Duvel Mortgage is an experimental music trio featuring Sophie Sleigh-Johnson and The Bohman Brothers (Adam and Jonathan), active in the UK underground scene as of 2025–2026. They perform a blend of offbeat poetics, “low-lying” music and sound art using household items, frequent references to the work of Brian Clemens and unconventional instruments, often playing in a triangular formation.
Key Details About Duvel Mortgage:
Members: Sophie Sleigh-Johnson, Adam Bohman, and Jonathan Bohman.
Style: Known for “zigzag” country music, spoken word, and sound obstruction.
Performances: Active on the UK circuit, including appearances at The Smokehouse, Ipswich and The Rehearsal Room, Bury St Edmunds.
Associated Acts: Often associated with the experimental music scene and artists like Cody Stemp and Checkers von Hampton
Alan Niblock is a prominent double bass player, improviser, spoken word, composer from Belfast N.Ireland. He is known for his highly charged creativity and experimental techniques.
Founder of the experimental group Ambient Force in 2001, exploring the human voice, visualisation and natural environments. He has performed and recorded with acclaimed musicians Evan Parker, Mark Sanders, Paul Dunmall, Lol Coxhill, Steve Noble, Rachel Musson and John Butcher. His debut solo album ‘Scratching the Surface’ was released on FMR 2021, other solo work ‘Free Radicals’ 2022, ‘The Water Bearer’ 2023, and up and coming solo project ’Sonic Breath’. Niblock’s latest release ‘Tectonic Plates’ on 577 Records features John Butcher and Mark Sanders.
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Russell Walker : In 2025 Russell released Back to the Womb (Regional Bears LP), Have You Ever Seen Me In The Spring (with Rebecca Mahay, Chocolate Monk CD), and This Moreish Life (self released, digital only). He lives in Hitchin and is currently writing a fictional memoir.
