Boom Clap Music is back!

A night of rare records and dancing with the most venerable OG DJ and Selector, Greg Belson, visiting us from his home in Los Angeles.

With one of the world’s greatest collections of rare soul, funk, gospel and disco 45s, Greg’s been playing dance parties around the world for decades to anyone looking for what they call in LA ‘the natural raw’.

Support by our own DJ Stephen Marshall (“Doing God’s own work…” - Lauren Laverne / “One of the UK’s foremost diggers” - Craig Charles).

Bar will be packed with the finest refreshments to keep you hydrated for a big night of dancing.

A night of experimental sounds and art from a collective from across Europe and the UK.

What an absolute treat!

ABOUT FIESTA EN EL VACIO:

Eccentric, shapeshifting multi-faceted music from French / Argentinian artist, Luna Maria Cedron, aka Fiesta En El Vacio.

“Sparse scorched electronics collide with waltzing Flemenco rhythms lifted by close-mic’d vocals with plenty of Latin fire.  There’s a magic in the air that’s really pulling us in, deeply melancholic Venezuelan folk rubbing up to abrasive minimal synth pieces adds a strong sense of protest and anarchy, but most importantly, intent.  Few in recent memory have archived such a cohesive sound from absorbing and exhibiting such a diverse set of influences and traditions.  In a post-internet age where it’s increasingly difficult to be unique and original, Fiesta En El Vacío couldn’t do it more naturally.  Best of the year, no joke.” - All Night Flight Records

ABOUT ACTE BONTE:

Acte Bonté is the electronic duo of sisters, Rébecca and Fiona Bonté.

Since 2018, their obsessional loops, occasional kicks, and ethereal auto-tuned melodies have echoed in many basements and backyards in Western Europe. Their synths, sampler and drum machine are haunted by an estimated 9 volt electric current.

ABOUT JAM MONEY:

Jam Money is the collaborative project of Mat Fowler and Kevin Cormack, the project's name apparently inspired by an honesty box for various conserves the pair found in a churchyard. The pair first met in 2006, collaborating on the Blank Tape Spillage Fete exchange project, which brought together a set of artists to make music, and a set of musicians to make art.  

“…A little cryptic, but flush with a warm, creative energy. The record flits between ideas, picking up a melody, tossing it around a few times then putting it to one side to be replaced by something else entirely.” - The Quietus

ABOUT AIMEE HENDERSON:

Slade School of Art alumna, Aimee Henderson works with paint and objects to create live abstract projections that shimmer and move alongside the music.

“Nestles beautifully at the point where the digital and analogue worlds collide.” - The Skinny *****

Seamus (Fence Records, Domino Records) is making a welcome return to Fife to play here at Futtle. Dreamy, psychedelic folk music at its life-enriching best.

ABOUT SEAMUS FOGARTY:

“Phatic pop songs for the pop-disinclined.” - World of Echo

Folk rock noodlings from this Philadelphia-based super-group, playing alongside Pittenweem’s A Happy Return and visual artist Aimee Henderson. Very excited for this one.

ABOUT EYES OF THE AMARYLLIS:

“…Minimalism that isn’t afraid to break into a sweat and get its hands dirty…” Guardian ‘Contemporary Album of the Month’ ****

“…Inventive, compelling, surprising…’ MOJO

“Spectacular, really gorgeous…” Tom Ravenscroft & Deb Grant, BBC6 Music

“Watch out.  It’s a good thing.” Gilles Peterson

Very honoured that the estimable Bex Burch will play live at Futtle as part of her UK tour.

This is her only Scottish date and promises to be absolutely delightful. An amazing way to spend a Monday evening. We can’t wait!

ABOUT BEX BURCH

UK-born, Berlin-based composer, percussionist, producer and instrument maker Bex Burch has employed percussion and handmade xylophones to carve out a unique sonic space for herself.  

Her restless creativity and desire to embrace new musical challenges across a range of percussive instruments has seen her recorded music straddle the divergent worlds of minimalism, avant-garde, post-punk, and improvisation with equal success.

Burch has previously released as part of Boing! with Leafcutter John, and with the critically acclaimed Strut-released Flock with Londoners including Sarathy Korwar and The Comet Is Coming’s Danalogue. She also runs the band and label Vula Viel and has collaborated with artists from Thomas Sekgura, Peter Zummo to Dame Evelyn Glennie.  Bex describes her sound as “messy minimalism.” Her debut solo album, 'There is only love and fear' (named The Guardian's Contemporary Album of the Month) was released in October 2023 via Chicago avant-garde label International Anthem.

Although rooted in avant-garde improvisatory practices, Burch’s sensitivity for natural timbres gives the album a delicate and elegiac atmosphere. Over 12 dream-like instrumental incantations, There is only love and fear creates a fluid sonic whole, woven together by the physical and spiritual resonance of her hand-made xylophone, and the autobiographical sounds she recorded in her journeys between. It’s a quintessential development of Burch’s self-described “messy minimalist” approach, recalling the ingenuity of Moondog, the open improvisational atmospheres of Carlos Niño, the obtuse arrangements of early Sun Ra Arkestra, and the neorealist aural storytelling of contemporaries like Claire Rousay, Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer. Unfolding in quiet reverence, Bex finds calm in introspection, speaking to the whole album’s enchanting, uncanny ability to thread its improvisations into the fabric of the surrounding environment. There is only love and fear is a dynamic, soft-spoken and subtly arresting masterpiece. 

“As uplifting as music gets…” - The Herald

Our favourite minstrel returns to Futtle for what promises to be our favourite Friday night in a long old time.

“…Beguiling pop music that draws us in with a carefully rendered intimacy…”

“In 1983, Nancy Andrews and Linda Smith shared a big house in Baltimore with a continuously revolving cast of artists and musicians. It was there the like-minded artists formed their first band, Ceramic Madonna Head (with Plastic Arms), a short-lived project which included housemates Elizabeth Downing and Peggy Bitzer. By the time the lease was up, Linda and Peggy had decided to move to New York where they would form a new band called The Woods while Nancy and Elizabeth remained in Baltimore and formed a performance art band called Lambs Eat Ivy.

While playing guitar in The Woods in the mid-80’s Linda purchased her first 4-track cassette recorder and embarked on a pioneering decade of solo, DIY home recording with a series of cassettes and 7” records of smart and moody singer-songwriter bedroom pop music. This trailblazing period was recently documented on the Captured Tracks retrospective compilation “Till Another Time: 1988-1996.” Her band, The Woods, made a record which was shelved for decades but will finally see release in 2023. During this same period Nancy pursued art, animation and filmmaking with occasional forays into music including another short-lived collaboration with Linda called The Gertrudes as well as a 7” under the alias Pinky on Harriet records in 1992. The friends stayed in touch but hadn’t worked on a project together in nearly thirty years.

In 2020, Linda rediscovered in the back of a drawer some old tapes of Nancy’s songs she had recorded for her in the 90’s. In the process of digitizing the old recordings she was inspired to reach out and float the idea of a new collaborative recording project with her old friend. “A Passing Cloud” is the fruit of their rekindled long-distance musical conversation. They began the songwriting process by flipping through Nancy’s pulp fiction collection and pulling provocative phrases from the lurid titles and hard-boiled storylines. Then, they set out to create new stories from personal, feminist perspectives. All the songs were composed incrementally by passing tracks back and forth between Maine and Maryland during the late pandemic. A Passing Cloud’s lovely and beguiling pop music may be borne out of isolation but it draws us in with a carefully rendered intimacy made possible by decades of artistic collaboration.”

So pleased to have the band join us finally at Futtle.

With support by Mary Column.

“Sappy music for earthly beings, Elephant in Red thunders like a slowcore Neil Young, layers of influences distilled into a loud-quiet-loud ordeal.”

Trailblazing a path as a cello soloist, Juliette Lemoine is exploring and redefining the cello’s role within Scottish Traditional Music. She burst onto the scene with her debut album ‘Soaring’ earlier this year in January which was welcomed with great acclaim.

The videos for the album launch were actually recorded right here in the brewery and we were so taken with the music during recording, that we knew we’d have to get Juliette and her all-star crew back to perform for you.

Her emotive compositions weave through Scottish Traditional, Western Classical, and Jazz genres to create a highly personal new voice. Leading an amazing band of some of Scotland’s most exciting young musicians (including Mercury-nominated jazz pianist, Fergus MacCreadie, who was the winner of Scottish Abum of the Year 2022), you’ll hear a unique line-up of cello, fiddle, piano, and tenor saxophone.

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On Juliette’s debut album, ‘Soaring’:

“The gorgeous debut album from Juliette Lemoine is a lyrical treat of gorgeous cello lines and soaring counter melodies. Instruments that weave in and out of each seamlessly.” - Jenna Reid, musician

“Stunning writing and collaborating that’s full of passion, taking her cello to a place you don’t want to leave. Mesmerising and unique” - Marie Fielding, musician

Tashi Dorji is a Bhutanese-American guitarist who conjures incredible sounds from an acoustic guitar.

His spirited improvisations—recorded live without any loops or effects—evoke a composite of influences from Derek Bailey to Mauritanian pulaar to the traditional music of his native Bhutan.

"Growing up in Bhutan with little access to music except random bootlegged cassettes and shortwave radio, I listened to anything i could find," says Tashi. He learned guitar by ear because "we didn't have music school, TV or internet back then in Bhutan, so we had to use a lot of imagination and improvise what we thought we heard off of a tape player."

Tashi Dorji arrived in Asheville, North Carolina as an international student in 2000. He quickly fell in with the vibrant punk rock community, which flowed into free jazz, noise, experimental and other avant-garde music. The Appalachian mountain town has become a real hub for experimental music thanks to longstanding acts like Ahleuchatistas, resources like Asheville FM, the shop Harvest Records, tape distributor Tomentosa, and labels like Bathetic and Headway Recordings.

Our one-day festival celebrating all things organic. Inspiring talks and workshops with leading thinkers and inspirational voices. Farm and garden tours. Outdoor cooking. Tastings, demos. Brilliant food. Organic beers and natural wines. Lots for families. Records, DJs and bands.

Line-up to be announced SOON.

Saturday 17th June, 10am till late

£25 for adults - All day and night

Children under 16 - No charge

[The festival is called ‘Spots on my Apples’ in tribute to the line in the Joni Mitchell protest song, Big Yellow Taxi…

Hey Farmer, Farmer, put away your DDT now,

I don’t care about spots on my apples,

Leave me the birds and the bees,

Please…

The sentiment in the lines she wrote in 1969, have never felt more relevant to us and sum up the spirit of the festival so neatly. The day is all about protecting nature and biodiversity, thinking carefully about the impact we’re having through the choices we make as consumers and celebrating the amazing work already done in this country by so many organic growers, farmers, producers, chefs, activists and writers.]

Oh yes, Withered Hand returns to Futtle with his new LP!

About Withered Hand:

Edinburgh based cult-indie songwriter Withered Hand (Dan Willson) is back with his first new album in 9 years. “How To Love” was recorded with (Mogwai producer) Tony Doogan in Glasgow, the new record features guests King Creosote and Kathryn Williams (both of whom are long-standing collaborators).

Withered Hand broke out of Scotland’s Fence Collective music scene in 2009 releasing his acclaimed debut album “Good News” the same year. Willson toured Europe and North America before releasing a series of lo-fi EPs and his second album “New Gods” (FortunaPop!/Slumberland Records) which was nominated for the Scottish Album of the Year 2014 (SAY Awards).

His music has found favour and support from national and international radio, online and leading print publications.

“As life-affirming as music gets” - The Herald

“The UK’s best lyricist” - King Creosote

“Killer melodies …tunes full of warm, woozy sing-song charm” - Rolling Stone

(Don’t forget you can choose to remove the applied shipping cost when you get to checkout if you choose the ‘Collect from Brewery’ option).

Rebecca Hill and Charlie Stewart are a harpist and fiddle duo who have collaborated previously in numerous settings. Their new material draws from their individual musical backgrounds and is also influenced by the thriving Traditional music scene in Glasgow where they are both currently based.

Rebecca gained the title of ‘Up and Coming Artist of the Year’ at the MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards in 2020 following the release of her solo EP ‘The Airing’ at Celtic Connections earlier that year. Her solo work has taken her on tour through Germany with Highland Blast in 2021 and to Ohio, America, in 2018 to perform and present at Granville Harp Festival.

Charlie worked with Rebecca on her latest single ‘Dalrannoch’ as well as her debut EP. His other session work has led to working on recordings with over 30 artists to date. Charlie also enjoys performing regularly with a variety of artists including Siobhan Miller, Matt Carmichael and Mischa MacPherson.

Charlie is a founding member of the bands Naad-Hara, Dosca and Snuffbox, with highlights as a solo artist including a New Voices commission for Celtic Connections 2021 and gaining the title of BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2017.

Delphine Dora is a musician, composer and improviser from France. A self-taught pianist and vocalist, her semi-spontaneous music has been enriched with new sounds over the years, following an interest in modular synthesizers, field recordings and church organ work.

For more than ten years, she has been developing an intimate and plural musical universe, ever-evolving, but situated at the crossroads of different musical genres (folk music, minimalist music, improvised music, electro-acoustic music…) and languages (English, French, German, imaginary languages…).
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In the last 15 years, she has released a dozen solo albums, and roughly twice as many collaborations. This includes work with the likes of Sophie Cooper, Eloise Decazes, Mocke, Le Fruit Vert, Lau Nau and Gayle Brogan to name just a few.

This promises to be a really wonderful night of music, art and creativity with Jam Money and special guests, Aimee Henderson, National Bedtime and Markus Acher.

Jam Money is the shared musical vision of Kevin Cormack and Mathew Fowler. Mathew (Bons) and Kevin (Half Cousin, Harry Deerness) first began collaborating as part of the Blank Tape Spillage Fete, an ongoing collective project of art and music which focuses on the creation and perpetuation of small DIY exhibitions, related events and limited releases that celebrates the hobbyist nature of home recording.

Jam Money revolves around a passion for the simple and sometimes restrictive nature of four-track cassette recording. Using old half-broken guitars, clarinets, charity shop keyboards, toys, family heirlooms, zithers, home-made percussion, and household objects a shared dialogue appears, involving both mark making and musical mishaps, allowing the makers to be carried along as the music finds its own way.

Genre definitions melt away in Jam Money's music as ambient dissolves into lo-fi rock, noise into fragile, naive classroom melodies. Creativity beyond easy categorisation, with parallels to the home-spun worlds of Flaming Tunes, Pumice, Maher Shalal Hash Baz and World Standard.

A firm fan favourite Stephen Pastel (The Pastels & Monorail Music): "Created in question and answer form, their songs exist like little sculptures - wayward and peaceful, sometimes whirring into automatic life under the pair's combined attention."

Joined by guests Aimee Henderson, artist and long-term collaborator, National Bedtime and Markus Acher (Notwist & Spirit Fest), who all have a shared kinship of both the weird and wonderful.

Join us for a late afternoon dive into the wonderful world of natural wine. During this informal tasting, we'll open and taste bottles from the Under the Bonnet portfolio and hear from seasoned importer and oenophile, Alex Thorpe.

(Don’t forget you can remove the applied shipping charge at checkout by selecting the ‘Collect from Brewery’ option).

In 2003 in her garden shed, 28-year-old Paulusma finished her debut album ‘Scissors In My Pocket’, a work of aching acoustic tenderness which immediately received world wide plaudits upon release in 2004. Paulusma was catapulted around the world, supporting Bob Dylan, Jamie Cullum, Coldplay, The Divine Comedy and Marianne Faithful; she toured the USA and Italy, Played Glastonbury, T in the Park and Cambridge Folk.

More recently, in 2021 Paulusma released ‘invisible Music: folk songs that influenced Angela Carter’, springing from her PHD research, and in 2022 Paulusma releases her eagerly-awaited fifth album ‘The Pivot On Which The World Turns’.

Late night - DJs, records and dancing.

Plus a live set from KC and book launch by whisky supremo, Dave Broom.

Edinburgh-born Lewis McLaughlin was inspired by the likes of John Martyn and Villagers to begin writing and recording his own songs. He has performed across Europe in various outfits, accompanying his father at folk shows and playing with his brother in a folk duo before going solo.

A life-affirming listen, ‘Feel the Ground You Walk Upon’ in one moment will have you misty-eyed, wishing you could hold a pint aloft with your dearest pals and in the next, have you contemplating your most intense personal struggles. All while McLaughlin’s warm timbre blazes perpetually, unifying and comforting the lost souls that gather in its glow.

Tae Write wi' a Fifer is the culmination of a week of song writing.

Four songwriters / poets spend a week together in the East Neuk of Fife, collaborating and writing new material, with the finished results, plus some old favourites, being performed live at Futtle. Expect brand news, exclusives, never-befores, never-agains...

Line-up TBC.

Singer, composer, songwriter, library music producer, multi-instrumentalist Siobhan Wilson was born in Scotland. She is a trained cellist and pianist from St Mary's Music School of Edinburgh and sings, backing vocals, guitar, and arranger. Siobhan has 15 years of international studio production experience including in New York, Paris, Budapest and Scotland. After a 5 year stay in Paris, France, returned to the UK where she has become one of Scotland's most exciting artists.

Late night - DJs, records and dancing.

Featuring special guest, legend Bill Juniper.

David A. Jaycock has long been something of an outlier, his music skirting the periphery of traditional folk, hauntology and the whimsy of 1970s English baroque pop. His last solo album, 2018’s The Decline of the Mobile, was entirely instrumental, and showcased his love for the spooky-charming side of British twentieth-century music, all rickety synths, folk-rock rhythms, gentle but highly accomplished guitar playing and a smattering of soft piano, on the very limit of perception.

In the early eighties he was voted the world’s number one northern soul DJ. Many of today’s classics started life as Keb Darge discoveries. In the early nineties he invented the Deep Funk scene which soon became a worldwide phenomenon. Again he led the way by discovering killer 45’s that nobody had heard of before. In the early two thousands he opened his “Lost and Found” night, which brought unknown fifties R&B, Rockabilly, Surf, and Northern Soul to the general public, and has since been copied worldwide.

Now he has settled back in the UK and has a new musical master plan. He reckons that the styles he played before have been copied that much by less adventurous DJ’s that the customers have been saturated by hearing the same tunes over and over for too long. He has in recent years been amassing a collection of rare sixties garage punk, raucous rockabilly and wild surf instrumentals. A sound that has avoided the general clubbing world, probably due to the rarity of the records.