If paranoia and forgetfulness are genres then CYGNET and Count Zero lead the way. Hunched over and kneeling, CYGNET invites you into a deeply personal, shaman-like journey. While Count Zero scratches and bends, layering textured sound into unconventional forms.

CYBLINGS

Brothers, Count Zero and CYGNET joined forces, at the invitation of Psychedelic Sundae, Brighton, for a minimal, stripped-down, and bespoke performance at the Green Door Store, December 2024. Reviving their distinctive contributions to modern noise performance through their use of vintage equipment, including tapes, guitars, field recordings, and valve amplification.

PERSONEL

CYGNET is an artist based in Stroud, Gloucestershire, creating music that blends an eclectic mix of instruments, including a DMX drum machine, bass, guitar, foot pedals, percussion, sampled loops, and voice. The music draws inspiration from the raw energy of arcane blues and psychedelia, with references to artists like Hapshash and the Multi Coloured Coat, Bukka White, and Count Ossie & the Mystic Revelation of Rastafari. The result is a distinctive sound that has been described as aggressive, dark ambient, early DIY techno, sound art, and “post-everything, improvised industrial and ambient noise with beats.”

Count Zero is a Brighton-based , resident DJ at Brightons now legendary Psychedelic Sundae club and a founding member of ’90’s noise installation Oubliette, a related project known for long-duration, multi-source noise performances in unconventional and often abandoned locations throughout London. Oubliette created a ‘Difficult-Listening’ experience by blending sound sources such as record decks, CD players, tape machines, and radios through their own sound system made from found objects and abandoned hi-fi equipment. These performances were more like flash-installations or “happenings” rather than traditional performances. The name ‘Oubliette,’ meaning a place to be forgotten, reflects the group’s underground and forgotten nature.