Dark Matter presents: Elf Traps / John Haycock / DJ Red Tin Dave

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Elf Traps is a new project Formed by Mercury Prize nominee Rob Turner (Mammal Hands, former–GoGo Penguin) and Liviu Gheorghe (former–Matthew Halsall / Gondwana) where beat-driven electronica collides with spiritual jazz and psychedelic, otherworldly, tones.

On stage, live drums and synths are intertwined with drum machines, laptops, samplers, chopped vocal fragments and custom robotic percussion, creating a hypnotic exchange of rhythm, texture and improvisation. The music twists and evolves in real time, moving from meditative ambient passages to explosive, adrenaline-charged rhythmic peaks. No two performances are ever the same.

Emerging from Manchester’s underground scene, early championed by Graham Massey (808 State) Elf Traps channels Squarepusher’s rhythmic chaos, Four Tet and Floating Points’ textural electronics, and Pharoah Sanders’ spiritual openness — creating music that’s raw, vibrant and rich with emotional depth.

https://elftraps.bandcamp.com/

John Haycock