Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan

An electronic act, Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan, presented at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. The project pairs synth-led music with a retro-futuristic visual identity.

Warrington-Runcorn is the project of Gordon Chapman-Fox, an electronic act with six albums and three EPs to its name. Its recordings follow the building and expansion of a northern English community from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s, and the visual identity is developed together with the music rather than separately.

The sound rests on shimmering arpeggios, soaring melodic leads, bristling synth lines and rumbling basses, with rhythmic arpeggios and snapping delays taking the place of conventional percussion. The 2023 album The Nation's Most Central Location was named album of the year by Electronic Sound and placed thirteenth in Rough Trade's list. The project has drawn attention from BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 6 and RTE, and Chapman-Fox has played End of the Road Festival in 2022 and 2024.

This night is presented by Baba Yaga's Hut at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, a venue that hosts concerts in London. It suits listeners interested in electronic music where the visual concept is central to how the project is presented.