Hi there,

Another missive after a very long absence.

In the Solitude of Cotton Fields
I've just finished composing and recording the music for a production of In the Solitude of Cotton Fields, by French playwright Bernard-Marie Koltés. It opens at the Battersea Arts Centre on July 25th and runs until August 6th. Capacity is very limited and its expected to sell out. If you get in early (before July 18th) tickets are cheaper too. It's being ... [read full article]

Hi Folks,

Hope this missive finds you well. I've a couple a shows coming up and some new releases available v. soon too. 

Saturday, May 20 2006
John & Carina
The Pullens Centre
184 Crampton St
London SE17
Elephant & Castle/Kennington tube
ALL AGES. w/ Music for One and Butchers Boy.
£3. 7pm
new work including elements based on Vågspel (see below) with additional acoustic guitar interplay & cymbal stuff.

Friday, May 26 2006
John Chantler vs Inch-time (Static Caravan)
The Ritzy Cinema
Coldharbour Lane, Brixton.
Free. 8pm-12am.
I'm playing analog synth & computer. Something ... [read full article]

John Chantler will be presenting a one hour radio special on upstart electronic label of the moment, ::room40::. The programme will be broadcast this coming Monday April 3rd for Frequenzen on ResonanceFM. The show goes out from 10.30pm on 104.4FM (Central London) or online via www.resonancefm.com

The programme will feature upcoming new releases, out of print limited editions and some words from label boss Lawrence English.

Future editions of the programme will feature specials on ... [read full article]

Greets!

A few gigs & things.

First up, Carina & I would like to say a big thank you to everyone who came out to the last AT BOB event at the Luminaire with Tujiko Noriko & Aoki Takamasa, Achrid & Jodi Cave... it was a lovely night. Look out for a new series of AT BOB events sometime in the new year...

RADIO!
As of last monday I've joined ... [read full article]

greetings all,

EVENTS:

* next AT BOB is this coming Friday - October 28th, 2005.

Tujiko Noriko & Aoki Takamasa (live) [fatcat records]
Jodi Cave (live)
Achrid (live)
+ At Bob DJs

THE LUMINAIRE 311 High Road Kilburn London NW6 7JR
£5. Doors at 8.30 (free poster for first five through the door!)

AT BOB happily returns to the lovely LUMINAIRE in Kilburn presenting the stunning collaboration between Japan's avant-pop queen Tujiko Noriko and rising star of Japanese minimal techno, ... [read full article]

Greetings,

This here is a missive purely to remind ye all of the next At Bob event this coming Friday, September 30th at The Luminaire in Kilburn. The Luminaire is nary a two minute walk from Kilburn Tube station and less than a minute from Brondesbury rail station. Full directions and such at www.theluminaire.co.uk - we went and checked it out the other night and its proper plush!

And you get to hear sublime ... [read full article]

Hello.

So I'm leaving this a bit late aren't I?

Friday night (tonight?) is the next installment of the ongoing AT BOB saga. This month has been full of dramas with the temporary closure of Bardens Boudoir. We finally got confirmation on tuesday that AT BOB will take over the regular ROUGH TRADE night at the BUFFALO BAR. so:

FRIDAY AUGUST 26th

Raw poetry from Micalef, absurdist thrash from trencher side project EEEFATEXXX and the incredible VIALKA from the ... [read full article]

Hello one and all.

been an odd/exciting last few weeks for me here in London... lots going down personally alongside the more widely reported events you'd have to be living under a large rock to have missed.

big thing coming up this month is the debut of the new night Carina and I are organising called AT BOB.

This is the first in a series of monthly Friday night events traversing psychedelic punk, free rock and electronic ... [read full article]

Hello again.

May was a crazy month. Big thanks to my man Matt Nicholson (now resident of Fiji) for our two shows together in London (+ Howard/Alan/Farlan for organising). For those of you who got to see, I hope you enjoyed and big thanks to Newcastle folk for a nice time up north... recorded elements from both London and Newcastle should be seeing some kind of release down the track via Oxford's great Fourier Transform.

::ROOM40::

The ... [read full article]

hello again so soon.

but shit, stuff moves fast. busy busy.

first up:

next Wednesday, May 11, 2005.

Maher Shalal Hash Baz of the mighty Geographic label will be playing at Barden's Boudoir, Stoke Newington Road, North London. doors at 8pm. hand over a fiver.

www.bardensbar.co.uk for directions and stuff.

I will be playing I'm not sure what as a member of Maher. I met Tori when i lived in Ehime-ken, Japan where he still ... [read full article]