what’s on: Fresh Thursday // Deradoorian + Silver Ley

Fresh Thursday is a weekly event where we serve you new and unusual live music alongside home cooked meal.

We created Fresh to encourage listeners to take a chance on artists they haven’t heard before & discover something completely new. You can expect great new & unusual music alongside a communal home-cooked meal in a relaxed, seated atmosphere with candles and board games. The programme spans a wide range of genres well suited to a chilled Thursday evening, with plenty of time to chat before and after performances. Occasionally there might be a little dancing at the edges! Lots of people come on their own and make friends and there is a choice of individual seats and communal tables. 

Deradoorian – Fusing elements of indie rock, avant-garde electronic music, dub, and dance rhythms, Deradoorian is the name Angel Deradoorian works under as a solo artist. She launched said solo career after making a name for herself as a member of Dirty Projectors and collaborating with artists such as Avey Tare and Flying Lotus. Her albums, including 2015’s ‘The Expanding Flower Planet’ and 2020’s ‘Find the Sun’, are cosmic song cycles informed by her spiritual journey. After collaborating with Kate NV under the name Decisive Pink on 2023’s heavily electronic ‘Ticket to Fame’, Deradoorian added that sound to her already jam-packed approach on 2025’s ‘Ready for Heaven’.

“Deradoorian’s voice is the main attraction. Wispy one moment, bellowing full-throated the next, and capable of dazzling melismatic runs, it remains her not-so-secret weapon.” – Pitchfork

Engaging with past musical glories helps deal with a major theme of this album; the awful nature of the world around us. Deradoorian: “This album is partly about watching humanity erode. It’s about mental struggle, and it’s avowedly anti-capitalist. I mean; would we have all these identity labels we have to live by, if we didn’t live in a capitalist world?”

Silver Ley (fka. Bethany Ley) is a Bristol-based producer, composer, harpist and vocalist known for crafting intricate and ethereal arrangements that blend their classical background with electronic music. Originally trained in piano, viola, and voice, Ley’s influences span classical, folk, and contemporary electronic music.

Their 2024 debut EP ‘Sundial’ released on Lo Recordings, earned acclaim for its inventive blend of electronica and distinct ethereal vocals, leading to a sold-out UK tour and gaining support from Gilles Peterson’s future bubblers programme and PRS Women Make Music. Ley has further supported Kae Tempest and Baths, worked alongside collaborators Ishmael Ensemble, Batu, and Alabaster DePlume and has performed across major UK venues and international stages across Europe.

These evenings are all about culture, community and making new music accessible. If you’re able to choose a Cobalt Supporter ticket, your extra contribution genuinely helps us continue to deliver these events.