Tag: percussion
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Post-Pollination – 8 August 2024
Henry McPherson, Maria Sappho, Colin Frank “Formed in the depths of the covid-19 pandemic in the wilds of northeast Huddersfield, Post-Pollination are Henry McPherson (UK), Maria Sappho (USA), and Colin Frank (CA). As improviser/composer/instrument-builder hybrids, the group advocates trans-species improvised noise (and not-noise) for wellbeing, joy, and collective creativity. On 8th August, in their first…
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Herbie Hopkins – 11 April 2024
Our guests for April is Herbie Hopkins, a songwriter from Leeds. His songs are often about anatomy, nocturnal landscapes, and supernatural self-discovery. For ‘The Noise Upstairs’, he’ll be joined by Matthew Bourne (piano) and Harry Souter (percussion). They will perform material from Herbie’s debut-album ‘Kyra’, embellishing each song with spectral, sparkling free improvisation. Who Herbie…
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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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Drift Ensemble – 11 October 2018
Comprising composer-improvisers, percussion, violin, recorder, soprano and electronics, DriftEnsemble specializes in presenting experimental contemporary music. Our collective integrates each individual’s making, demonstrating the multidisciplinary practices – composition and interpretation, improvisation, live-electronic MAX/MSP coding, musicological thinking – we engage. Media link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr187RYKYOOVSbDD7Q5WJfw Who Drift Ensemble – 11 October 2018 When Thursday, October 11, 2018 8:00pm – All…
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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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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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Lê Quan Ninh / Distractfold Ensemble – 26 June 2013
As a classical trained percussionist, Lê Quan Ninh worked with contemporary music ensembles and is a founder member of Quatuor Hêlios, a percussion quartet that performed and recorded, among others, John Cage’s percussion works. Their last creation is Seul à Seuls by Georges Aperghis premiered in late 2006 at the Musica Festival in Strasbourg (France). As an improvisor,…
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Jason Kahn – 8 February 2012
Jason Kahn (electronics) Jason Kahn was born in New York in 1960 and grew up in Los Angeles. He moved to Europe in 1990, first living in Berlin until 1999 then moving to Switzerland. He is currently based in Zürich. Kahn came of musical age in the late 1970’s, playing drums in punk bands and later…
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Jason Kahn – 9 February 2012
Jason Kahn (electronics) Jason Kahn was born in New York in 1960 and grew up in Los Angeles. He moved to Europe in 1990, first living in Berlin until 1999 then moving to Switzerland. He is currently based in Zürich. Kahn came of musical age in the late 1970’s, playing drums in punk bands and later…
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Diatribes – 3 November 2011
Following their amazing gig last year, D’incise and Cyril return with an expanded line-up featuring some of the UK’s best improvisers… Cyril Bondi – drums/percussion D’incise – objects/laptop Dominic Lash – double bass Phil Durrant – laptop/sound manipulation Hannah Marshall – cello Patrick Farmer – objects/percussion Also playing will be the Manchester super-group that is…
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Beck, Hunter, & Perez Trio – 10 August 2011
Hervé Perez (electonics, sax), who uses many methods to forge vibrations and sculpt the harmonies that will rattle the nerves of academia, will be joining forces with UK Free Improvisation stalwart, Mick Beck (reeds & whistles), the critically acclaimed free jazz sax and bassoon player. Providing some much needed percussion will be The Noise Upstairs’…