Early morning ambient/soundscape music sessions in two of Stroud’s independent record shops - Klang Tone Records and Sound Records - paired with local tea and coffee wizards Black Cloud Tea (at Klang Tone Records) and Noni’s Coffee Roasters (at Sound Records) plus fresh pastries from Salt Bakehouse (at Klang Tone Records) and Velo Bakery (at Sound Records). Live music, records, tea, coffee, pastries - a great way to kickstart each day at Hidden Notes Festival…

BREAKFAST CLUB @ KLANG TONE RECORDS
CHRIS CUNDY
19.09.26
Chris Cundy is a composer, performer and sound artist based in the South West of England. Over the past decade he has released several albums for bass clarinet, and in recent years has extended his practice into site-specific phenomena using field recordings, exploring forms of environmental memory, sonic re-imaginings of objects, and public engagement within museums, historic sites and ecologically significant landscapes.

Important partnerships have included The Roman Baths and Corinium Museum and in 2026 he is presenting a sound installation at the Saint Louis Art Museum (USA) as part of their summer exhibition Ancient Splendor: Roman Art in the Time of Trajan. His radio series Archaeology of the Ear was longlisted for the Digital Culture Awards in 2023.

He also directs community initiatives including Cheltenham Improvisers Orchestra, and has worked extensively in pop music as accompanist and arranger notably for Mercury Prize nominated band Guillemots.

BREAKFAST CLUB @ SOUND RECORDS
JACKSON ALMOND
20.09.26
Emerging from London’s ecosystem of record shops, modular studios and late-night dancefloors, Jackson’s work sits at the intersection of UK club music, jazz and introspective studio-led experimentation. Drawing on the rhythmic language of garage, broken beat and house, his sound balances swing and weight with atmospheric detail, moving fluidly between club energy and more left-field, IDM-tinged textural spaces.

Now based in the Stroud valleys, Jackson is channelling this shift into his forthcoming debut album, shaped by the slower pace of life and a deeper engagement with sound and self. 2026 marks his return to live performance, bringing years of underground influence and personal craft into expansive, hardware-driven sets that draw neo-classical and ambient elements into his post-genre aesthetic.

With 12" releases on WotNot and Curve Records, and a pair of remixes for Footshooter on the Dance Regular imprint, his productions have circulated widely through UK and European DJ sets, with unreleased tracks becoming whispered-about staples in Boiler Room sets and HÖR appearances, building a reputation as a DJ’s secret weapon.

Based for many years in South East London, Jackson worked behind the scenes across record shops, synthesiser development and sound design, shaping the sounds of short films, sample libraries, hardware instruments and software samplers. Alongside his main output, he recently released a six-track ambient project under the alias U_Field, extending a more minimal and restrained strand of his work that infuses into his live performances.