Saturday 2 August 2025, 7.30pm

Jolly Discs presents: THOMAS BUSH + SASKIA + DJ GONZ + RAP (DJ)

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JOLLY DISCS PRESENTS

THOMAS BUSH
SASKIA
DJ GONZ
RAP (DJ)

An exhibition of visual material relating to the label will take place simultaneously (01.08.25 - 03.08.25) at Allotment in Haggerston. More info via jollydiscs.co.uk or instagram.

Thomas Bush

Musician from Kidderminster, UK. Resident in Malmö, Sweden. Released first solo album Old and Red in 2018. Second album Preludes released in 2022. Third album The Next 60 Years 2024, via Jolly Discs. Other informal releases appear occasionally via Back/Front Catalogue. One half of the duo RAP whose recent albums include Export (2019) and Junction (2021).

In other words “droll, digressive threshold-pop, plaintive minimal synth moods and strange rhythm-box geometries … heading deep into the woods and time-dilating free-folk abstraction” (Low Company); “It is the owner of the funny musical character.” (Art into Life)

Photo by Sylvain BL

Saskia

A sound artist from Kanagawa, Japan, Saskia deeply connects space and emotion through music. Since releasing her debut EP on Detroit Underground in 2017, she has been active in live performances, installation art, and DJing. After moving to Bristol, UK, in 2022 to deepen her exploration of sound, she returned to Japan in 2024. Her latest LP, es, released the same year, is an experimental collection blending ambient and techno. Rooted in the concept of “Sound to _____ this magnificent cell,” her sonic works constantly invite listeners on new journeys.

Photo by Yuko Kotetsu

DJ Gonz

DJ Gonz is a producer, DJ and visual artist from London. His music is built from focused melodic refrains and earthy kuduro-inspired drum programming. Held gently by the conventions of ‘the club’ it draws from an unlikely set of influences, notably free-tekno, dub and kuduro.

He has worked in close collaboration with Conrad pack, with whom he runs SELN Recordings. Previous releases include his debut album Messenger and the EP The Lamentation of Vern, both of which came out via Wain Records. He has a solo EP on SELN and a comic, Portal, due for release this year.

RAP

Tired of The Home Counties, RAP are on the road once again. RAP is a project formed by Guy Gormley and Thomas Bush in London, 2009. With backgrounds in dance/metal/improvised musics, collaboratively they pursue more traditional song forms. Their forays into pop music, approached from different angles, have been documented across five albums to date. Their sixth, Navigator, is due July 2026 via Jolly Discs.

Separately they have been steadily pursuing their solo projects under various guises. Thomas Bush has recently released Guld (Lost Domain) and Rejoining (Kasual Plastik). He has a tour forthcoming with Sam Bardsley and plays frequently across Europe. Guy Gormley has been developing the labels Lost Domain, Jolly Discs, and Wain Records as well as releasing his own music under various aliases. He has a records under his Hollow Acid and Doomed monikers forthcoming on Lost Domain.