Smote

Smote is an electronic act whose work grows out of the everyday experience of its principal architect, Daniel Foggin, a landscape gardener. The show takes place at New Century Locker, a Manchester venue for concerts.

Smote's project treats going further out as moving inward: a physical movement down into the ground, towards its roots and vibrations, rather than an abstract journey into inner space. Its principal architect, Daniel Foggin, has spent most of adult life as a landscape gardener, often working in extreme heat or freezing cold and frequently in mud.

The meditative, primal side of that trade, spending time with nature and its histories and depths, has shaped the art of Smote on a deep level. The music is therefore rooted in a direct, lived connection with the outdoors rather than in abstraction.

New Century Locker, in Manchester, mainly hosts concerts with a focus on pop, rock and indie music. This electronic act brings a different emphasis to the venue's usual programme.