Sound Affects #28: Erin James, Jamie Taylor & Liam Inscoe-Jones

Sound Affects is a night of talks about music and subcultures, 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.

Speakers:
Liam Inscoe-Jones - His new book, Songs in the Key of MP3: The New Icons of the Internet Age, explores five contemporary artists who broke the old rules of sound, style and the music industry at large: Devonté Hynes (of Blood Orange), FKA Twigs, Oneohtrix Point Never, Earl Sweatshirt and SOPHIE. Liam uses these artists, and an entourage of supporting acts like Caroline Polachek, Nicolas Jaar, Tyler the Creator and Frank Ocean, as a lens through which to examine and celebrate the 2010s as one of the most extraordinarily innovative and strange decades in the history of pop. A book that champions the moment we are living in right now as a Golden Age as worthy of celebration as 1967, 1976 or 1988.

Erin James - A Brighton-based multi-disciplinary artist, "hoping to change the world one poem at a time", with a focus on the merging of art and activism through their practices. They are the founder of the socially engaged zine Tough Cookie, as well as a poet, DJ, photographer and curator. Erin is currently undertaking a Masters in Media for Social Change, with a focus on the use of sound and voice for political purposes.
Jamie Taylor - His new book, Studio Electrophonique, tells the story of the home studio in Sheffield that helped launch some of Britain's most beloved bands. Mechanic Ken Patten’s makeshift home studio became the launch pad for a group of young musicians who would shape the futuristic sound of 1980s pop. The Human League, Heaven 17, Pulp, ABC and others made their early recordings with Ken, whose DIY ethic was the perfect fit for a city facing industrial decline but teeming with ideas.

£8 entry.
£10 if you're feeling generous.
£5 for students or if you're a bit broke this month.

Doors at 7.30pm, it begins at 8 and is over by 10.30pm.

East Street Tap in Brighton.

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