Saturday night (7th November) saw the second of my RESONANCE live electronica events in Coventry.

I started RESONANCE earlier this year as I was finding it very hard to get an opportunity to perform my material live, most venues not quite understanding the difference between live electronica production and DJ-ing, or just not having an audience-base for anything other than guitar bands, acoustic folk or singer/songwriter outfits (not that there’s anything at all wrong with this – it’s just that I don’t fit any of those categories and would personally like to see a broader range of live music available to the public at large).

I hooked up with EGO Arts Venue, who already run some incredibly eclectic music nights, to provide a vehicle for bedroom producers, DJs, electro-pop bands, anyone with an electronic element to their music to perform in front of an audience.

And … it’s working. On Saturday our artists put on a blistering and incredibly professional show that left our audience utterly gob-smacked. If you weren’t there, please make sure you’re at the next one because these guys truly deserve to be heard.

A supremely focussed DJ Big Xylo during soundcheck

MCUltra’s Holy Trap, wordsmith extraordinaire

A Small Glass Ghost laying down an awesome set of syncopated beats and the maddest noises in town

The room. Maximum respect to the team at Ego who helped transform this space from theatrical use at 4pm to full-on Resonance space by 6pm!

DJ Big Xylo with a blistering set that sent our lighting mental!

MCUltra – melting your mind with a lyrical blowtorch

The colours! The vibe! The amazing sound of Xylo!

MCUltra ‘avin it

DJ Big Xylo

Morocco Dave’s set was a prog-house banger from start to finish

Morocco Dave, complete with trademark hat

A Small Glass Ghost

Holy Trap finds his groove on the dancefloor

This audience dances. Oh yes.

As a taster of what the evening had to offer, Alex Botten (aka A Small Glass Ghost) recorded his set while he was performing – you can hear it on his Soundcloud page.

Alex also has more photos and short video clips on his Instagram page.

MCUltra also filmed their set – so keep an eye on their YouTube channel, I’m sure it’ll be up soon.

Huge thanks to Matt (DJ Big Xylo), Jason & Emily (MCUltra), Alex (A Small Glass Ghost) and all the staff at EGO for making this a night to remember. Here’s to the next one!