Drawn start of May on the Isle of Eigg, which lies off the west coast of Scotland, part of the Inner Hebrides. The only industrial sounds present on the island are from the tiny amount of vehicles in use on the single road, which is only 5 miles long. Provides an amazingly open backdrop ofContinue reading “Birdsong Drawings from Isle of Eigg”
Tag Archives: David Birchall
Berlin
Gig Shot above kindly taken by Helen during set with Richard Scott & Olaf Rupp @ Lichtblikt Kino, Berlin Birdsong & Bells Picture of backyard from balcony of Thomas’ flat where we stayed was pleasantly overgrown and a real haven for birds, spent a good bit of time listening and playing along with them: mainlyContinue reading “Berlin”
Open Eye Quartet 20th May
Some great video above from Open Eye gig opening for John Butcher & Okkyung Lee last Friday. Thanks to Dave J. for that. Also a nice little write up from Daniel Ladd @ citylifer. You can read the whole thing here. The pictures below are thanks to some fine camera work by Peter Fey. HavingContinue reading “Open Eye Quartet 20th May”
28th May
28th May VOM (Glasgow) Rhythmic sub-bass churn, twisted and devastating guitar battery/mangle. LOUD, ROCKING head music that is at once disgusting and deeply compelling. http://www.myspace.com/vommusik PYRAMIDION (Glasgow) Hypnotic pysch jams from members of Moon Unit, Nackt Insecten… http://soundcloud.com/pyramidion ANDREW CHEETHAM & DAVID BIRCHALL (Manchester) Free rock drone improv drum and guitar duo https://davidmbirchall.wordpress.com/ @ Gullivers,Continue reading “28th May”
Manchester Art Crawl
Doing a solo thing at this on Friday in place of Primate Engineer. Going to be some electric guitar in stereo all being well.
Beck Marks Birchall live from “the living room”
Some splendid shots from Joincey of Saturdays swiftly rearranged gig; church to living room in one quick move: turned out very well in the end.
Rhys Chatham G3 @ Islington Mill
Rhys Chatham (guitar) Ed Troupe (bass) Andrew Cheetham (drums) Nick Mitchell (guitar) Tom Settle (guitar) Jon Collin (guitar) Rick Tomlinson (guitar) Adam Denton (guitar) Dave Birchall (guitar) Cian Nugent (guitar) Alan Doherty (guitar)
Open Eye Duo
Some snaps of Monday’s Open Eye gig @ Sandbar
26th March 2011
Tubers Music Presents: Aural Detritus (Brighton/Bristol) Simon Whetham: Laptop & Field Recordings Daniel Jones: Turntable & Contact Mics Paul Khimasia Morgan: Objects & Abrasion Grew Quartet (Lancaster/Manchester/Sheffield) Stephen Grew: Piano Mick Beck: Saxophone Phil Marks: Percussion David Birchall: Guitar @ St. Margarets Church, Rufford Road/Whalley Road, Whalley Range, Manchester, M16 8pm £5 waged/£4 unwaged
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