Live set by Immersion, the long-running electronic project of Colin Newman of Wire and Malka Spigel of Minimal Compact.
Immersion play Artisan Tap on Wednesday 4 November, starting at 7pm. The name belongs to the long-running electronic project of Colin Newman, of Wire, and Malka Spigel, of Minimal Compact. They formed in the early nineties and have built their reputation on a stubbornly diverse approach, alternating between working on their own and collaborating with others.
In recent years, that collaborative side has taken centre stage. They've teamed up with Tarwater, Laetitia Sadier, Ulrich Schnauss, Scanner, Thor Harris and Cubzoa as part of their Nanocluster series of events and albums. The two also run a weekly music radio show called Swimming In Sound and play in the band Githead alongside Robin Rimbaud (Scanner) and Max Franken.
They're coming off a new record, What Is Lost Will Return, which they released on 4 September via their own label, swim~. It's their second 'pure' release in as many years, following 2025's WTF??. The album's title track, 'Megafauna', is an instrumental they describe as 'lumbering large creatures moving slowly to the beat', drawing on a primordial piper; journalist John Robb called it dark, drifting energy.
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Tickets are £15.40, a guide price subject to change. The gig is at Artisan Tap, 552 Hartshill Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 6AF, on Wednesday 4 November from 7pm.
