Simple Things returns to Bristol in 2025, activating the city’s industrial heart with a showcase of boundary-pushing music and late-night energy. Taking over Various Venues on November 8th, the festival delivers a meticulously curated lineup that traverses the margins of techno, experimental electronics, and avant-pop intensity. Ceephax Acid Crew brings a signature blend of acidic textures and playful hardware rhythms, channeling old-school rave through a labyrinth of analogue phantasm.

Decius conjure sweat-drenched mayhem with their caustic, body-moving dance mutations, while Factory Floor returns with fractured pulses and abrasive motorik drive. Iglooghost warps club kinetics into kaleidoscopic hypercolour, joined by the haunting pop abstraction of Smerz and the restless production stylings of Mechatok. Guitar-led catharsis comes courtesy of DITZ, These New Puritans rupture post-punk conventions with future-forward intent, and The Zawose Queens invite deep polyrhythmic immersion.

Jawnino’s raw lyricism and Florence Sinclair’s emotive sound-worlds bring fierce individuality, contrasting with Malibu’s spectral ambient drift. Pushing beyond genre divides, Simple Things 2025 offers a sharp-edged glimpse into the most vital sounds of the underground. The collision of live performance and club culture ignites Bristol’s creative core in a singular day of transgressive expression.