Keep Bristol Weird, A Boiler Room British Council Documentary

Keep Bristol Weird is Boiler Rooms new documentary in partnership with the British Council. The 21minute film spotlights an independent community in the West Country enclave, responsible for some of the most exciting music coming out of the UK right now. The multivoiced story is told by a series of local names key to this Bristol scene: Idle Hands supremo Chris Farrell, the Young Echo crew, Bad Tracking, Mix Nights, Giant Swan, Batu, Hodge, Danielle, E B U, Ossia, Franco Franco Kinlaw. With their sounds, this group of artists, DJs and performers is fighting against algorithms, influencer culture and the mainstreamification of electronic music. As music culture shifts evermore online, Bristols underground scene try to keeps things IRL, grassroots and experimental; their boundless artistic energy a reaction to club closures in the city. This thriving DIY scene is pushing the citys dense musical history in exciting new directions, and creating new sounds from established forms