Shit & Shine

Hailing from Austin, Texas. Craig Clouse, the hardest working man in the business, has released everything from pounding and shiny techno to acid house, electro, funk, krautrock, hip hop, found sound, spoken word, live percussions He is uninterested in the self imposed restrictions of genre. He has carved out a unique spot in machine music. He's certainly skilled to have been kicking about this long, but one of his most appealing traits is that he approaches music with the fervour of an enthusiastic amateur (Mr. Childish ethos comes to mind). 2018's You Were Very High EP, established something of a watershed moment for the majority of his current sound. After weeks of sitting at a sampler loaded with anything and everything Black Sabbath, Rihanna, Prince, Steely Dan and a host of audio lifted from YouTube clips, the record's two sprawling sides come together like a hallucinogenic sonic miracle.

To give you an idea of the wide expanse of the Shit & Shine universe, recent live highlights include an appearance at Convenanza Festival in France (the brainchild of a certain Andrew Weatherall) and in Feb 2025 Shit & Shine have a two day residency at Cafe Oto, London. So, as part of the February tour we're very lucky to have Shit & Shine visit Hastings to play the backroom of The Pig.

(check 'Im Trying To Watch The Fuckin Telly' below)

https://shitandshine.bandcamp.com/track/im-trying-to-watch-the-fuckin-telly