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TUSK Festival returns to Newcastle upon Tyne this October with  another infernal line-up of unclassifiable international music. 

Across 3  days in the city’s best-loved underground music venue, TUSK Festival  again delivers a lethal musical cocktail, featuring countless coups and  firsts and including the return of Keiji Haino’s legendary Fushitsusha,  classic Virginian drone voyagers Pelt, the Dead C’s Michael Morley in  his solo Gate guise, the delirious alt-techno of Hieroglyphic Being,  Graham Lambkin & Jason Lescalleet divining magic in the mundane,  the organic scree of Hild Sofie Taord and crunched dub and sweat  from NHK'Koyxe.

SATURDAY LINE UP

11am  doors open

12pm  introduction by Fritz Welch

12.10pm  GARY SMITH

The blissful agony of solo electric guitar, conjuring conflicts between stasis and rhythm, harmony and noise.

1pm  The Wire talks with:Hieroglyphic Being

Jamal Moss has travelled through the outer reaches of Chicago House for over two decades, from his early collaborations with House music originator Steve Poindexter which were sold as white label 12″s on the streets, to his recent LPs and CD-Rs inspired by space, numerology and Sun Ra. He talks Derek Walmsley through his cosmic rewiring of dance music.

Derek Walmsley is Deputy Editor of The Wire.

1pm  Tom Bugs’ synth building workshop

Taking place in St Dominics Social Club, across the street – please ask one of our volunteers for directions.

(Just a last few places available – tickets at http://www.tuskmusic.co.uk/events and http://www.wegottickets.com/event/176306)

2.30pm  Film programme

The first serving of pleasure for the eyes and ears, including Rhodri Davies soundtracking Harry Smith films live .

Screening in the cinema room – seats are limited so please squeeze in where you can.

6pm  Welcome to the Saturday night music programme with Richard Dawson

6.15pm  THE UNIT AMA

Glorious soaring surges deconstructed, fractured and rebuilt.

7pm  MEITHEAL

A trio from Galway, Longford and Virginia at the mercy of the primitive.

7.45pm  SYLVESTER ANFANG II

Flemish stuporgroup live and direct from their remote Belgian space station.

8.40pm  PAIN JERK

Maelstroms of chaotic chunder and deranged electrical grime from Tokyo.

9.20pm  THE TENSES

LA free music via Oregon. Turntable, toys, trumpet, aural treasure.

10.20pm  NHK’KOYXEN

Crunched dub n sweat from Osaka.

11.15pm  GATE

Epiphanies plucked serially from a morass of NZ-style drone genius.

FRIDAY LINE-UP

http://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/685

SATURDAY LINE UP

http://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/444 

SUNDAY LINE UP

http://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/445 

Weekend tickets on sale now for £35 from wegottickets.com and  tuskmusic.co.uk/events
Full info on line-up, travel, local transport and budget accommodation at tuskfestival.com