Crackling Vinyl At Telfords Warehouse

Monthly nights of exquisite live music and inspiring records.

Crackling Vinyl Biography

"pretty cool… loads of interesting sounding musicians"
Cerys Matthews, 6Music
“a set of evenings dedicated to genuinely brilliant music. ”
Ian Hughes, Daily Post


Crackling Vinyl began in November 2011 as an excuse for music enthusiasts, Adam Walton, Ben ‘Soundhog’ Hayes and Elin Bach to play their favourite records in their favourite music venue (Telford’s Warehouse, Chester) far away from the weekend madness of endless requests for the kind of R& B that wasn’t pressed on Chess Records.

Crackling Vinyl quickly evolved to encompass live music. They would bring unique and acclaimed artists to Chester for the first time, at a very affordable price: a high quality watermark in a city bereft of the best, upcoming touring artists.

Previous live guests at Crackling Vinyl have included: Euros Childs, Cate Le Bon, Laura J. Martin, Y Niwl, Colorama, Richard James, H. Hawkline, Toy Horses, T. G. Elias, Georgia Ruth, Chris T-T, She Makes War, Sam Airey, Houdini Dax, The Gentle Good, Trwbador, Golden Fable, The Wellgreen, Pulco, Harry Keyworth, Greta Isaac, Atlas Twins, Sophie Ballamy, Bright Young People – a fascinating selection of artists who have graced Radio 1, 6Music, Radio 2 and Radio Wales.

Crackling Vinyl’s next event is on Tuesday 9th October at Telford’s Warehouse, and features Gulp (featuring Guto from Super Furry Animals) and Zervas & Pepper (favourites of Radcliffe & Maconie on 6Music & Sir Terry Wogan on BBC Radio 2).

Crackling Vinyl DJ’d for the whole weekend at this year’s Green Man Festival (the Walled Garden stage). We will also be hosting a night at this year’s Sŵn festival in Cardiff, featuring some of the fine artists who have graced our stage since November.

Adam Walton is BBC Radio Wales’ longstanding new music presenter with a particular love for lysergic soul, off kilter Welsh pop and 60’s oddities. Adam’s late night, weekend radio show is a haven for strange and original Welsh sounds.

Ben ‘Soundhog’ Hayes is one of the most respected record collectors, music enthusiasts, DJ’s and ‘bootleggers’ in the UK. At the vanguard of the new millennium’s fascination with ‘bastard pop’ Ben earned support and respect all over Europe, from the likes of XFM, MTV & BBC Radio 1. A recent return to bootlegs (Whole Lotta Helter Skelter – brilliantly grafting The Beatles to Led Zeppelin) has earned tens of thousands of views on YouTube and airplay on 6Music and Radio Wales. His DJ sets extol a kaleidoscopic love of music, particularly Moog synthesisers and compressed acoustic guitars.

Elin Bach is an artist and record lover from Mold, Flintshire. Her philosophy is brilliant and simple: all 7”s, “nothing after 1972”. Expect to hear anything from Georgie Fame to something inspirational and half-­‐forgotten in the Welsh mother tongue. If you are very good, she will do a little dance behind the DJ booth. It’s a manifestation of the joy she has for the records she plays.

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FORTHCOMING ATTRACTIONS:
Tue 9th October Gulp / Zervas & Pepper
Sun 21st October Sŵn Festival (at Dempseys)
Tue 6th November Katell Keineg / Alun Tan Lan
Tue 11th December Paper Aeroplanes