WEDNESDAY 12th November 2008
Times : 8pm
Tickets : £6
Two new improvising trios featuring :
Rodrigo Montoya (tsugaru-shamisen)
Marcio Mattos (cello, double-bass)
Javier Carmona (drums, percussion)
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Angharad Davies (violin)
Matt Davis (trumpet, electronics)
Patrick Farmer (amplified percussion)
Rodrigo Montoya is from Brazil and came to London this year with his Tsugaru-shamisen, a japanese instrument with three-stringed spike lute struck with a large plectrum (bachi). He started to play it in the Japanese area in his city of Sao Paulo where he played with japanese folk groups and also within of the experimental and improvised music scene. In Brazil since 2004 he formed a improvised music group Abaetetuba who in 2006 recorded his debut with Marcio Mattos. In London he has worked with Marcio Mattos, Ricardo Tejero, Javier Carmona, The Radioactive Ensemble and Eddie Prevost’s workshop among others.
www.myspace.com/abaetetuba
Marcio Mattos : cello and double bass. Marcio moved to Europe from Brazil in the early 70’s and started playing at the Little Theatre Club in several of John Stevens' groups. Since then has performed, recorded and broadcast both in Britain and abroad in various groups with leading improvisers including Evan Parker, John Surman, Derek Bailey's Company, Dewey Redman, Roscoe Mitchell and Marylin Crispell amongst many others. Other projects have include the "Bardo State Orchestra", "Wooden Taps" with Maggie Nicols, "Embers" with John Butcher, “The Transatlantic Ensemble” with Roscoe Mitchell, Evan Parker and others, Georg Graewe's Grubenklang Orchestra, Tony Oxley's Celebration Orchestra, A bass/cello and shakuhachi duo with Shiku Yano, and in Japan various groupings with Sabu Toyozumi.
www.myspace.com/marciomattosmusic
www.musiclay.co.uk
Javier Carmona : Jamis is a drummer and percussionist from Madrid, currently living in London. He started playing rock in several bands from Madrid turning to Jazz and Free Jazz playing with many musicians form the Spanish jazz scene. This was followed by intense activity on the Improvisation scene of London, playing with musicians as Ashley Wales, Dave Tucker, Tony Bevan, John Edwards, David Leahy, Roland Ramanan, John Russell, Ian Smith, Ricardo Tejero, Pat Thomas, Marcio Mattos and in others projects such as Akafree, Alexander Hawkins' Ensemble, Improbeat, Lanza!, Olie Brice's Quartet, Progression 5, Roroja, Sustainable Music, Duo with Tsukiko Amakawa among many others...
www.myspace.javiercarmonam
Angharad Davies is a violinist based in London. She is an active performer in contemporary, improvisation and experimental music both as a soloist and within ensembles. She has developed a specific approach to the violin, extending the sound possibilities of the instrument by attaching and applying objects to the strings or by sounding unexpected parts of the instrument's body. 2008 has seen Angharad perform a live radio broadcast with Apartment House for WDR Koln, and in June she took part in Tony Conrad's 'Unprojectable: Projection and Perspective' which was specially conceived for the Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, London.
www.angharaddavies.com
After first training as a visual artist Matt Davis became more and more involved in improvised music which gradually became his main activity. He lived for a while in Barcelona where he developped ongoing collaborations with dancers (Liba Villavecchia, Rosa Muñoz and Ana Subiana) as well as musicians (Ruth Barbara and Alfredo Costa Monreiro, Ferran Fages and Joan Saura). Back in London he started the live-art/performance research project FIELD. In recent festivals I have performed with Robin Hayward, Otomo Yoshihide’s Anode/Cathode, Keith Rowe, Rhodri Davies... Recent recordings include groups with Bechire Saade, Rhodri Davies, Sam Rebello and Matt Milton.
www.f-i-e-l-d.co.uk
Patrick Farmer is versatile player who also retains an obvious wish to keep searching. He was involved in the organisation of 'Knee Knees' (Nottingham). So far he's released a few hand-produced recordings including pieces for solo percussion and field recordings of fence wires. Apart from all that, Patrick also runs the 'compost and height' blog label - currently it features recordings by Jez Riley French, Jeph Jerman, Pascal Nicols, Matt Davies and Ben Farmer.
www.myspace.com/woodandwhiskks
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