Cate - Groupie

CATE

The Sherlocks

Falling

The Sherlocks - Falling

Reflecting on her debut album, I Came Home Late, Ama Lou knows it’s the record she needed to make. “It’s definitely the most personal music I’ve ever released. I dove deep into my songwriting origins for parts of the album.” (‘Bad Weather’ was written at the age of 12), but I wrote most of these songs on the fly. It’s a good reflection of my range as a songwriter and my life over the past few years.”

Beginning songwriting at the age of 11, London-raised Ama burst onto the scene with her first single ‘TBC’ in 2016, catching the attention of artist Drake who cited it as one of the main influences for his 2018 Album Scorpion. Her following EPs ‘DDD’, ‘Ama, Who?’ and ‘At Least We Have This Now’ showed the depth and quality of her sound as well her ability to play with genre and it’s no different for her debut.

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Ama Lou

Tried Up

Ama Lou - Bless Me

Taxi driver by day, funk-fuelled keys maestro by night; the story of Hailu Mergia is one of a late justice for years spent in exile.

After being brought into the limelight by African boogie reissue label, Awesome Tapes From Africa, Hailu has been one of the most in demand Ethiopian artist on the global circuit.

Helming a trio with a badass rhythm section, he will perform his cult classic album, ‘Wede Harzer Guzo’, as well as critically acclaimed new releases such as ‘Lala Belu’.

This is a rare opportunity to see one of the most influential African artists of our generation, bringing his famed blend of jazz-funk rhythms to the iconic Islington Assembly Hall.

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Hailu Mergia

Wede Harer Guzo

Hailu Mergia & The Walias - Tche Belew

DOORS - 7:00pm - 11:00pm

For New Rules, three guitars and three voices converge upon one stadium-size sound. The London-based trio—Alec McGarry, Nathan Lambert, and Ryan Meaney—elevate pop to the rafters fuelled by singer-songwriter soul, rock ‘n’ roll spirit, and a whole lot of personality.

Since their first releases 'Call It' and 'Fix Somebody' the band have toured with the likes of Julia Michaels, Little Mix, and Picture This, and sold out successive headline tours. Following the viral success of 'Pasta' and 'Emily' they caught the attention of Elektra Records and signed to the label in 2021. The releases of 2022's 'Go The Distance' saw them add to their growing fan base and win praise from PEOPLE Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone UK, and more, in addition to selling out UK shows and their first-ever U.S. dates!

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New Rules

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Romain Virgo

High Vis

High Vis - Fever Dream

High Vis - Blending

The Rare Blood Group

Home Front

Higher Power

Allo Darlin’ began as a vehicle for the solo songwriting exploits of Elizabeth Morris. Australian by birth, Morris moved to London, England in 2005, where she began making recordings under the name the Darlings. Morris would only release one disc under this name, a three-track affair called The Photo EP, which came out on the U.K.-based indie pop label WeePOP! in late 2007. Morris changed the project’s name to Allo Darlin’ the following year.

“Classic indie pop” – Pitchfork

“Sophisticated pop music at its finest” – All Music

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Allo Darlin'

Allo Darlin’

Celebrating Working With Fire and Steel at 40

Join China Crisis in celebrating the 40th Anniversary of their breakthrough album Working With Fire and Steel as they perform the album for you live in its entirety, featuring songs such as the hits “Wishful Thinking” and “Tragedy and Mystery”, and the hauntingly beautiful “Here Come a Raincloud”.  As befits an anniversary of this significance, these select jubilee shows will be performed by Gary and Eddie accompanied by a standout group of musicians and feature top-flight visuals along with the stories behind the making of WWFAS as remembered by the artists who helped create it.  The live album performance will be followed by a second set of musical favourites from across the lifetime of the China Crisis catalogue.  Come join the band for what will be a truly special event.

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China Crisis

Elli Ingram

Rocket

There’s a surprising relationship at the centre of Sofia Kourtesis’ debut album Madres. An album in large part dedicated to her mother, there’s also another person, one without whom this album would never have been made. Peter Vajkoczy. Vajkoczy is a neurosurgeon, one of the very best neurosurgeons in the world in fact, and Madres is dedicated to him. The story of how a world-renowned neurosurgeon came to appear in the liner notes of this record is one of tenacity, miracles, all-consuming love and ultimately, of hope.

When she began work on her debut, Kourtesis was seemingly unstoppable. A string of rapturously received EPs and singles made her one of the fastest rising stars in the electronic world and beyond. She has already graced the cover of Mixmag, released a brilliantly energetic and moving Resident Advisor ‘RA Session’, appeared on ‘End of Year’ lists from the likes of The New York Times, Pitchfork, DJ Mag and Spotify (#6 Best Electronic Song) and played instant sell-out early shows at London’s Lafayette and Manchester’s YES as well as standout performances at Glastonbury, Green Man, Wide Awake and Primavera and tours supporting Caribou and Bicep.

Stage times are posted at 11am on the day of the show on our website.

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Sofia Kourtesis

Sofia Kourtesis - By Your Side

Gus Dapperton has always been obsessed with building new worlds. It's been part of his passion since he started making songs in Garageband, a creator's mindset that eventually shaped two independent albums of defiantly original alt-pop. Now signed to Warner Records, Dapperton goes even further on his new project, Henge, immersing himself in bold details and immersive songwriting to conjure a twilight world that permanently hovers between sunset and sunrise throughout 11 mercurial songs.

"Manhattanhenge happens in New York when the sun lines up perfectly between the buildings and it looks like a solstice," the artist-producer says of his cryptic album title. "I came up with the concept about someone entering this underworld as the sun goes down and trying to get home before dawn -- or risk being stuck in a time loop." The push and pull between nighttime revelry and sun-dappled safety resonates with Dapperton in post-pandemic America.

"A lot of my life after COVID is just trying to embrace the world again," the 26-year-old says. "I was always an introvert, but now I get an adrenaline rush from being around people." While there is a distinct thematic throughline, Dapperton wants listeners to go on their own journeys. "I write songs that can be taken out of context and enjoyed individually, but there's a story you could follow if you wanted to."

Dapperton's love of sonic world-building has deep roots. The Warwick, New York native didn't grow up in a traditionally musical family, but there was always something blasting from the radio. As much as he loved music, he didn't think he would ever make his own: "I tried picking up the guitar," he remembers. "It didn't really stick." An eighth-grade music class changed all that. Students were tasked with making a song in GarageBand -- and Dapperton had found his instrument.

Dapperton spent the rest of high school making beats. By the time college came around, his confidence had blossomed. "I started picking up instruments and singing," he says. While attending Drexel University, he played gigs in Philadelphia and ventured to New York City with just his "computer, an MPD pad, and a guitar." He soon dropped out and released a series of independent EPs as well as the acclaimed albums Where Polly People Go to Read and Orca. With buzz brewing, a feel-good feature would be his breakthrough.

"Supalonely," a collaboration with New Zealand singer-songwriter BENEE, went viral during lockdown in 2020 and amassed more than one billion streams on its way to becoming a double-Platinum hit. "It gave me and other indie artists credibility," he says. "It showed that alt-pop songs can be massive." Dapperton signed to Warner Records in 2022 and immediately got started on Henge.

From the outset, he knew his approach would be different. Instead of starting with songs, Dapperton plotted out moods and titles and worked backward. "I didn't follow a super-stern formula," he says. That's particularly true of "Sunrise," the sprawling opening track. Taking inspiration from film scores, the song begins with a strummed guitar before synths erupt and our protagonist enters the Manhattan underworld.

From there, the artist-producer dabbles in '80s-inspired new wave on the catchy lead single "Horizons" and '70s funk on "Homebody." The album's eclectic sprawl is also reflected in Dapperton's choice of collaborators, including a reunion with BENEE on "Don't Let Me Down."

His team-up with poet Ocean Vuong on "Sunset" took a longer path. "On tour in Korea, a fan gave me a book called 'On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous,'" he recounts. Many months later, Dapperton read it and was blown away: "It's one of the most incredible books I've ever read." He thought they should work together and called on Vuong to write a poem for the album's final track. "We were immediately on the same page," he says. "It's really cool to combine other mediums of art and writing."

While the scope of Henge is vast and ambitious, Dapperton's music maintains the intimacy that made his previous offerings so resonant. At its core, the album is a way of processing a post-lockdown world. "I think most people can relate to wanting change and chaos, but also monotony and protection," he says of the album's tug-of-war between night and day, socializing and solitude. "I'm always internally battling those two sides."

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Gus Dapperton

Prune, You Talk Funny

Abby Roberts

Growing up with a mother being in the army (two missions in Kosovo) and a father who often works abroad, Azahriah was used to doing things on his own. So much so, he barely had any friends in elementary school.

Getting fed up with always being the lonely one, at age 12 he started his

YouTube channel, called Paul Street, gaining more and more popularity with his mystery/paranormal themed stories. This was literally a life saver for him: when dropped out of high school for being bullied by one of his teachers, he really could use the positive vibes starting over everything in a new school.

After reaching 500 000 followers, becoming one of the best known content creators in his country, Azahriah decided to move forward and fulfill his singer-songwriter dreams. As his videos had nothing to do with music, this definitely could have been a burden – but not for him. He knew exactly what he was doing. Already a qualified guitar player (perks of being alone a lot as a child), he started to learn music making and sound engineering and started to make his first demos.

Status update: he’s a multi-instrumentalist pop star with 300 000 subscribers and more than 150 million plays on YouTube, and more than 100 million streams on Spotify.

His first solo LP, Camouflage (2021) was critically well received. It took him less than two years from start to dominate one of Europe’s biggest music festival’s, Sziget Festival’s main stage, where he premiered his six track solo EP Silbak. The song Four Moods was definitely one of the biggest hits of 2022 (16 million+ plays on YouTube, almost 7 million audio streams and still counting). Even the visualizer itself became a TikTok trend: everybody made their own version of the funny scenes from teens to middle-aged celebrities.

Packed with wise lyrics and catchy tunes, Azahriah’s songs never fail to serve the audience with surprising and entertaining inspirations from trap to reggae.

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Azahriah

Sultans of Ping F.C.

It’s hard to believe that Debbie wasn’t allowed to listen to music (apart from gospel) until she was about 16 years old. But the fact she was raised in the church comes as no surprise. Raised on a restricted musical diet of Mary Mary and Kirk Franklin, the way music flows from her makes her seem like a seasoned veteran: from her reflective but effortlessly relatable lyricism to her rich, resounding voice and her spiritual curiosity, she’s a careful blend of refreshingly new and intimately familiar.

The London singer/songwriter is making waves with her 'truth music' and has established herself as an exhilaratingly soulful and original new voice. From signing to record label 0207 Def Jam and duetting with Stormzy on the tracks 'Firebabe' and 'Give It To The Water’, Debbie makes her Islington debut later this year!

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Debbie

Debbie - Is This Real Love?

Avalon Emerson loves dance music, but when the time came to make her long-awaited debut album, she didn’t want to make another dance record. She wanted to make something whose pleasures would last longer than a twirl or two across the dancefloor. She wanted to make something timeless.

Avalon Emerson & The Charm is an evolution, not an experiment. Created during an extended break from the hectic blur of her life as a touring DJ, the album is an intensely personal—and yes, pop-leaning—statement of intent from an artist who’s long looked beyond the club for inspiration. It’s also the first time that Emerson has put herself, her emotions and, most notably, her voice fully into the spotlight.

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Amigas

Avalon Emerson

Avalon Emerson & the Charm

After seven long years, The Answer are back with their long awaited and highly anticipated new and seventh album, Sundowners, which captures the soul of a band intent on not just reigniting the spark but burning more brightly than ever before. These four Irish rockers have regrouped and thrown themselves into the creation of album that harnesses their unique energy and relentless passion for rock music.

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