Totality started as a regular underground, DIY night at Surrey Vaults back in 2015 then continued hosting shows and all dayers all over Bristol while more recently venturing headfirst into running as an independent record label as well. I was pretty f**ked up at the time and said something typical of me like 'f**k yeah man totally." We met up, had a beer and discussed the plan. One band and few DJ
s on a Saturday night. The only caveat was to avoid the standard Bristol club nights such as dub, hip hop, electronic dance music and all that. As most of you know I love and have massive respect for those genres but I liked the challenge. Like even when the night gets real messy instead grabbing ODB's baby i got your money we head for the MC5 or Heroin 7 inches. There will definitely be generator, motoric, sludge, blues, deep folk, country and jazz in there as well as music from our mates. I've asked a few friends already if they want to play or DJ and we've got some f**king cool people lined up to get us through the Autumn and Winter. The night is TOTALITY named after the Unwound track from 1994. It was an important transition to entering my 20s. Growing up with so many different kinds of rad bands and artists like Moondog or Crass or Sabbath forced me into the direction of people like Tortoise, Unwound and Polvo. It was the whole of something - something f**ked and perfect. They weren't trying to be another f**king Nirvana in a time where if they had they would of had hits and been riding the gravy train. Who the f**k wants a hit? Get Involved. Respect,
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PLAYING TOTALITY
We get a lot of requests to play, but we mainly operate on an invite only basis. Please don't let that stop you from sending us your music. We will get back to you if we want you to play and if we don't think it will work for Totality we'll suggest other DIY nights you might want to try hitting up.
