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Weirdshire presents Ben McElroy with U
Very welcome return of Ben's ambient/folk inspired soundscapes, and also presenting a project by U, archivist, collagist and chronicler of Herefordshire
Presented by: WEIRDSHIRE
| 0 | HEREFORD: The Jam Factory (info) |
|---|---|
| P | Friday 26th September, 2025 |
| N | Door time: 7:30pm Start time: 8:15pm |
| . | 16+ (under 18s must be accompanied by an adult) |
| C | Music - Folk/blues/world |
Event information
Nottingham based Ben uses acoustic instruments and voice, together with live digital processing, to create beautiful improvised landscapes. Latest album Elkwort is garnering lots of praise:
“A shivering seabed of sound, haunted by barely there vocals and stitched together with lo-fi production.”
Jude Rogers, THE GUARDIAN
U has been described as the artist’s artist. Working as an archivist, collagist and chronicler through careful sonic curation, his output genuinely defies categorisation. Slotting into the broad genre classifications of techno, experimental electronic, ambient and modern classical while never fully pledging allegiance to any. A great depth of research goes into each track, samples used relate to each other, creating a reference maze or cultural study, the overall layers amount to something more than just music.
His latest project called ARCHENFIELD (after nearly 10 years of work and research) is being released on vinyl on Lex Records in October - It's an album made of samples from many different sources around Herefordshire and the Forest of Dean, and focussing on the folklore and history of the area..
