FRIDAY 7th DECEMBER
OREN MARSHALL & THE CHARMING TRANSPORT BAND + FLUGGERBULGARS
Electric tuba maestro Marshall steps out with the latest incarnation of his
kaleidoscopic C.T Band, bringing together musicians from West Africa and the
Jazz and Improv scenes.Support from klezmer outfit Fluggerbulgars.
@ The Adelaide
143, Adelaide Rd
London NW3 3NL
Door - £7/6 -
7.30pm
Chalk farm tube
Tickets - www.wegottickets.com
www.slowfoot.co.uk
0207 722 3777
Electric tuba maestro Marshall steps out with the latest incarnation of his
kaleidoscopic C.T Band, bringing together musicians from West Africa and the
Jazz and Improv scenes.Support from klezmer outfit Fluggerbulgars.
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For Barry Ray play a series of dates in Germany, Switzerland and the UK over the next few weeks. Here are the details;
November 17: FYW, Köln. Germany
November 20: Festsaal Keller Kreuzberg, Berlin. w/ Andrea Belfi (solo)
November 25: Gallery Kunst und Bauschlosserei, Leipzig. Germany. w/ Antje Hensel
+ triPhaze (dj)
November 29: Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zurich. Switzerland. (Walchestrasse 6
ch-8006) w/ Longmo
December 01: Oblo, Lausanne. Switzerland.
December 09: Advent Sprawl: The Fleapit. Columbia Road, London. w/ Beddoes +
Josh Meggitt (dj).
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Nancy Elizabeth is recording a live session on Saturday 17 November for Steve Lamacq, standing in for Bob Harris on BBC Radio 2. The show will be broadcast live from 2300-0200. You can find more info here:
Nancy is on tour at the moment, here are the dates:
Mon 12 Nov 2007: South Hill Park Arts Centre, Ringmead, UK (with Thee, Stranded Horse)
Tue 13 Nov 2007: Arts Centre, Colchester, UK (with Thee, Stranded Horse)
Sun 18 Nov 2007: Yorkshire House, Lancaster, UK (with John Renbourne and Johnny Dickinson)
Sun 25 Nov 2007: Le Botanique, Brussels, BELGIUM
Wed 28 Nov 2007: Traffic, Rome, ITALY
Thu 29 Nov 2007: Cantina Mediterraneo Frosinone, ITALY
Fri 30 Nov 2007: La Tenda, Modena, ITALY
Sat 1 Dec 2007: La Casa 139. Milan, ITALY
Sun 2 Dec 2007: Velvet Club, Torino, ITALY
http://www.myspace.com/nancyelizabethcunliffe
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November 2007
Hello
The clocks moved back in Great Britain, the mornings are brighter, the evenings darker and it’s time to search out gloves and funky hats to keep warm.
With a nasty flu virus catching victims all over Europe I was devoured by a nasty bout for over two weeks this last month, leading to loss of hearing in my left ear. Wondering if my life would now be led in mono and I’d be listening exclusively to early Beatles and Beach Boys records in basic mono, it’s gracefully been returning to normal over the last days.
The VIP premiere of Kirikou & Karabatook place in Paris this month at Casino de Paris. A whirlwind trip to this romantic city meant literally arriving at the theatre, watching the stage performance, taking my bows at the end of the night, and leaving again that very same evening. That meant no chance to nudge elbows with the reported celebrities there, including Johnny Depp, Vanessa Paradis, Harrison Ford, Audrey Tatou, Rossy de Palma, Air and countless others, so my mother is suitably disappointed.
My collaboration with Philips Design over in Eindhoven debuted this month too. Entitled Electronic Tattoo, it looks at a probing idea of how tattoos might be experienced in the future. Tattoos and physical mutilation are amongst the oldest forms of personal expression and identity. Subcultures have used tattoos as a form of self-representation; a visual language communicating personality and status for centuries. We were interested in examining the growing trend of extreme body adornment like tattoos, piercing, implants and scarring, through the use of the visual power of sensitive technology applied to the human body. The film we produced subtly leads the viewer through the simultaneous emotional and aesthetic transformations between two lovers, the tattoo moving beneath the skin responding to touch.
This month also sees the launch of Soundwalks at various locations around Loughborough. Radar is Loughborough University's new arts programme and has commissioned six sound artists and musicians to create site specific pieces that can be downloaded when you read more. It is hoped that students, local residents and visitors will all access the website and take a walk that will offer either a unique first impression of the town or add a new dimension to familiar surroundings. I’ve produced a new work, freely downloadable, Swan Rushes, that looks at the place and identity of the city from a historical perspective. The project is ambitious and inspiring and it’s certainly worth checking out the other works by Kaffe Matthews, Janek Schaefer, John Wynne and others, all equally freely downloadable.
Despite the ever decreasing numbers of people actually buying physical CDs and records these days, battling against this trend is a new release, Rabbit at the Airport, limited to 900 copies on 12” heavy vinyl, housed in a gatefold sleeve with lavish artwork. I collaborated with Danish composer Martin Stig Andersen and clarinetist Gareth Davis, and the visual artist and filmmaker Jacob Ballinger from Austria, on this gesamtkunstwerk. It’s a venture that integrates music, visual art and the moving image, combining limited edition vinyl records, short film, photography and the internet.
The release comprises four parts of which the first three, Rabbit at the Airport I-III, are released on two 12" singles and a LP respectively on the UK label Usagi Records. As an integrated part of the concept the vinyl’s gatefold sleeve covers narrate the tale, in comic strip form, of Dedalus, master inventor and architect, who has become lost in a labyrinth of his own creation. This wordless story unfolds in the dark imagery of Ballinger concluding with the short film Rabbit at the Airport - the finish line. For this release the point of departure is the dark, emotive sound world of Gareth Davis’ bass clarinet, by way of a 1930s gramophone, an audio transducer designed by the US Navy for the production of underwater sound, and a computer. A ghostly release for the darker nights forthcoming. It will soon be available at PostEverything.
I can also be seen in another way this month in San Francisco at the Museum of Craft & Folk Art, as part of an exhibition entitled “C’ Change. Amongst works by American artist Edith Garcia there is a handbuilt ceramic sculpture of me, a playful portrait. Don’t hurry though; he’s already been sold!
For anyone who missed out on my free mobile Snipe ringtone last month in Vienna, to celebrate the anniversary of the Museumsquartier, then you one more brief chance at the Tonspur website. November is an especially busy month ahead too. It will open with a performance of Blindscape by visual artist TeZ and myself at the Synesthesia festival in Madrid, then it’s off to direct and facilitate the Brainport Culture Masterclass in Eindhoven with MU Gallery. I’ll be premiering a new film work based around William S Burroughs in Amsterdam at Paradiso mid November alongside cult US artist Jandek, and then playing three free shows to celebrate the launch of the new super speedier than ever Eurostar train at London’s Kings Cross station on 14 November. That’s free too so please come along and blow your whistles as the trains speed away into the distance. Then more live shows in Eindhoven, Future of Sound at the British Library London, lectures, contemporary dance soundracks in Paris, Belgium and elsewhere! I’ll be waiting for Christmas to come like a little boy just to have a little rest.
Winter thoughts
Robin
::: listen :::
Marcel Duchamp: Musical Erratum (LTM)
Wire: Read & Burn 3 (Pink Flag)
The Bug: Skeng (Hyperdub)
Battles: Tonto (Warp)
::: read :::
Robert Lowell: Letters of (Faber)
Paul Auster: The Brooklyn Follies (Faber & Faber)
Sukhdev Sandu: Night Haunts (Verso)
Various: Sounds of the Inner Eye: Cage, Tobey, Graves (UWP)
::: film:::
Helvetica, Gary Hustwit, USA
Model Shop, Jacques Demy, France/USA
The Darjeeling Limited, Wes Anderson, USA
Traite de Bave et D’Eternite, Isidore Isou, France
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::: Diary Dates :::
2007
03 Nov-Blindscape with TeZ La Casa Encendida Spain
08-09 Nov-Brainport Masterclass Einhoven Holland
09 Nov-Future of Sound British Library London
10 Nov-William S Burroughs event Paradiso Amsterdam
14 Nov-Eurostar Launch London Paris Brussels
16 Nov-Plexus +Praxis Maison de la Musique Nanterre France
16 Nov-Mariam Théâtre Louis Aragon Tremblay-en-france
23 Nov-Brainport Masterclass Einhoven Holland
24 Nov-Blindscape with TeZ at STRP Festival Eindhoven Holland
24,25,27-30 Nov-Forsythe-Soto-Moles-Elo Theater 't Eilandje Antwerp Belgium
28 Nov-Lecture De Montfort University Leicester UK
30 Nov-Mariam Théâtre Paul Eluard Choisy-le-Roi France
01-02 Dec-Forsythe-Soto-Moles-Elo Theater 't Eilandje Antwerp Belgium
01 Dec-Switch ballet Porto Portugal
01 Dec-Lenz Rifrazioni Festival Parma Italy
06 Dec-Forsythe-Soto-Moles-Elo C.C. De Spil Roeselare Belgium
08 Dec-Forsythe-Soto-Moles-Elo Cultureel Centrum Hasselt Belgium
14 Dec-Presentation Avmotional Platform Bucharest Romania
12-15 Dec-Forsythe-Soto-Moles-Elo Opera Gent Belgium
19 +20 Dec-Switch ballet Creteil Paris France
2008
25 Jan-Mariaum dance Theatre Aragon d’Orly France
28-29 Jan-Workshops Istituto Europeo di Design Milan Italy
30 Jan-Kirikou & Karaba Isle D'Espagnac France
31 Jan-Faultline dance The Point Eastleigh UK
01 Feb-Play Along with Jean-Paul Dessy Turin Italy
02 Feb-Kirikou & Karaba Zenith D'Orleans France
03 Feb-Kirikou & Karaba Zenith Limoges France
06 Feb-Kirikou & Karaba Le Musikhall Rennes France
09-10 Feb-Kirikou & Karaba Zenith Nantes Metropole St Herblain France
12 Feb-Mariam dance Theatre Astree de Villeurbanne France
16 Feb-Night Haunts, Stockholm Sweden
21 Feb-Faultline dance Contact Theatre Manchester UK
27 Feb-Kirikou & Karaba Vinci Tours France
01 March-Kirikou & Karaba Ampithea 4000 Angers France
02 March-Kirikou & Karaba Zenith Rouen France
05 March-Kirikou & Karaba Docks Oceane Le Havre France
09 March-Kirikou & Karaba Le Zenith Caen France
16 March-Kirikou & Karaba Antares Le Mans France
20 March-Faultline dance Peepel Centre Leicester UK
22 March-Kirikou & Karaba Galaxie Amneville France
26 March-Kirikou & Karaba Le Zenith Nancy France
29-30 March-Kirikou & Karaba Zenith Arean Lille France
19 April-Kirikou & Karaba Arena de Geneve Switzerland
23 April-Kirikou & Karaba Zenith de Strasbourg France
30 April-Kirikou & Karaba Palais Nikaia Nice France
14 May-Kirikou & Karaba Zenith de Dijon France
17 May-Kirikou & Karaba Summum Grenoble France
24 May-Kirikou & Karaba Le Dome Marseille France
28 May-Kirikou & Karaba Zenith Sud Montpelier France
01 June-Kirikou & Karaba Zenith D’Auvergne Toulouse France
04 June-Kirikou & Karaba Le Zenith Toulouse France
07 June-Kirikou & Karaba Patinoire Meriadeck Bordeaux France
11 June-Kirikou & Karaba Le Zenith Pau France
2009
07 March-Royce Hall UCLA with Manuel Gottsching LA USA
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Exhibitions
Night Haunts
By Sukhdev Sandhu
Design Mind Unit
Sound Design Scanner
Artangel Interaction invited writer and historian Sukhdev Sandhu to write a nocturnal journal unfolding over the course of 2006. His postings will appear sequentially at this microsite specially designed by Mind Unit. Sandhu's forays see him prospecting in the London night with the people who drive its pulse, from the avian police to security guards, zookeepers and exorcists. Acclaimed artist and musician Scanner has collaborated with Sukhdev and Ian Budden of Mind Unit to compose the sound for the site.
An exposition about the reactivation of the paranormal in contemporary art, especially the recurring interest of artists in forms of possible communication with "other worlds" via electronic media. Scanner presents 'Breakthrough,' a work that uses recordings from highly amplified recordings of empty haunted spaces, to demonstrate the redundant and undesired flotsam and jetsam of environmental acoustic space, and the 'ghosts' of our natural world.
www.nighthaunts.org.uk
www.artangel.org.uk
Bittersweet Songs for the Sleepless City
Artangel Interaction
NightJam is the latest project in Artangel Interaction’s Nights of London series of artist-led collaborations with people who have a special view on a hidden side of the nocturnal city. Scanner invited young people at New Horizon Youth Centre in King’s Cross to collaborate on a creative project that expresses how the city at night looks and sounds to their ears and eyes. Through music and voice workshops they explored the sense of freedom and fear, celebration and solitude of the concealing darkness. Meanwhile, they captured their nights on disposable cameras, taking images that are at times eerie, startling, contemplative and funny. NightJam presents two elusive visual and musical journeys through the city’s ‘quiet’ hours.
NightJam presents two music tracks, a film, photographs, that can be experienced and freely downloaded. A limited edition CD is also being distributed for free through the website. Now featuring remixes of NightJam by Stephen Vitiello, Hakan Lidbo, Troy Banarzi, Si-cut.db and Pete Lockett.
www.nightjam.org.uk
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Nancy Elizabeth embarks on her first full UK tour this week as she co-headlines a series of dates with Thee, Stranded Horse. She follows it with her first shows in Belgium and Italy.
The Wigan-born artist will performs an intimate set, taking her 22-string Celtic harp and acoustic guitar on her travels. The Manchester show will feature a full five-piece band – her first show with this line-up. Nancy has been playing live for six years, and made appearances at the Green Man and End Of The Road festivals earlier this year.
Nancy’s debut album, Battle and Victory, was released on October 1 and has been picking up some great reviews. You can hear the first two singles from the album, ‘I Used To Try’ and ‘Hey Son’ on Nancy's MySpace page. Nancy’s music has already been supported by BBC Radios 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 Music, as well as Xfm.
She has two new sessions lined up in the coming weeks: Bob Harris’s Radio 2 show on Nov 17 (with Steve Lamacq in for Bob) and Tom Robinson’s BBC 6 Music show on Nov 6. Both will be live to air, and you will be able to hear them online at the BBC website for a week afterwards.
Nancy was “new band of the day” on the Guardian website yesterday. She has also contributed a new recording of ‘Cornfield’ to Migrating Bird, a collection of musical tributes to Lal Waterson released by Honest Jon’s Records, alongside artists such as James Yorkston, King Creosote and Vashti Bunyan.
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