A Celebration of Monsters, Music & Mutations
The first event of its kind – we are delighted to host this evening of eclectic DJ’s, dancing, live music, dress up, art and visuals hosted by our friends who are also responsible for the first toy hacking that we ever saw and the brilliant art/music/tech workshops under the name ‘Exploring senses’ PLUS the launch is on this special Hallowed night!
Think kaiju, sofubi, mutant disco, impossible records and creatures built after midnight.
Monster Mash 100 is a new gathering from Dark But Playful —a collision of underground music, monster culture, DIY art, lowbrow illustration, vintage horror and beautifully strange ideas.
Inspired by kaiju eiga, sofubi, yōkai folklore, tokusatsu cinema, pulp graphics, outsider comics and hand-built worlds, Monster Mash 100 transforms The Rose Hill into a temporary home for monsters, music lovers and curious minds.
Expect an unpredictable soundtrack moving freely through electro, acid, italo, cosmic disco, boogie, psychedelic oddities, post-punk, new beat, synth-pop, mutant pop, leftfield electronics, obscure grooves, bizarre edits, forgotten dance music and beautifully unclassifiable records.
💥 No algorithms 💥 No genre boundaries 💥 No predictable journey.
Just records with character, selected by people who love them.
Dress to Possess
Forget shop-bought costumes!! Become a kaiju, yōkai, mutant, cryptid, alien, rogue robot or an entirely new species of your own invention. Handmade, recycled and gloriously original creations are encouraged.
The stranger the mutation…
The better.
7PM — Midnight
Creature Capacity: 100 Tickets // £10
100 Tickets. 100 Monsters. One Night Only
Featuring: MR Vast
Live Surreal Comedy (Everyday is Helloween for Mr Vast, Obscure, Bizarre, Surreal and definately disturbing comical mayhem)
Mr Vast (aka Henry Sargeant) is an English avant-garde musician, actor, and “dark clown” best known for his chaotic, genre-bending solo performances and his role as the frontman for the electronic music group Wevie Stonder. Based in Leipzig, Germany, his work blends elements of off-kilter electronica, slapstick comedy, cabaret, and music hall variety. Check their IG page here
Cestrian
Live Set (Electro, Italo, dark and mysterious)
AI Mode conversation: cestrian ali renault
You said: cestrian ali renaultCestrian is a prominent musical moniker used by British electronic producer and DJ Ali Renault. Under this dystopian, dark-electro alias, Renault channels a style often described as “electronic folk song” or “detective noir” electro, drawing deep conceptual inspiration from his hometown of Chester, UK (where the historic inhabitants are known as “Cestrians”). Instagrams here
PsychoPab
Playing What Works (Eclectic Party Music, Edits and Mash-up’s created by the artist)
One half of ToyDrum, Ex- Mo’Wax/ UNKLE, good info here: https://www.toydrum.co.uk/about
Bobby Coulman
Workin’ It To The Bone (Party Obscurities, Dancefloor oddities; Music You Have Never Heard Before)
Bobby Coulman (also known as Robert Coulman) is a British DJ, producer, and a founding member of the Soft Rocks music collective based in Brighton, UK. Formed alongside Andy Sims, Christopher Galloway, and Piers Harrison, the group is widely celebrated for their eclectic, boundary-pushing Balearic, house, disco, and edit releases.
Good info here: https://ra.co/events/764224
Jem 357
Davros’ Desert island Discs (Block Party Hip Hop Mayhem and Unconventional Mash-up’s; sometimes music works together that in theory should not!)
JEM357 (often stylized as DJ JEM357) is an underground DJ, vinyl scratch artist, and prominent figure in the Fresh Worms Crew based in Brighton, UK. He is a well-known selector on the local airwaves, regularly spinning a diverse blend
Dave Liteyear
Mind Melting Rhythms (Undergound Party Music, expect to hear anything and everything, bizarre, mutant, joyful, hypnotic and deep)
Brighton-based artist, DJ, and radio presenter. He hosts the Raygun Classics radio show on local station Slack City and Totally Radio. He is also the director of the creative education collective Exploring Senses, which runs art and technology workshops for young people.
Limited to a Creature Capacity of 100 tickets, Monster Mash 100 is intentionally intimate, bringing together music, art and imagination under one roof. A gathering for crate diggers, artists, makers, illustrators, toy collectors and anyone drawn to the stranger side of culture.