TBC#18 Sly and the Family Drone

TBC#18 - Saturday 21st February @ The Crystal Ballroom

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SLY AND THE FAMILY DRONE - playing in the round

Sly & The Family Drone are a neo-jazz wrecking crew hailing from London. With roots in cassette collage and noise experimentation, Sly have grown into a multi-limbed sonic organism. Layering dense electronics, skronking saxophone, and feral percussion into a convulsive celebration of noise, rhythm, and resistance.

Originally formed by Matt Cargill as a cassette manipulation project, Sly have evolved into a full-force live ensemble, positioned somewhere between free jazz, noise, industrial and rave culture. Their music is improvised but never aimless, creating towering crescendos and warped textures that leave no two performances alike.

Their performances are legendary: visceral, anarchic, and deeply communal. Preferring to set up in the round, Sly erase the boundaries between band and audience, transforming passive observers into active contributors and collapsing performance into a shamanic ritual of catharsis.

Having shared stages (or floors) with the likes of Lightning Bolt, Wolf Eyes, Dälek & Swans, and festivals such as Supersonic (UK), Unsound (PL), Supernormal (UK), Milhões de Festa (PT), Incubate (NL), Desertfest (UK) - Sly continue to scorch their own path through the no audience underground at venues and festivals in the UK and beyond.

https://familydrone.bandcamp.com

https://instagram.com/familydrone

LANDS & BODY
In 2024 - over 20 years after making their debut as noise-rock duo That Fucking Tank, James Islip and Andy Abbott returned with new project Lands & Body. The gear remains the same - baritone guitar played through multiple amplifiers and drums.

The approach, however, has matured like a fine Cask Ale. Math-rock riffs have become interlocking fingerpicked patterns and rhythms, ear-bleeding noise has given way to spacious dynamics. Double-digit song lengths and twin-neck guitar appearances up the prog factor. The signature Tank groove and interplay underpins an expanded palette of influences drawn from post-rock, minimalist folk, free jazz and desert blues.

In a scene of reformations, legacy acts and ‘classic album replays’ James and Andy have decided to leave the past where it belongs and start afresh, the same but different and in the process carved out a new genre of dark mild-core.

https://andyabbott.bandcamp.com/album/charsi-karahi-ep

https://www.instagram.com/landsandbody

+ SENSORY LEAKAGE DJ
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DATE & VENUE

Saturday 21st February, 7.30-10.30pm

The Crystal Ballroom, Norfolk St. Glossop.

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TICKETS

£8 early bird (ends December 24th)

£10 advance via Eventbrite (+ applicable fees)

£12 on the door

There are a limited number of "pay as you feel" tickets available to anyone who is low or unwaged and wishes to join us.

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ABOUT THIS EVENT

The Crystal Ballroom is right opposite Glossop train station, above Harvey Leonard's (bar).

The bands playing at TBC #18 will be finished by 10.30pm at the latest - the last train from Glossop back to Manchester Piccadilly is at 10.52.

We will be accepting donations for Glossopdale Foodbank on the night of the show. The items that they particularly need at the moment are: tinned meat like chicken in white sauce or stewing steak; long life milk; tinned fruit; tinned custard; rice pudding; tinned sweetcorn; tinned vegetables; toilet paper; soap; shampoo and conditioner.

The event will take place in an upstairs room; unfortunately no lift access is available so stairs will need to be navigated.

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The Black Circle x Safe Space High Peak

Our events are, and will always be, safe spaces for trans people. As a collective we will actively support and advocate for the trans community. Trans people will be represented on our line ups and we hope in our audiences as well.