Been working the last couple of weeks on a really exciting project for the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival to coincide with the Tour De France’s Grand Depart from Yorkshire in July. You can see various stages of production on one of our newly developed instrumentsContinue reading “Huddersfield Bicycle Orchestras!”
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New Bike Sculpture
Designed by Huw and myself and crafted by his fair hands. Bike Orchestra practices with this as the only sonic source have been going great. Gigs to follow later in the year.
new Levenshulme Bicycle Orchestra stuff
Been doing some really exciting work the last month or two designing new bike instruments with Huw. He’s made a little teasing video during his building… some pictures to follow. slowly we have been finding new ways to play and the new piece which works much more like a huge amplified sculpture than the lastContinue reading “new Levenshulme Bicycle Orchestra stuff”
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)
LBO in Hamburg
Levenshulme Bicycle Orchestra Hamburg
LBO instruments
One of just a whole bunch of photos taken of the Levenshulme Bicycle Orchestra gear the other week with art direction by Jack Alexander. The images will be turned into posters and exhibited as part of the papergirlmanchester exhibition opening on 1st October @ The Soup Kitchen in Manchester.
Nine Doors Review
Cool review here of LBO CD from the good folks at diskant ===================================================== Levenshulme Bicycle Orchestra. Levenshulme Bicycle Orchestra. It’s so satisfying to say. It’s almost as satisfying to type out, time and again. Levenshulme Bicycle Orchestra. The best thing about the name is that it’s wholly accurate: Levenshulme Bicycle Orchestra are a troop of musicians basedContinue reading “Nine Doors Review”
Everything in my house is made of plastic
Zeke designed covers of our special LBO tour CDR “Everything in my house is made of plastic” roughly 46 minutes of bicycle music encompassing the many moods made possible through symbiosis of man and machinery.
New LBO pic, Tour links, Tele links…
Bathed in blue light. original pic here taken by Insa. Some weblinks for tour below too: 24th June Liverpool Lost Voices @ View Two Gallery 25 th June Glasgow @ 13th Note 26th June Leeds @ Cardigan Arms 28th June Basel @ Obst & Gemuse 29th June Dornbirn @ TIK 30th June Geneva @ CaveContinue reading “New LBO pic, Tour links, Tele links…”
SFTOC
A splendid action shot from last Sunday at Sounds From The Other City taken by deadmanjones. Note Zeke as the Prince of Darkness completely in shadow on the left handside of the stage.
David Birchall 