Astral People, Handsome Tours, Live Nation & Novel are proud to present BICEP!

BRIT-nominiated Northern Irish duo made up of Andy Ferguson and Matt McBriar have played across some of the world’s most revered festival stages, as well as hundreds of sold-out headline shows across the UK, Australia, Europe, North America and beyond. They have established themselves as one of Australia’s most in-demand electronic acts, including selling out Melbourne’s Forum Theatre in 2023 and appearing at major festivals including headlining the Laneway Festival dates all over Australia in 2025, and also performing at Wildlands and Lost Paradise.

BICEP have built a strong and sustained presence in Australia, earning significant support across both broadcast and live sectors. Their acclaimed album Isles debuted at #12 on the ARIA Albums Chart and was selected as Double J’s Feature Album, while singles from the record received spot play across triple j programs including Mornings, Friday Night Shuffle and Something More. The duo further strengthened their relationship with the network through a Mix Up Residency in 2021, and more recently secured triple j playlist support for “CHROMA 001 HELIUM.” Australian media have consistently championed the project, with coverage from The Saturday Paper, Herald Sun, NME Australia, Purple Sneakers, Mixdown Magazine, Rolling Stone Australia and Stoney Roads. 

BICEP concluded their ambitious, sprawling CHROMA project – releasing tracks every 6 weeks which unfurled across almost two-years via their own record label a series of curated events and a constantly evolving hybrid DJ/Live CHROMA AV show which toured the globe with more than 70 shows playing to over 500k people, including prime-slots at iconic festivals as well as two sold-out takeovers of London’s Finsbury Park, Brighton Beach and consecutive annual takeovers of London’s 15k capacity Drumsheds.

Additionally the duo recently revealed their ‘TAKKUUK (Original Soundtrack)’, part of a new immersive installation created with visual artist Zak Norman and filmmaker Charlie Miller (in partnership with the charity In Place of War, as part of their EarthSonic programme). The TAKKUUK installation and Soundtrack release sees BICEP collaborating with a number of Indigenous vocalists, including Katarina Barruk, Andachan, Sebastian Enequist (from Sound of the Damned), Tarrak, NUIJA, Niilas and Silla. The vocals were recorded in 2024 by Detroit-based producer and musician Matthew Dear in Árni Árnason from The Vaccines studio, during Iceland Airwaves festival in Reykjavík. The resulting demos, combined with additional field recordings taken by Ferguson from the Russell Glacier in Greenland, form the backbone of this unique soundtrack, which BICEP then produced and recorded in their London studio.