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Vanishing is Gareth Smith, a Hull-born, Manchester-based artist and former engineer. Smith's music reflects his industrial roots. Words are his raw material; storytelling and communication are created, assembled, and reworked until meaning and purpose are found.

Influenced by electronic, industrial, and contemporary classic music, Smith uses a shifting cast of collaborators, including musicians, dancers, and filmmakers, to embellish and augment the spoken word centre of his work. Together, they create music, movement pieces, and film to help shape a story.

His new album, Shelter of the Opaque, was released in March 2024 and features several musicians from the UK experimental scene on strings, woodwind and modular electronics.