Dronica #52 - Dronica meets Dan Allison, Sam Hailey-Watts and Holst

Nicola Serra, founder of East London's experimental music festival Dronica, presents new and archival material.

In this episode, Dronica meets Dan Allison, Sam Hailey-Watts and Holst, curators at Whitechapel Gallery Presents, in London.

Sam Hailey-Watts ///
Sam Hailey-watts is the founder of Calling Cards Publishing, a non for profit organisation that channels a specific focus of the intersection between visual and sonic arts, as well as the co-founder of new experimental and electronic label The Florist’s Mum.

Holst ///
Holst is the alias of DJ and producer Sam Williams. As well as co-curating Whitechapel Gallery Presents, he is one of the founders of London based record label B REC and plays in and produces a number of projects including Black Pixels, Kareni and GOMM as well as his own solo material. Interested in warping electronic music outside of genre confines, he regularly explores analogue tape degradation and sub frequencies.

Dan Allison ///
Performer, recording artist and curator, Dan Allison is half of BAG, a sound and spoken word project with partner Jody DeSchutter. He has recorded and released a self-titled album as GOMM recently. Dan has co-curated exhibitions as part of the Deptford X festival and also co-curates Whitechapel Gallery Presents as well as other performance and sound based events.

They present a selection of experimental electronic music.