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Parallax – 1 December 2010
Parallax is one of those rare and lucky collaborations where there is a great sense of chemistry from the very beginning. Since forming the group in 2008 they have toured and recorded extensively in Europe, and present a selection of this material on their debut album Live in the UK. These musicians are musically so…
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Kacper Ziemianin, Peter Smith and James Stephen Finn – 14 November 2010
Artist: Kacper Ziemianin, Peter Smith and James Stephen Finn Bio: London based musicians, Kacper Zieminian, Peter Smith and James Stephen Finn, each coming from different backgrounds, met in 2007 at Middlesex University where making noise together was a natural consequence. The three form an improvisational musical act where there is no focus on musical melody,…
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Yuri Landman + Special Guests – 13 November 2010
Yuri Landman is a Dutch experimental luthier and musicologist who has made several experimental electric string instruments for a list of artists including Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth, Liars, Jad Fair of Half Japanese and Liam Finn. He will be performing with participants of the HomeSwinger workshop as well as other special guests. Event held…
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Yuri Landman – Homeswinger Workshop – 12 November 2010
The Moodswinger is a new electric 12-string instrument invented by Yuri Landman. Developed over six years of prototyping and fully realised in 2006 for the band Liars, Yuri has custom built derivatives for such musical luminaries as Sonic Youth, David Holmes, Half Japanese, Enon, Lou Barlow, dEUS, The Dodos, Blood Red Shoes, HEALTH, Liam Finn,…
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The Inclusion Principle – 11 November 2010
We decided to base the name on a theory of the research physicist Wolfgang Pauli. we found a correlation in that we both worked with a digital scalpel on fields of microsounds; a science which took both our instruments and processed field recordings a little closer to the chemistry of natural sounds, complete with harmonic…
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John Jasnoch & Charlie Collins – 10 November 2010
John Jasnoch MySpace Bio Began life in 1953 in Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey in the Thames Estuary. The compost heap of the Garden of England. After interest in instrumental music of Bert Weedon and then The Shadows, began listening to Blues artisits. Acquired Dobro resonator guitar. As a a result of working as…
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Diatribes – 1 November 2010
d’incise: laptop, objects, treatements Cyril Bondi: drums, percussions and guest(s):… “magnetic freedom, interaction, intensity and fluctuation, breaths, quiverings, cracklings, bearings, masses, crash, chaos. Sound matter builded, deformed, tears off influence of the reason, imploses and becomes again the dreams behind our eyelids” diatribes, a strongly libertarian ensemble, began its existence in a Geneva basement in…
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Graculus – 14 October 2010
Graculus is an improvising duo consisting of Richard Harding (acoustic & electric guitars) and Phil Hargreaves (saxophone & flute). Originally, the duo formed for a one-off show at Tate Liverpool in 2008, but the partnership blossomed over the next 2 ½ years. Phil is an experienced improvising musician, having worked with some of the UK’s…
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Graculus Podcast – 14 October 2010
1: Human (excerpt) – Maggie Nicols & Phil Hargreaves (from the forthcoming album Human) 2: Summer Again – Phil Hargreaves & Glenn Weyant (Friday Morning Everywhere, whi CD06) 3: Unholy Minimalism – Mneme Ensemble & John Edwards (unreleased) 4: Vacant Lots 1965-66 – Caroline Kraabel/Mark Sanders/Veryan Weston (Mass Producers CD01) 5: Playtime – as…
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Martin Archer – 13 October 2010
Martin Archer – Sopranino, alto and baritone saxophones, bass clarinet, bass recorder, violectronics, keyboards, software instruments Since his move in the early 1990s from free jazz saxophonist to studio based electronics composer, Archer has produced a series of highly acclaimed CDs which combine electronics-based structures with written and improvised parts for brass, woodwind, strings and…
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_Scape Podcast – 10 September 2010
Three Inscapes: I – Douglas Lilburn Three Inscapes: II – Douglas Lilburn Three Inscapes: III – Douglas Lilburn Concret PH – Iannis Xenakis Te Hau Kuri (Dog’s Breath) – Hirini Melbourne/Richard Nunns Ygghur: II Giacinto Scelsi (Frances-Marie Uitti- ‘cello) La Naisance Du Son – Gérard Pape, Rohan de Saram, amplified cello Kule Kule Reprise –…
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_Scape – 9 September 2010
Brothers Norm and Rod Skipp (electronics and ‘cello) combine forces again as _scape to unveil a sonic palette featuring live electronics, instrumental performance and improvised sound. Originally formed in 2008, the duo explore the interaction of live and pre-composed electronics with instrumental performance and have appeared as part of the last two Chorlton Arts Festivals.…
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Partial Trust – 12 August 2010
Partial Trust is a new collaboration between Richard Knight and Abigail Sanders, exploiting the relationship between unadulterated acoustic and electronic phenomena. Sourcing from the hauntingly rich and pure timbres of the French Horn, Abigail emphasizes the natural acoustics of the instrument through multiple extended techniques, in a never-ending attempt to synchronize with (or combat against)…
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Partial Trust – 11 August 2010
Partial Trust is a new collaboration between Richard Knight and Abigail Sanders, exploiting the relationship between unadulterated acoustic and electronic phenomena. Sourcing from the hauntingly rich and pure timbres of the French Horn, Abigail emphasizes the natural acoustics of the instrument through multiple extended techniques, in a never-ending attempt to synchronize with (or combat against)…
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Partial Trust Podcast – 11 August 2010
This podcast literally takes you on a journey – by interspersing a variety of influential tracks with field recordings from inside a train. I recommend a fun game to enhance the experience of listening – listen to it at not quite full volume on a train and become aurally confused! Observe your mood when…
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Darnall Sinfonia Podcast – 8 August 2010
Eclat – Pierre Boulez Duration II – Morton Feldman Get In Line – Art Ensemble of Chicago Bungee – Harmen Fraanje Quartet Silver Apples of the Moon (extract) – Subotnick Cathode #5 – Otomo Yoshihide Snagglepuss – Naked City Three Architects Called Gabrielle (Just What I Expected) – Django Bates Don’t Try To Use Me…
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Sheffield New Music Ensemble – 14 July 2010
The University of Sheffield New Music Ensemble provides a regular showcase for new music and there is also an established tradition of performance of music theatre and operatic work as well as compositions for larger ensembles such as concert band, chamber orchestra and chamber choir.
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The Hunter Brothers – 8 July 2010
Anton Hunter, Johnny Hunter, Sam Andreae and Ben Cotrell lay down some law.
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Partwildhorsesmaneonbothsides – 10 June 2010
Pascal Nichols and Kelly Jones have shared the stage with acts such as Sonic Youth, Black Dice, Hrsta, Vanishing Voice, moha!, the A Band, KK Null, Birds Of Delay, Rhys Chatham, Sunburned Hand Of The Man, Lucky Dragons, Corsano Flower Duo, blood stereo. They have also collectively collaborated with Os Loosers, Valerio Cosi, Christian Munthe,…
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Peter Faircloug & Hayley Youell – 9 June 2010
Since graduating from the City of Leeds College of Music with Distinction in Drums and Percussion, Peter Fairclough has performed and/or recorded with Keith Tippett, Paul Dunmall, Ute Lemper, Huw Warren, Peter Whyman, Steve Berry, John Harle, Kenny Davern, Peter King, The Matrix Ensemble, The Bournemouth Sinfonietta, The Mike Westbrook Orchestra and The Theatre Royal…
