Beat:Cancer & Church of Madness - Witch of the Vale
w/ Nature of Wires, Still Forever & Beine
Beat:Cancer & Church of Madness are back at Facebar, Reading on the Sat 17th May 2025.
Featuring four bands & afterparty DJs playing Synthpop, EBM, industrial & more.
Witch of the Vale (Headline Show)
Erin Hawthorne and Ryan Hawthorne are WITCH OF THE VALE, an unsettling electronic duo from the serene shores of Loch Lomond and the remote Outer Hebridean Isles.
In a short period of existence which has seen them play on stages alongside ASSEMBLAGE 23, SOLAR FAKE, CLAN OF XYMOX and LINEA ASPERA as well as playing Infest 2019, their trajectory has been pointing up and up.
Nature of Wires
Nature of Wires is a darkwave / ebm / synthpop / ambient artist from the UK. As well as a whole host of original songs and instrumentals covering several genres, NoW has created over 100 remixes for artists all over the World, including Sigue Sigue Sputnik Electronic, Sea of Sin, Freakangel, Leaether Strip, Massive Ego and many, many more.
Still Forever
Bringing elements of eighties post-punk, electro-indie, synthesised soundscape and modern gothic, overlaid with atmospheric, bipolar vocals.
Beine
Beinaheleidenschaftsgegenstand [Bein-a-hel-den-shafts-gegen-stand]
Noun: The thing that is almost the thing you want.. but not quite.
Ambient, experiemental, industrial, noise, born of heartbreak and friendship and change.
What is Beat:Cancer?
Beat:Cancer is a charity formed to help fight cancer through funding research, treatment, screening and care using electronic music: We release music, run club nights, host gigs and organise festivals to raise money, which we then grant to worthy institutions such as hospices, research centres and treatment wards.
We are a registered UK Charity (number 1169212) run entirely by unpaid volunteers who are passionate about using great music to save lives.
Since forming in 2012 with the humble beginnings of a small Halloween fundraiser in Peterborough and 100 copies of Beat:Cancer v1 we have produced CD, cassette and digital compilations, totaling 9 CDs of cancer kicking music: all donated by fantastic artists around the world. Our releases are the perfect take home companion to the festivals, club-nights and gigs we run across the UK. Starting Beat:Cancer has found a home in the hearts of fans, allowing us to host artists such as Memmaker, The Gothsicles, ESA, Freakangel, Modulate and Neonsol.
