Margate Electronics is an experimental electronic music event series & label, based in Margate, UK. https://margate-electronics.org/ https://margate-electronics.org/icon.svg 2026-10-05T13:37:27Z Margate Electronics https://margate-electronics.org/events/me13/ 2026-10-09T00:00:00+01:00 2026-10-02T19:51:16Z

An evening of experimental live music, themed around nature-inspired, slow-unfolding sound: drifting textures, field recordings and gentle drone, alongside the ethereal koto harp and analogue…

<p><img src="https://media.margate-electronics.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=440,quality=auto,format=auto/1tqz9evavlu76v86s8hgwlr8b5z9" alt="Margate Electronics #13 poster"></p><p>Margate Electronics #13: Ambient Garden<br> Kodama こだま <span class="nowrap">(ME004)</span> Tape Launch<br> Live: Kodama こだま <span class="nowrap">(Akiharu</span> Kitagawa &amp; Clementine Blue), Pond <span class="nowrap">(Rosie</span> Carr &amp; Pedro Figueiredo)</p> https://margate-electronics.org/releases/me004/ 2026-10-09T00:00:00+01:00 2026-10-01T10:00:11Z

Weaving together the ethereal sound of the koto harp and the deep tone of analogue synthesisers, Akiharu Kitagawa and Clementine Blue are exploring a cross-genre musical collaboration. Their…

<p><img src="https://media.margate-electronics.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=440,quality=auto,format=auto/jkooyrmitsmy6ri71xtccuvmliap" alt="Kodama こだま tape 1"></p><p>Kodama こだま – koke no ne こけのね <span class="nowrap">(ME004)</span><br> Cassette + digital, edition of 25<br> Out on 9 Oct 2026</p> https://margate-electronics.org/releases/me003/ 2026-08-10T00:00:00+01:00 2026-10-03T17:11:03Z

Tomas Jefanovas is a Lithuanian media artist based in Margate, UK. His practice explores experimental electronic sound and visual processing, building live audio-visual sets around minimal…

<p><img src="https://media.margate-electronics.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=440,quality=auto,format=auto/khuxzkh4nhl9ll12b1te6hff7ga9" alt="Tomas Jefanovas – (Ne)Žmogus cassette"></p><p>Tomas Jefanovas – <span class="nowrap">(Ne)Žmogus</span> <span class="nowrap">(ME003)</span><br> Cassette + digital, edition of 25<br> Recorded at M.E.#11, Cafe OTO, 2026</p> https://margate-electronics.org/releases/me002/ 2026-08-10T00:00:00+01:00 2026-10-03T17:11:03Z

YKLU &amp; Danny present “The Joanne Duo”: a new performance building on the duo’s previous work exploring and reinterpreting east Kentish vinyl records as a memorialisation of forgotten artists and…

<p><img src="https://media.margate-electronics.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=440,quality=auto,format=auto/2bk99bubv6iqhrdyve4yk1jcq630" alt="The Joanne Duo tape 1"></p><p>YKLU &amp; Danny – The Joanne Duo <span class="nowrap">(ME002)</span><br> Cassette + digital, edition of 25<br> Recorded at M.E.#11, Cafe OTO, 2026</p> https://margate-electronics.org/events/me12/ 2026-04-24T00:00:00+01:00 2026-10-02T19:51:06Z

We have invited three artists working with experimental processes such as live coding, video synthesis, live hardware sampling, tape manipulation, and 3D moving image.

<p><img src="https://media.margate-electronics.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=440,quality=auto,format=auto/hfeb9nxmzkk4wh6cchtrrsgk1p4b" alt="Margate Electronics #12 poster"></p><p>Margate Electronics #12:<br> What Does the Future Look Like?<br> Live: hellocatfood, Rhizocorp<br> Screening: Eva Papamargariti</p> https://margate-electronics.org/events/me11/ 2026-02-12T00:00:00+00:00 2026-10-02T19:50:56Z

This London edition marks the project’s debut at Cafe OTO and doubles as the launch of Margate Electronics’ Editions label, celebrating its first tape release by Missing Music, who will perform live…

<p><img src="https://media.margate-electronics.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=440,quality=auto,format=auto/amvlupa61ak5cqpbmpx4u1a7p4z4" alt="Margate Electronics #11 poster"></p><p>Margate Electronics #11: Label Launch<br> Live: Missing Music, YKLU &amp; Danny, Tomas Jefanovas<br> DJ: Soborgnost</p> https://margate-electronics.org/releases/me001/ 2026-02-12T00:00:00+00:00 2026-10-03T17:23:29Z

This music has been created using rare, obsolete software applications and plugins running on vintage Macintosh computers. Suren Seneviratne’s Missing Music project explores the overlooked history of…

<p><img src="https://media.margate-electronics.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=440,quality=auto,format=auto/4fcp5kag6ve7s737jucl6tl1twfa" alt="Missing Music tape"></p><p>Missing Music – 4.0 <span class="nowrap">(ME001)</span><br> Cassette + digital, edition of 50</p> https://margate-electronics.org/events/me10/ 2025-12-05T00:00:00+00:00 2026-10-02T19:50:45Z

This edition focused on modular synthesis, with three distinct artists each taking a different approach to live modular performance. Loula Yorke is a UK-based composer, sound artist and modular…

<p><img src="https://media.margate-electronics.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=440,quality=auto,format=auto/1wc1y10fokdubsxsnerssav3a1lg" alt="Margate Electronics #10: Modular poster"></p><p>Margate Electronics #10: Modular<br> Live: Loula Yorke, Microcorps, M2C<br> DJ: Jonas Ransson<br> Workshop: ALM Busy Circuits</p> https://margate-electronics.org/events/me9/ 2025-09-12T00:00:00+01:00 2026-10-02T20:32:26Z

Dance floor-focused edition featuring live sets that deliver raw acid, electro, and machine-driven synth rhythms.

<p><img src="https://media.margate-electronics.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=440,quality=auto,format=auto/2vk8o54usem6qqsdwwr7fylwavgi" alt="Margate Electronics #9 poster"></p><p>Margate Electronics #9: Electro<br> Live: Timothy J. Fairplay, Cestrian, Chupacabras</p> https://margate-electronics.org/events/me8/ 2025-06-13T00:00:00+01:00 2026-10-02T19:50:22Z

Summer edition spotlighting audio-visual performance, diving deeper into the psychedelic, the abstract and the immersive.

<p><img src="https://media.margate-electronics.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=440,quality=auto,format=auto/b7n0c3117o3ozson824958ecikj4" alt="Margate Electronics #8 poster"></p><p>Margate Electronics #8: Audio Visual<br> Live: Sculpture, Y Bülbül, Richard Pike</p> https://margate-electronics.org/apparel/t-shirt/ 2025-05-19T00:00:00+01:00 2026-09-29T20:46:16Z <p><img src="https://media.margate-electronics.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=440,quality=auto,format=auto/o2rdbmqg1g1an06ob2ww4dpao6as" alt="Margate Electronics T-shirt, natural 1"></p><p>Margate Electronics <span class="nowrap">T-shirt</span></p> https://margate-electronics.org/events/me7/ 2025-03-14T00:00:00+00:00 2026-10-02T19:50:10Z

Nik Colk Void is a London based electronic musician and artist known for her experimental sound and innovative use of voice, guitar, and modular Eurorack systems. A founding member of Factory Floor…

<p><img src="https://media.margate-electronics.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=440,quality=auto,format=auto/mn48zsr65cl93dzjeuxpd6lvbdmn" alt="Margate Electronics #7 poster"></p><p>Margate Electronics #7<br> Live: Nik Colk Void, Al Wootton, Michael son of Michael</p> https://margate-electronics.org/events/me6/ 2024-10-04T00:00:00+01:00 2026-10-02T19:49:53Z

Jorja Chalmers of lauded label Italians Do It Better will perform works in progress for her third studio album. Expect her usual cinematic, pop-noir style along with some more disco-inspired pieces…

<p><img src="https://media.margate-electronics.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=440,quality=auto,format=auto/n1c6j5rx7lj4ss5edubfuhbv6l67" alt="Margate Electronics #6"></p><p>Margate Electronics #6<br> Live: Jorja Chalmers, A’Bear, Mosaic Tapes</p> https://margate-electronics.org/events/me5/ 2024-09-14T00:00:00+01:00 2026-10-02T19:49:40Z

Missing Music is an audio-visual performance on vintage Mac computers, using rare or obsolete 90s software. It spotlights the innovative digital signal processing tools developed for the Macintosh in…

<p><img src="https://media.margate-electronics.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=440,quality=auto,format=auto/hi6bozb1u7bjma7ksoy528rek2ij" alt="Margate Electronics #5"></p><p>Margate Electronics #5<br> Live: Missing Music, Thomas Ridley, YKLU &amp; Danny, Will Materialise</p> https://margate-electronics.org/events/me4/ 2023-12-14T00:00:00+00:00 2026-10-02T19:49:29Z

Ambross returns to the furrows of one of the Broken Arrows. Slow and Loud. Expect more exploration of the groove pocket between Electronic Body and New Beat Music ploughed for Giallo Disco and Vivod…

<p><img src="https://media.margate-electronics.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=440,quality=auto,format=auto/ay1e4vgzrbfy9ccxi18pblh42cci" alt="Margate Electronics #4"></p><p>Margate Electronics #4<br> Live: Ambross, Smelliott<br> DJ: Tythe</p> https://margate-electronics.org/events/me3/ 2023-11-23T00:00:00+00:00 2026-10-05T13:37:27Z

Ben Sun began releasing underground house records in 2010, and a compilation, LoFi Spirits, was recently reissued by Frankfurt label Rawax. Recent work includes the EP Alluvial Sketches on Phonica…

<p><img src="https://media.margate-electronics.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=440,quality=auto,format=auto/a6wl2d4z2egcfswy9z69tndy5zct" alt="Margate Electronics #3"></p><p>Margate Electronics #3<br> Live: Ben Sun, Sergio Serra, Gilli.jpg, Clementine Blue<br> DJ: Chupacabras</p> https://margate-electronics.org/events/me2/ 2023-10-19T00:00:00+01:00 2026-10-02T19:48:59Z

Szymek is a musician and producer currently based in Margate. Under his KMBN alias, he produces music influenced by the EBM, Italo, and New Beat genres. Groovy 80s drum machine beats, driving synth…

<p><img src="https://media.margate-electronics.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=440,quality=auto,format=auto/0ziqjq4g2f4xsv7jcm7zxfv0z02y" alt="Margate Electronics #2"></p><p>Margate Electronics #2<br> Live: KMBN, Tomas Jefanovas, Geoffrey Papin<br> DJ: Zoe A.</p> https://margate-electronics.org/events/me1/ 2023-09-13T00:00:00+01:00 2026-10-02T19:48:46Z

Where it all began: the first M.E. event!

<p><img src="https://media.margate-electronics.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=440,quality=auto,format=auto/4ggm3pgungb8ctwpnif0zk8kpu1h" alt="Margate Electronics #1"></p><p>Margate Electronics #1<br> Live: Chupacabras &amp; Yuri Suzuki, Melinda Bronstein<br> DJ: Ali Renault</p>