Hang onto yr improv hats should be a great evenings free playing…. Phil Marks is renowed for his unique approach to the drumkit playing regularily with Stephen Grew in the ‘Grew Trio’ who joins him tonight on synthesizer. Phil also recently performed with Evan Parker at the Cross Street Chapel where this saturdays gig alsoContinue reading “this coming Saturday!”
Category Archives: Improvisation
Ad Hoc performance
a couple of pictures below from the performance with Ad Hoc dance on Monday at the Lowry Studio for which I composed and performed the music for… note that as ever i cant keep still and am blurred…more pictures to follow, hopefully with some blurred dancers rather than stationary ones, as well as video. ImContinue reading “Ad Hoc performance”
28th November
Saturday evening in about a month and a bit should be a great night of free playing and improvising! Do come down if you have the opportunity… Stephen Grew Maxwell Sterling Matthew Robinson Joshua Kopeçek Rodrigo Constanzo x
Spiral Compositions
Started work on a few drawings after having not really done any drawing work for quite a few months. This began just trying to start out with one of the simplest shapes and one of the first recorded marks by mankind: theres spirals all over prehistoric stuff. Also it tied in with some of the ideasContinue reading “Spiral Compositions”
More anarchosyndicalist bike aktion
Some snaps above of our ongoing bicycle based horrorshow live at Islington Mill in Salford last night. Show was notable for my nearly totalling all of the bike based instrument sculptures with my first physical gesture of the set. Disaster was narrowly avoided via some careful cable wiggling and shouts of “Youve ruined Christmas nowContinue reading “More anarchosyndicalist bike aktion”
Manchester Ship Canal
Picture taken heading from Trafford Bridge towards the Lowry along the promenade on my way to rehearsal last night with Ad Hoc dance. There’s a lot of incredible open views in that part of town; the expanse of water pushes the horizon way further out. Im not surewhat it’s like in the day time butContinue reading “Manchester Ship Canal”
Didsbury Arts Festival
I’ll be playing some new tunes of steel string guitar. Hopefully be joined by Kelly on flute for one tune! Come down should be great. x
Live LBO!
All pictures taken by Paul Green last thursday of Levenshulme Bicycle Orchestra performance at Fuel. Next LBO gig sunday 11th october at Islington Mill playing with Carla Bozulich Evangelista. x
Live Levenshulme Bicycle Orchestra Action!
The group operates in an as yet undefined area between intuaitive ritualised musical theatrical performance and shared collective improvising around musical and lyrical themes developed by all members of the group. There are various aims and objectives. To function as an accepted method of therapy for members to express and explore ideas and behaviours inContinue reading “Live Levenshulme Bicycle Orchestra Action!”
Piano & Guitar Improvisations
Click here to listen a couple of duo improvistions from Josh Kopecek on piano & objects and myself using guitar & objects recorded in the Manchester University music practise spaces late last month.
David Birchall 