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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.

Taking Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s Atmospheric Memory as a starting point, The Air of Turbulence brings together artists, researchers and industry leaders to debate technological advances of the past, present and future against the context of ownership, power and control.

Join FutureEverything as they explore the themes of Atmospheric Memory, a new work by internationally renowned artist, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer.

Bill Ryder-Jones will reimagine 2018’s critically acclaimed Yawn, using just vocals and piano to open an even more intimate window onto his world.