“Vortex Lates” is a new series of events taking place in our downstairs bar from 10:30-12am every Friday or Saturday. A new late-night jazz hang for Dalston where you can grab a drink and listen to some of the best improvised musicians from around the city. For only £6, check out exciting music from a revolving line-up of innovative performers digging into standards and new music alongside DJs spinning vinyl until the early hours. A relaxed atmosphere and an opportunity to be part of the extended Vortex community.

Following their packed debut in May, Bone Folder return to the Vortex, this time presenting a set from Cambridge heavy improv trio Welkin.

Welkin

Welkin play with elemental forces. Named for the vault of heaven, the group encompasses a deeply textured and constantly evolving sound.  Between them, Dominic Lash and N.O. Moore (guitars) and Dave Fowler (drums) have collaborated with the likes of Tony Conrad, Eddie Prévost, and Adam Bohman. 

A trio of improvisers, Welkin utilise the language of sonic heaviness to enlighten the sky, drawing on a tradition that runs from Blue Cheer to Fushitshusha to SUMAC and beyond.

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Bone Folder

Occupying a space between drone, ambient and noise music, London duo Bone Folder walk the intersections of sustained, textured sounds. Drawing from a wealth of cultural and sonic context, their freely improvised, dynamic approach is detail-oriented and at times insidiously quiet.

Giving way by turns to lyrical melodic work or full-bore noise, the music taps directly into the resonant frequencies of the spaces it fills. Bassist J Kamboh’s raw, dextrous instincts and guitarist Mat Martin’s visual, textural sensibility are brought to bear on carefully controlled, throbbing planes of sound that saturate over time and fizz at their edges. 

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