We are looking into the possibility of doing this session online.  Meanwhile – stay safe and well!

Tickets: £10 adv / £12 on the door / £8 for Safehouse members https://www.wegottickets.com/event/522014

22 September, 2021
8pm doors
£10 advance £12 on door
@ The Rose Hill

Re–Ghoster

Nate Wooley (USA): trumpet
Valerio Tricoli (IT):  Revox tape recorder & electronics
Nicolas Field (UK/CH):  drums & electronics
Thomas Florin (CH):  piano

Re–Ghoster are a trio of pianist Thomas Florin, drummer Nicolas Field and Revox tape maestro Valerio Tricoli. The acoustic instruments are fed to tape, magnetised, digested, re-eaten, reworked and regurgitated again by the machine.
For the release tour of their amazing new record ‘Or not all’, they have invited the renowned New York experimental trumpeter Nate Wooley to join them.

Mordecoli

Mordecoli is a new duo of Ecka Mordecai on cello (Takuroku Records) and Valerio Tricoli on Revox and electronics. They had an excellent residency recording at Cafe Oto last year, and we’re very excited to hearing them play together.

Plus

Dj Fiery Biscuits

6th October 2021
8pm
£3 / £2 members

Our first open session since March 2020!  This will be at the Rose Hill.

Wednesday 25th February 2026
Doors open: 7pm
Session: 7:30 – 10pm
@ Anne Street Social Cafe, 3 Ann St, Worthing BN11 1NX
£5

Safehouse Worthing returns this week!  Based in Anne Street cafe, just a short walk from Worthing Pier, it’s an open session organised by Safehouse regular Alan Jackson. Small randomly picked groupings play through the evening, with occasional forays into conduction improvisation and overlapping larger group formations.

Slightly higher entry fee than Brighton’s, but on the plus side it’s bring your own drinks!

Thursday February 26th 2026
7.30pm
£9 / £6 members + concs
@ The Coach House, Kemptown, Brighton

Sylvia & I

Sylvia & I is the duo collaboration of Sylvia Hallett and Chris Dowding, from London and Norwich respectively.

Dreamy soundscapes made from overlapping loops evolving out of a meeting place between folk and jazz backgrounds.

Violins, trumpets, bowed saw, bicycle wheel, pedals, electronics and more….

Sylvia Hallett is a multi-instrumentalist and composer moving between violin, bowed bicycle wheel, saw, hurdy-gurdy, electronics and found objects. David Toop, The Heliocentrics and Clive Bell among many others.
http://sylviahallett.co.uk/index.htm

Chris Dowding is a trumpeter and workshop leader based in Norwich. He performs regularly around the UK with Natural Causes and Rude 2.0 (with the trombonist Annie Whitehead), and leads the Moonrise Trio.

Incus, Malleus and Stapes

Improv trio utilising some aleatoric methods:

Alan Jackson— plays the “Electric Bullroarer” – part homemade electronics, part modular synthesizer, it is a kit of parts for exploring feedback and resonance. It uses pressure, tilt, motion, microphones and string to control its sound, usually shaping some kind of feedback process.

Marc Muir likes to use his mouth to explore the more disconcerting facets of his mind.

Simon Mclennan uses guitar and electronics to explore harmony and resonance.

+ Wildcard Quartet

4th March 2026
7pm
£4 / £3 members

Sunday 15th March 2026
1pm-4.30pm
The Con Club, 139 High Street, Lewes, BN7 1XS
£3 

1st April 2026
7pm
£4 / £3 members

Sunday 19th April 2026
1pm-4.30pm
The Con Club, 139 High Street, Lewes, BN7 1XS
£3 

Thursday April 23rd 2026
7.00pm
£9 / £6 members + concs
@ The Rose Hill

Resonance is an immersive solo bass performance that explores the legacy of Eberhard Weber through improvisation, innovation, and the use of modern looping and processing technologies. The program bridges the worlds of jazz, experimental, and electro-acoustic music, drawing listeners into evolving soundscapes that balance structure and spontaneity.

Over the course of the performance, audiences experience a dialogue between tradition and innovation—a re-imagining of Weber’s influence alongside Jair-Rohm’s own improvisational voice, honed over five decades of creative music-making. This is music that is both deeply personal and universally resonant.

Jair-Rohm Parker Wells is a bassist, composer, and sound artist with over fifty years of international experience. A pioneer of electro-acoustic and improvisational bass, he has collaborated with artists such as Reeves Gabrels (David Bowie, The Cure), Jonathan Kane (Swans), Eugene Chadbourne, and Elliott Sharp. He is a founding member of the trios Ripplewood, Dead Solstice, FlowSonic, and Gabrels, Kane, Parker Wells, and has released numerous recordings across genres from free improvisation to contemporary composition.

His solo work integrates looping, extended techniques, and electronics to push the boundaries of the bass as a solo instrument.

“A meditative journey that feels both timeless and urgent.” – Gina Renzi, The Rotunda
“Jair-Rohm creates entire worlds with his instrument.” – Mark Forman, audience member
“All of the pieces performed fit the bill for satisfying the audience, and as evidenced by the people who stayed after the show to converse with him—they all wanted more!” – Elizabeth Millar, All About Jazz
“ Jair-Rohm Parker Wells has been one of my bass heroes ever since I saw him play Zappanale #19 in 2008. His range is awesome…” – Ben Watson, The Wire

Plus…

Support TBA

Wildcard Quartet

DJ Fiery Biscuits

6th May 2026
7pm
£4 / £3 members

Sunday 17th May 2026
1pm-4.30pm
The Con Club, 139 High Street, Lewes, BN7 1XS
£3 

Wednesday May 27th 2026
7.30pm
£9 / £6 members + concs
@ The Coach House, 22 Walpole Road
Brighton, BN2 0EA

Richard Scott and Tapiwa Svosve have been playing as a duo since they met in 2014 and have collaborated with a wide variety of musicians, individually and together, including Hannah Marshall, Angharad Davies, Phil Durrant, Mark Sanders, Rachel Musson, William Parker, Hamid Drake, Silvan Schmid and Samuel Rodgers.

Luigi Marino is a Bristol-based musician whose work explores emergent phenomena involving people, objects, and whatever lies in between their shifting definitions. An active improviser, he performs on electronic media and percussion, focusing on the zarb, the computer as an instrument mediating human decision-making, and custom cymbals played with bows and extended through DIY portable circuits.

Cath Roberts & Olie Brice

Cath and Olie released their first album ‘Conduits’  in 2022, and have a new one out this year – hopefully in time for this gig!

DJ Fiery Biscuits

Tuesday June 2nd 2026
7.30pm
£9 / £6 members + concs
@ The Bees Mouth
Brighton,  BN3 1AE

Born near London in 1957, Phil Durrant is a multi-instrumentalist improviser/composer/sound artist who currently performs solo and group concerts. As a violinist (and member of the Butcher/Russell/ Durrant trio), he was one of the key exponents of the “group voice approach” style of improvised music. In the late 90s, his trio with Radu Malfatti and Thomas Lehn represented a shift to a more “reductionist” approach. Recently, he has been performing solo and duo concerts with Bill Thompson and Gaudenz Badrutt using a semi-modular synth system.

He has also recently recorded and performed with Dominic Lash’s quartet which includes Rachel Musson and Steve Noble. As an acoustic or electric mandolinist, he has been performing duos with guitarists Daniel Thompson and Martin Vishnick. He also performs regularly in a trio with Mark Wastell and John Butcher and has many ongoing projects with drummer Emil Karlsen including a trio with Maggie Nicols.

Canadian drummer Mike Gennaro burst into improvised music circles in 1999 with the release Port Huron Picnic (Spool), a disc with lauded Swedish saxophonist Mats Gustafsson. Then still in his early twenties, Gennaro also made two appearances at the Toronto Jazz Festival, duetting with trailblazing saxophonist John Butcher. Subsequent concert collaborations have included internationally acclaimed improvisers such as Juini Booth, Wilbert de Joode, Veryan Weston, Trevor Watts and Tobi Delius.

In 2022 a short German tour saw him performing in duo settings with Eric Boeren, Frank Gratkowski, and Matthias Schubert. Later that year, a week of recording sessions in Berlin produced the newly released INITIALS with Brad Henkel on trumpet and a trio recording with bass clarinetist Rudi Mahall and bassist Ben Lehmann entitled SECOND TAKE.

Alex Ward is a composer, improviser, and performing musician, working primarily with clarinet and guitar. His involvement in freely improvised music dates back to 1986, when he met the guitarist Derek Bailey. He subsequently took part regularly in Bailey’s Company events, and has gone on to become a major figure in British improvised music.
His current work includes the avant-rock duo Dead Days Beyond Help in which he plays guitar, sings and co-writes the material; various groups which perform his compositions-for-improvisers including Forebrace, the Alex Ward Quintet/Sextet and improvising collaborations both regular and ad-hoc with musicians including Steve Noble, Dominic Lash, Kay Grant, Joe Morris and Weasel Walter.

Besides his own groups and improvisational work, he also performs in ensembles including the Duck Baker Trio/Quartet, Thurston Moore’s recent multi-guitar projects Galaxies and New Noise Guitar Explorations, and Charles Bullen and Charles Hayward’s This Is Not This Heat.

Support TBA

DJ Fiery Biscuits

3rd June 2026
7pm
£4 / £3 members

Sunday 21st June 2026
1pm-4.30pm
The Con Club, 139 High Street, Lewes, BN7 1XS
£3 

1st July 2026
7pm
£4 / £3 members