Heckle Chamber release party w Crackle - Andrea Giommi + Alex Irene

A release night for the debut EP by Heckle Chamber, a London trio of experimental musicians, with support from Crackle and a set by Alex Wakefield and Andrea Giommi at Paper Dress Vintage.

Heckle Chamber is a trio made up of Jem Doulton on drums, Roberto Sassi on guitar and Alex Ward on guitar and vocals. Each has worked on the experimental scene, with Doulton, Sassi and Ward previously playing in The Thurston Moore Group, Abstract Concrete and Pere Ubu respectively. Their debut EP contains three tracks of noisy, complex rock, recorded and mixed by Frank Byng.

Crackle began as a loose studio collaboration between bassist Nick Doyne-Ditmas and drummer Frank Byng, who both have long careers as musicians and producers. Their album Heavy Water grew out of experiments that move between analogue and digital, acoustic and electric. The duo had not planned to perform live until they accepted an offer to support Barry Adamson on a UK tour. They then added synth player Ben Cowen, and the act is now a trio working on a second album.

The bill also includes Alex Wakefield and Andrea Giommi, who will play dreams and nightmares for bass and horn, and Alex Irene, named in the title. The venue, Paper Dress Vintage, mainly hosts concerts, with a focus on pop, rock and indie music.