As part of Sheffield’s Tramlines festival, Signals describes itself as an all-day showcase of “underground electronic music culture”, running from 12pm through to 4am on Saturday 21st July.

The festival will feature an impressive array of bleeding-edge electronic music, including DJ sets from Hessle-affiliated dancefloor visionaries Objekt and Randomer and recent Planet Mu signee Konx-Om-Pax, and live performances from Lancastrian duo Demdike Stare and Mat Steel and Mark Fell’s snd.

Running alongside the music will be a series of panel discussions discussing electronic music’s current state of play - touching on the changing face of music media in the digital age and the effects of geography and locality on music scenes. The three panels will include appearances from The Quietus’ very own Rory Gibb and Angus Finlayson, The Wire’s Jennifer Lucy Allan, NTS Radio’s Femi Adeyemi and more. Full details of the panel discussions below.

You can find out more info on the festival, which takes place at the Yellow Arch Studios, here.

Signals Panel Discussions:

The effect of the digital revolution on music media, featuring:
HOST: Angus Finlayson - The Quietus/FACT
Raj Chaudhuri - Bleep.com Marketing Executive/NTS Radio/Boiler Room
Jennifer Allan - The Wire's online editor
Femi Adeyemi - NTS Radio Founder/Boiler Room
Rory Gibb - The Quietus

The effect of geography and location of scenes (Manchester/Glasgow), featuring:
HOST: Angus Finlayson - The Quietus/FACT
James Ernesto Groovement - Founder of Groovement.co.uk/In The Loop (Manchester)
Alice Muir - Founder of TLG Magazine (Glasgow)
Tom Scholefield - Konx-Om-Pax (Glasgow)

The effect of geography and location of scenes (Sheffield/London), featuring:
HOST: Jack Opus
Elijah - Butterz/Rinse FM
Josh Gregory - Walter Ego/Bad Taste Records