Being one, among many others, playing on the same ancient instrument, might mean that the bass knows much more about music than me. Without any picture of its early days, any idea about how it would sound in a few decades. Intuitions, mistakes, dead ends; shadows and lights of our time. Vibrations, for it's all about vibrations, but which ones? Not satisfied? Go back on work and trust the bass. Words and drawings displayed in the space may be a non musical way to share vibrations, another attempt to catch imaginary voices... may be also a collective way to play the bass.

Artworks by Nicolas Deleau (ink on paper) will be displayed in the Project Space during the performances.

GUILLAUME VILTARD / double-bass

Born in 1975 in the North of Ivory Coast, Viltard grew up in the wild countryside with almost no music. Back in France, he played with many artists of the French underground improv scene, including dancers and poets as well as musicians.

After moving to London in late 2007, Viltard has worked with many of London’s best improvisers, forming strong associations with the circle of musicians centred on Eddie Prevost's experimental workshop, becoming a mainstay of the London Improvisers Orchestra, and playing in a great free jazz trio with Tony Marsh and Shabaka Hutchings that was sadly curtailed by Marsh's untimely death.

It is this eclectic appetite for collaboration across the whole spectrum of improvised music as well as his resolutely unamplified and powerfully physical playing that marks Viltard out as one of the most interesting musicians to emerge from London's fertile improvised and experimental scene in the last few years.



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OTO PROJECT SPACE

The OTO Project Space is located just around the corner from Cafe OTO at 1-7 Ashwin Street - E8 3DL.

It was created as a space for artists to develop new work and for OTO Projects to present workshops, talks, film screenings and installations relating to the core programme at Cafe OTO. The building was designed by Assemble - a young, critically acclaimed design practice based in London - and built by a team of more than 30 volunteers.