Kukuruku Recordings curate their second event at Cafe Oto and present an intriguing combination of three extraordinary solo sound artists, all dealing with issues of in situ performances and space resonance. Saxophone virtuoso John Butcher, Greek cellist Nikos Veliotis and Swiss Kiko C.Esseiva (portable musique concrète lab) shall contribute to an evening of extended-techniques instrumentalism and essential soundscaping. The event will also introduce Butcher’s and Esseiva’s very recent solo LP releases from Kukuruku Recordings.

NIKOS VELIOTIS / cello

Since the late 90s Veliotis has pushed the boundaries of sound using unorthodox cello techniques, floating long sustained sounds or silences and multilateral abstract visuals, overlays of digital trash and other digital found material. He has performed in international festivals in Asia, Europe & North America, also a member of CRANC (with Angharad & Rhodri Davies), LOOPER (with Ingar Zach & Martin Kuecher) and MOHAMMAD (with Ilios & Coti K).

“Veliotis is the Greek emperor of the restrained cello” [Sound Projector]

“...a cross-pollination of Phill Niblock, Glenn Branca and Iannis Xenakis occurring during the Chernobyl disaster.” [Touching Extremes]

www.nikosveliotis.com

JOHN BUTCHER / saxophones

John Butcher's work ranges through improvisation, his own compositions, multitracked saxophone pieces and explorations with feedback and extreme acoustics. He is well known as a solo performer who attempts to engage with a sense of place. In 2011 he received a Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award for Artists. Recent collaborative projects include the quintet Anemone with trumpeter Peter Evans, the wind trio The Contest of Pleasures with Axel Dörner and Xavier Charles, Way Out Northwest with Torsten Muller and Dylan van der Schyff, and a very new trio with Gino Robair and John Edwards.

www.johnbutcher.org.uk



KIKO C.ESSEIVA / tapes, electronics, other

Lausanne based Kiko C.Esseiva is a swiss underground sound experimentalist and outsider music composer. His music is a combination of several “traditional” electroacoustic techniques with a touch of art brut practices and use of recycled material. He often live-performs with a multitrack reel to reel deck creating diffused and expanding sonic layers and noisy atmospheres. His solo works have previosly been released by Hintel Zimmer, Tilt Recordings and Echomusic. He is also the first half of the “Vague” duo with his partner Scillia Lorage.

tiltrecordings.org/kiko_esseiva.htm