Author Archives: davidmbirchall

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…

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”

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”

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…”

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”

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”