Author: Rodrigo
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Kawaiiyasu – 12 September 2024
UK guitarist Harry Souter, saxophonist Harvey Parkin-Christie, and Hong Kong / Japanese drummer Teruki Chan present: Kawaiiyasu, a confrontational trio responding to the jazz and improvised music tradition. The group moves in and out of abstract materials freely. The trio is characterised by explosive improvisation and dynamic composition, pushing the boundaries of intimate ensemble playing…
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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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Holbrooke Stompers – 11 July 2024
Our guests this month are the “Holbrooke Stompers”, featuring Nick Branton (clarinet), Dave Birchall (banjo), George Murray (trombone) and Johnny Hunter (trap set). Who Holbrooke Stompers – 11 July 2024 When Thursday, July 11, 2024 8:00pm – All Ages Where Fuel Cafe (map) 448 Wilmslow Road Manchester, England M20 3BW Other InfoOur guests this month are…
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The Dissonance Collective – 13 June 2024
The Dissonance Collective is a group of musicians and artists creating free improvised objects. Formed in January 2019 The Dissonance Collective is a group of musicians and artists creating free improvised objects. People often talk about projects, TDC create objects. Projects are worked on and planned whereas each TDC release represents a chunk of time…
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Seppings – 9 May 2024
Peter Rophone – voice, guitar, effects John Jasnoch – bass guitar, effects Nick Robinson – guitar, effects Seppings had its first outing last October at Bishop’s House in Sheffield. The music could be described as long form, multi-layered improvisations plus spiky, angular interludes, plus spontaneously composed songs, rants, etc. Who Seppings – 9 May 2024…
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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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Gidouille – 8 February 2024
This month our guests are Gidouille, featuring Kath Tyldesley (Theremin, Glockenspiel), and Mike Tyldesley (Sax, Flute, electronica). They’ve been exploring nonsense recently and will report on some of their findings. Who Gidouille – 8 February 2024 When Thursday, February 8, 2024 8:00pm – All Ages Where Fuel Cafe (map) 448 Wilmslow Road Manchester, England M20…
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Minimum Wage Immanence Unit – 11 January 2024
David Birchall (guitar) brings his trio with Adam Fairhall on accordion and Michael Perrett on bass clarinet. The band is called Minimum Wage Immanence Unit. https://davidbirchall.bandcamp.com/album/swamp-cypress Who Minimum Wage Immanence Unit – 11 January 2024 When Thursday, January 11, 2024 8:00pm – All Ages Where Fuel Cafe (map) 448 Wilmslow Road Manchester, England M20 3BW…
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Whiteley, Morton, Jackson, and Bright – 14 December 2023
Gill Whiteley is a multi-media improviser and artist working with instruments, objects and assorted materials. Clayton Jackson improvises with modulated percussion and objects, occasional adaptations, moving image, and events. Phil Morton, accidents and treatments. Performance forged in the air that it moves. Geoff Bright is an improviser and live art performer working with sound (mainly…
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Thorpe / Prince / Heath – 9 November 2023
Rob Thorpe – baritone electric guitar Simon Prince – flute Sylvie Heath – voice and flute The trio are drawn to the smallest of sounds, and embrace the spaces that frame them. With each member having a background in contemporary classical music the pieces form with a sense of detail and concentration. Simon Prince is…
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Emil Karden / Lawrence Casserley – 12 October 2023
A first time duo performance with Lawrence Casserley (live-signal processing) and Emil Karlsen (drums). Best known for his work in free improvised music, particularly real-time processing of other musicians’ sound, Casserley has devised a special computer processing instrument for this work. He has worked with many of the finest improvisers, particularly Evan Parker, with whom…
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Alistair Zaldua, James Coote, and Andrew Rothwell – 14 September 2023
Only recently having moved to Manchester Alistair Zaldua previously lived in Canterbury where in 2015 he set up the Free Range Orchestra, which is an all-comers improvisation collective, and is closely associated with the Free Range experimental and improvised music Concert Series. Alistair is interested in collaboration; recent projects include duet work with Christoph Gallio…
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Samson – 10 August 2023
Samson: a freely improvising noise covers band oozing from the depths of the south Manchester student underground scene. Who Samson – 10 August 2023 When Thursday, August 10, 2023 8:00pm – All Ages Where Fuel Cafe (map) 448 Wilmslow Road Manchester, England M20 3BW Other InfoSamson: a freely improvising noise covers band oozing from the…
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Bartholomew – 8 June 2023
Bartholomew (or Chris to his friends) is a composer, improviser and technologist based in Newcastle. Live, Bartholomew uses a carefully curated set of eclectic electronics to weave evolving textures from audio ephemera. Expect to hear internet detritus, electromagnetic fields and amplified cookware. Who Bartholomew – 8 June 2023 When Thursday, June 8, 2023 8:00pm -…
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The Bottom End – 11 May 2023
The Bottom End is Geoff Bright on bass saxophone, voice and stuff and Mick Beck on bassoon and other things. Overjoyed to be back at Noise Upstairs after the bad, bad days of Covid, we’ll continue our interrogation of the sonic basement possibilities of the timber grumbler and the brassy belcher – with a whoop…
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the three muses – 14 April 2023
the three muses are: untitled woman – vocals & electronics keith jafrate – saxophone regular viewers might know them as 2/3 of pollen count (richard knight being the missing third). this new duo venture shares some characteristics with that trio, but also evolves the approach, with more live manipulation of the sound, and a stronger…
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James Coote and Andrew Rothwell
James Coote and Andrew Rothwell will be performing with two drum kitsand assorted percussion. James will also be playing saxophone, and theaim is to investigate the possibilities of double percussion in a freeimprov setting. Who James Coote and Andrew Rothwell When Thursday, March 9, 2023 8:00pm – All Ages Where Fuel Cafe (map) 448 Wilmslow…
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The Dissonance Collective – 12 March 2020
The Dissonance Collective is a group of musicians and artists who create free improvised objects. People often talk about projects, TDC creates objects. Projects are worked on and planned whereas each TDC performance represents a chunk of time (or time/space to be Einsteinian about it) which exists with or without their input. They choose to…
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Hedge Fund Managers – 13 February 2020
This month we’re delighted to welcome Hedge Fund Managers to The Noise Upstairs Room frequency jamming and detune protocols narrowcast with scramble emergency code relay evocation. Corrupted crosstalk chaos pacification. Ritual derangement within self-aware pathways and unsigned posts, establishment of mutiny in the order: schismatic schematics. Dishabited apparatus delivery quotients of mediated protean focus traits.…