Nice capture of our Sheffield set from March at Bank Street Arts. Each of us labouring under our preferred descriptions. Thanks to Richard Moran for filming.
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Long String instrument on PS2N
Excellent episode of PS2N, digital TV coming out of Sheffield which features various scenes with the 50 metre plus string instrument Sam Andreae and myself built there as part of our residency at the Penthouse in September/October 2014.
London gig from December
Nice recording from the Cafe Oto gig with Andrew, Otto and Colin from back end of last year. There’s a couple of recordings in the works too from the session we did with Sam Weaver during the same week as this tour.
New Tape
Splendid new tape available of my duo with Otto Willberg documenting a live set recorded in Brooklyn in March of last year. “a young man and a middle aged man alive in New York” Short run of tapes:: I will have some copies with me on the trio tour with Rogier and Colin in MarchContinue reading “New Tape”
Madlab Accelerator
Super excited that my ongoing sound.light.circuit.art project Noise Orchestra with Vicky Clarke has been chosen to take part in this amazing looking accelerator programme at Madlab in Manchester. We are going to be working with a great bunch of artists, mentors and Madlab folk developing our Noise Machines to the next place. Lots toContinue reading “Madlab Accelerator”
Vernacular Recordings
Some exciting news; I’ve decided to start a small record label dedicated to releasing improvised musics from and to do with Manchester. The first two releases will be available at the beginning of March. Richard Scott’s Lightning Ensemble +Jon Rose Auslanders: live in Berlin VR001/SA006 Recorded live at Ausland in June 2015 track 1 features the core LightningContinue reading “Vernacular Recordings”
Space Food 14th January
Looking forward to this my first gig of the year. “Space Food is a new group in which three fine Manchester improvisers take on the format of the traditional organ trio; Adam Fairhall on organ, Johnny Hunter on drums and Dave Birchall on guitar. The organ trio is still a rarity in free improvisation, despiteContinue reading “Space Food 14th January”
Live at Over the Top
From the second gig we did on the tour mid December. A nice set live from the conservatory at Mick’s. We did a great days recording in Stockport the day before this which will see the light of day sometime in 2016.
Metaguitar 1
Began work a few months ago putting together a very loose assemblage of parts that maintains the structural features of electric guitar while amplifying the possibilities I find most interesting on the instrument further. Namely; the ability to amplify and make microphonic large surface and the ability to pinpoint on pickup sounds. An example ofContinue reading “Metaguitar 1”
striking uncomfortable poses while discussing the nature of power
Just had a re listen to this piece I made in our old place anew. 3 improvisations sculpted into a piece based on watching the same 6:51 youtube video of Chomsky and Foucault from Dutch TV in 1971 as compositional guidance. I attempt to work on a daily basis with Alexander Technique, something I’ve doneContinue reading “striking uncomfortable poses while discussing the nature of power”
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