The good folk at the Noise Upstairs improv night asked us toproduce a kindof last shout posthumous Northern Wire podcast for them to be played out at one of there forthcoming monthly sessions, below is whats on it… Sweetleaf Black Sabbath Barabadabada Ivor Cutler Lovely Sky Boat Alice Coltrane Black Jerusalem Teeth Mountain I choseContinue reading “Noise Upstairs Podcast”
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Open Eye Ensemble in Lyon
Brief snatch of Open Eye set from Lyon earlier this year recorded by the ever vigilant DBH. Pascal is out of shot playing percussion, Nick, Kelly and myself are just visible; Kelly applying tape to my goodself and guitar nearly became an escapology trick. Everyone else in the room has gone wild with the sameContinue reading “Open Eye Ensemble in Lyon”
Sculpted Violin
So we have really rad communal gardens in the new flat but a slightly oppressive socialist regime running the place (re: no games of any sort on the grassed areas etc..) its just crying out for this kind of things.. .more to follow im sure…
Kalbakken Gamelan
A brief snatch of Nick and I improvising a piece of our Kalbakken set from the Ruby Lounge gig with a Hawk and a Hacksaw at the end of June. Citylife said this about the performance: “Fellow Norwegian-Mancunian Kalbakken was more intense, reinterpreting traditional Norwegian folk songs with trancelike guitar playing and frantic sleigh bells, asContinue reading “Kalbakken Gamelan”
Malaga
Just dredged up this Kalbakken tour photo post gig in Malaga with the incredible Pamplonian hardcore band Antigua & Barbuda outside the Casa Invisible squatted social space. Shortly after this photo was taken they tried to hidnap Kirsty using banned substances as bait. The streets were covered in wax from the wild pointed hat and candles EasterContinue reading “Malaga”
Recent Reading lists…
Arcana Vol 2 edited by John Zorn Edgard Varese biography by Fernand Ouellette Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs Just Intonation Primer by David B. Doty Deep Listening by Pauline Oliveros The Old Testament by some really old guys back in the day Guardian Crosswords by Persons Unknown The Man of Light in Iranian SufismContinue reading “Recent Reading lists…”
Naked Lunch
Some excitment yesterday as I was strolling past the bookstall at All Saints when I spied a slightly bedraggled copy of William Burroughs Naked Lunch for a quid, having lost my original copy to the on going circles of booklending amongst friends and/or know associates some years ago I jumped on it feeling mighty pleasedContinue reading “Naked Lunch”
Performance for 3 Voices
Here’s a video of a performance that took place as part of the Guerilla Busking strand of the Futuresonic Festival on 15 May. Performers are myself and fellow Levenshulme Bicycle Orchestrors Huw Wahl and Zeke Clough. We improvised this piece for voices using the cavernous echo produced by the red brick bridge arch as ourContinue reading “Performance for 3 Voices”
