Heavy double-header of no-holds-barred collective free improvisation and heightened musical intensity with scandavian quintet The Heat Death making their first appearance at OTO alongside Alan Wilkinson's Free Fall - a new group with Pat Thomas on piano/electronics, Neil Charles on Bass and Mark Sanders on Drums.

Alan Wilkinson/Dag Erik Knedal Anderson photo by Andy Newcombe

THE HEAT DEATH

The Heat Death is a Swedish/Norwegian band consisting of some key players of the vibrant Scandinavian improvised music scene. The quintet makes eclectic and ecstatic music propelled forward by an intelligent and intuitive interplay.

Outside of this group these players have their fingers in many other musical pies, such as DATAROCK and AKODE.

Martin Küchen: saxophones
Kjetil Møster: saxophones and clarinet
Mats Äleklint: trombone
Ola Høyer: bass
Dag Erik Knedal Andersen: drums



ALAN WILKINSON'S FREE FALL

There can be few more daunting sounds in free music than that of Alan Wilkinson in overdrive, whether the headlong flights of his alto playing, or the beefier heft he gets from the baritone. Here he teams up with the 'sartorially shabby' Pat Thomas on piano whose gift for harmonic abstraction and rhythmic creativity situates him comfortably within the realms of both Thelonious Monk and Cecil Taylor whilst remaining decidedly his own player. The quartet is completed by the huge sound and immaculate timing of Neil Charles on double bass and the precise, propulsive drumming of Mark Sanders.

Alan Wilkinson: saxophones
Pat Thomas: piano and electronics
Neil Charles: bass
Mark Sanders: drums