Friday 9 June 2017, 7.30pm
DJ /Rupture and Andy Moor (The Ex) perform with turntables, guitar, and electronics which combine to create a dynamic sound experience that moves from moments of free improvisation to cutting-edge beats. For this set, part of the concert will be a presention of a live soundtrack to the films of data artist Josh Begley. The duo first soundtracked Begley's short film 'Best of Luck with the Wall' (2016), produced by Laura Poitras, which uses 200,000 Google Maps images to show the entire length of the U.S.-Mexico border. For this special evening they will present a new version of that film along with other new works by Begley.
Rupture and Moor began working together in 2007 and released their debut album Patches in 2009. Although they come from opposite musical worlds (not to mention different continents), after playing together a few times, they quickly found a common language, uniting Moor's exploratory fretboard antics and saw-toothed guitar timbres with Rupture's warm bass riddims and 'turntable-as-instrument' soundscapes. Both seasoned live performers, their dynamic interactions gain new resonance accompanying the films of data artist Begley.
Jace Clayton is an artist and writer based in Manhattan, also known for his work as DJ /rupture. Clayton uses an interdisciplinary approach to focus on how sound, memory, and public space interact, with an emphasis on low-income communities and the global South. His book Uproot: Travels in 21st Century Music and Digital Culture was published in 2016 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Recent projects include Sufi Plug Ins, a free suite of music software-as-art, based on non-western conceptions of sound and alternative interfaces; Room 21, an evening-length composition for 20 musicians staged at the Barnes Foundation; and The Julius Eastman Memorial Dinner, a touring performance piece for grand pianos, electronics, and voice.
As DJ /rupture, he has released several critically acclaimed albums and hosted a weekly radio show on WFMU for five years. Clayton’s collaborators include filmmakers Jem Cohen, Joshua Oppenheimer, poet Elizabeth Alexander, singer Norah Jones, and guitarist Andy Moor (The Ex).
Born in London England 1962 Andy began his musical life in Edinburgh, Scotland playing guitar with the band Dog Faced Hermans, In 1990 he moved to the Netherlands after an invitation to join Dutch band The Ex whuch he is still a full time member of.
In more recent years Andy has collaborated with amongst others Yannis Kyriakides (Cypriot composer)), Anne James Chaton (french sound poet), Christine Abdelnour (Lebanese Paris based saxaphonist). He has also worked composing soundtracks for films with Iranian filmaker Bani Khoshnoudi. His latest projects include a quartet with Ken Vandermark , Terrie Ex and Paal Nilssen Love called Lean Left. The Heretics project with Anne James Chaton more recently with the departure of Thurston Moore has become a duo project which they began touring n 2017. In November 2019 Andy began a new project with Marion Coutts from Dog Faced Hermans . In 2020 he began a duo with Scottish composer and performance artist Genevieve Murphy called “The One I feed “ with guitar text and reel to reel tape machine.. End of 2021 also saw Andy begin work as a live DJ and radio producer as DJ ANDY EX) and has been working with Amsterdam based Echobox Radio and does a live show every four weeks on a Friday. The shows are all archived on Mixcloud and is called Blueprints For A Blackout.
Chris Cundy and James Dunn have worked together in a variety of live projects since 1996. The duo of Grace & Delete deals with a direct approach to free improvisation. The music is governed by an endless variety of sounds, organised by will of an apparently anarchic instrumental relationship. The bass clarinet is played acoustically and explores an inventive vocabulary with its electronic counter part. A custom programmed screen-less laptop has been modified to allow for the transference of triggered sounds, to and fro, within its system. The minor role of an ironic go-between is played by a Tinnitus Analyser with its detected noises becoming elevated to electronic sounds in their own right. In the midst of this spontaneity of thought, a unity of sound is found within the music.
http://www.chriscundy.com/
http://www.4thharmonic.com/
