Experience Roscius' live-looping dance experience on stage, with a 3-hour DJ set from broken beat producer Footshooter upstairs, & a live show from Anushka.
ROSCIUS
Niche live performer, DIY producer and London-based french composer roscius has spent the last years building himself a unique reputation in the alt music world. He launched his debut vinyl WMD#1* in a London Art gallery in 2015, where he performed whilst artist MRSCMillo painted the hand-numbered and signed sleeves in real time. (*= World Minimal Disco).
Since then, eps and single releases have been flowing, with premieres on Clash Music, Xlr8r, Trax, or french Radio Nova, to name a few. Now a regular at Glastonbury and Wilderness Festival, roscius has recently joined international line ups at Amsterdam Dance Event (NL), We Love Green & InaSound (Paris), Hong Kong’s Clockenflap, FOST summit (NYC), Cyprus’s Afro Banana Republic.
Mastering the art of improvisation, combining percussion experiments, lyric-less vocals, rare live sampling and harmonization skills, roscius “creates a unique and absorbing soundscape, genuinely innovative and emotional”.
Touring independently around the globe also enabled him to collect handmade music instruments, from West African bongos, South American shakers, Asian gongs, Armenian tambourins to a small japanese analog keyboard (bought in a vintage market in Berlin); His most recent asset being a chromatic balafon made in Burkina Faso, which he plays the non traditional way, in order to create his very own organic musical and cinematic journey, sailing from an acoustic version of acid house to a warm minimal and progressive techno, with subtle touches of nu jazz, drill patterns, bulgarian inspired choral music, baile beats, neo classical textures or even elements of UKG, depending on the mood.
His peculiar way of blending genres whilst live looping enabled him to share stages with heavyweights such as Crazy P, Jon Hopkins, Francesco Tristano,
Coco Maria, Keiichiro Shibuya, Mikky Blanco, Acid Pauli, Terry Francis, Alfa Mist’s Johnny Woodham, Marc Rebillet, Jacques, Neon Indian or anglo-zulu (and Steam Down vocalist) DemiMa. Not only did his travels widened his range of influences and his musical knowledge, but it also added to his hard drives countless field recording sounds, from which he draws his own crafted edits and original concrete sample bank. Sort of an audio diary.
His productions have been warmly welcomed by the press, (Dj Mag, Ransom Note, Resident Advisor, Mixmag) and cheered by dj/artists such as Mr G, Worldwide FM’s Erica McCoy, Laurent Garnier, Stacey Pullen, Midland, Chaos in the CBD, Hugo Mendez (Sofrito), Horse Meat Disco, AFFKT, Arandel, Chloé, Danny Daze.
Being an enthusiastic and inclusive collaborator, Will J. A. Serfass (aka roscius) has occasionally partnered with various institutions (Hermès Foundation, Nissan, Bose Soundsystem, Eristoff, Chevignon); and performed in renowned contemporary arts museums such as Erarta in St Petersburg (RU), Kunstmuseum in Bern (SWZ), Guimet / Bourdelle / Arts Déco in Paris (FR).
He remixed artists such as The 2 Bears (Southern Fried Records), Pouvoir Magique & Loya (Mawimbi), Calypso Rose (Because Music) and whether it’s his productions or his live sets, you might’ve heard him on air too (Rinse FM, Worldwide Fm, NTS, France Inter, Le Mellotron, Netil radio, Cercle, Arte Concert TV).
Will J. A. launched “Nomadic Recordings” in 2019, with which he created Mesh Collective, virtually gathering more than 70 lone creatives from around the world during first lockdown to produce half a dozen tracks in a month and raise funds for Doctors Without Borders. Since his last sold out show at Peckham’s Rye Wax, and his latest ep “Collage” (OUT on Wormfood London!) roscius scored two short movies, an art exhibition and a contemporary theater play.
FOOTSHOOTER
Footshooter is the moniker of London based producer, DJ and musician Barney Whittaker. His style blends skippy, broken beats with atmospheric warmth from synths, keys and guitars, combining programming with live instrumentation to create an organic, rich sound.
He frequently collaborates with MCs, poets and vocalists exploring different tones and moods. Over the last 7 years he has performed live and DJ’d in support of the likes of Yussef Kamaal, Vels Trio, Andrew Ashong, Max Graef, Alfa Mist, 30/70, as well as performing regularly at south-east London night STEEZ, Brainchild Festival and We Out Here. His 2017 release, ‘Strange Days EP’ (Famous Friends), was well received, gaining regular plays on NTS, Balamii, WorldWide FM and by Bonobo in a DJ set at his NYC Boiler Room. His 2018 release with YAM Recordings, ‘Technicolour Nights’, was met with similar critical acclaim, gaining plays on BBC 6 Music by Gilles Peterson, as well as regular spins on Tim Garcia's Jazz FM show, Musica Macondo.
More recently, Footshooter has released a 6 track EP with London label Dance Regular Recordings, ‘Libations & Movement’ EP. The record features vocal and instrumental performances from Wilf Petherbridge, MA.MOYO, Jaisal & Slam The Poet, Natty Wylah & Isobel Risk. The release has received support from Bradley Zero, Alexander Nut (Eglo Records), IG Culture & Alex Phountzi (CoOp Presents), Worldwide FM, Shy One, Errol (Touching Bass), Turbojazz, Don Pascal, Simbad, Alex Attias, Jyoty (Rinse FM) and more, as well as gaining multiple plays on BBC Radio London’s BBC Introducing Show by Jess Iszatt.
Footshooter’s latest project, his full-length debut, Southside Hymns LP, was released in October 2021 via Astral Black. It features guest performances from Wilf Petherbridge, James Mollison (Ezra Collective), Albertina, MA.MOYO, Isobel Risk and Natty Wylah. It has gained support from Gilles Peterson who named ‘Juno Café’ one of the ‘best UK Jazz tracks’ of 2021 on his Worldwide FM show, as well as getting support and plays from Mr Scruff, Alex Nut (Eglo Records), Shy One, Maryanne Hobbs, Jamz Supernova, Creole Cuts and more across BBC Radio 1, BBC 6 Music, BBC Radio 1xtra, NTS Radio, Balamii and more.
Footshooter celebrated this release by performing with his full live band at Boiler Room Festival London at The Cause in October 2021, closing the Brainchild Stage on the Jazz day of the festival.
Footshooter has also collaborated with Jack Stephenson-Oliver (Vels Trio), Poppy Ajudha and Brother Portrait (Steam Down) on a project called SAUL – their debut EP, ‘Murmurations’, was released on Rhythm Section International on 26th September 2019. The project received support from Gilles Peterson on 6 Music and Bradley Zero, Alexander Nut and Secret Sundaze on NTS Radio and Virgil Abloh. The project performed live at London’s Jazz Café in December 2019 as part of the Rhythm Section residency in support of drummer Richard Spaven. Their follow up project, Mutualism, dropped in August 2022 and features Lex Amor, Natty Wylah, James Mollison (Ezra Collective), aden and Allysha Joy – this record received widespread support from Zakia, Tom Ravenscroft, Jamz Supernova and more.
ANUSHKA
London via Brighton duo Anushka are the brainchild of Victoria Port (singer-songwriter) & Max Wheeler (producer). With influences from Detroit Hip Hop, Chicago House and 2000s RnB, their hybrid sound is hard to pin down but designed equally for the sound system and the reflective post-rave solace.
TIMINGS
Downstairs:
2200 - 2300 Heather Wall (DJ)
2300 - 0000 Anushka (Live)
0030 - 0130 Roscius (Live)
0130 - 0330 El Shazly (DJ)
Upstairs:
2200 - 0000 Kit Lockey (DJ)
0000 - 0330 Footshooter (DJ)