Four-day Summer Residency from one of the greatest drummers working today.

Corsano has developed a percussive language of extraordinary amplitude and infinite resources. His collaborations stretch from free jazz greats (Joe McPhee, Paul Flaherty & more) to noise mavens (Bill Nace, C Spencer Yeh etc) and pop superstars (Björk). Capable of generating narrative out of permanent ecstasy, Corsano never ceases to be profoundly affirmative and imposing of his language, and being an absolute and charismatic virtuoso, he simultaneously is one of the most noble and generous improvisers of the few last decades.

For these events we will be selling special tickets in bundles with an A2 silkscreen poster by Dennis Tyfus, as well as an LP made from recordings of Chris Corsano's summer residency. The exact contents of this LP will be determined after the residency takes place - but this is a unique opportunity to go above and beyond in your support for the concerts.

Proceeds from the bundled ticket/poster/LP deals go to supporting musician's fees and the costs of hosting the residency.




DAY 1: WED 20 AUGUST
- Chris Corsano Solo
- Summer Strings
- Lovers Ritual with Chris Corsano

The first day of Chris Corsano's four day summer residency includes a solo performance and intersection with renegade conductor/performer Ilan Volkov who gathers together his now annual expanded string ensemble and collaborates with Corsano as part of his duo Lovers Ritual (with Maya Dunietz).

Ilan Volkov's string ensemble will include: Jennifer Allum, Robert Ames, Mira Benjamin, Oliver Coates, Rebecca Davies, Michael Duch, Lina Lapelyte, Dominic Lash, David Lasserson, Marcio Mattos, Aisha Orazbayeva, Daniel Pioro, Noura Sanatian, Yoni Silver, Benedict Taylor, Tom Wheatley.

They will be performing:

- Pauline Oliveros - Out of the Dark (1998)
- Yoni Silver - "please please please let me bask in the sun for a while - you can come back in about 10 minutes" (2014)




DAY 2: THU 21 AUGUST
- Okkyung Lee / John Butcher / Chris Corsano
- Mette Rasmussen / Alan Wilkinson / Pat Thomas / Chris Corsano

The second day of Chris Corsano's four day summer residency features a trio with cellist Okkyung Lee and saxophonist John Butcher, followed by a quartet with pianist Pat Thomas and Mette Rasmussen and Alan Wilkinson on saxophones.




FRI 22 AUGUST
- Evan Parker / John Edwards / Chris Corsano
- Massimo Pupillo and Chris Corsano

Day number three of Chris Corsano's four day summer residency sees the return of the Parker/Edwards/Corsano trio first captured on the CleanFeed CD 'A Glancing Blow' - to be followed by a duo with the great electric bassist Massimo Pupillo (ZU, The Original Silence, Hairy Bones etc etc).




SAT 23 AUGUST
- Vibracathedral Orchestra with Chris Corsano

The fourth and final day of Chris Corsano's residency sees him back in the folds of a recently revived Vibracathedral Orchestra. Vibracathedral Orchestra are the totemic ensemble of contemporary British outsider music. Their chimerical DNA spans from beatific Labour-club raga to full-on face-flaying West Riding Kraut-out, whilst the core membership and elastic supporting cast that has realised this wayward vision is an unrivalled who’s who of the UK audio underground. Having blown the roof off on their OTO debut earlier this year (their first London show since 2007), a chance to see them join forces with Corsano's mercurial drumming should not be passed up..