Split Apex + Adrián de Alfonso

Sunday, 4 May 2025 at 19:00 at The Holloway, Norwich

Split Apex are Jussi Palmusaari (guitar and drum machine) and Peter Blundell (voice and bass). Together, they combine restless sonic textures, oddball phrasing within barely-contained song structures held together by moth-woven threads. Formed in Autumn 2024, the project marks the first music-making for Palmusaari since leaving his native Finland where he played with the band, Preesens, in the late-90s/early-00s. For Blundell, Split Apex exists adjacent to Komare, his duo with Dominic Goodman (UEVPD) and follows the endeavours of his previous band, Mosquitoes De Alfonso's work has been commissioned by institutions such as Deutschlandfunk Kultur, MACBA or the Thyssen-Bornemisza Foundation and has appeared in media such as The Wire, HBO or Red Bull Music Academy Radio, Cashmere Radio or Radio Alhara. De Alfonso has also performed at festivals/venues such as Cafe Oto, Le Guess Who?, KM28, Meakusma, Standards, CTM, Morphine Raum, South By Southwest, Cave12, Brelfest, hOtelier, Seanaps, Al…