Ko Ishikawa

Ko Ishikawa

Recorded on 8th August, 2010 at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal. Sho (Japanese bamboo mouth organ) Ko Ishikawa is a professional “Sho” player and has been a member of the Gagaku ensemble “Reigakusha” since 1987. Born in Tokyo, 1963,…

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Katy Price

Photo © Aleks Kolkowski Recorded in London on 24th February 2011. Kippered (Edison) Herring One layer (in three parts) is loosely based on the Wikipedia entry for Charles Cros, incorporating two verses of his nonsense poem ‘Le Hareng Saur’. The other…

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Jon Rose

Photo © Aleks Kolkowski Recorded in London on March 13th 2009. Violinspeak – Voice & Electronics Jon Rose writes: Like most languages, violinspeak takes some thoughtful time to learn. Initial exposure to violinspeak may give the casual voyeur the impression that they have stumbled…

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John Butcher

Photo © Aleks Kolkowski Recorded in London on 11th January 2011. Tenor Saxophone Improvisation John Butcher‘s work ranges through improvisation, his own compositions, multitracked saxophone pieces and explorations with feedback and extreme acoustics. Originally a physicist, he left academia in…

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Jennifer Walshe

Photo © Aleks Kolkowski Recorded in Uxbridge, Middlesex on 16th December 2010. Solo Voices Jennifer Walshe is a composer, performer and visual artist. She studied composition at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and at Northwestern University, Chicago, graduating…

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Jaap Blonk

Photo © Richard Whitelaw Recorded at Wilton’s Music Hall, London on November 5th 2010. Vocals – “Obbele Boep ‘m Pam” Jaap Blonk (born 1953 in Woerden, Holland) is a self-taught composer, performer and poet. As a vocalist, Jaap Blonk is…

Ikue Mori

Ikue Mori

Recorded on 7th August, 2010 at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal. Live Electronics Ikue Mori moved from Tokyo to New York in 1977. She started playing drums and soon formed the seminal NO WAVE band DNA, with fellow noise…

Glyn Perrin

Glyn Perrin

Recorded in London, March 2011 State 4 Since 2000 I have being making many short fragments using basic audio waveforms and modulation.  I think of them as occupying some kind of imageless space beyond performance and representation.  In 2004 I…

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FURT

Photo © Aleks Kolkowski Recorded at Brunel University, Uxbridge, on 20th March 2009. plasm 23  (Live electronics)    FURT is the electronic composition/performance duo formed by Richard Barrett and Paul Obermayer in London in 1986. FURT’s dense and intricate musical…

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Feral Choir

Recorded at the Vortex Jazz Club, London on 21st June  2009. Singers: Alison Trower; Nick Moura; Guiseppe; Jim Dunkley; Neil Foster; Eleanor Church; Jamie Stevens; Katehrine Godfrey; Verity Standen; Geoff Simmons; Rosie Simmons; Noel Meek; Abbie Coppard; Amanda Innis; Midori…