The Windmill presents:
wing!, Speedial, KITTY, The Cowards
Entry Requirements: 18+
Wing! celebrate the release of their "Missed It Just the Once" EP on Memorials of Distinction
Bexleyheath born and raised producer wing! (Adam Swan) announces his debut EP Missed It Just The Once—a ghostly instrumental hip hop project combining sample-based beat-making with live instrumentation.
The first single "Out From Outer" was the first track written for the EP, and its original skeleton was conceived during wing!’s lunch break from working in a coffee shop - a habit that has been the basis of all of the tracks on the EP. “I was listening to a lot of Brazilian funk and thinking about how J Dilla layered samples on Geek Down,” he recalls. “I wanted it to feel like a live DJ endlessly flipping samples over a drum loop.”
The track served as the catalyst for the formation of wing!’s live band: after sending it to drummer Joe Killick, they had their first rehearsal and began transforming the music into a live experience, soon joined by bassist Kai Charlton.
They made their debut at The Windmill Brixton in April 2024. As a trio playing live, they bridge the gap between beat-driven electronic & hip hop music and live jazz-inflected improvisation. Their blend of trip-hop textures with post-rock dynamics contributed to the EP’s final completion, with all three performing on the closing track.
Most recently, they were crowned the winners of the Green Man Rising competition, judged by a panel of industry experts. Beating out over 4,000 applicants to gain the title, wing! will open Green Man Festival 2025 performing on its iconic Mountain Stage.
Plus guests -
SPEEDIAL - Intimate yet intense, Speedial are "both direct and ultimately complex; melting together shoegaze and noise rock aspects with almost baroque about-turns" - Clash magazine
KITTY London-based singer-songwriter KITTY is known for her “meditative, glistening perfections”. Drawing from the poetic intimacies of Sibylle Baier, Jeff Buckley and Nick Drake, KITTY’s pensive strings and ethereal vocals transfix audiences.
THE COWARDS - twangy beats
Plus midnight karaoke session :)