Sunday 8 February 2015, 8pm
Crush!!! are Mark Browne (sax, collected objects), Ian MacGowan (trumpet) and Sonic Pleasure (Bricks, masonry, tools and flute). Crush!!! will be performing with Benedict Taylor (viola)/Tom Jackson (clarinet) Duo and Matt Wand (Electronics).
An evening that examines three different approaches to improvisation and music making in general. Contrasting instrumentation and sound sources. Extended instrument technique meets new sound sources. Pre-determined structures mixing with the language of chance and indeterminacy. Ensemble work that looks to retain the language of each group/soloist.
Crush!!! was formed in 2010 by Sonic Pleasure (Flute, bricks, masonry and tools) and Mark Browne (Saxophone and collected objects - broken glass, percussion, whistles, game calls and bones) and later joined by Ian MacGowan (trumpet). The group’s improvisational approach emphasises the contrast between the use of traditional instruments and the other sound sources deployed. Sonic Pleasure is famed for the reduction of her instruments to dust by the end of the performance. Ian plays the trumpet in an extraordinary manner. Mark’s sense of bathos encompasses both the virtuosic and the inept. The evening also marks both Mark and Ian 50th year on this planet, and the release of new Crush!!! Studio recordings.
Tom Jackson and Benedict Taylor have been playing together for many years now, in various groups but most notably in their longstanding duo. An awesome duo who possess the ability to invigorate, inspire and astonish, sometimes all at once!
“No man can listen and remain unmoved at such delicious sounds; barking, crying, hooting and issuing many a plaintive mew, both raising dreadfull clamours to the skies.” – Ed Pinsent, soundprojector.com
Rare London appearance of this electronic music legend. Matt Wand played with Stock, Hausen & Walkman, collaborated with Derek Bailey, Tony Oxley, documented on Incus, The Tony Oxley Quartet and The Tony Oxley Orchestra on Soul Note. Has worked on many commissions for installations and exhibitions in the UK and abroad. He has written film scripts for short films and animations (one winning the Goldcrest Award for best short in 1988).
