Sunday 14 February 2016, 4pm
Extremely rare London performance from Japanese drummer/percussionist Toshi Tsuchitori, performing this afternoon both solo and in a trio with Ute Kanngiesser (cello) and Seymour Wright (saxophone).
Born in Kagawa, Japan in 1950, Toshi Tsuchitori has worked with Milford Graves, Derek Bailey, Evan Parker, Steve Lacy, and theatre director Peter Brook, to name just a few. From the 1980s to 2002, he recorded four works that explore ancient Japanese instruments: “Dōtaku: Ancient Japanese Bronze Bells from Yayoi Period (b.c. 400 - a.d. 250)”, “Sanukaito: Stone Sounds of the Paleolithic Era in Japan”, “Jōmonko: Pottery Drums of Jōmon Period (b.c. 3000 - b.c. 2500)” and “The Sounds of Prehistoric Painted Cave: Playing in the Cave of Cougnac, France”, and he continues his extensive research on Asian and African music and dance to this day.
Please note that this is an afternoon show. The schedule will be as follows:
4pm: doors
4.30–5pm: Toshi Tsuchitori (solo drum set)
5.15–6pm: Toshi Tsuchitori / Ute Kanngiesser / Seymour Wright (trio)
6.30pm: close
Ute Kanngießer is a London based cellist and composer from Germany. Over the years, she has carefully deconstructed her classical roots and almost exclusively performs unscripted, improvised music. Much of her work has evolved in relationship with other art forms such as film, poetry, dance and site specific work. She is interested in the vast expressive possibilities of her instrument in relation to body, space, and others, always looking to rediscover or redefine what is musical/lyrical in this moment in time.
Recent releases include Blue Monday - a collaboration with writer Zara Joan Miller - on New York label Reading Group.
Seymour Wright is a saxophonist. His work is about the creative, situated friction of learning, ideas, people and the saxophone – music, history and technique – actual and potential.
Seymour's solo music is documented on three widely-acclaimed collections - Seymour Wright of Derby (2008), Seymour Writes Back (2015) and Is This Right? (2017).
Current projects include: @xcrswx with Crystabel Riley; abaria with Ute Kanngiesser; [Ahmed] with Antonin Gerbal, Joel Grip and Pat Thomas; GUO with Daniel Blumberg; XT with Paul Abbott; The Creaking Breeze Ensemble; a trans-atlantic duet with Andy Guthrie, and, with Jean-luc Guionnet a project addressing an imaginary lacunae in Aby Warburg's Atlas Mnemosyne.
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