Hi Zero begins the new season of readings and performances with THIS, on Tuesday 24th September, at the HOPE & RUIN in Brighton, in the EVENING:

Benzo Fury [Daniel Spicer & Verity Spott]

Daniel Spicer and Verity Spott are poets and musicians based in Brighton. Since 2015, they have played, together with drummer James Parsons, in the improvising trio In Threads. The trio’s album ‘Orange Justice’ is due out on Eyeless Records later this year. Tonight, they are making a rare appearance as the duo Benzo Fury.

[Formed in 2015, Brighton-based trio In Threads are James Parsons on drums, Verity Spott on cello and Daniel Spicer on wind instruments, violin, piano and miscellaneous bits and pieces. In performance, they make improvised spontaneous compositions that are joyous, mischievous and intense. They released a self-titled CD-R on Beartown Records on 2015 and a new album is coming soon on Eyeless Records.]

Sarah Crewe is a working class feminist poet from the Port of Liverpool. Her first poetry collection, floss, is available from Aquifer Books. Previous work includes weimar after dark, (a zine of poems on Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Berlin Alexanderplatz) and echolalia (Litmus Publishing, 2016). Her poems have also appeared in zarf, para.text, Cumulus, Tenebrae, Guttural, Datableed and the And Other Poems website. She has a MA in Poetry as Practice from the University of Kent and is one third of Stinky Bear Press.

Karl M V Waugh is a musician, poet and mathematician based in Brighton. Karl’s musical output is prolific. He has worked and collaborated with many musicians over the years and plays regularly with Chloe Wallace (as The Zero Map) alongside his band The Emperors of Ice Cream and the noisy dangerous playgroup duo Binnsclagg with Verity Spott. Karl’s book of poetry “Obsessed by Proportions” is available from Sad Press. Karl keeps a blog of writing and photography. He also has a bandcamp page where many albums can be found. Directions to both are below.

https://karlmvwaugh.wordpress.com/
https://disillusiondotdotdot.bandcamp.com/

The usual music from a thing, books, bar, and discussion. Hi Zero Z-folds on sale from James Garwood-Cole, Kat Sinclair, Mitchel Pass, and Karl M V Waugh; other merchandise available. More info, reader bios, etc. coming soon.

Doors open at 7:30pm for an 8:00pm start. Entry is £3.

The Hope & Ruin is easy to find: it is here:
https://goo.gl/maps/A6dTpeUoqErynRC6A

Hi Zero readings will continue throughout the year, almost always on the last Tuesday of the month. Look for these events or search for the website.