Author Archives: davidmbirchall
John Tchicai/Tony Marsh
This gig should be a great one! Carlton club site here and map here.
LBO tour pictures
This is us outside the venue in Berlin. Had a great 2 weeks in UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Holland in June. See many more moments of boy bandesque pain and beauty on Huws blogspot here. Hopefully there’ll be some audio and the infamous ‘tour diary’ appearing at some point.
Mumtaz Power Duo
Uploaded a couple of more improvisations from the newly named Mumtaz Power Duo. Im playing guitar and Nicolas Dobson is on percussion. All tracks recorded in The Milkroom at Hotspur Press.
music and Iran….
Really was quite flabbergasted today to read that music has been essentially made non-existant in Iran. “Khamenei said: Although music is halal, promoting and teaching it is not compatible with the highest values of the sacred regime of the Islamic Republic.” Terrifying that a state is prepared to go to such lengths to attempt toContinue reading “music and Iran….”
John Tchicai/Tony Marsh
putting on this gig with a few other folk later in the year, promises to be amazing! Friday 1st October @ Carlton Club, Carlton Road (off Wood Road and Upper Chorlton Road) Whalley Range, M16 Manchester John Tchicai John Tchicai is a sax legend having played with some of the most innovative and respected musicianContinue reading “John Tchicai/Tony Marsh”
electric excitment
Started playing electric guitar again today during practice and actually found I was really enjoying pulling new sounds out of it! There’s a recording of a few ideas here track is “sketch 28/7/10.
Live in Ramallah
A few images from Ramallah of Nick and I at practice and then the gig itself on his rooftop. Gig itself was aided halfway through by the prayer call from a nearby mosque! Hopefully some duo records will surface on CDR later in the year. Below is a shot from solo gig at Fuel inContinue reading “Live in Ramallah”
Nine Doors Review
Cool review here of LBO CD from the good folks at diskant ===================================================== Levenshulme Bicycle Orchestra. Levenshulme Bicycle Orchestra. It’s so satisfying to say. It’s almost as satisfying to type out, time and again. Levenshulme Bicycle Orchestra. The best thing about the name is that it’s wholly accurate: Levenshulme Bicycle Orchestra are a troop of musicians basedContinue reading “Nine Doors Review”
Noise in Salford
Noise, Affect, Politics Conference Call for Participation: “Bigger than Words, Wider than Pictures”: Noise, Affect, Politics University of Salford and Islington Mill, July 1-3 2010 Organising Committee: Dr Michael Goddard, Dr Benjamin Halligan and Professor David Sanjek “If there are people that are dumb enough to use Metallica to interrogate prisoners, you’re forgetting about allContinue reading “Noise in Salford”
David Birchall 