EMOM @ ArtBomb

ArtBomb
Jul 14
4 min read

Updated: Aug 23

Beats & Pieces

Beats & Pieces is proud to present EMOM @ ArtBomb, a special night of alternative & left-field live electronic music as part of Doncaster's annual ArtBomb Festival. Join us for a specially curated selection of artists, playing 30 minute sets in the regular style of the electronic music open mic scene, that is rapidly spreading across the country, and now internationally too!

Performing at the Unitarians Church behind the ArtBomb Hub at 60 Hall Gate and entry is FREE — as is everything during the festival. This event is BYO.

Acts confirmed: Valentich, Pulselovers, Really Hot Fork, Jackhno, PuffinPulse, DeerFace, Gloop and Yorkshire Modular Society. Plus special guest and compere Martin Christie (also performing as A23a).

PulseLovers

Instagram: @pulselovers

PulseLovers has been an active project since 2015. Influences come from 70s / 80s German and UK electronic, post punk and experimental music, childhood filtered memories and a sense of place. Albums are produced using analogue synthesisers, percussion, field recordings and tape loops. Collaborative contributions come from friends and allies utilising more organic instrumentation (strings, skins and wind).

DeerFace

Instagram: @_deerface

DeerFace is the musical project of Sophie James, an Australian-born, UK-based multimedia artist. Now based in Sheffield, she draws on the wild biodiversity of New South Wales, the rugged landscape of the Peak District, and the stark beauty of dystopian sci-fi and brutalist architecture. Her sound merges electronic and organic textures into brooding, immersive sonic landscapes where nature, industry and the metaphysical collide.

Valentich

Instagram: @valentich_official

Valentich combines a mix of post-rock soundscapes, melodic techno and instrumental darkwave, producing rich, multi-layered music, referencing the likes of Tycho, Jon Hopkins, 65dos and Boards of Canada amongst other influences. Valentich has gigged regularly over the past 8 years, with highlights including Worcester Music Festival, Sparkle and Cable Festival alongside supporting John Mouse, Attrition and Beastial Mouths. Valentich's extensive back catalogue can be found on Bandcamp.

A23a: Broken. Spoken. Words. And Sound.

Instagram: @martchristie

A23a is a new collaborative project by Claire Robertson and Martin Christie. The aim of the project is to carve up and alter spoken word through technologies that were originally intended for creating music. The meaning of the words and phrases become part of a fragmented drifting soundscape involving the human voice and textural melody. Claire’s background in performance art makes this more than a listening experience and provides a powerful interpretation for the emerging meanings. Martin’s role to create and carve up the sounds is informed by his background in improvisation.

PuffinPulse

Instagram: @bionisamp

PuffinPulse by A.H Smith from Castleford, now living in Bridlington, is a creative performance featuring; Portable modular synthesisers, EMF noise, DIY electronics, Field recording, cassette / tape recording. Inspired by ambient electronic outdoor meditations, nature, birdwatching and recording, tides, coast, wind and weather. Recording along the sand dunes... Sounds and video, field recordings and synth textures. Explore PuffinPulse titles, like Tankerspill, Dirty Wave, No Fish to Fry, Bottom Trawler and Sandeels, which are often described as the cornerstone of the east coast marine ecosystem.

Really Hot Fork

Really Hot Fork is a casual EMOM artist from Wakefield who plays a blend of acid, breaks and whatever happens to come out of his suitcase full of knobs and sliders. First on the EMOM scene in 2024 he found his tribe meeting other local synth nerds in a board game cafe playing animal noises to each other.

Jackhno

Instagram: @jackhno_dancepunk

Jackhno is the stage name of Jennifer Rozenfelds, who is a gender-fluid, non-binary electronic musician and sonic artist. She concentrates on playing live but has recently also been developing her production skills as part of an effort to record and release her electronica, acid house, alternative dance & electropunk in response to fans' demand.

Yorkshire Modular Society

Instagram: @yorkshiremodularsociety

Yorkshire Modular Society is an ethos of creation by way of listening. It is truly formless, without beginning or end, like a great ashen tree beneath the Earth's crust, whose roots penetrate the skies. The artist's trajectory — from classical pianist, to indie band synthesist, electronic artist, and sonic explorer — speaks to the richness of his musical journey, marked by constant exploration and a passion for pushing sonic boundaries.

Gloop

Instagram: @mindgloop

Gloop started out playing in Leeds' dingy breakcore basement scene in the late 2000s under the pseudonym Fandabi Dozy. Laptop sets with cracked copies of everything, lots of crashing and untimely tech failures. When the drugs wore off, they formed the grunge punk band Slowcoaches, looking for other sonic adventures. After 7 years of touring and playing gigs all over the UK and Europe, it was time to get back to writing electronic music.

After a few years harvesting synths, drum machines and samplers, it was a long-time dream fulfilled to be making analogue squelchy acid. Now with several releases under their belt on the label Beat Concern ‘Realistic Dayze’, ‘Acid Concern’, and the latest release ‘Tapeworm’ on VUR, the Gloop sound has evolved into a blend of braindancy groaty classics to full-on squelchy acid techno bangers. Expect a flawless live set to headbang to and feel the acid melt your insides into gloop.

DJ Seijn

Instagram: @seijn_

Seijn is a producer and DJ crafting liquid drum & bass and techno infused with futuristic soundscapes. Inspired by Detroit techno, funk, soul, and sci-fi, his music blends deep rhythm with cinematic atmosphere. Known for his innovative sound selection and immersive DJ sets, Seijn takes listeners on a journey—pushing genre boundaries while staying rooted in groove and emotion.