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Emerging from Manchester’s underground scene, Elf Traps is a new project where beat-
driven electronica collides with spiritual jazz and psychedelic, otherworldly, tones.
On stage, live drums and synths are intertwined with drum machines, laptops, samplers,
chopped vocal fragments and custom robotic percussion — creating a hypnotic
exchange of rhythm, texture and improvisation. The music twists and evolves in real time,
moving from meditative ambient passages to explosive, adrenaline-charged rhythmic
peaks. No two performances are ever the same.
The brainchild of Mercury Prize nominee Rob Turner (Mammal Hands, former–GoGo
Penguin) and Liviu Gheorghe (former–Matthew Halsall / Gondwana), Elf Traps channels
Squarepusher’s rhythmic chaos, Four Tet and Floating Points’ textural electronics, and
Pharoah Sanders’ spiritual openness — creating music that’s raw, vibrant and rich with
emotional depth.
driven electronica collides with spiritual jazz and psychedelic, otherworldly, tones.
On stage, live drums and synths are intertwined with drum machines, laptops, samplers,
chopped vocal fragments and custom robotic percussion — creating a hypnotic
exchange of rhythm, texture and improvisation. The music twists and evolves in real time,
moving from meditative ambient passages to explosive, adrenaline-charged rhythmic
peaks. No two performances are ever the same.
The brainchild of Mercury Prize nominee Rob Turner (Mammal Hands, former–GoGo
Penguin) and Liviu Gheorghe (former–Matthew Halsall / Gondwana), Elf Traps channels
Squarepusher’s rhythmic chaos, Four Tet and Floating Points’ textural electronics, and
Pharoah Sanders’ spiritual openness — creating music that’s raw, vibrant and rich with
emotional depth.
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