Wednesday 15 September 2021, 7.30pm
Delighted to host saxophonist Colin Webster, presenting his new solo album 'vs Amp', which explores the sonic possibilities of amplified baritone saxophone. Also on the bill are composer and improviser Sylvia Hallett, whose recent 'Bolt and Latch' release was one of the highlights of our TakuRoku series, and the excellent London-based Taiwanese experimental artist, Lucia H Chung.
London based saxophonist Colin Webster is quickly establishing himself on the European avant-garde scene. Collaborating with some of the key figures in improvised and experimental music, Webster is known for working from extreme sonic palettes – from minimal to maximal, constantly pushing boundaries.
“The application of circular breathing techniques are essential to this ritual-ready, sustain-heavy sound, it seems. Fans of an ensemble like Phurpa might get as much out of it as jazz cadets into, say, Peter Brötzmann, and if you happen to be the sort of wildcat who likes both, then Vs Amp is likely your kind of journey into sound.” – Noel Gardner, The Quietus
https://colinwebster.bandcamp.com
Sylvia Hallett is a multi-instrumentalist and composer moving between violin, bowed bicycle wheel, saw, hurdy-gurdy, electronics and found objects. She currently plays solo, with the walk-in interactive installation, Colourscape. Recent collaborators have included Chris Dowding, Tansy Spinks, Ansuman Biswas, Michael Ormiston, Mike Adcock, Anthony Haddon, Mike Cooper, David Toop, Anna Homler, The Heliocentrics, Clive Bell, LaXula, Opera North, h2dance, Miranda Tufnell, Eva Karczag, Wonderful Beast, BBC Radio Drama, The Royal Shakespeare Company. She performs internationally as a solo improviser, having released six solo albums. She enjoys performing in unusual spaces, such as an Italian vineyard. She is currently working on the score for a new short film by Takako Nakasu, which draws on the theme of the Kuroko (a stage-hand clad in black).
http://sylviahallett.co.uk/index.htm
https://www.facebook.com/sylvia.hallett
Lucia H Chung is a Taiwanese artist based in London, United Kingdom. She performs and releases music under the alias ‘en creux’ where the sound creation springs from her fascinations in noise generated through no-input feedback mixing board. The volatile nature of the system and the unpredictable glitch from the excessive energy pouring into the equipment becomes her improvisational and compositional strategy.
Lucia’s passion lies in live performance and has regularly performed solo and with collaborators in the UK, Europe, Asia and North America, including Lausanne Underground Film and Music Festival, Krama Festival, Lisboa Soa Festival, Sanatorium of Sound Festival and Festival Electropixel.
‘Fuzz comes alive, moving at odd angles like the sinuous threads are being chased by a series of subatomic bleeps and flashes. Tension rises as the tempo picks up, fueling the disjointed rhythmic quality within each sterile, self-contained unit.’ – Fox Digitalis
