About us
Sound Affects is a night in Brighton of talks about music and subcultures, how sound affects us and how music changes the world. Hearing from writers, artists, superfans, photographers, filmmakers and everyday music lovers, we dive into personal music stories, esoteric bands, fan communities, punk, pop, social change, fashion and much more.
Video Affects is a night of talks and conversations about all things film. Organised by documentary filmmakers Jak Hutchcraft (Right Here, Right Now) and Jason Bick (20,000 Days on Earth), you can expect fun informal talks and Q&As by superfans, filmmakers, actors and crew. Dive into cult classics, weird theories, DIY filmmaking, unknown gems, tales from the movie set, Hollywood guilty pleasures, and much more.
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Sound Affects #38: Bobby Brown, Atiya Gourlay, Keith Jopling
Sound Affects is a night of talks about music and subcultures, ideas around how sound affects us and how music changes the world. Hearing from writers, musicians, artists, superfans, photographers, filmmakers and everyday music lovers, we dive into personal stories, esoteric bands, fan communities, punk, pop, social change and much more. It's organised and hosted by journalist and documentary filmmaker Jak Hutchcraft.
Guest speakers:
Atiya Gourlay - Born in Lahore but a resident of Brighton & Hove since the late 80s. With a passion for arts and culture, with a particular focus on facilitating diversity in the arts, Atiya was inspired to set up The Mehfil Space CIC 18 months ago. Since the first gig at The Rose Hill, the event series has continued to offer south Asian classical music for small audiences in intimate venues in Brighton and beyond. Atiya’s aim is to bring south Asian classical music to a wider audience.
Bobby Brown - Creative producer, manager and cultural strategist working across arts and music, community and innovation. He's worked with Frankie Stew and Harvey Gunn, FACESOUL, Tinie Tempah & Wiz Kid. Recently, he worked as the strategic lead on Gilles Peterson’s Future Bubblers programme and is currently leading Lighthouse’s Future Creative Leaders programme.
Keith Jopling - Music strategist, author, podcaster and mentor. In 2021 he started the music podcast The Art of Longevity and before that, a music curation and writing site, The Song Sommelier. He has held previous executive roles with Sony Music, Spotify, EMI and the BPI. He has two new books in 2026 on music, business and culture: 'Body of Work: how the album outplayed the algorithm and survived playlist culture', and 'Riding the Rollercoaster: how artists survive the music business to become the legends we love'.
NOTAFLOF. No one turned away for lack of funds.
Doors at 7.30pm, it begins at 8 and is over by 10.30pm.
East Street Tap in Brighton.
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Sound Affects #38: Bobby Brown, Atiya Gourlay, Keith Jopling
East Street Tap, 74 East Street, Brighton, GBSound Affects is a night of talks about music and subcultures, ideas around how sound affects us and how music changes the world. Hearing from writers, musicians, artists, superfans, photographers, filmmakers and everyday music lovers, we dive into personal stories, esoteric bands, fan communities, punk, pop, social change and much more. It's organised and hosted by journalist and documentary filmmaker Jak Hutchcraft.
Guest speakers:
Atiya Gourlay - Born in Lahore but a resident of Brighton & Hove since the late 80s. With a passion for arts and culture, with a particular focus on facilitating diversity in the arts, Atiya was inspired to set up The Mehfil Space CIC 18 months ago. Since the first gig at The Rose Hill, the event series has continued to offer south Asian classical music for small audiences in intimate venues in Brighton and beyond. Atiya’s aim is to bring south Asian classical music to a wider audience.
Bobby Brown - Creative producer, manager and cultural strategist working across arts and music, community and innovation. He's worked with Frankie Stew and Harvey Gunn, FACESOUL, Tinie Tempah & Wiz Kid. Recently, he worked as the strategic lead on Gilles Peterson’s Future Bubblers programme and is currently leading Lighthouse’s Future Creative Leaders programme.
Keith Jopling - Music strategist, author, podcaster and mentor. In 2021 he started the music podcast The Art of Longevity and before that, a music curation and writing site, The Song Sommelier. He has held previous executive roles with Sony Music, Spotify, EMI and the BPI. He has two new books in 2026 on music, business and culture: 'Body of Work: how the album outplayed the algorithm and survived playlist culture', and 'Riding the Rollercoaster: how artists survive the music business to become the legends we love'.
NOTAFLOF. No one turned away for lack of funds.
Doors at 7.30pm, it begins at 8 and is over by 10.30pm.
East Street Tap in Brighton.
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Rave New World 2: Kirk Field & Ru Callender
Grand Central, 29-30 Surrey Street, BN1 3PA, Brighton, GBTickets: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/sound-affects/rave-new-world-2-kirk-field-ru-callender/e-kqgbke
Sound Affects is a monthly night of talks about music and subcultures, ideas around how sound affects us and how music changes the world. It's organised and hosted by journalist and documentary filmmaker Jak Hutchcraft.
This event is at the Nightingale Rooms, upstairs at the Grand Central pub
This is a special event with writers Kirk Field and Ru Callender. After Kirk's hilarious and insightful Rave New World talk back in 2023, he's back with a brand new talk/show. Ru is speaking at Sound Affects for the first time.
Guest speakers:
Kirk Field: Journalist and raver who has been documenting dance music and rave culture since June 1989, spurred into action after reading the inaccurate and hysterical tabloid reports of the acid house party he’d just attended. His new book ‘Planes, Trains & Amphetamines’ is about what happens when UK rave culture went abroad and changed holidays forever. From high jinks on the high seas and insanity in Ibiza to playing in the powder of the Austrian Alps and psychic silliness on the Costa del Sol, this is the story of what happened when Kirk pioneered a new kind of tourism.Ru Callender: ‘Master of MuMumification’ Ru Callender explains why he’s building a pyramid of human ashes for The KLF in Toxteth and how he incorporates punk and rave ethos into funerals. The meaning of life, death and crop circles. His new book ‘What Remains?’ is out now.
Doors at 7 and it starts at 7.30.
Tickets available now at: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/sound-affects/rave-new-world-2-kirk-field-ru-callender/e-kqgbke
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