Ed Sprake

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One time DJ, ex-guitarist (I really don’t deserve that title any more), currently improving ukulele player, lover of great music, regardless of genre.

Not too bad with words and pretty damned handy with pictures.

Rarely seen at gigs without a camera in hand, but often seen having a dance regardless.

I regularly seek out the weird and wonderful ends of various spectra of music, and thoroughly enjoy dissolving my brain in the slightly distorted, broken and bleeding edges, where boundaries are broken, and rules are disobeyed.

Somehow I manage to fit all this in around my wife, two children and a proper job. In this mix, sanity is definitely optional.

Many fingers, many pies…

Articles by Ed Sprake

ArcTanGent 2018 – And So I Watch You From Afar

by Ed Sprake | August 25, 2018

ArcTanGent 2018 – And So I Watch You From Afar, Thursday headliners ArcTanGent Festival, Bristol, UK, 16.08.2018 Photos by Ed Sprake

Circle and Trojan Horse at Rebellion, Manchester

by Ed Sprake | May 31, 2018

Circle supported by Trojan Horse Rebellion, Manchester, 25.05.2018 Photos by Ed Sprake Please do not use the photos without the photographer’s permission.

Kavus Torabi – 57 Thomas Street

by Ed Sprake | May 17, 2018

Kavus Torabi, supported by Peaks and Sphelm 57 Thomas Street, Manchester, 24.04.2018 Photos by Ed Sprake

Charlie Barnes, Oceanography Tour 2018

by Ed Sprake | March 27, 2018

Charlie Barnes, Jade Mannion and Peaks at The Eagle Inn, Salford The Eagle Inn, Salford, 21.03.2018 Photos by Ed Sprake Please do not use the photos without the photographer’s permission.

Gizehfest 2018 – Manchester

by Ed Sprake | March 13, 2018

Gizehfest – Nadja, Tomorrow We Sail, Otto Lindholm, Hundred Year Old Man, Several Wives Aatma, Manchester, 17.02.2018 Photos by Ed Sprake

Trojan Horse Play Fukushima Surfer Boys Live at Fairfield Social Club

by Ed Sprake | January 18, 2018

Trojan Horse play Fukushima Surfer Boys Live, supported by Cassie, Pfaff and Minno Fairfield Social Club, Manchester, 13.01.2018 Photos by Ed Sprake Please do not use the photos without the photographer’s permission.

CHON and Yvette Young

by Ed Sprake | October 26, 2017

CHON with Yvette Young Rebellion, Manchester, 19.10.2017 Photos by Ed Sprake Please do not use the photos without the photographer’s permission.

ArcTanGent #5 – The site and the people

by Ed Sprake | September 14, 2017

ArcTanGent #5 – The site and the people ArcTanGent, Bristol, 17-19.08.2017 Photos by Ed Sprake

ArcTanGent #5 – Saturday Highlights

by Ed Sprake | September 14, 2017

ArcTanGent #5 – Saturday Highlights – HCBP, Boss Keloid, Irk, Future Horizons, Pijn, Death Pedals, The Physics House Band, A Werewolf!, sleepmakeswaves, Brutus, Devil Sold His Soul, Landscapes, Boris, Tricot, Employed To Serve, Tesseract, Jambinai, Sik …

ArcTanGent #5 – Friday Highlights

by Ed Sprake | September 12, 2017

ArcTanGent #5 – Friday Highlights – Gilmore Trail, Britney, Hikes, IToldYouIWouldEatYou, Alpha Male Tea Party, Hemelbestormer, Nitkowski, Stearica, Ohhms, Wot Gorilla?, A-Tota-So, Listener, Hark, Frontierer, Bossk, The Evil Usses, God Is An Astronaut, …

ArcTanGent #5 – Thursday Highlights

by Ed Sprake | September 12, 2017

ArcTanGent #5 – Thursday Highlights – Waking Aida, Bearded Youth Quest, Chiyoda Ku, Town Portal, Fall Of Messiah, Gallops, USA Nails, Totorro, Vasudeva, Tall Ships, Heck, Future Of The Left, Nordic Giants, Russian Circles ArcTanGent, Bristol, 17.0 …