Colossal Squid

Colossal Squid is a solo electronic project led by drummer and producer Adam Betts, presented at Vespers in Peckham by Baba Yaga's Hut. The act combines electronic music with live drumming and physical energy.

Colossal Squid began in 2017 as the solo project of drummer and producer Adam Betts, who has also worked with Squarepusher's Shobaleader One, Goldie, Pulp, David Gilmour and Three Trapped Tigers. The project asks what live electronic music can be, setting the precision of electronica against warmth, sweat and a looser, chaotic energy.

Betts's drumming draws on breakcore and punk-infused jungle, and the compositions push this towards a shared, euphoric feel. Recent festival appearances include End Of The Road, ArcTangent, Smugglers, Wanderfal, Wrong Speed Weekender, Positive Futures and Strange Forms. A forthcoming album, Closing Memory, is due on Wrong Speed Records. Bandcamp Daily described the project as idiosyncratic and intense, centred on transcendence.

The night is presented by Baba Yaga's Hut at Vespers, a venue at 133 Rye Lane in Peckham that mainly hosts concerts, with a focus on electronic music. The bill suits listeners interested in live electronic performance that departs from fixed, machine-like sequencing.