Friday 19 May 2023, 8pm
Over the past decade multi-disciplinary artist Louis Carnell’s work as Visionist delivered albums Safe (PAN 2015), Value (Big Dada, 2017), and A Call To Arms (Mute, 2021).His latter work focused on exploring in a more introspective manner whilst providing an interrogative comment on various social structures. The decision to move forward from his alias in favour of his birth name declares an exciting new pathway that looks to reaffirm and communicate the environment in which he works today. Louis’ most recent work was transitional single “Fixed Is The Day We Cast Our Lot” (Mute Records, 2021) and a collaboration piece with composer cellist Okkyung Lee (Issue Project Room, 2021).
His First live presentation is called ‘17’. A number Louis holds dear as he shares it with his Granny in terms of the day they were born on. The show consists of 17 elements, and incorporates sounds from CD’s Louis inherited after his Granny’s passing. It is also the first time where we are able to witness in person Louis’ as a vocal performer. Expect a journey between choral rituals, melancholic minimalism and thought-provoking poetics.
Ben Vince is a striking composer and performer, known for his live improvised saxophone explorations and inventive techniques in creating new rhythms, textures and moods. Through live improvisation, sonic manipulation, reprocessing and looping, whether in the studio or on the stage, his spontaneous yet intuitive approach and collaborative nature surpasses the seeming limitations of his primary instrument. Having worked for Gabriel Prokofiev's contemporary-classical label and events circuit, Nonclassical, he is now a prominent player among a new breed of experimental artists with focus on his immersive solo show, as well as having performed with improv ritual EP/64, Charles Hayward, Coby Sey, Valentina Magaletti and part of experimental post-punk band, Housewives. Vince has also notable studio collaborations with electronic producer Joy Orbison, Oscar-nominated experimental pop artist/composer Mica Levi, and many others spread across the experimental sphere including Sugai Ken, Louis Carnell (fka Visionist), Mark Sanders, Alpha Maid and Gigi Masin. Able to listen intently and be receptive to his collaborators and the energy of his performance spaces, as well as having released 5 solo albums in 3 years that have been celebrated by Pitchfork, WIRE & The Guardian, Ben is an multi-faceted artist and exemplary of a new wave of musicians rising in London.
Damsel Elysium is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, experimental sound, visual & performance artist based in London. Damsel utilises double bass, violin, piano and original field recordings in order to explore alternative communication and connections with physical spaces and nature. Their aim is to establish an expressive world that speech or writing could never transmute.
