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Far Rainbow, live at Zero Wave on 30 March 2026 (video by Hannah Dargavel-Leafe).

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Far Rainbow in Brighton thus Thursday. More info here.

Far Rainbow is the London-based duo of Emily Mary Barnett and Bobby Barry. The Blue Hugeness begins with bubbling sounds which Barnett’s cymbals splash through, taking on a gait somewhere between Jack DeJohnette and a leaky pipe. Later, flickering drones emerge that seem more electrical than instrumental – which might be true as previous releases have seen Barry credited with playing electric toothbrush and various small motors. Submerged in it all are eerie field recordings, the most beguiling sounding like a baby cooing in the distance. It’s seldom clear where any sound comes from on this tape. Even where the drums begin and end gets a little hazy, while the lush reverb that glistens off everything is a source of intrigue in itself. It’s a spooky and hypnotic zone, one where machines seem to live in ghostly spaces. Every sound on ‘The Blue Hugeness’ is a riddle, slipping along the boundary between familiar and unfamiliar to find an alluring place in the in-between."

Next Far Rainbow gig – 27 January – Margate.

• On 16 October – I will be playing a solo set of improvised live electronics at Phoenix Gallery, Brighton.

“…Next up were London-based duo Far Rainbow. Their set saw crackling electronics, birdsong and percussion from a traditional drumkit incorporated into one dark, ominous drone. It may have been the most challenging set of the afternoon but the longer they played the more it was possible to hear the sound of distant sandstorms and geological phenomena within their music…”