A guest blog from An’Unexpectacle, offering further enlightenment on his contribution to the The Holkham Drone Zone (24th September @ Corsica Studios), in his own inimitable way:

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The Border Commune has always gathered a fellowship of open minds which is so much why it reaches the melodious delirium it always does.

I will never forget that marvelous occasion when I was approached on the dancing patch by a mysterious gentleman making a surprise offering to all around.

He murmured deep into my shell-like whilst summoning my frame closer to his own:

“Friend, there seems to be something of a porous overload tonight. I have given a number of buttock soilings this evening. How about you?”

“Buttock soiling?”, I quizzed.

Moments later, he had me in a corner, wriggling with the most delightful, platonic rub I’d never known. Not that I had been specifically burdened by the buttocks, but I indulged nevertheless.

Many others were taken that night by his discreet fondling, and I came to recognise a very particular relief worn across the face of Border Communers around me.

At this month’s event, your open mind is called upon to appreciate and join with a quite different feature of the Bordering landscape.

Corsica’s Room 2, usually a place of bumping, percussion and song, will take on a new sonic character. The rich textures of the BC sound will be examined and explored, minus drums and with an eye to the rough and fantastical environments evoked by noise and soundscape.

My own stirring in the space will be a challenging series of moments in which your assistance is crucial.

I will be attempting to conjour a Communal soundscape where as many folk as are present sit on the ground and join in a rousing drone by darkness.

Beginning with a hum, each droner aims to heighten the collective drone, keeping to the same initial frequency. Slight deviations from the frequency will occur and enrich the tapestry.

This is the sort of configuration that readily draws drawls of cynicism from critics perceiving hints of the new-age, forced interaction, experimentation-at-expense-of-enjoyment, or some other miserable assessment. For those, Room 1 will rumble on.

And for us in search of alternate sounds and experience, we will meet in the second.

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Tickets for our next Border Commune event at Corsica Studios, featuring James Holden, Perc and Margot in Room 1 as well as An’Unexpectacle and various droning cohorts (Wesley Matsell, Dan Tombs, Luke Abbott, James Holden, Perc) in Room 2’s ‘Holkham Drone Zone’, are on sale now from WeGotTickets for just £10.