Pollen Count is a new trio of Lou on vocals & loops, Richard Knight on no-input mixer and Keith Jafrate on saxophone, three very different musical personalities each with their own approach, and all active in the Calder Valley’s vibrant music community. Using a mixture of prepared material and improvisation, their music is not fixed in one place, and can swerve from fierce abstraction into a lyrical groove. The trio was formed out of curiosity, to see how the members’ contrasting vocabularies could cohere, but also to see how they might evolve.
Lou performs solo as BLT 63, and her background is in film and performance. She’s a commanding singer, intense and theatrical.
Richard Knight is the genius of no-input science who manipulates noise like a virtuoso soloist. He has played in all kinds of line-ups, with a host of different improvisers.
Keith Jafrate plays with Trio Uroboro, orfeo 5, Wolfscarers, Hornweb and Murmurists. He’s a lyrical player, whether playing free or in time, always in search of the song-line, and it’s been far too long since his last performance for us in Manchester.
Hear them here: https://soundcloud.com/pollen-count
| Who | Pollen Count – 12 December 2019 |
| When |
Thursday, December 12, 2019
8:30pm
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All Ages
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| Where |
448 Wilmslow Road
Manchester, England M20 3BW |
| Other Info | Pollen Count is a new trio of Lou on vocals & loops, Richard Knight on no-input mixer and Keith Jafrate on saxophone, three very different musical personalities each with their own approach, and all active in the Calder Valley’s vibrant music community. Using a mixture of prepared material and improvisation, their music is not fixed in one place, and can swerve from fierce abstraction into a lyrical groove. The trio was formed out of curiosity, to see how the members’ contrasting vocabularies could cohere, but also to see how they might evolve. Lou performs solo as BLT 63, and her background is in film and performance. She’s a commanding singer, intense and theatrical. Richard Knight is the genius of no-input science who manipulates noise like a virtuoso soloist. He has played in all kinds of line-ups, with a host of different improvisers. Keith Jafrate plays with Trio Uroboro, orfeo 5, Wolfscarers, Hornweb and Murmurists. He’s a lyrical player, whether playing free or in time, always in search of the song-line, and it’s been far too long since his last performance for us in Manchester. Hear them here: https://soundcloud.com/pollen-count |
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