MESHMASS performed under the auspices of 'ceremonial laptop' at the rose hill in brighton on 1.11.2018. they were on at about 10 and played for nearly an hour. they used birdsong recorded at dawn in spain, 3 Strasser-Marigaux-LeMaire saxophones, a yamaha electric guitar, an i-pad, a laptop and some nervous energy. the other acts on that evening were 'undoing' and 'ninit'. it all went rather well, no-one knew what to expect (of course) but somehow ceremonial laptop had filled the place up with largely young people and they were attentive and appreciative. people clapped. people moved about as if they thought they might dance. people said they liked it, and it may have been true. the sound was great, not too loud and admirably clear. the rose hill is a splendid place. it has green tiles all over the front and is tucked away near preston circus where the fire station is. there's a great pizza house on the corner, called 'fatto a mano' (which doesn't mean 'fat bloke', incidentally, but 'hand-made'). they book creative and unusual entertainments and generally behave far too well to both audience and performers. we recommend them to you. we hope to go again.

in sensational news MESHMASS are going to play a gig, or make a live performance, perhaps, at the rose hill (formerly the rose hill tavern) an alternative arts space situated not far from preston circus in brighton on the coincidentally-named rose hill terrace. this performance will take place on THURSDAY 11th of january and is arranged under the auspices of 'ceremonial laptop'. MESHMASS will play the last set of three. i can say from personal experience that the rose hill is a pleasant and welcoming place run collectively and not a rabidly commercial venue which seeks to charge performers, audience and bar-staff for the privilege of using their facilities. as for normal behaviours, or behaviours previously demonstrated, MESHMASS managed to make a november release without undue difficulty, and rather good it seemed, at least to them. however there were 5 sessions in december and the prospect of reducing that to between an hour and two hours looms large in the future, like a big, erm, simile. in other recent events, peter was playing one of his 2 SML gold medal mark 1 tenor saxophones at the last MESHMASSSESSION of 2017 when the neck crook became detached from the collar which seats the neck into the body, rendering the instrument flabby and useless, and making a comedic noise. (this was of course indistinguishable to the untrained ear from the other noises peter made in the course of the session.) luckily enough this has now been repaired by the splendid jim at ackermann music in hove. thanks jim. so, and in short, a happy new year to all our reader, and good wishes to all.