I listen to Blue Monday every Monday: a lecture by Dexter Stokes-Mellor

For the second lecture in our semi-regular Sunday lecture series we have invited Dexter Stokes-Meller known within the club scene as Noise Hz.

They are producer, promoter and DJ based in Glasgow. Focused on exploring visceral, emotional and markedly intense worlds of sound. Noise Hz’s body of work is comprised of sonics that draw inspiration from genres such as harsh noise and IDM contextualised within the contemporary alternative club scene. They are also the founder of the club nigh Out of Bounds their event has brought together some of the most exciting names in electronic music: recent guests include Van Boom, Blood of Aza, Kavani, Hellsing and Talpah. Their promotional work and their own creative practice ovelaps in its curated harshness, finding worlds of emotional release in cathartic soundscapes.

In their own words:

I listen to Blue Monday every Monday (2017-2024) is a seven year long durational project. Every Monday for 365 Monday’s I recorded myself listening to New Order’s Monday. The piece started before my studies at Glasgow School of Art and ended at a time in my life where I no longer felt interested or involved in the ‘art scene’. Since then I have undertaken more musical projects, but I still find myself following artistic patterns and ideas. To commemorate 2026’s Blue Monday I will be talking about the project and what I have been up to since.