This evening brings together five musicians who have crossed paths and established connections in various degrees for the last ten years across Europe, with a long layover under the Barcelona sun. On a rare visit to London, Ferran Fages will present an extended version of the duo ap'strophe with Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga, inviting Eddie Prévost to play with them. A quintet will bring Lali Barrière and Kostis Kilymis joining in, creating a unique situation for all five musicians.

ap'strophe + Eddie Prévost (trio)

Lali Barrière / laptop
Ferran Fages / electronics
Kostis Kilymis / electronics
Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga / zither
Eddie Prévost / percussion




LALI BARRIÈRE (Barcelona, Catalonia)

Musician and Mathematician, she combines her artistic activity with teaching Mathematics, creative programming and research. Active in the scene of free improvisation in Barcelona. Works with acoustic and amplified objects, electronic devices, field recordings and programming, with a minimalistic approach. She currently uses PureData to investigate on sinewaves and the use of oscillators to generate simple spectrum sounds.

Her current projects are: solo project, A=B, with Ferran Fages, árum, with Juan Matos Capote, blaast, with Alfredo Costa Monteiro, Un coup de dés, with Marta Sainz, and ziz, with Eduard Márquez and Ferran Fages. She also collaborates, or has collaborated, with other improvisers as Miguel Angel García, Tomás Gris, Xavier Lopez, Tom Soloveitzik, Dafne Vicente-Sandoval, Ruth Barberán, Tom Chant, Artur Vidal, Nuno Rebelo.

lalibarriere.net
www-ma4.upc.edu/~lali




FERRAN FAGES (Barcelona, Catalunya)

Improviser and composer. He plays guitar, radios, resonant objects, acoustic turntable and electronics. 
He was member of the collective IBA col·lectiu d'improvisació from 1999 to 2006.

Ongoing projects: A=B (with Lali Barrière), Ap'strophe (with Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga), Atolón (with Alfredo Costa Monteiro and Ruth Barberán), Cremaster (with Alfredo Costa Montiero) and ZIZ (with Eduard Márquez and Lali Barrière) and duos with Tom Chant and Dafne Vicente-Sandoval. Besides his improvisation projects, he has composed 2 pieces for ensemble: Radi d'Or (2010) and Filament (2014). He has toured in Europe, South America, Japan and Canada.

www.ferranfages.net


KOSTIS KILYMIS

Kostis Kilymis focuses on audio feedback systems and re-presentation, his practice touching upon sound, performance, installation work and video. In his music he uses electronic tools to create works ranging from discreetly tactile whispers, to loud and immersive sound-fields. He has collaborated with artists such as Lucio Capece, Nikos Veliotis, Leif Elggren, Phil Julian, Sarah Hughes and Patrick Farmer. He also runs the Organized Music from Thessaloniki music label. www.kostiskilymis.com/




DIMITRA LAZARIDOU-CHATZIGOGA

Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga (Thessaloniki, Greece) is a musician and a linguist based in London. She is active in experimental and improvised music since 2006. She plays the zither, a string instrument, and uses ebows and objects on its resonance box to produce sustained or granulated sounds. Her approach focuses on the interplay between spontaneity and elaborate techniques.

In the last few months, she has performed with Mark Wastell as BEFOREHAND and in quintet with Jennifer Allum, Eddie Prévost, Matt Davis and Seymour Wright. She is preparing a duo release with Martin Küchen and has recently launched the online project 'MOBILE #2 OR odds ratio' on Another Timbre with Nate Wooley, Cremaster (Alfredo Costa Monteiro and Ferran Fages), Xavier Charles, Enrico Malatesta and Christian Weber.

www.strokebystroke.net




EDDIE PRÉVOST

Eddie Prévost plays with immense fire, grace and invention. Founder of the essential AMM, collaborator of the greatest improvisers internationally, since the 60's he has kept a continuous contact with the scene and always manages to invent anew his contribution to "meta-music".

“Prévost's free drumming flows superbly making use of his formidable technique. It’s as though there has never been an Elvin Jones or Max Roach.” - Melody Maker