Sound Affects #32: Pete Fij, Kate Magic, & Dorothy Max Prior

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:
Dorothy Max Prior - Writer and artist--London born and bred but currently living in Brighton. As an artist she works in performance, spoken word and sound installation. In her new book, 'Sex is No Emergency: Adventures in a Post-Punk Wonderland' , Max recalls her days as a ball room dancing tutor in South Kensington, drumming and touring with infamous experimental pansexual psychedelic rock group Psychic TV, exploring London and New York City's queer clubbing undergrounds, the tangled worlds of the UK’s indie music scene at the height of its influence, performance art, and parenting.

Kate Magic - DJ and writer. Her new book '88: The Untold Story of a Revolution' reclaims the ecstatic, political, and spiritual roots of the UK rave movement. Kate was there in those early heady days, and subsequently spent a long time asking herself, "What really happened?" This book is her attempt to answer that question, drawing on interviews with nearly 100 people who were there too, in the fields and the basements, hands in the air. Acid house wasn’t just a party. It was a revolution.

Pete Fij - Musician with a career spanning some 30 years, and he's got a funny, fascinating and timely talk planned for us. As lead singer and guitarist with Adorable he signed to Creation Records in 1992, and headlined tours of UK, Europe, USA, Australia & Japan. His brilliant next band Polak, was formed with his brother Krzys, and his project after that was a collab with legendary guitarist Terry Bickers (House of Love / Levitation). His solo LP comes out next year, and he's headlining The Prince Albert on Thursday 27th November.

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

East Street Tap in Brighton.

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