http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com Sun, 13 May 2012 23:54:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Noise Upstairs no http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2012/04/rodrigo-constanzo-10-may-2012/ http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2012/04/rodrigo-constanzo-10-may-2012/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:51:19 +0000 Rodrigo http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2012/04/rodrigo-constanzo-10-may-2012/ Rodrigo Constanzo will be performing a live set of improvised music using his ‘drums’ setup which includes very little drums at all. A three piece, nearly child’s sized kit, is modified, and augmented by home made electronic instruments including a three [...]]]> http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2012/04/rodrigo-constanzo-10-may-2012/feed/ 2 http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2012/04/rodrigo-constanzo-9-may-2012/ http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2012/04/rodrigo-constanzo-9-may-2012/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:50:41 +0000 Rodrigo http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2012/04/rodrigo-constanzo-9-may-2012/ Rodrigo Constanzo will be performing a live set of improvised music using his ‘drums’ setup which includes very little drums at all. A three piece, nearly child’s sized kit, is modified, and augmented by home made electronic instruments including a three [...]]]> http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2012/04/rodrigo-constanzo-9-may-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2012/03/amphibolous-12-april-2012/ http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2012/03/amphibolous-12-april-2012/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:42:03 +0000 Anton http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2012/03/amphibolous/ Amphibolous is Ash Steel, Adam Webster (Swung Dash) and Si Jones (Noise Club, Hot Hail). The group first got together in 2011 to work on a soundtrack for a short film about a failed DJ, but their musical chemistry shone [...]]]> http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2012/03/amphibolous-12-april-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2012/03/drums-8-march-2012/ http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2012/03/drums-8-march-2012/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:37:04 +0000 Anton http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2012/03/drums-8th-march-2012-2/ “Drums” A new quartet led by Johnny Hunter (drums/percussion) and featuring Rodrigo Constanzo (drums/percussion), Simon Prince (saxophone/percussion) and James Adolpho (double bass/percussion). Click here to download the performances. Who "Drums" - 8 March 2012 When Thursday, March 8, 2012 8:30pm [...]]]> http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2012/03/drums-8-march-2012/feed/ 1 http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2012/03/splice-a-greater-horror-21-march-2012/ http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2012/03/splice-a-greater-horror-21-march-2012/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 19:23:53 +0000 Rodrigo http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2012/03/splice-a-greater-horror-21-march-2012/ Splice’s raison d’être is to mesh together influences of contemporary jazz, free improv, loud and soft noise, punk grit, ambient music, and more… with seamless blends or blunt juxtapositions. Featuring Alex Bonney on trumpet and electronics, Robin Fincker on tenor [...]]]> http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2012/03/splice-a-greater-horror-21-march-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2012/02/jez-riley-french-14-march-2012/ http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2012/02/jez-riley-french-14-march-2012/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:09:59 +0000 Rodrigo http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2012/02/jez-riley-french-13-march-2012/ Using intuitive composition, field recording, improvisation and photography, Jez has been exploring his enjoyment of detail, simplicity and his emotive response to places and situations for the past 3 decades. Alongside solo performances and exhibitions he collaborates with other artists, [...]]]> http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2012/02/jez-riley-french-14-march-2012/feed/ 1 http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2012/02/federico-reuben-12-july-2012/ http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2012/02/federico-reuben-12-july-2012/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:29:42 +0000 Rodrigo http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2012/02/federico-reuben-12-july-2012/ About Fed­erico Reuben is a com­poser, sound artist and live-electronics per­former based in Lon­don. His work chal­lenges con­ven­tional rela­tion­ships between com­poser, per­former and audi­ence through imag­ined per­for­mance prac­tices, col­lab­o­ra­tions and modes of sonic rep­re­sen­ta­tion and pro­duc­tion. He plun­ders, com­bines and [...]]]> http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2012/02/federico-reuben-12-july-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2012/02/federico-reuben-11-july-2012/ http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2012/02/federico-reuben-11-july-2012/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:29:03 +0000 Rodrigo http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2012/02/federico-reuben-11-july-2012/ About Fed­erico Reuben is a com­poser, sound artist and live-electronics per­former based in Lon­don. His work chal­lenges con­ven­tional rela­tion­ships between com­poser, per­former and audi­ence through imag­ined per­for­mance prac­tices, col­lab­o­ra­tions and modes of sonic rep­re­sen­ta­tion and pro­duc­tion. He plun­ders, com­bines and [...]]]> http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2012/02/federico-reuben-11-july-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2012/02/adam-beckley-11-april-2012/ http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2012/02/adam-beckley-11-april-2012/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:49:56 +0000 Rodrigo http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2012/02/adam-beckley/ Adam Beckley is an experimental musician from Stourbridge in the West Midlands, creating hypnotic textures of sound.His first solo work ‘Revere’ was released by the label ‘Carnage Club’ in August 2011. Adam has also released a split with Los Angeles [...]]]> http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2012/02/adam-beckley-11-april-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/12/the-riverside-jason-kahn-8-february-2012/ http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/12/the-riverside-jason-kahn-8-february-2012/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:17:57 +0000 Rodrigo http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/07/the-riverside-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 [...]]]> http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/12/the-riverside-jason-kahn-8-february-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/12/fuel-cafe-jason-kahn-9-february-2012/ http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/12/fuel-cafe-jason-kahn-9-february-2012/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:12:22 +0000 Rodrigo http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/07/fuel-cafe-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 [...]]]> http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/12/fuel-cafe-jason-kahn-9-february-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/12/helmut-lemke-12-january-2012/ http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/12/helmut-lemke-12-january-2012/#comments Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:21:24 +0000 Rodrigo http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/12/helmut-lemke-12-january-2012/ 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 – [...]]]> http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/12/helmut-lemke-12-january-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/12/helmut-lemke-11-january-2012/ http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/12/helmut-lemke-11-january-2012/#comments Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:20:55 +0000 Rodrigo http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/12/helmut-lemke-11-january-2012/ 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 – [...]]]> http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/12/helmut-lemke-11-january-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/12/memoria-zero-8-december-2011/ http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/12/memoria-zero-8-december-2011/#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:04:22 +0000 Rodrigo http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/12/memoria-zero-8-december-2011/ 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 [...]]]> http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/12/memoria-zero-8-december-2011/feed/ 0 http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/11/circuit-bending-part-2/ http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/11/circuit-bending-part-2/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:40:50 +0000 Rodrigo http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/?p=1285 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 [...]]]> http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/11/circuit-bending-part-2/feed/ 3 http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/10/diatribes-3-november-2011/ http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/10/diatribes-3-november-2011/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:40:38 +0000 Rodrigo http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/10/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 [...]]]> http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/10/diatribes-3-november-2011/feed/ 0 http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/10/locelle-mare/ http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/10/locelle-mare/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:45:39 +0000 Rodrigo http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/10/thomas-bonvalet/ 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 [...]]]> http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/10/locelle-mare/feed/ 0 http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/09/sam-andreae-anton-hunter-9th-november-2011/ http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/09/sam-andreae-anton-hunter-9th-november-2011/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:07:27 +0000 Anton http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/09/sam-andreae-anton-hunter-9th-november-2011/   Sam Andreae and Anton Hunter first met playing in Ben Cottrell’s Beats & Pieces Big Band, and quickly went on to form their quartet Haq to explore the boundaries between composed and improvised music.  This latest tour (with release [...]]]> http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/09/sam-andreae-anton-hunter-9th-november-2011/feed/ 0 http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/09/distractfold-ensemble-sam-andreae-anton-hunter-10-november-2011/ http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/09/distractfold-ensemble-sam-andreae-anton-hunter-10-november-2011/#comments Sat, 10 Sep 2011 19:34:16 +0000 Rodrigo http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/07/fuel-cafe-distractfold-ensemble-10-november-2011/ Sam Andreae and Anton Hunter first met playing in Ben Cottrell’s Beats & Pieces Big Band, and quickly went on to form their quartet Haq to explore the boundaries between composed and improvised music.  This latest tour (with release to [...]]]> http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/09/distractfold-ensemble-sam-andreae-anton-hunter-10-november-2011/feed/ 0 http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/08/martin-archer-steve-chase-14-september-2011/ http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/08/martin-archer-steve-chase-14-september-2011/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 01:27:30 +0000 Rodrigo http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/08/martin-archer-steve-chase-7-september-2011/ Martin Archer – iPad, woodwind Steve Chase – guitar, miscellaneous instruments Martin and Steve have played together regularly over the last few years in the context of larger groups (Coastguard All Stars, Gated Community, Juxtavoices, Showroom Ensemble), but this will [...]]]> http://www.thenoiseupstairs.com/2011/08/martin-archer-steve-chase-14-september-2011/feed/ 0