Browsing articles from "March, 2010"
Mar
28

NUS Label Launch Party – 28 March 2010

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Exciting performances by NUS Artists Gift of Life and Rodrigo Constanzo. Also the performance of Cobra by workshop participants. ……………………………………. John Zorn’s Cobra is either an often performed contemporary music composition, an improvisational game, a short attention span barrage of [...]

Mar
12

Orfeo 5 – 12 March 2010

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Orfeo 5 Podcast

Orfeo 5 are Shaun Blezard (electronics) and Keith Jafrate (saxophones). they use improvisation to find structure and vice versa, in music that is romantic and narrative and mysterious all at once, playing long pieces which evolve over time to create a sense [...]

Mar
11

Orfeo 5 Podcast – 11 March 2010

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Orfeo 5 Podcast

I’ve tried to give a very broad overview of shared loves and influences of orfeo 5 without leaning too far in any one direction. They are all there in our sound some obvious some not so obvious. Hope you like [...]

Mar
11

Takahashi’s shellfish concern – 11 March 2010

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Takahashi’s Shellfish Concern combines abstract expressionist visual art with experimental electronic-acoustic music to accentuate the similarities of both during improvised exchanges. Angela Guyton and Rodrigo Constanzo create a new event that requires the audience to consider this merger of music [...]

About The Noise Upstairs

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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