Jan
13
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Federico Reuben – 11 April 2012

Laptop improviser and composer Federico Reuben is rapidly becoming an original voice in London’s improv scene for his  idiosyncratic approach to live electronics. He plunders, combines and alters sounds in real-time to produceoutlandish and beguiling sound worlds. His performances often resemble [...]

Jan
13
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Federico Reuben – 12 April 2012

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Laptop improviser and composer Federico Reuben is rapidly becoming an original voice in London’s improv scene for his  idiosyncratic approach to live electronics. He plunders, combines and alters sounds in real-time to produceoutlandish and beguiling sound worlds. His performances often resemble [...]

Dec
21
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Jason Kahn – 8 February 2012

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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 [...]

Dec
21
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Jason Kahn – 9 February 2012

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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 [...]

Dec
18
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Helmut Lemke – 12 January 2012

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http://www.sound-art.de Imagine you have a plastic bottle…. You fill it with water and you hang it upside down…. You make a little hole in the cap…. and then you sit back, you wait and you listen – drips appear – [...]

Dec
18
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Helmut Lemke – 11 January 2012

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http://www.sound-art.de Imagine you have a plastic bottle…. You fill it with water and you hang it upside down…. You make a little hole in the cap…. and then you sit back, you wait and you listen – drips appear – [...]

Dec
10
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Memoria Zero – 8 December 2011

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All the way from Rome, Italy! Click here to download the performances Who Memoria Zero – 8 December 2011 When Thursday, December 8, 2011 8:00pm – All Ages Where Fuel Cafe (map) 448 Wilmslow Road Manchester, England M20 3BW Other [...]

Nov
10
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Circuit-Bending Part 2

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Title: Circuit Bending Workshop Location: MadLab Description: If you’ve ever wanted to get into circuit-bending or DIY electronics in general, this circuit-bending workshop, presented by The Noise Upstairs, will give you an introduction into the art of bending. Over the course of two [...]

Oct
20
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Diatribes – 3 November 2011

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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 [...]

Oct
10
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L’Ocelle Mare – 23 October 2011

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Thomas Bonvalet, (born October, 1977) lives between the forest of « la Double », in the south-west of France and Alpedrete, Spain. Guitar player of the band Cheval de frise between 1998 and 2004, he made is first solo show [...]

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The Noise Upstairs is an improv collective which runs free-improv nights in Manchester and Sheffield, as well as putting on other improv related events. The basic premise is that anyone can turn up and join in by putting their name in the hat. Names are pulled out, ensembles formed, and hearts broken.

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