Warren Records x Freedom Festival
THE FREEDOM MUSIC STAGE
Music / DJ
This year, Zebedee’s Yard comes alive for the full weekend. We’re calling this the heart of the festival, where you will experience performance side by side with live music and DJs. Heading up the music stage is Warren Records, celebrating their 40th anniversary, showcasing the finest, freshest, young up-and-coming talent releasing through the label and making a splash on the local music scene. All artists performing on Friday 1 September will have BSL interpretation.
Find out about the artists performing over Friday, Saturday and Sunday, then explore the full schedule below.
Make Noise DJ Collective
Make Noise are a DJ collective who found their start as a non-profit, improving safety at gigs and visibility for women and non-binary people in the local music scene. Playing eclectic Pop bangers, Eurotrash and weird glitchy nonsense - Make Noise continues DJing as a celebration of their past work, and how far the Hull scene has come. They are often invited along to play at various events and are regular favourites at local DJ night The Residents Association due to the high levels of fun and energy they bring with them when they DJ.
Throughout the weekend Make Noise will play between performances on the music stage at the performance pitch.
Avis
Avis are a 4 piece Indie Rock band based in Hull who aim to make ambitiously creative music while still writing something that feels familiar. Looking at the 4 of them, you wouldn't think that this bunch of misfits would make the music that they do and despite their youthful appearance Avis have a knack for writing incredibly catchy songs and, with only a few live performances under their belt, they’re already beginning to draw crowds of loyal fans to their shows and have even been compared to The Smiths in a recent review!
Bizzarrefae
Bizzarrefae is an anti-pop/electro/punk artist based deep in the heart of the woods and can be found dancing with the fae under the light of a full moon. Their songs range from empowering heartfelt ballads about love and loss to furious bursts of energetic rage and chaos that pick apart the patriarchy and capitalism and captivate, shock and draw in audiences in equal measure.
They are a champion for under-represented genders and are keen to talk about mental health issues, sexuality, religion and capitalism whenever they get the opportunity.
After only a handful of gigs they were invited to support Delilah Bon on their UK tour and played alongside similar artists such as Alt Blk Era, Alyx Lynn and Fear Of Marko.
They may have been labelled controversial at times but it’s a badge they always wear with pride.
Jodie Langford
Jodie Langford began as an unapologetically Northern spoken word artist with a unique and passionate message who quickly became the go-to voice for the youth within her hometown of Hull.
Coupled with her unique voice comes an incredible talent to turn observations of the world around her and her personal experiences into relatable, dry and often funny lyrical content that tackles everything from downing pints, dead-end jobs, the government’s treatment of young people to more personal relationship issues. Her message is universal and everyone can find something to latch on to in each of her songs.
Her debut release ‘I Miss It’ dealt with the feelings everyone shared after being cooped up inside during the Covid lockdowns, the silly things we all missed on nights out with your mates and it became an instant hit garnering plays on BBC 6 Music.
Candid Faces
Candid Faces are an Indie Post Punk outfit made up of fiery front-woman Liz Shaw, energetically boppy guitarists Joe Beeks and Taro Keeitch, untameable drummer Kurt Jackson and moustached stallion Ben Hales on bass.
They specialise in writing catchy songs with hard hitting instrumentals and a proper pop groove which has been often described as "trash pop" and are currently one of Hull’s finest live acts, hotly tipped to go on to great things in the future.
Trouser Dress
This is Trouser Dress, a young genderqueer artist writing songs about random thoughts, feelings and life experiences as they come. Influenced by Lontalius, Cavetown and Dodie, they have been writing their own songs since 2017, but since the beginning of Covid, they became more confident in their original music and began the process of recording them. After the huge success of their catchy debut release “Devil Town” and a run of incredible confidence boosting live performances, they are now firmly established as a voice for the voiceless on the local scene.
Amy Bell
Amy Bell is a 21 year old singer songwriter based in Hull and Sheffield. She began performing to audiences at 17 with nothing but a guitar and a distinctive voice, playing original songs and a few pop/alternative covers. With a voice that has a flavour and energy of some of the great protest singers of the 60s/70s and a knack for writing memorable choruses, Amy is one to watch and has a talent for captivating audiences on stages of any size.
Alen Allaw
Alen Allaw is a dynamic and well-versed DJ/Producer originally from Lebanon. He enjoys playing a broad range of genres in his sets ranging from House, DnB, Afro Beats, Drill and even Amapiano. He has multiple plans in place for future projects that will take influence from these genres and the high energy vibes they bring so keep an eye out for him playing around the city. He’s the official “in-house” DJ for all of the Warren Records gigs they put on, so he knows a lot about playing to diverse crowds and always delivers.
Bug Facer
Bug Facer are a noise punk band forged from sand and broken glass, ready to make some music for cave people to grind bones, gnaw at rocks and howl around a fire pit.
Consisting of James Cooper on guitar and vocals, Will Longton on drums and vocals, Josh Burdette on guitar and Tom Steele on bass and vocals this band aim to deafen audiences with pure primal musical grit and emotion.
Yxngmind
Yxngmind is a Zimbabwean Hip-Hop artist who lives in the UK. He’s a conscious rapper who tackles issues around mental health, heartbreak and growing up in a world fighting against issues around race equality and does it all without cursing, spreading a positive message of unity and community. His music takes influence from a range of different artists such as Tye Tribbett and Kirk Franklin in Gospel music to more familiar names like J Hus, Migos, NSG, Gunna, Kendrick Lamar and J Cole and he’s not afraid to jump from genre to genre, exploring Gospel Rap, Afro Swing, UK Trap Wave, Afro Drill and UK Rap music.
Expect an energetic performance with a few special guests.
P&B
P&B are singer/songwriter duo based in Hull. While studying music together at university, Paris and Bob started off playing acoustic covers, before making a shift to writing original songs with a similar stripped-back sound.
Artist/Band |
Schedule |
MAKE NOISE
|
Fri 1 Sep – 18:30, 19:30, 20:45 Sat 2 Sep – 11:30, 13:30, 15:30 Sun 3 Sep – 13:15, 14:45, 15:45, 17:15 |
AVIS |
Fri 1 Sep – 19:00 |
BIZZARREFAE |
Fri 1 Sep – 19:45 |
JODIE LANGFORD |
Fri 1 Sep – 20:15 |
CANDID FACES |
Fri 1 Sep – 21:00 |
TROUSER DRESS |
Sat 2 Sep – 13:15 & 15:15 |
AMY BELL |
Sat 2 Sep – 17:15 |
ALLEN ALLAW |
Sat 2 Sep – 17:45, 19:15 & 20:30 |
BUG FACER |
Sat 2 Sep – 18:00 |
YXNGMIND |
Sat 2 Sep – 19:30 |
P&B |
Sun 3 Sep – 12:45, 14:15 |
