Alphaville Presents

Immersion (Colin Newman + Malka Spigel) live at Soup, Manchester
+ Special Guests

Thirty years in, Immersion, the electronic duo comprising the “life & art” couple Colin Newman from Wire and Malka Spigel from Minimal Compact, have finally announced their long awaited debut UK tour.

The shapeshifting duo will bring their hypnotic quicksilver minimalism, which
combines a fresh, experimental approach with an innate ear for great pop melodies,
to select UK venues after getting great reviews for one-off shows in their hometown
of Brighton and a successful tour across North America.

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 and 2018’s Sleepless cover very different aesthetics.

More recent work has seen Immersion collaborating with the likes of Tarwater, Laetitia Sadier, Ulrich Schnauss , Scanner, Thor Harris, Cubzoa in their ongoing Nanocluster series of events and albums.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 Nanocluster Vol.2

One of the best albums I’ve heard this century - Rockandroll Globe
This is a real treat. Underestimate Colin and Malka at your peril. National treasures. -Moonbuilding Weekly
One of our records of the year. Total Swooner - Monorail (shop) Glasgow
Experimentalism collides head on with some immense pop tunes, making it feel like a project that has plenty of immersive potential going forward - The Quietus
I was pleasantly surprised at how engaging this record was, and how much space was here for me as a listener to find nuance and peace  - A Pessimist Is Never Disappointed