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GoGo Penguin present a live performance of their original score to Godfrey Reggio’s cult film Koyaanisqatsi, paired with a full screening at RNCM.

Aphex Twin presents his first-ever curated show, which will see Nina Kravitz, Lee Gamble and Aleksi Perälä perform alongside the king of IDM himself.

Equally at home behind the decks as he is in the studio, we’re expecting great things from Leon Vynehall’s set at Soup Kitchen this August.

In support of his latest album, Graal, Christian Loffler is soon bringing his gorgeously melancholic electronic music to Manchester’s best-loved basement.

White Lies are celebrating the 10th anniversary of To Lose My Life with a unique tour, during which they’ll perform the album in its entirety.

Following their much-celebrated album, I Am Easy to Find, The National are bringing their melancholy alternative rock to Leeds’ First Direct Arena this December.

Singer Ríoghnach Connolly and guitarist Stuart McCallum are bringing their heavy-hearted folk project to Manchester’s Gorilla this October, and we can’t wait.

Amongst Britain’s gleaming jazz scene, virtuoso keyboardist Joe Armon-Jones stands out as a remarkable talent. Catch him live at Band on the Wall this October and you won’t be disappointed!

Manchester electronic label and visual arts platform, first light, returns to Barbecue in Chorlton for the third instalment of novus, with piksel as headliner.

Further unravelling Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s installation piece, local tour guide Anne Beswick will take participants back to the Victorian age with its mechanical stage illusions, before moving through to early computing and onto the contemporary experiential technologies found in Atmospheric Memory.

Presented by Future Sessions, Artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer and curator José Luis de Vicente will discuss the origins and making of the breathtaking installation, Atmospheric Memory.