I started work on an artists residency at the Penthouse in Manchester last week with my colleague Sam Andreae. We’ve been having an interesting time so far learning how to make the circuits for battery powered amps, step up output transformers to drive contact mics and experimenting with various materials as speakers and very longContinue reading “Penthouse Residency”
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Purrculation
Contact mic cat purring with live processing. Part of some experiments for workshops at the end of the week at Wythenshawe Hall. http://davidbirchall.bandcamp.com/album/purrculation
QRD interviews with Guitarists
This released today a long term project by silbermedia> It interviews with a wide range of guitar players known and unknown myself included. Also a compilation of musics. http://silbermedia.com/qrd/guitarist-ebook.shtml
Guitar Lessons
I am currently have space available for new students! I am a guitarist based in Stretford offering guitar lessons from my home studio or my workspace near Gorton train stattion. I have played for 18 years and taught guitar for the last 5 years. I have a PGDE in post 16 education and have taughtContinue reading “Guitar Lessons”
Thai Rice Solos
Just put the finishing touches to this super small run of handmade books housing recordings I made in May of 2011 in Berlin with Richard Scott. 27 minutes of acoustic guitar music. The hard copies are enclosed in found hardback covers from Hotspur House and with an individual CCCP postcard as cover; all the letteringContinue reading “Thai Rice Solos”
New Tape
Duo tape with Rogier Smal recorded end of last year now available! £4 (get in touch for postage quote davidmbirchallatgmail.com) 32 minutes of music plus 3 colour risographed cover designed by Simon Fowler. http://rogiersmal.blogspot.co.uk/ http://www.cataract-operation.com/
First Bandcamp Release
In the winter of 2002/2003 I lived in Leeds. I made a load of super primitive multi tracked tapes by bouncing recordings between two ghetto blasters and playing along with them. Everything I could get my hands on went on there; guitar, bass, vacuum cleaner, old records on tape loops, old records scratched up withContinue reading “First Bandcamp Release”
ABC Trio Scandinavian Tour
Birchall/Roro/Poot in Sheffield
Some great shots from Helen that capture a little of the Harry Pussy/Charles Bronson inflected madness that ensured when we played last Saturday.
New Disconcert Posters
Been working up at Hotbed Press in Salford today on a new Disconcert Poster design. Amazing considering I used to work with the Risograph machine daily it was real slow going with lots of help and consultation from the various excellent people around at Hotbed; I’m pretty pleased with the colour and way designs sitContinue reading “New Disconcert Posters”
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