Kammer Klang marks its 2nd night in the new series with a diverse programme of percussion music from Suisse/UK group We Spoke (performing works by Fritz Hauser and Steve Reich) and a set from the Martin Creed band.

MARTIN CREED

Internationally acclaimed artist Martin Creed and his band will give their first UK performance of the year at Cafe OTO in London. Following last year's album "Love To You", released on Moshimoshi, and "All the bells", his music for the opening of the London Olympics, Creed is currently working on a new album scheduled for release later this year. Martin does not separate music from art or life. The straight-forward, humorous and open-hearted lyrics and beats in his music share something in common with the simplicity of his Turner Prize-winning Work No 227: Lights going on and off or his neon saying 'LOVE'.

"easy-to-remember lyrics" (Time Out)

"like something between Steve Reich and The Ramones" (The Guardian)

Recent shows include: Live session on BBC 6 Music/Marc Riley, Work No. 1020 "Ballet" at Kaaitheatre Brussels, Apple Cart 2012, UK Tour supporting the Cribs 2012 and dates supporting Slow Club and Hype Williams 2012

www.martincreed.com



WE SPOKE

We Spoke  is a contemporary music company based in Switzerland and London. We Spoke : merges ‘we speak’ with ‘bespoke’ and explores the huge stylistic range of contemporary art music. Each production features a major artistic collaboration – with a composer, dancer, visual artist, choreographer, or other creative practictioner - and focuses on one theme , coupling original musical interpretation with virtuosic live performance.

We Spoke  has performed extensively in Switzerland, the UK and South America in cities including Geneva, Lausanne, Basel, Zurich, London, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Lima. Following over twenty performances in 2012, 2013 concerts include fondation suisse in Paris, Unerhörte Musik in Berlin, KammerKlang in London, Florence international contemporary music festival and a new residency at the Lima Contemporary Music festival as well as the new production 'Song' to be toured in Switzerland and the UK.

We Spoke: Serge Vuille, Julien Mégroz, Olivier Membrez, Toby Kearney will perform:

Fritz Hauser - Zeichnung, Double Exposition, Le Souvenir (all 1996)
Steve Reich - Drumming (1971), Music for Pieces of Wood (1972)

www.wespoke.ch/en/

We Spoke: Looping Trailer - Steve Reich and Fritz Hauser from We Spoke: New Music on Vimeo.