Ny Musikk & OTO projects presents two crushing examples of extreme sound exploration. Hild Sofie Taford has re-written the sonic possibilities of the French Horn and established herself as one of Norway's most arresting musicians. Graham Lambkin has been a unique presence in underground culture for the past twenty years. As a musician he first came to attention through the work of his band The Shadow Ring, blending DIY folk, noise, abstract electronics and surreal poetry into strikingly original forms. This duo pairs him with Jason Lescalleet - a master of the reel-to-reel tape recorder and an expert in restructuring the sonority of obsolete technology into vibrant new forms. The evening will also include a set of heavily amplified harp by Rhodri Davies, launching his new LP in the same vein 'Wound Response'.

HILD SOFIE TAFJORD

Whether working acoustically or delving into the depths of electronic noise, Hild Sofie Taford has re-written the sonic possibilities of the French Horn and established herself as one of Norway's most arresting musicians. One half of the duo Fe-Mail (with Maja Ratkje) she also performs solo and as a member of SPUNK, Agrare, Kvartett Lemur and Slinger.





GRAHAM LAMBKIN & JASON LESCALEET

Graham Lambkin has been a unique presence in underground culture for the past twenty years. As a musician he first came to attention through the work of his band The Shadow Ring, blending DIY folk, noise, abstract electronics and surreal poetry into strikingly original forms. This duo pairs him with Jason Lescalleet - a master of the reel-to-reel tape recorder and an expert in restructuring the sonority of obsolete technology into vibrant new forms.



RHODRI DAVIES

Rhodri Davies was born in 1971 in Aberystwyth, Wales and now lives in Gateshead in the northeast of England. He plays harp, electric harp, live-electronics and builds wind, water and fire harp installations. His regular groups include: a duo with John Butcher, The Sealed Knot, a trio with David Toop and Lee Patterson, Common Objects, Cranc, a trio with John Tilbury and Michael Duch, SLW and Apartment House. In 2008 he collaborated with the visual artist Gustav Metzger on ‘Self-cancellation’, a large-scale audio-visual collaboration in London and Glasgow. He also performs and researches contemporary music. New pieces for harp have been composed for him by: Eliane Radigue, Christian Wolff, Ben Patterson, Alison Knowles, Michael Pisaro, Carole Finer, Mieko Shiomi, Radu Malfatti and Yasunao Tone.

Rhodri Davies' latest solo LP of heavily amplified harp 'Wound Response' is released on the 8th October by Alt Vinyl.

"A major solo statement... Here is Davies as the drunk/disturbed blind monk in the Japanese movie, awfully quiet in the corner, till suddenly there's a ghastly blur of action, and the paint is blistering and there is blood on the walls" - Clive Bell, The WIRE