ORCHESTRA ELASTIQUE

Orchestra Elastique are a London-based music improvisation collective. Formed during a residency at the Shunt Vaults, London, in April 2010, Orchestra Elastique comprises of performers and multi-instrumentalists which can vary in number depending on the venue and performance in question.

The ongoing motif is to face music as a playground. Hailing from countries such as France, Portugal, Holland, England and Mexico, Orchestra Elastique fill this playground with instruments such as harp, accordion, trumpet, harmonium, piano, theremin, drums, percussion, electronics, vocals, cello, double bass, bagpipes and many, many more. The result is a form of music that takes influences from Minimalist Music, Free Jazz, Middle Eastern, South American, Krautrock, and various folkloric and tribal traditions.  Ranging from subtle dreams to explosive psychedelia, Orchestra Elastique’s performances elasticate mind, senses and spacetime...



Orchestra Elastique is Joris Beets (delta harp, percussion and more), Antoine Gilleron (trumpet, vocals and more), Bruno Humberto (harmonium, synths and more), Nahum Mantra (theremin, electronics and more) and Tristan Shorr (drums, piano and more). Regular guests invited to play include: David Tunstall (bagpipes, double bass), Steph Patten (cello), Philippe Lenzini (guitar), Fiona Bevan (vocals, violin),  Larry Achiampong (bass,vocals), Elo Masing (violin, piano), Tom Whitehouse (flute), Sonia Paço-Rocchia (bassoon), among many others.

Orchestra Elastique Live @ Servant Jazz Quarters, London, 3 March 2012 from Orchestra Elastique on Vimeo.

Orchestra Elastique website

CLORINDE

Clorinde is the project formed in 2005 in the city of Glasgow by Italian brothers Simone Salvatici and Andrea Salvatici. Since then Clorinde has been producing music based on a minimalist approach towards repetition, melodies, rhythm and sounds, resulting in beautiful fragile balance between tight cyclic structures and free form improvisation.

They make extensive use of acoustic and electric instruments (banjos, guitars , vibraphones, African kalimbas, zithers, clarinet, bass, electric organ, various drums and percussions) extrapolated from their context and processed thru electronic devices and amplification, bringing an enchanting flavor of rithmic psychedelia mathematical post-folk with exciting structures and surprising passages of minimal introspection.



Clorinde website