Tag: guitar
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Wire Assembly – 8 October 2015
The guitar trio Wire Assembly have been resurrected/disinterred after 20 years of hibernation. John Jasnoch and Neil Carver have coerced Ian Simpson into being the Third Man. Covering an enormous range of sound from a blue tit pecking at an aluminium milk bottle top (there were milk bottles when we last played) to apocalyptic calamity…
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David Birchall/Odie Ji Ghast/THF Drenching – 12 March 2015
David Birchall/Odie Ji Ghast/THF Drenching Three of Manchester’s finest. Anti-guitar, anguished screams and punctured dictaphones wishing they were Jazz. For this performance ONE night only the trio features pataphysical broadcast content from Odie Ji Ghast accompanied by Drenching Birchall. Debut album “YEA YOU SORRY NOW due out very soon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fAucfRXa2w Who David Birchall/Odie Ji Ghast/THF…
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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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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…
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Nicolas Dobson & Anton Hunter – 8 August 2013
Nicolas Dobson is a drummer / violinist from Skipton who grew up in the punk / DIY / noise scenes of Leeds and Manchester while simultaneously getting a classical education at the RNCM. Since 2005 he has been mainly playing free, collaborating with northern improvisers and sound artists including David Birchall, Kelly Jones, Dan Bridgwood-Hill,…
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Tout Croche – 11 April 2013
Tout Croche is Stephen Harvey & Dominic Thibault A haven of post-genre sonic experimentation Music making that marvels at noise From beautiful ambience to digital distortion www.toutcroche.com The Howl Won’t Be Silent Improvised set Utilizing only the simplest of apparatus: guitar, voice and the no-input feedback rack. For the love of red lights , we…
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Tout Croche – 10 April 2013
Tout Croche is Stephen Harvey & Dominic Thibault A haven of post-genre sonic experimentation Music making that marvels at noise From beautiful ambience to digital distortion www.toutcroche.com The Howl Won’t Be Silent Improvised set Utilizing only the simplest of apparatus: guitar, voice and the no-input feedback rack. For the love of red lights , we…
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Andrew Cheetham & David Birchall – 14 March 2013
“Drums & guitar riffing improv” The Wire “Andrew Cheetham and David Birchall create a psychedelic maelstrom of sound that threatens to atomise your walls” Mojo “The duo has a great artistic empathy going on between them that gives birth to some fantastically fucked up jams on here.” Was Ist Das “While the pair may appear…
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Andrew Cheetham & David Birchall – 13 March 2013
“Drums & guitar riffing improv” The Wire “Andrew Cheetham and David Birchall create a psychedelic maelstrom of sound that threatens to atomise your walls” Mojo “The duo has a great artistic empathy going on between them that gives birth to some fantastically fucked up jams on here.” Was Ist Das “While the pair may appear…
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Wire Assembly – 8 November 2012
WIRE ASSEMBLY Neil Carver/Ian Simpson/John Jasnoch: electric guitars The guitar trio Wire Assembly have been resurrected/disinterred after 20 years of hibernation. John Jasnoch and Neil Carver have coerced Ian Simpson into being the Third Man. Covering an enormous range of sound from a blue tit pecking at an aluminium milk bottle top (there were milk…
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Wire Assembly – 14 November 2012
WIRE ASSEMBLY Neil Carver/Ian Simpson/John Jasnoch: electric guitars The guitar trio Wire Assembly have been resurrected/disinterred after 20 years of hibernation. John Jasnoch and Neil Carver have coerced Ian Simpson into being the Third Man. Covering an enormous range of sound from a blue tit pecking at an aluminium milk bottle top (there were milk…
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Fernando Perales – 12 September 2012
Fernando Perales/Viva La Muerte “the Andrei Rublev experience” tour/Europe/2012 Fernando Perales, musician, performer, cinema critic and box trainer, he was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1971. He is one of the most important figures of the experimental music and avant garde scene of Buenos Aires, in Argentina. Since 1995, for almost 10 years, Fernando…
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Adam Beckley – 11 April 2012
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 musician ‘Beru’ (of Digitalis fame) which is available through his own cassette label ‘Armed Within…
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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 InfoMemoria Zero, all the way from Rome, Italy.
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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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L’Ocelle Mare – 23 October 2011
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 under the name of l’ocelle mare in September 2005. He toured Europe, Scandinavia, Israel, USA…
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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 to follow) is a complete embrace of the freely improvised, still working together though performing…
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Martin Archer & Steve Chase – 14 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 be their first concert as a duo. To mark the occasion they have chosen to…
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Stuckometer / Abscond – 8 September 2011
“Stuckometer is a free improvised no wave noise rock from the NorthWest of England originally formed in 2005. The third wave of the band consists of David Birchall (guitar) Karl Sveinsonn (guitar) JOINCEY (bass) Pascal Nichols (percussion). Recent CDR out on Total Vermin and forthcoming on Kovorax Sound.” www.myspace.com/stckmtr Also joining them this evening is…
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Graculus – 14 October 2010
Graculus is an improvising duo consisting of Richard Harding (acoustic & electric guitars) and Phil Hargreaves (saxophone & flute). Originally, the duo formed for a one-off show at Tate Liverpool in 2008, but the partnership blossomed over the next 2 ½ years. Phil is an experienced improvising musician, having worked with some of the UK’s…