We are really happy to be welcoming the lovely Treehouse promoters once more – this time with a brand new band Sailing Moon featuring some of Brighton’s finest instrumentalists. This evening will suit lovers of Gogo Penguin, Cinematic Orchestra and Tortoise!
Treehouse presents… a winter solstice exploration.
SAILING MOON
“Fluorescently ambient grooves with a nod back to the Canterbury scene”
Summer 2026 saw Sailing Moon’s maiden voyage, appearing at Seeker Festival in Dorset and Smugglers Festival in Kent. This exciting new quartet now prepare to play their first Brighton show at The Rose Hill this winter solstice.
Sonically placed in the field between GoGo Penguin, The Cinematic Orchestra and Tortoise, Sailing Moon conjure fluorescently ambient grooves with a nod back to the Canterbury scenes of the near and far past. Sailing Moon began as the moniker for Dorset-based hang drum player/guitarist Joe Gaines. Collaborations then started to form with drummer/composer Fred Hills during 2020, in deepest Devon. The pair later coalesced in Sussex at the foot of the Downs with multi-instrumentalist James Osler (Pillow, Samana, Ceann Capaill) and bass player Joe Woodham (Worldwide Weather, Jouis).
During a three-day writing session together, the bulk of their first EP poured out of them. Like water, this music flows, adapts, and is full of vitality and nourishment for the psyche and soul.
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FRED HILLS QUARTET
Inspired to play by the unique and revolutionary musicians that preceded him, Fred Hills incorporates his love of jazz, rock, prog, electronica, world and folk music into his colorful rhythms, melodic ‘open-handed’ beats and delicate guitar-based compositions.
Fred’s debut EP ‘Incerto’, released via Ninja Tune Production Music, draws influences from The Cinematic Orchestra, White Denim, Jose Gonzales and others. This has been brought to life through collaborative efforts with producers and sound designers; Alex Barron and Aneek Thapar, who share Fred’s vision to create music and sounds that defy genres and cross traditional boundaries.