I’ll be playing at Pop-Up Circus VI this Friday 17th May as part of Kieran McLeod’s Human Resource System, and also with the Ukrainian vocalist/pianist Olesya Zdorovetska…
P O P – U P C I R C U S VI @ WANDSWORTH ARTS FESTIVAL
FRIDAY 17th MAY 2013 *(PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF TIMING AND VENUE)*
Pop-Up Circus VI is taking place this Friday 17th May as part of Wandsworth Arts Festival. Invited by Rosie Freeman and Eleanor Barrett from The Brick Box, we bring to you a unique mix of music, art, performance and theatre for an evening of delights…and all totally free of charge! Contrary to previous announcements, the event is now taking place inside at:
Battersea Mess & Music Hall
51 Lavender Gardens
Battersea
London
SW11 1DJ FREE ENTRY 6pm – 11pm
On Wednesday 8th MayPop-Up Circus & The Vortex present a multi-disciplinary night celebrating the launch of Thought-Fox‘s debut album ‘My Guess‘, released on Diatribe Records. The evening commences with a performance by visual artist Louise Ward, whose work is featured on the album cover, followed by a live set by Thought-Fox featuring songs from ‘My Guess’ and then a DJ set featuring experimental dance remixes of Thought-Fox’s music.
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Wednesday 8th May 2013
The Vortex Jazz Club
11 Gillett Square, London, N16 8AZ
Doors: 8pm | Admission: £9
Overgound: Dalston Kingsland / Dalston Junction
Buses: 149, 67, 243, 30, 76, 38, 56, 277 click here for facebook event
Thought-Fox is an award winning jazz quintet created by Dublin-born/London-based vocalist Lauren Kinsella. The quintet take their name from a Ted Hughes poem written in his 1957 collection ‘Hawk in the Rain’. The poem is used as a springboard for approaching song and group interplay, with Lauren’s use of text bringing the listener closer to the music while the group explores extended vocal technique, odd-time grooves and traditional jazz harmony. Thought-Fox has performed at many leading European festivals including 12 Points Festival, Porto; London Jazz Festival; Songlines Encounters Festival, London; European Jazz Nights Festival, Oslo; and Cork Jazz Festival, Ireland.
Louise Ward is an Irish artist based in Dublin and New York. Her work involves performing sets of minimal actions, incorporating sculptural objects and sound. Her work has recently been shown at esteemed art hubs Cage, Roth and Location One, New York, among other venues. Ward’s sensibilities are anchored in shifting perspectives of behaviour – the politics of everyday, between internalized worlds of pleasure and external systems in society. Tonight she will present her new workWith heads lit up.
Diatribe Records is Ireland’s leading label for new music, contemporary jazz and electonic arts. Since its formation in 2007 Diatribe has produced 22 internationally critically-acclaimed titles and a further 8 releases are scheduled for 2013/14. Diatribe was nominated for the Qwartz Electronic Music Awards 2012 and 2013, had a title in the Irish Times ‘Top Ten Albums of 2011′ and 4 tracks included on the IASCA compilation CD ‘Music from Ireland’ produced for delegations of Barack Obama and The Queen. In 2013 they became the first Irish label to receive an AllAboutJazz label profile feature.
“Given Kinsella’s striking voice and delivery, it says much for the group chemistry that each voice in Thought-Fox is an integral part. The rhythm, melody and lyricism inherent in these compositions should appeal to those who enjoy a good tune, while there’s enough of an edge to satisfy seekers of greater experimentation in their jazz. Original and highly satisfying, My Guess rather tantalizingly holds the promise of greater things yet to come.” – All About Jazz
“A crisp contemporary take on Dave Holland and Steve Coleman.” – The Irish Times
“Attractive music with energy… a compleat band” – Canberra Jazz
“These musicians are undoubtedly devoted to their art – you can even pin point the moments they become lost in their own off beat compositions. The collision of sonorous rhythm and a backdrop of chaos make for a fervid debut.” – The Sunday Times
This summer, Otriad – a band led by my brother Alex in which I play drums – is planning a UK tour, and we would love your support to make this happen. Alex is running a crowdfunding campaign and there’s oodles of fun rewards you can get by pitching in…no figure too small, no bundle too big! Click on the image below to go straight to the fundraising page…
Here’s a snap of the Vortex’s decomposed drum kit, following Elliot Galvin’s visionary suite ‘Decomposition’ last night. That’s Oren Marshall’s abandoned tuba and Rob Cope’s ripped up music. Lovely.
‘De-composition’ ft Oren Marshall Live @ The Vortex Wednesday 20th February 8.30pm | £8
A new work by pianist/composer Elliot Galvin exploring creation by de-construction, through the relationship between improvisation and composition. Oren Marshall is a pioneering player of acoustic and electric tuba who, crossing between classical – jazz – improvised – world music, has collaborated with the likes of Bobby Mcferrin, Derek Bailey, Radiohead, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Moondog, Charlie Haden, the Pan-African Orchestra and the London Philharmonic.
Oren Marshall – tuba
Alex Roth – guitar
Rob Coper – clarinets
Laura Jurd – trumpet
Elliot Galvin – director
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‘Blue-Eyed Hawk’
Taking its name from a line in W.B. Yeats’s poem ‘Under the Moon’, Blue-Eyed Hawk is a co-operative quartet that brings a wide open improv sensibility to its melodic and richly textyred original material. The band formed in 2011 and creates highly charged and emotive music that takes in rock, jazz, minimalist and electronic soundworlds.
Lauren Kinsella – voice
Laura Jurd – trumpet
Alex Roth – guitar
Corrie Dick – drums
