Beak ft Portishead’s Geoff Barrrow at Deaf

Portishead instrumentalist, producer, DJ and general musical magician Geoff Barrow brings his evolutionary Krautrock band, Beak, to Manchester in support of their excellent second album ‘>>’.  Barrow’s name is synonymous with musical projects that push the sonic boundaries and Beak is no exception. Expect moniker beats, hypnotic bass and post-punk at its best. Support comes from the similarly experimental Thought Forms, who reside on Barrow’s Invada Records.

Fri 16 Nov, Deaf Institute, 135 Grosvenor Street, M1 7HE. Tel: 0161 276 9350, 7.30pm-11pm, £12.50, www.wegottickets.com