Author Archives: davidmbirchall

Sound Projector Review of Acoustic Textures

missed this one when it first appeared some nice words about the Acoustic Textures CDr. “Hidden gem of the week: the Manchester improvising guitarist David Birchall, whose one-take directly-recorded improvisations are splendidly presented on his Acoustic Textures (BLACK CAT PRESS 002) collection. Birchall is of the school of those who insert objects into acoustic instruments,Continue reading “Sound Projector Review of Acoustic Textures”

new sounds with Sam Andreae & Andrew Cheetham

Been doing some great playing in last few months with Sam Andreae and this has started developing into a trio with Andrew Cheetham. It’s been a really great meeting point for us all to play, we all have approached the music from very different points of view but seem to have arrived at a pointContinue reading “new sounds with Sam Andreae & Andrew Cheetham”

new Levenshulme Bicycle Orchestra stuff

Been doing some really exciting work the last month or two designing new bike instruments with Huw. He’s made a little teasing video during his building… some pictures to follow. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vdP0I0DQak slowly we have been finding new ways to play and the new piece which works much more like a huge amplified sculpture than theContinue reading “new Levenshulme Bicycle Orchestra stuff”

Highgate Cementery

Last Friday afternoon I had some free time  between two moving and fun evenings watching the Instant Composers Pool at the Vortex so I took a trip up to Highgate cemetery. This came to be as part of a long considered mission to see where Karl Marx is buried. Having failed the last time IContinue reading “Highgate Cementery”