Forthcoming
19th October - The Music of Michael Pisaro and Makiko Nishikaze / The Roundchapel Auditorium, Powerscroft Road, London, E5 0PU. 8pm. [details]
SARU & Compost and Height present an evening of the music of Michael Pisaro and Makiko Nishikaze.
American composer Michael Pisaro's July Mountain is a translation of the Wallace Stevens poem, July Mountain, into sound. It is a dense combination of strictly timed, crossfaded field recordings, sourced on this occasion from areas around the UK, and a slew of percussion sounds, such as bowed snare drums and the bowing of a prepared vibraphone. Ricefall, another piece by Pisaro, like July Mountain, was originally written for the percussionist Greg Stuart and realised in the studio with a great many overdubs. Its performance at Cafe Oto will consist of 16 performers positioned around the venue, each adhering to a series of timings, whilst letting fall constant streams of rice onto a series of different objects.
Pianist Tim Parkinson will also be performing, on piano, works by Japanese composer, Makiko Nishikaze.
Participating in this event will be: Daniel Bennett , Seth Cooke, Stephen Cornford, Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga, Angharad Davies, Jane Dickson, Patrick Farmer, Lawrence Dunn, Bruno Guastalla, Jack Harris, Sarah Hughes, Kostis Kilymis, Dominic Lash, Will Montgomery, Tim Parkinson, Samuel Rodgers, David Stent, Greg Stuart, and Paul Whitty.
SARU & Compost and Height present an evening of the music of Michael Pisaro and Makiko Nishikaze.
American composer Michael Pisaro's July Mountain is a translation of the Wallace Stevens poem, July Mountain, into sound. It is a dense combination of strictly timed, crossfaded field recordings, sourced on this occasion from areas around the UK, and a slew of percussion sounds, such as bowed snare drums and the bowing of a prepared vibraphone. Ricefall, another piece by Pisaro, like July Mountain, was originally written for the percussionist Greg Stuart and realised in the studio with a great many overdubs. Its performance at Cafe Oto will consist of 16 performers positioned around the venue, each adhering to a series of timings, whilst letting fall constant streams of rice onto a series of different objects.
Pianist Tim Parkinson will also be performing, on piano, works by Japanese composer, Makiko Nishikaze.
Participating in this event will be: Daniel Bennett , Seth Cooke, Stephen Cornford, Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga, Angharad Davies, Jane Dickson, Patrick Farmer, Lawrence Dunn, Bruno Guastalla, Jack Harris, Sarah Hughes, Kostis Kilymis, Dominic Lash, Will Montgomery, Tim Parkinson, Samuel Rodgers, David Stent, Greg Stuart, and Paul Whitty.
15th June - Bang the Bore / John Hansard Gallery, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ
2013
13th April - Sarah Hughes, David Stent, Michael Pisaro, Marcus Rubio and Andy Young performing work by Hughes, Pisaro, Patrick Farmer and James Tenney / The Wulf, Los Angeles, CA
28th February - John Tilbury / Tim Parkinson / The Set Ensemble: Dominic Lash, Sarah Hughes, David Stent, Bruno Guastalla, Paul Whitty / Audiograft 2013 The Holywell Music Room, Oxford
26th January - The Set Ensemble: Sarah Hughes, Dominic Lash, Bruno Guastalla, David Stent / M@SH Marathon / Jacqueline Du Pré Music Building, St. Hilda's College, Oxford
25th January - Ensemble Azut / Art Jericho, Oxford
2012
11th November - Ensemble Azut / The Wheatsheaf, Oxford
9th November - Live premiere of Michael Pisaro's July Mountain and Stefan Thut's givens 1-16 (written for this event) / St Columba's Church, Oxford. Participants: Daniel Bennett, Seth Cooke, Stephen Cornford, Jane Dickson, Lawrence Dunn, Patrick Farmer, Bruno Guastalla, Jack Harris, Kostis Kilymis, Lina Lapelyte, Dominic Lash, Will Montgomery, Michael Pisaro, Samuel Rodgers, David Stent, Greg Stuart, Fern Thomas, Stefan Thut, Paul Whitty.
7th November - Writing Sound Symposium / Oxford Brookes University
13th October - Murmuration play Pisaro, Cage, Saunders, Werder & Sfirri
[details]
19th May - MEL / performance of Error Dynamics in ‘Rearranging Formulae’ Exhibition / O3 Gallery, Oxford
13th May - Ensemble Azut / South Oxford Community Centre, Oxford
17th April - trio: THF Drenching (dictaphones), Dominic Lash (double bass), David Stent (electric guitar) / First Annual Sussex Poetry Festival, Brighton [details]
3rd April - quartet: Keston Sutherland (poetry), THF Drenching (dictaphones), Dominic Lash (double bass), David Stent (electric guitar) / Oxford Improvisers Orchestra / 'Sound Words', St. Michael in the Northgate, Oxford. For a review click here.
5th March - duo: Dominic Lash (double bass), David Stent (guitar) / Leather Exchange, London
22nd January - Ensemble Azut: Bruno Guastalla (bandoneon, 'cello, voice), Paul Medley (clarinet, bass clarinet), Dominic Lash (double bass), David Stent (guitar) / Baby Simple, Cowley, Oxford
2006
2005
2004
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 An evening of deep listening, featuring five works by composers in or around the Wandelweiser collective, performed by the 40-strong ensemble murmuration. All of the pieces in the programme leave the choice of sounds to the musicians, who will be dispersed throughout the Cafe, with no physical separation between players and audience. The evening’s concert celebrates the release of a 6-CD box set ‘Wandelweiser und so weiter’ (Wandelweiser and so on) on the Another Timbre label, as well as retrospective launches of other discs by James Saunders, Michael Pisaro and the No Islands quartet. All these CDs will be on sale at ridiculously low prices for one night only. It should be an extraordinary evening, full of wonderful and unusual sounds. Cafe Oto. |
29th September - The Set Ensemble: Sarah Hughes, Angharad Davies, David RJ Stent, Patrick Farmer, Dominic Lash, Dan Bennett, Kate Lash, Bruno Guastalla / compositions: Sarah Hughes - Never Exceeds Unity; Dominic Lash - Notes and Noises; Burkhard Schlothauer - 47 insignificant variable sounds plus two drummers drumming; plus a group piece by James Saunders and a solo performance by Angharad Davies / The Scout Hut, Bristol
[details]
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29th June - 12th August - 'Diagrammatic Form' / The Müleskinders: A Prototype Publication. Contributors: David Berridge, Stuart Calton, Julia Calver, Neil Chapman, Susanne Clausen, Arnaud Desjardin, Ruth Maclennan, Katy Macleod, John Mullarkey, Tamarin Norwood, Simon O’Sullivan, Katrina Palmer, Francesco Pedraglio, Bridget Penney, John Russell, John Russell, Ola Ståhl, David Stent, Andy Weir and Italo Zuffi / Banner Repeater, London [details]
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21st June - Ensemble Azut / The Isis Farmhouse, Oxford
21st May - duo: Dominic Lash (double bass), David Stent (electric guitar) / Boat-ting, London [details]
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13th April - 'Barricade Reading' / installation and performance including live writing, projections, readings, broadcasts / Writing as Occupation with Neil Chapman, David Stent / Meantime Project-Space, Cheltenham [details]
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12th April - 'Broadcast Approximant' / web and FM radio broadcast / Writing as Occupation with Neil Chapman, David Stent / Meantime Project-Space, Cheltenham [details]
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9th April - 'A*proximate Broadcast' / writing and reading performance with Neil Chapman, Claire Briegel, David Stent / Meantime Project-Space, Cheltenham [details]
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8th April - 'A*proximate Writing' / durational writing performance alongside images from Jean-Luc Godard's Histoire(s) du Cinéma with Neil Chapman, David Stent / Meantime Project-Space, Cheltenham [details]
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24th February - duo: Dominic Lash (double bass), David Stent (electric guitar) / Judith E. Wilson Drama Studio, Cambridge [details]
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12th January - The Set Ensemble: Dominic Lash (snare drum, guitar), Sarah Hughes (stiletto heels, guitar), David Stent (guitar) / compositions: Antoine Beuger - Peckinpah Trios; David Shepard - David; David Shepard - Backgrounds and Silences / Parasol Unit, London
2011
16th December - Ensemble Azut plus Pete McPhail (saxophone, flute) / Modern Art Oxford, Oxford
4th November - Improvisations: Scott Looney (electronics, prepared piano), Klaus Janek (double bass, electronics), Tony Bevan (saxophone), Oxford Improvisers / Port Mahon, Oxford
4th November - Improvisations: Scott Looney (electronics, prepared piano), Klaus Janek (double bass, electronics), Tony Bevan (saxophone), Oxford Improvisers / Port Mahon, Oxford
2nd November - Cut & Splice: Grúndelweiser: free launch event / compositions: Jürg Frey – Landschaft mit Wörtern (selection) (2003); Manfred Werder – 2009/4; Michael Pisaro – A single charm is doubtful [harmony series no.14] (2004-6); Antoine Beuger – Confidential Letter #7 (2011) / The Centre for Creative Collaboration, London
28th June - Improvisations: Weasel Walter (drums), Alex Ward (clarinet), Pat Thomas (piano, electronics), John Grieve (saxophone), Stuart Chalmers (tapes), Martin Hackett (electronics), David Stent (electric guitar) / Folly Bridge Inn, Oxford [details]
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21st June - The Set Ensemble: Jill Elliott (viola), Bruno Guastalla ('cello), Sarah Hughes (piano, autoharp), David Stent (guitar) / compositions: Dominic Lash - For Four; Patrick Farmer - The Thickness of Things (2) / Meaning Machines, St. Michael at the Northgate, Oxford
29th May - The Set Ensemble: Bruno Guastalla ('cello), Patrick Farmer (turntable), Sarah Hughes (autoharp), David Stent (prepared guitar) / composition: John Cage - four6 / Oxford Brookes University Drama Studio, Oxford
26th May - Ensemble Azut / South Oxford Community Centre, Oxford
26th May - Ensemble Azut / South Oxford Community Centre, Oxford
10th May - Gowanus Company: Jon Irabagon (saxophone), Mike Pride (saxophone), Josh Sinton (saxophone), Dominic Lash (double bass), David
Stent (electric guitar), Sara Schoenbeck (bassoon) and others / Douglass Street Music Collective,
Brooklyn, New York City
7th May - trio: Harris Eisenstadt (drums), Dominic Lash (double bass), David Stent (electric guitar), Ibeam, Brooklyn, New York City. [details]
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1st May - duo: Dominic Lash (double bass), David Stent (electric guitar) / ABC No-Rio, 156 Rivington, New York City
30th March - Ensemble Azut / Albion Beatnik Bookshop, Oxford [details]
30th March - Ensemble Azut / Albion Beatnik Bookshop, Oxford [details]
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27th February - The Set Ensemble: Dominic Lash (clarinet), Patrick Farmer (turntable), Sarah Hughes (autoharp), David Stent (mandolin) / composition: Antonine Beuger - touw (vor joop) / Plus large group improvisation / Dominic Lash leaving concert and benefit for Medical Aid for Palestinians, Cafe Oto, London Review by Richard Pinnell.
17th February - The Set Ensemble: Angharad Davies (violin), Rhodri Davies (electric harp), Patrick
Farmer (snare drum); Bruno Guastalla ('cello), Sarah Hughes (autoharp),
Dominic Lash (double bass), Tim Parkinson (piano), David Stent (guitar),
Paul Whitty (harmonium) / composition: Radu Malfatti - Heikou // Rhodri Davies, Bruno Guastalla, Dominic Lash, David Stent and Paul Whitty (paper) / composition: Ben Patterson - Paper Piece // Angharad Davies (violin), Rhodri Davies (electric harp), Patrick Farmer (guitar), Bruno Guastalla ('cello), Sarah
Hughes (autoharp), Tim Parkinson (piano), David Stent (guitar), Paul
Whitty (harmonium) / composition: Stefan Thut - many, 1-4 / Audiograft Festival, Holywell Music Room, Oxford. Reviews by Richard Pinnell and David Grundy.
28th January - Ensemble Azut, Old Bookbinders, Oxford
18th January - guest speaker at Digital Dialogues, symposium staged by Digital and Material Art Research Centre (DMARC), University of Derby
2010
18th December - The Set Ensemble: Dominic Lash, Patrick Farmer, Sarah Hughes, Kate Hendry, David Stent, Bruno Guastalla (paper) / composition: James Saunders - with paper / Cowley, Oxford
14th November - The Oxford Improvisers Orchestra / Cohesion Festival 2010, Pegasus Theatre, Oxford
13th November - The Set Ensemble: Paul Whitty (harmonium), Jill Eliott (viola), Patrick Farmer (ebow banjo samples played through snare drum), Sarah Hughes (autoharp), Alexander Hawkins (piano), Bruno Guastalla ('cello), Dominic Lash (double bass), David Stent (electric guitar) / composition: Antoine Beuger - Ockeghem Octets // Eric Clarke (violin), Jill Eliott (viola), Patrick Farmer (percussion), Bruno Guastalla ('cello), Sarah Hughes (autoharp), Paul Whitty (radio), Dominic Lash (radio), David Stent (electric guitar) / composition: Michael Pisaro - The Collection / Music Marathon 2010, Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, St. Hilda's College, Oxford
12th October - sextet: Pat Thomas (piano), Lawrence Casserley (signal processing instrument), Dominic Lash (double bass), Pete McPhail (saxophone), David Stent (electric guitar), Adam Linson (double bass, electronics) / Folly Bridge Inn, Oxford
12th October - sextet: Pat Thomas (piano), Lawrence Casserley (signal processing instrument), Dominic Lash (double bass), Pete McPhail (saxophone), David Stent (electric guitar), Adam Linson (double bass, electronics) / Folly Bridge Inn, Oxford
25th September - V-Perú Benefit Concert (curated by DS) with Trish Elphinstone Quintet; Dominic Lash (piano) performing Jurg Frey's Invention, Ensemble Azut / St. Michael at the Northgate, Oxford
9th September - The Set Ensemble: Tim Parkinson (dilruba), Angharad Davies (violin), Dominic Lash (double bass), David Stent (guitar), Carol Watts (voice) (plus film by Els van Riel) / composition: Antonie Beuger - Landscapes of Absence (1) / Polyply3 Centre for Creative Collaboration, University of London. An extract from the performance is here
29th October - The Maltsters / The Albion Beatnik Bookstore, Oxford
17th July - The Set Ensemble: Dominic Lash (double bass, guitar), David Stent (guitar) / compositions: Antoine Beuger - Three drops of rain / east wind / ocean; Antoine Beuger - Little more than a whisper / Cowley, East Oxford. The Watchful Ear review.
15th July - trio: Philipp Wachsmann (violin), Martin Hackett (electronics), David Stent (electric guitar) / Port Mahon, Oxford [details]
26th June - Cold Harbour Trio: Pete McPhail (saxophone, flute, alto-flute), Bruno Guastalla (bandoneon, 'cello), David Stent (electric guitar) / The Yard, Modern Art Oxford
19th June - Ensemble Azut / Ovada Gallery, Oxford [details]
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26th June - Cold Harbour Trio: Pete McPhail (saxophone, flute, alto-flute), Bruno Guastalla (bandoneon, 'cello), David Stent (electric guitar) / The Yard, Modern Art Oxford
19th June - Ensemble Azut / Ovada Gallery, Oxford [details]
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19th May - MEL / performance of Error Dynamics in ‘Rearranging Formulae’ Exhibition / O3 Gallery, Oxford
13th May - Ensemble Azut / South Oxford Community Centre, Oxford
17th April - trio: THF Drenching (dictaphones), Dominic Lash (double bass), David Stent (electric guitar) / First Annual Sussex Poetry Festival, Brighton [details]
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8th March - duo: Sean Bonney (poetry), David Stent (electric guitar) // Oxford Improvisers Orchestra / Cowley Cobra, a local rendition of John Zorn’s COBRA composition / Folly Bridge Inn, Oxford
26th January - Oxford Improvisers / A tribute to Derek Bailey / Folly Bridge Inn, Oxford
2009
26th September - Ensemble Azut / Oxford Brookes University Drama Studio, Oxford
30th July - Ensemble Azut with Alexander Hawkins (celeste) and Sarah Kenchington (handmade instruments) / The Yard, Modern Art Oxford
30th July - Ensemble Azut with Alexander Hawkins (celeste) and Sarah Kenchington (handmade instruments) / The Yard, Modern Art Oxford
14th July - The Thomas Telford Quartet: Pat Thomas (electronics), Dominic Lash (double bass), Roger Telford (drums), David Stent (electric guitar) / Folly Bridge Inn, Oxford. For review click here.
11th July - trio: Dominic Lash (double bass), Helen Edwards (dance), David Stent (guitar) / Diamond Nights, Oxford Brookes University Drama Studio, Oxford
15th June - 'Sin Podium – Speaking of Writing', symposium reading performance with Neil Chapman / Museum of English Rural Life, Reading
xx XX ‘Vegetable Socket’, Resonance FM’s ‘The Experiment’, curated by Kevin Quigley.
8th April - Ensemble Azut / The North Wall, Summertown, Oxford
8th April - Ensemble Azut / The North Wall, Summertown, Oxford
5th April - MEL / durational staged performance of 'Withdrawn From Stock' / O3 Gallery, Oxford
4th April - Ensemble Azut / Oxford Brookes University Drama Studio, Oxford
4th April - Ensemble Azut / Oxford Brookes University Drama Studio, Oxford
3rd April - quartet: Keston Sutherland (poetry), THF Drenching (dictaphones), Dominic Lash (double bass), David Stent (electric guitar) / Oxford Improvisers Orchestra / 'Sound Words', St. Michael in the Northgate, Oxford. For a review click here.
5th March - duo: Dominic Lash (double bass), David Stent (guitar) / Leather Exchange, London
22nd January - Ensemble Azut: Bruno Guastalla (bandoneon, 'cello, voice), Paul Medley (clarinet, bass clarinet), Dominic Lash (double bass), David Stent (guitar) / Baby Simple, Cowley, Oxford
2008
14th May - quartet: Bruno Guastalla ('cello), Alexander Hawkins (piano), Dominic Lash (double bass), David Stent (electric guitar) / composition: Dominic Lash - Representations Six / Port Mahon, Oxford
9th March - Müleskind Radio Edits - Re-broadcast
8th March - duo: Bruno Guastalla ('cello), David Stent (electric guitar) / composition: Dominic Lash - Representations Two / St Helen's Church, Abingdon
13th February - Hadaly / Port Mahon, Oxford
8th January - ‘Silken Mud’ / web and FM radio broadcast / Neil Chapman, David Stent / Whiteknights, University of Reading
6th June - MEL / Science Oxford, St. Clement's, Oxford
6th June - MEL / Science Oxford, St. Clement's, Oxford
9th July - MEL / Port Mahon, Oxford
14th August - trio: Dominic Lash (double bass), Isambard Khroustaliov (laptop), David Stent (guitar) / Cafe Oto, London
10th September - quintet: Chris Cundy (contrabass clarinet), Tim Hodgkinson (clarinet), Julian Faultless (French horn), Dominic Lash (double bass), David Stent (guitar) / Port Mahon, Oxford
15th November - Oxford Improvisers Orchestra / Cohesion Festival 2008 / Jacqueline du Pre Music Building, St Hilda's College, Oxford [details]
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24th November - quartet: Alexander Hawkins (piano), Dominic Lash (double bass), David Stent (guitar), Javier Carmona (drums) / composition: Dominic Lash - Representations Nine / Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Huddersfield
2007
24th February - Oxford Improvisers / improvisations, composition, structured improvisations by Malcolm Atkins, Pat Thomas, Jill Elliot and Bruno Guastalla / Jaqueline du Pre Concert Building, St Hilda's College, Oxford
17th March - quartet: Dominic Lash (double bass), Bruno Guastalla ('cello), Samantha Rebello (flute), David Stent (guitar) / Oxford Improvisers Orchestra / Jacqueline du Pre Concert Building, St Hilda's College, Oxford
31st March - quartet: Helen Edwards, Alexander Hawkins, Dominic Lash, David Stent / composition: Bruno Guastalla - A Normal Day at the Lab / Oxford Improviser's 'Acoustic Images II', St Helen's Church, Abingdon
4th July - The Maltsters: Dominic Lash (double bass), Paul May (percussion), David Stent (electric guitar) / alt.SPACE Event, South London Gallery, London [details]
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12th September - Oxford Improvisers Sinfonietta (Malcolm Atkins, Chris Brown, Camilla Cancantata, Miles Doubleday, Trish Elphinstone, Jill Elliot, Julian Faultless, Julie Hamilton, Dominic Lash, Pete McPhail, Paul Medley, Nick Sorenson, David Stent, Pat Thomas) / Port Mahon, Oxford [details]
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27th October - Oxford Improvisers Orchestra / Cohesion Festival 2007 / Jacqueline du Pre Concert Building, Oxford [details]
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26th November - quintet: Javier Carmona (drums), Bruno Guastalla ('cello), Pete McPhail (saxophone), Dominic Lash (double bass), David Stent (guitar) / composition: Dominic Lash - Representations One / The Hub, Brunel University, Uxbridge
December 8th - sextet: Pat Thomas (electronics), Julian Faultless (French horn); David Stackenas (guitar, etc.) Camilla Cancantata (trombone), David Stent (guitar) / Oxford Brookes University Drama Studio, Oxford
2006
28th January - MEL / composition: Dominic Lash - First Piece for MEL / 'Metron' exhibition curated by Diane Jones-Parry and Annabel Ralphs / Robert Phillips Gallery, Walton on Thames
18th January - Oxford Improvisers Orchestra / 'Reflections, Refractions, Distortions' / Magdalen College School, Oxford
2nd October - Oxford Improvising Orchestra / Accession CD launch / Richard Hamilton Building, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
24th October - Fluence, sound installation and recording session, downloadable in its entirety along with video excerpts, scores, photos and text at http://www.dispatx.com / Dominic Lash (double bass, score), David Stent (homemade seismograph, score), Ray Lee (theremin), Paul Whitty (piano & electronics), Alexander Hawkins (piano), Miles Doubleday (pre-recorded and amplified sound) / Radley College, Oxfordshire
1st November - MEL: Chris Stubbs (junk, percussion) Dominic Lash (double bass), David Stent (guitar) / composition: Dominic Lash - First Piece for Mel (for trio); Second Piece for MEL (for DL & DS) / 'Metron' exhibition curated by Diane Jones-Parry and Annabel Ralphs / Ovada Gallery, Oxford
2005
19th June - Oxford Improvisers Orchestra / composition: Malcolm Atkins - Accession / Oxford Brookes University Drama Studio, Oxford
10th September - Hadaly / Ovada Gallery, Oxford
23rd September - Hadaly with Helen Edwards (flute and dance) in rotating sculpture / Oxford Brookes University Drama Studio, Oxford
17th November - Oxford Improvisers Orchestra / composition: Malcolm Atkins - Accession / Jaqueline du Pre Music Building, St. Hilda's College, Oxford
3rd December - trio: Nathaniel Catchpole (tenor sax), Dominic Lash (double bass), David Stent (acoustic guitar) / Jacksons Lane, Highgate, London
7th December - Oxford Improvisers Orchestra / Port Mahon, St. Clements, Oxford
2004
5th January - Hadaly / Bonnington Centre, London
7th January - Hadaly / The Red Rose, Stoke Newington, London
11th January - Hadaly / Oxford Brookes University Drama Studio, Oxford
17th January - Oxford Improvisers Orchestra / composition: Earle Brown - December 1952 / Musicircus for John Cage Uncaged, Barbican Centre, London
5th-8th February - residency: Hadaly plus Ana Barbour (dance), one performance each day / Modern Art Oxford, Oxford
13th March - Oxford Improvisers Orchestra / Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
20th March - Oxford Improvisers Orchestra / Abingdon Festival 2004, Abingdon, Oxfordshire
20th September - Oxford Improvisers Orchestra / X-Change Gallery, Oxford
1st October - Oxford Improvisers Orchestra / X-Change Gallery, Oxford
27th November - Improvisations: Julian Faultless (French horn), Malcolm Atkins (violin), Dominic Lash (double bass), David Stent (acoustic guitar), Ana Barbor (dance), Martha Lewis (film/video) / Ovada Gallery, Oxford
30th November - Hadaly / The Fizzle, Old Moseley Arms, Balsall Heath, Birmingham. [details]
9th December - Hadaly / The Klinker, Nunhead, London
12th December - Hadaly / Oxford Improvisers Orchestra / Oxford Brookes University Drama Studio, Oxford
2003
10th May - Hadaly / St. John's College Chapel, Oxford University, Oxford
5th June - Improvisations: Pat Thomas (piano), Dominic Lash (double bass), Chris Brown (guitar),
Sandy Kindness (bass clarinet, soprano sax), Paul May (percussion),
Rupay Dahm (saxophone), David Stent (guitar) / Headington Hill Hall,
Oxford Brookes University
4th September - Improvisations: Harris Eisenstadt (drums), Pat Thomas (piano), Otto Fischer (guitar), Malcolm Atkins (violin), David Stent (acoustic guitar) / Oxford Brookes University Drama Studio, Oxford
"The door creaks open, and it's like sneaking into a seance. The last time we covered the upstairs scene of this hardcore improvising hang-out, Fizzle's atmosphere was far more outgoing. Tonight, it's near silent in here. Candles are fluttering on the few inhabited tables. Some of the shadowy figures in the select gathering are just about recognisable. Oh, and there's a band playing, though you might not have noticed that at first. This is minimalism to the maximum. The night's opening act is Hadaly (what does that mean, anyone?), a trio from Oxford. Maybe they should have been headliners, as this date was launching their six-part Jazz Services tour. Maybe they did expect to be headliners
It's a long time since I've heard (just about) an outfit that are so beautifully, lovingly quiet, so acoustically pure. I was ready for this near-silence after the previous evening's bass-whumping onslaught of Groove Armada at the Birmingham Academy. All three players are busy stroking their instruments very lightly. Malcolm Atkins bows his violin like he's slicing limes, Dominic Lash feints fingers against barely-taut double bass strings, and David Stent scrabbles guitar in muted John Russell fashion, with a touch of Derek Bailey. Yes, it's hard to avoid citing these two names when you're in the world of improvised acoustic guitar. The trio have a subtle sense of space and texture, a marvellous ability to impose self-restraint. Even when Atkins blows into his harmonium-melodica thing, his throaty wheezes are still transparent. When the threesome start heightening their activity, it almost spoils the effect, breaking the spell. In a way, I bet they're glad the audience was so small. They could never have captured this stillness in a crowded, glass-clinking room." [Martin Longley, Jazz Review, January 2005]
It's a long time since I've heard (just about) an outfit that are so beautifully, lovingly quiet, so acoustically pure. I was ready for this near-silence after the previous evening's bass-whumping onslaught of Groove Armada at the Birmingham Academy. All three players are busy stroking their instruments very lightly. Malcolm Atkins bows his violin like he's slicing limes, Dominic Lash feints fingers against barely-taut double bass strings, and David Stent scrabbles guitar in muted John Russell fashion, with a touch of Derek Bailey. Yes, it's hard to avoid citing these two names when you're in the world of improvised acoustic guitar. The trio have a subtle sense of space and texture, a marvellous ability to impose self-restraint. Even when Atkins blows into his harmonium-melodica thing, his throaty wheezes are still transparent. When the threesome start heightening their activity, it almost spoils the effect, breaking the spell. In a way, I bet they're glad the audience was so small. They could never have captured this stillness in a crowded, glass-clinking room." [Martin Longley, Jazz Review, January 2005]
4th December - Oxford Improvisers and others / composition: Cornelius Cardew - Treatise / Harcourt Hill Theatre, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
5th December - Hadaly / The Playhouse, Cheltenham
6th December - Hadaly, Bonnington Centre, London
6th December - Hadaly, Bonnington Centre, London
9th December - Hadaly / The Klinker, Nunhead, London
12th December - Hadaly / Oxford Improvisers Orchestra / Oxford Brookes University Drama Studio, Oxford
2003
19th March - Improvisations: Viv Corringham (voice, electronics), Pat Thomas (piano, electronics), Francesco Serpetti (piano), Tim Hill (alto and baritone saxophones), Chris Brown (guitar), David Stent (guitar), Evan Thomas (guitar), Malcolm Atkins (violin), Bruno Guastalla (cello) / Oxford Brookes University Drama Studio, Oxford
29th April - Hadaly / Oxford Brookes University Drama Studio, Oxford
10th May - Hadaly / St. John's College Chapel, Oxford University, Oxford
5th June - Improvisations: Pat Thomas (piano), Dominic Lash (double bass), Chris Brown (guitar),
4th September - Improvisations: Harris Eisenstadt (drums), Pat Thomas (piano), Otto Fischer (guitar), Malcolm Atkins (violin), David Stent (acoustic guitar) / Oxford Brookes University Drama Studio, Oxford
2nd-4th October - Hadaly: Malcolm Atkins (violin), Dominic Lash (double bass), David Stent (acoustic guitar) / composition: Dominic Lash - Seamless/Palindrome, performed every night as part of MA degree show '36 Hours' / Richard Hamilton Building & Headington Hill Hall, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
29th November - Oxford Improvisers Orchestra plus vocal ensemble led by Phil Minton / Ark-T Centre, Oxford
3rd December - duo: Clair Aldington (recorders), David Stent (acoustic guitar) / Oxford Brookes University Drama Studio, Oxford
3rd December - duo: Clair Aldington (recorders), David Stent (acoustic guitar) / Oxford Brookes University Drama Studio, Oxford
