Sounds of Now: Gritstone Turntables

Sheffield-based electronic musician Leafcutter John performs his new project GRIT in this double-bill concert with experimental turntablist Graham Dunning.

Responding to his love of the Peak District and climbing, GRIT sees Leafcutter John use his home-made quad turntable to conjure reeling melody and rhythm from the very texture of gritstone.

Graham Dunning’s work also explores sound as texture, timbre and something tactile. Drawing on bedroom production, tinkering and recycling found objects, Graham works with a DJ turntable as the engine of a ramshackle mechanical music system.

He builds extensions and interfaces to sequence patterns, trigger synths, strike percussion and generate textures in this extraordinary, techno-infused performance, which is in turns abstract, clattering, cosmic and polyrhythmic.