Thanks all who came the other week for the launch of this noble crusade. Stay tuned for footage from MB01 and MB02. A week on Thursday we return to the Columbia Hotel for MB03 with PC World, Butch Kassidy and Guests.

POiSON ANNA, experimental hip-hop artist and @asvpxrocky / Dean Blunt collaborator fresh from her debut mixtape proper on @NTSlive, will play her first show at The Columbia Hotel London Thurs Aug 19. Vid: POiSON ANNA Event: bit.ly/MB01_Event TIX: link.dice.fm/ui5iWmEdgib

Kinlaw & Franco Franco, industrial trap duo and affiliates of Bristol crew-label Avon Terror Corps (alongside @BokehVersions, @GiantGiantSwan etc.) play our launch at The Columbia Hotel Thurs Aug 19. Video: Sam Pilbeam Event: bit.ly/MB01_Event TIX: link.dice.fm/ui5iWmEdgib

MODERN BLAST is a new bi-weekly live showcase / monthly web-series focusing on emerging U.K. avant-garde music, from the Columbia Hotel. LAUNCH 19 Aug. Kinlaw & Franco Franco, POiSON ANNA (@NTSlive), comfort (@SlowDanceRecs) TIX: link.dice.fm/ui5iWmEdgib