KONK PACK brings together three major figures in contemporary music. This is their first UK tour for six years. The group has amazed audiences at festivals and concerts all over the world with the sheer energy of its rapid fire interplay, earning numerous critical accolades. This is a band that stretches free improvisation, opening out an architecture in which shifting space and detail of sound can volcanically explode into zones of accelerated high volume electronica & sonic detritus.

Since 1997, Konk Pack have toured regularly throughout Europe, completed three major tours of the US, and been described by The Wire magazine's Lee Henderson as "one of the most exciting improv groups in the world." Along the way, they''ve done a live broadcast for BBC's Mixing It, and a sold-out London concert with Derek Bailey. The group have released four CDs on the German label GROB, and performed at major music festivals from Vancouver to Belgrade.The musics they've made individually are reason enough to take note of this trio, but the music they make together leaves audiences amazed and inspired.

Tim Hodgkinson lap steel guitar, electronics, clarinet
Thomas Lehn analogue synthesiser
Roger Turner drumsets and percussion

"I've caught Konk Pack live a half dozen times through the years and have been knocked out on each & every occasion. What makes this trio special is that their music is so focused and intense, that you often feel exhilarated by listening. You can't do anything else or have any distractions while listening since you will be swept away." Bruce Gallanter | Onsen | August 2010

"Heading towards their 15th anniversary in 2012, the German-British trio Konk Pack continues to be the gold standard against which any band of electro-acoustic improvisers must be measured." - Ken Waxman | Jazzword | Toronto | 2010

"I can't think of an improvising group more explosive than this European trio - percussionist Roger Turner, guitarist Tim Hodgkinson, and synth maestro Thomas Lehn bite down hard on whatever they play, confronting even delicate passages with taut intensity. ……I've seen so much free improv that some of it feels as predictable as 'Chopsticks', but these guys keep me pinned to the wall, happily anticipating the next shock." - Peter Margasak | Chicago Reader | Oct 2007