Thursday 20th July | 7pm | £8 advance tickets / £6 Safehouse members + unwaged

Propan is the Norwegian improv duo of Ina Sagstuen and Natali Abrahamsen Garner. Since its beginning in 2011, Propan has developed a focused and seamless musical interaction in which they research the different roles and possibilities of the voice.

Open improvisations and compositions create the backbone and starting point for Propan’s sound. The voices are deconstructed and rebuilt from detailed sound cells, reemerging as textures, catchy melodies and grooves, both acoustic, and through amplification and effects. Drones, textures, carpets of sound and vocals melt together and become a platform open for the listeners’ interpretations.

On their albums they have been compared to Bjørk at her most experimental, and it’s been said that that they sound like ‘Laurie Andersson meets Sigur Rós’ and to ‘always appear totally original – never standing still’.

“I absolutely love this cassette by vocalists Ina Sagstuen and Natali Abrahamsen Garner on Greater Lanarkshire Auricular Research Council. Loom sits just right on my synapses, simple vocal patterns punching far above their weight. Don’t mistake its 16 meditations as being about atmosphere or ambient music. This holds space as meditations should, rather than filling it in (or smoothing it out for optimum productivity).” – Jennifer Lucy Allan, The Quietus

Grass Balloon

Grass Balloon is Bunty aka Kassia Zermon, James Parsons and Al Strachan improvising together for the first time!

+ Wildcard Quartet

+ DJ Fiery Biscuits

Set times:

7pm: DJ Fiery Biscuits
8pm: Wildcard
8:30pm: Grass Balloon
9:15pm: Propan