Category Archives: Improvisation

Pictures from Centrifuge 6

A sample shot from a few sets of pictures up from Frakture on flickr of the St. Lukes All dayer and Centrifuge 6. Next Centrifuge event is 25th November @ Kro Bar in Manchester. Above you can see the long suffering Ibanez having a dramatic gesture carried out on it in the foreground, Shaun BlezzardContinue reading “Pictures from Centrifuge 6”

Catatumbo in Manchester

Saturday 6th November Catatumbo Ingrid Laubrock: saxophones Ingrid Laubrock is a founder member of the F-IRE collective, currently resident in New York she has worked with Evan Parker, Kenny Wheeler and Polar Bear amongst others. “darkly beautiful and breathtakingly inventive” All About Jazz Olie Brice: double bass A mainstay on the London improvising scene hasContinue reading “Catatumbo in Manchester”

John Tchicai & Tony Marsh 1st October @ Carlton Club, Manchester

THIS FRIDAY! 86 BUS FROM PICCADILLY MAP HERE support from trio of : Rich Harrison: percussion (Spaceheads) Dave Birchall: guitar (Levenshulme Bicycle Orchestra) Pascal Nichols: percussion (Part Wild Horses Mane On Both Sides)

live guitar action

from solo set @ Nip and Tipple, Whalley Range, Manchester on 13th September. Also playing at a couple of gigs this coming week: Thursday 23rd September ‘Centrifuge 6’ @ Kro Bar, Manchester Sunday 26th September ‘St Lukes All Dayer’ @ St. Lukes Church, Liverpool Then following Friday 1st October really excited to be promoting thisContinue reading “live guitar action”

new open eye tapes!

Very excited to be handed the new Open Eye Quartet tape on the mighty Ikuisuus label this morning! Its a split with Mick Beck & Herve Perez on the other side. Open Eye side is Dave Birchall: guitar, Pascal Nichols: percussion, Kelly Jones: flute & Ben Knight: voice recorded live @ Cow Lane Studios, SalfordContinue reading “new open eye tapes!”

Performances of ‘One’

One is the piece for music and dance I’ve been working on over the summer with Rebekka Platt. We have two performances in Manchester at the start of October. 2nd October Emergency @ The Greenroom, Manchester 4th October Akemi Arts present ‘Live Art’ @ Contact Theatre, Manchester

Catatumbo date confirmed!

Excited to be involved with putting on a second gig in a month after years of nothing! Saturday 6th November Catatumbo Phil Marks/Dave Birchall (tbc) St. Margarets Church Whalley Range Manchester £5 8pm