Tag: drums
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Kawaiiyasu – 12 September 2024
UK guitarist Harry Souter, saxophonist Harvey Parkin-Christie, and Hong Kong / Japanese drummer Teruki Chan present: Kawaiiyasu, a confrontational trio responding to the jazz and improvised music tradition. The group moves in and out of abstract materials freely. The trio is characterised by explosive improvisation and dynamic composition, pushing the boundaries of intimate ensemble playing…
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Holbrooke Stompers – 11 July 2024
Our guests this month are the “Holbrooke Stompers”, featuring Nick Branton (clarinet), Dave Birchall (banjo), George Murray (trombone) and Johnny Hunter (trap set). Who Holbrooke Stompers – 11 July 2024 When Thursday, July 11, 2024 8:00pm – All Ages Where Fuel Cafe (map) 448 Wilmslow Road Manchester, England M20 3BW Other InfoOur guests this month are…
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Duo Coote Zaldua – 14 March 2024
James Coote and Alistair Zaldua established duet improvisation over the course of 2023. James plays an experimental drum set-up that includes a diverse array of objects, and Alistair plays the 5-stringed e-violin. Recent releases: Duo Gallio Zaldua: Curses and Spirits (2023) https://scatterarchive.bandcamp.com/album/curses-and-spirits Duo Pons Zaldua: crossings (2023) https://panyrosasdiscos.bandcamp.com/album/crossings Trio CZW: Where The Wind Takes Us…
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Emil Karden / Lawrence Casserley – 12 October 2023
A first time duo performance with Lawrence Casserley (live-signal processing) and Emil Karlsen (drums). Best known for his work in free improvised music, particularly real-time processing of other musicians’ sound, Casserley has devised a special computer processing instrument for this work. He has worked with many of the finest improvisers, particularly Evan Parker, with whom…
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Alistair Zaldua, James Coote, and Andrew Rothwell – 14 September 2023
Only recently having moved to Manchester Alistair Zaldua previously lived in Canterbury where in 2015 he set up the Free Range Orchestra, which is an all-comers improvisation collective, and is closely associated with the Free Range experimental and improvised music Concert Series. Alistair is interested in collaboration; recent projects include duet work with Christoph Gallio…
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HRH Trio + Whiteman/Prince/Thorpe – 15 October 2018
A collaboration with our good friends at NQ Jazz on Monday 15th October at The Whiskey Jar. Details below… HRH Trio Mark Hanslip – Saxophone Federico Reuben – Live Electronics Paul Hession – Drums Heavy improv from heavy improvisers. Listen here. Whiteman / Prince / Thorpe trio Nina Whiteman – voice/stylophone Simon Prince – flutes…
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Beck Hunters – 8 March 2018
This month’s special guests are Beck Hunters: Mick Beck – reeds, Johnny Hunter – drums, Anton Hunter – guitar “Saxophonist Mick Beck has been a fixture on the Sheffield free music scene since the early 1980s, but in this trio with the two younger Hunter brothers he sounds more like a denizen of some imaginary…
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Tapiwa Svosve & David Meier – 11 January 2018
Tapiwa Svosve (saxophone) & David Meier (drums) are based in Zürich, Switzerland. They improvise and shape their own musical space in the moment drawing from many different influences. Manchester audiences might remember David from his several performances with Trio Riot and Schnellertollermeier, while Tapiwa came to Salford last year and played a duo set with…
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Kate Armitage+Gary Fisher / Ctrl Freq – 12 October 2017
Kate Armitage and Gary Fisher will bring together their unique individual styles of improvisation for a collaborative performance involving found objects, percussion and other curious noises. There will be discord, humour and possibly, moments of harmony. Kate’s debut solo album is out now on cassette on Fractal Meat Cuts. katearmitage.com Gary will be composer in…
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The New Art Quintet – 10 August 2017
The New Art Quintet play Free-form improvisations, inspired by the music of Albert Ayler, Cecil Taylor, The Art Ensemble of Chicago, Sun Ra, John Coltrane… Andy French – Tenor Saxophone Joel Stedman – Bass Clarinet, Flutes Ozzy Moysey – Double Bass, Cornet, Vocals, Percussion James Milligan – Guitar Joe Simmonds – Drums, Percussion Who The…
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Ghost Mind – 13 July 2017
Ghost Mind consists of Jon Andriessen on guitar, kalimba and effects, Pete Robson’s horns and Stuart Wilding on percussion. All this combined with a background of found sounds gathered from around the planet. Essentially, Ghost Mind is a four-person trio, the fourthmember being the titular “Ghost”. The concept of Ghost Mind was devised while the…
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Richard Scott’s Lightning Ensemble – 9 March 2017
The Lighting Ensemble is Richard Scott’s UK-based hyper-interactive free improvising group with longtime collaborators and brilliant improvisers, Phillip Marks, drums and David Birchall, guitar, with Scott playing analogue modular synthesizer. Intricate, intimate, dynamic, molecular and often explosive music. Richard Scott and Phillip Marks first played together in Manchester’s Bark! in the 1990s (alongside Rex Casswell…
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Lee Allatson – 9 February 2017
Lee Allatson is a drum set player from Leicestershire, UK, specialising in free improvisation. His early percussive years included classical tuition and a keen interest in 1970’s film soundtracks – all fused within the cultural melting pot of Caribbean, Asian and Eastern European influences provided from a Leicester city education. Moving to vocals and electronics…
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NUStival – 28 January 2017
NUStival – a mini-festival of improvised music. Featuring selected groupings of: Mick Beck Cath Roberts Otto Willberg Ecka Mordecai Odie ji Ghast Rob Thorpe Geoff Bright Rodrigo Constanzo Anton Hunter and… A performance of John Zorn’s Cobra by the Noise Upstairs Workshop Group. Free entry. 7pm-11pm Sat 28 Jan Supported by Manchester Metropolitan University and…
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Hunter/Willberg/Ward – 12 January 2017
Acoustic post-post-truth improv trio featuring Manchester legend Johnny Hunter on drums, young experimentalist Otto Willberg on double bass and triple-doubler Tom Ward on reeds and winds. Inspired by the avant-garde, improvisation, jazz, rock, noise and more, the trio’s members have collaborated with many great improvisers including Steve Beresford, Adam Fairhall, Dave Birchall, Mark Hanslip, Hannah…
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Space Food – 9 June 2016
Noise Upstairs Is Nine Years Old! Come celebrate with Space Food! Space Food is a new group in which three fine Manchester improvisers take on the format of the traditional organ trio; Adam Fairhall on organ, Johnny Hunter on drums and Dave Birchall on guitar. The organ trio is still a rarity in free…
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Inclusion Principle / Joseph Kudirka – 9 April 2015
Martin Archer – electronic keyboards, laptop, saxophones, clarinets, recorders Hervé Perez – laptop, saxophones Peter Fairclough – drums and percussion IP was formed in 2006, released it’s first eponymous CD that year, and follows up with a second release ‘The Leaf Factory Fallback’ in March 2010. subsequent releases include documents of performances: Inclusion Principle –…
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Beck Hunters – 12 February 2015
Mick Beck (reeds and whistles) Anton Hunter (guitar, fx) Johnny Hunter (drums) Stopping off in Manchester on their UK tour to promote the debut album, The Hunt Is On (Discus 2014). – http://discus-music.co.uk/dis46cd.htm “Agressive when it needs to be, but comfortable winding down into unhurried, meandering humour, it sounds like a miniature Art Ensemble at play.”…
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bird rat centipede 11 December 2014
bird rat centipede is a collection of performer/composers who share a view for honest and democratic music making bird rat centipede is: Sam Andreae Rodrigo Constanzo Angela Guyton Linda Jankowska Braxton Sherouse http://www.birdratcentipede.com Who bird rat centipede 11 December 2014 When Thursday, December 11, 2014 8:00pm – All Ages Where Fuel Cafe (map) 448 Wilmslow…
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David Birchall/Rogier Smal Duo – 8 May 2014
David Birchall/Rogier Smal Duo Manchester/Amsterdam free guitar/drums duo. Tape out to coincide with first UK tour. David Birchall is a guitar player living in Manchester. He has made sounds solo, with Chastity Potatoe, Desmadrados Soldados de Ventura, Levenshulme Bicycle Orchestra, Kalbakken, Andrew Cheetham, Sam Andreae, Rogier Smal, Olie Brice, Toby Delius, Mark Sanders, Richard Scott, Philip…