Lume Festival

Very happy to have been invited back for the second year running to the lovely Lume Festival in London. This year with these guys: At this great venue Iklectic; its inside the grounds of an old school, a very cosy green spot tucked between Waterloo Station and Lambeth Palace http://iklectikartlab.com/ Last year at Lume wasContinue reading “Lume Festival”

Spitting Feathers Review

Nice review in French here of Spitting Feather’s CDr with Olie Brice and Philip Marks. Some plans afoot to do some stuff with this group later in the year. http://grisli.canalblog.com/archives/2014/05/21/29911392.html David Birchall (guitare), Olie Brice (contrebasse) et Phillip Marks (batterie membre de Bark!) démontrent en une heure un goût pour une improvisation aérée. Que taillentContinue reading “Spitting Feathers Review”

Birds seen and heard 11/1/13

In December we moved from the South West side of Manchester to the South East. Our old place was in gardens surrounded by a number a huge old trees which made a great habitat for various types of bird. Our new flat is much more urban but there is a really splendid park nearby; BirchfieldsContinue reading “Birds seen and heard 11/1/13”

Some new reviews

New reviews in French & English of BBM and solo CDrs from Monsieur Delire over in Canada: BIRCHALL/BRICE/MARKS TRIO / Spitting Feathers (Black & White Cat Press) Une nouvelle micro étiquette qui publie des CDr. Les deux premières publications mettent en vedette le guitariste David Birchall. D’abord à la guitare électrique, en trio avec OlieContinue reading “Some new reviews”

Another Tipping Point Review

Thanks to ATTN: Magazine for this one Andrew & I are improvising with a film at this event on sunday “When homing in on the minute details of Tipping Point– the sounds and mutations that occur second by second – David Birchall (guitar) and Andrew Cheetham (drums) appear to have a very warped, jittery relationship.Continue reading “Another Tipping Point Review”