Thursday 5 February 2015, 8pm
Great triple bill of artists pushing at the fringes, hosted by Muckle Mouth – a series of events drawing lines between folk and experimental artistic practice, bringing DIY artists, musicians, academics together in an informal setting.
“In these carefully and patiently constructed rhythmic exercises, Nichols seems to be plugging directly into ur-musical archetypes for a post-ritual age.”– Andy Hamilton, The WIRE (review of Pascal Nichols' Nihilist Chakai House)
Pascal Nichols is a multi-disciplinary artist working mostly in ceramics, sound and illustration. He lives and works in Manchester. He is one half of Part Wild Horses Mane On Both Sides alongside Kelly Jones and his work has been exhibited, commissioned and sold worldwide.
L'ocelle mare is the project of Thomas Bonvalet, who mainly composes for banjo, harmonica reeds (beaten or blowed), mouth organ, tuning forks, microphones, amps, feet tapping and metronome.
Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga (Thessaloniki, Greece) is a musician and linguist based in London. She is active in experimental and improvised music since 2006. She plays the zither, a string instrument, and uses ebows and objects on its resonance box to produce sustained or granulated sounds. Her approach focuses on the interplay between spontaneity and elaborate techniques.
Recently, Mikroton released ‘Borough’ that documents the singular meeting of ‘The Holy Quintet’ with Johnny Chang, Jamie Drouin, Dominic Lash and David Ryan.
In the last few years she has been performing mainly in and around London, while most recent shows have been in Berlin. At the moment, she is exploring multiple ways to reroute her music.
http://www.strokebystroke.net/
