Hello all, hope you’re coping out there. Big ups to everyone making great online noise content at the moment, Theo Gowens, Mariam Rezaei, Ali Robertson, Graham Dunning, “Keith Heineman”. I’ve been watching loads and it’s been great to feel part of the community so thanks a lot for putting the effort in. Can’t wait til […]
Hello friends, hope you’re all doing ok out there in isolation land. Things are fine in Todmorden, we’ve had to close Tor Beers for a bit, gigs have been cancelled, the same as what a lot of other people are going through. We’ll be alright. I’m on here to tell you that Feeding Tube have put […]
Read More… from Plutonic Shine, vinyl version now on pre-order
Not been to the Kirkgate Centre for ages so looking forward to this.. […]
Hey folks, Just wanted to say Happy New Year and to have a bit of a reflect on what I’ve been up to this year. Feels like it’s been a year of addressing work / career, getting my house in order, that kind of thing. Honestly, I don’t feel like I’ve done enough of my […]
Greywood Miniatures is a new tape made by me and Delphine Dora. Our 4th release together! We recorded the bulk of this back in 2017 at Greywood Arts Centre in Co. Cork, Ireland during a residency there. We then took the recordings back to our homes and added extra bits and bobs to them and […]
hey all, Been meaning to do a blog update for a while but been so busy lately. All good though, it’s been a grand productive time. What’s been happening? Well Tor Fest went really well! This was the first year we did it with any funding outside of beer and ticket sales so cheers to […]
Few shots from our recent live sound workshop that we ran as part of the Calderdale Sound Women Network project called “The Valley”. The aim of the project is to engage women and non-binary folks in the Upper Calder Valley in music and sound activities. We’re growing the network and if you’d like to get […]
less than 3 weeks away..! This year’s amazing Tor Fest 🙂 Only a few weekend tickets left now so grab one quickly here – TICKET LINK Tor Festival returns to Todmorden, West Yorkshire once again for the sixth iteration of the eclectic underground music festival. This year to be held over three days at The […]
New album out today! Listen to it on bandcamp or buy a tape 🙂 This is the third release from The Slowest Lift who are a West Yorkshire based band comprising of Sophie Cooper (Tor Festival) and Julian Bradley (Vibracathedral Orchestra). This record is being self-released by The Slowest Lift on limited edition cassette and […]
Julian and I are self-releasing our latest The Slowest Lift album called ‘Plutonic Shine’. It’s available on pre-order at the moment so click on our bandcamp link above to purchase one. The record is due a vinyl release later on this year so keep your eyes open for that. There are 2 tracks you can […]
Read More… from New album – Plutonic Shine, The Slowest Lift