Tagged: improv
The hard man of electro acoustic improv.
The gig we did at The Others in Stoke Newington for Club Integral got a nice review on Extra Normal Records. I think it captures the spirit of the night really well, and there’s a good review of our set with Kay Grant.
Yet again a reviewer swoons over Gus’ virtuosity, quite rightly of course. I come off slightly better than in Brighton Noise, although I do come across as the hard man of electro acoustic improv. I’m ok with that.
Here’s the review
There’s some footage of the start of the set on YouTube
Mirei Yazawa – The Anatomy of Dreams
Gus and I are playing at the Carnegie Library in Herne Hill next Monday. Mirei is the dancer we performed with at the Dome last December and we’re really pleased that we are going to be working with her again. Mirei is showing some of her paintings and sculptures and we will be accompanying a 20 minute performance piece with her.
Here are the details
The Static Memories – The bloudy vision of John Farley
Here’s our album. Gus and I are really pleased with it and Paul Khimasia Morgan is putting it out on Slightly off Kilter. I’m not great at describing my work so there’s a track on my Soundcloud which should give a good idea of what to expect.
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Earsthetic part 2
Earsthetic was great, all the acts were on top form and it was really nice to play on a top quality pa with a top quality sound engineer (thanks Jem!). I had an attack of nerves beforehand which to my relief disappeared immediately I walked on stage . Our collaboration with Mirei was a success and we’re hoping to work together again.
The Long Half Day album launch
This Sunday at 7pm at the Rag Factory in London we’re launching the Long Half Day USB album which Slightly Off Kilter are releasing. Come and take your pick from the different cases we’ve made and have a listen to us doing some free improv.
All the details are on Sound and Music here: http://www.soundandmusic.org/thesampler/event/2013/11/long-half-day-album-launch
We’d love to see you there.
Supernormal
Chris and I travelled to Braziers Park in Oxfordshire once again for Supernormal. We got to play in the Church of Chaos on Saturday afternoon and then for Bang the Bore in the Barn on Sunday. Both good sets and we gave away a few cd’s, got some nice comments and made some new friends. Chris did a blasting set with some Bolide people and I took part in a John Cage percussion piece with a very long title which I have forgotten, organised by Adam Bushell.
I saw plenty great music, performance and art. Plurals, Cosham Community Players, Lama Dalai’s facilitated visual scores interpreted by the Kev Nickells All Stars, a performance in the woods at night, Carousel, Mothers of the Third Reich, and possibly the quietest piece of music I’ve ever heard by Charlie Sdraulig which was almost inaudible above the drone metal sound bleed.
On the radio
Me and Gus will be on the Zygotic Episodes radio show this Wednesday the 19th at 7pm. We’re going to have a chat with Kev and then play something. Should be fun. Regular presenter and man about Brighton Graham won’t be there, I think he’s avoiding me.
Here’s the Brighton and Hove Community Radio website
Nil – tre
Chris and I did a Nil thing at Splitting the Atom at the beginning of June. We thought the recording sounded ok so we’ve released it on Bandcamp as a free download. I was only there in the afternoon and everything I saw was inspiring, there was more low key stuff too, although I heard things degenerated as the night wore on.
Here’s the album
The Long Half Day
I was involved in a 12 hour improvisation performance on February 3rd. An amazing way to start the year and one of the best experiences in my creative life. It came about after Gus and I met the Carousel Collective at a gig in London organised by James Alaska and Tom Mudd. Carousel are Tim Yates, Nora Sanatian, Benedict Taylor and Charlie Sdraulig they are a group of musicians who are interested in exploring the possibilities of music in new and imaginative ways. After a performance in Brighton last year which I helped organise Tim suggested we collaborate on a long improvised piece at The Coach House in Kemptown.
I was lucky enough to get Adam Bushell, Kev Nickells and Chris Parfitt involved as well and the eight of us started with some trepidation at 10.30am. 12 hours later we drew to a close after a truly remarkable experience which was very different to my expectations. With maybe 3-4 twenty minute breaks I was performing for the whole time, as was everyone else. There were great moments when we all clicked together followed by an ebb and flow for a while and then another upsurge.
There is a recording but who knows what will happen to it, we’re trying to work that out at the moment.
http://carouselcollective.com/
