Immersion
The Lubber Fiend, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.This event is for 18 and over - No refunds will be issued for under 18s.
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Immersion are Malka Spigel and Colin Newman best known for their work with Minimal Compact and Wire. The project emerged in the early 1990s and has always prided itself on a diversity in approach and an ability to be both self-contained and a vehicle for collaboration. 1999's Low Impact , 2018's Sleepless & 2025's WTF?? cover very different aesthetics.
Recent years have also seen Immersion collaborating with the likes of Tarwater, Laetitia Sadier, Ulrich Schnauss , Scanner, Thor Harris, Cubzoa & SUSS in their ongoing Nanocluster series of events & albums. The collaboration with SUSS took the form of a month long US tour in March / April 2025 as well as the album.
With their 2nd UK tour in as many years (in support of the album WTF??) Malka & Colin ended up playing more shows in 2025 than any previous year and to audiences of increasing size.
The couple also have a weekly music radio show called Swimming In Sound and play in the band Githead, alongside Robin Rimbaud (Scanner) & Max Franken.
Reviews of WTF??
Agile, reactive, expressive, they say it all MOJO
If you're not, uh, hip to Immersion, you're missing one of the great art rock bands of our time. Rock and roll Globe
There are labors of love, and then there's Immersion. Active since 1994, Immersion are the brainchild of husband-and-wife duo Colin Newman (of Wire fame) and Malka Spigel (best known for her work in Minimal Compact). Born out of a shared affinity for techno, Immersion have evolved into different iterations and genres over the decades. It is an ever-revolving, ever-expanding project that has run the gamut from ambient to Kosmische to techno and everything in between. Pop Matters
Lyrically and sonically, WTF?? captures the surreal push-pull of 2025-apocalyptic dread on one side, the stubborn spark of human connection on the other. The record moves from pulsing, hypnotic instrumentals that feel like city lights blurring at midnight to vocal pieces that speak plainly to shared fears and fragile hopes. Mundane Mag