Thursday 16 August 2018, 7.30pm
yPLO is a new collaboration between Paul Abbott (real and imaginary drums) and Michael Speers (feedback / oscillator / synthetic drums).
Following the release of Stop Constant, the duo have been developing a set of discrete, fictional drums, made of synthetic and acoustic sonic material. For this event at Cafe OTO, they bring together these drums for the first time, to build a new, impossible drum-kit, tuned uniquely to the space.
Listen to Stop Constant—a micro-album of studies towards a speculative drum kit—here
Paul Abbott is a musician and drummer. He plays with real and imaginary drums, synthetic sounds, performance and writing.
Projects include: XT with Seymour Wright; XT+Pat Thomas; Kavain Wayne Space (RP Boo) Trio with XT; XT+Anne Gillis; X Ray Hex Tet; yPLO with Micheal Speers; F.R.David, very good* & Rosmarie with Will Holder; film sound for Keira Greene and The Creaking Breeze Ensemble with Nathaniel Mackey. Paul has performed at venues and festivals internationally. He was a co-founder and co-editor of Cesura//Acceso journal for music, politics and poetics, and resident artist at Cafe OTO 2015 & 2023.
Recent releases include: Slip; Strata, Act (Joy Contemporary)*; YESYESSPEAKERSYES; Knees, Elbow Bag; Deorlaf X; Fugitive Equation and very good*.
Michael Speers (b.1992) is a drummer, sound artist and researcher from County Down, Ireland.
Currently a PhD student at SARC: Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Sound and Music, Belfast.
His practice incorporates percussion, feedback, digital synthesis and environmental sound in the creation of improvised performances, site-specific sound installations and electroacoustic compositions.
He has performed internationally in venues such as: Café OTO; LOM; Les Instants Chavirés; Les Ateliers Claus; Morphine Raum; SARC Sonic Lab; National Concert Hall (Dublin) and at Sonic Acts Festival.
Recordings published by Anòmia, C.A.N.V.A.S., Party Perfect!, Wasted Capital Since 2013, Takuroku, Krim Kram and Feedback Moves.
rkss is an alias of Robin Buckley, a London based sound artist. They hold German and UK passports. Their releases on UIQ, Alien Jams, Where To Now? and more have explored the materiality of film sound, YouTube and EDM sample packs through the lens of house, ambient and computer music.
Buckley also runs a radio series for Resonance Extra called Lossless Communication, which explores sound discovery in the internet era. Other recent work includes a live improvised performance with Claire Tolan in Berlin, sound design for the art website www.clubdead.io and Brostep in the Style of Florian Hecker, a multi-channel composition available for download with limited edition lanyards and a game which offers a virtual environment for listening to the composition.
From Great Yarmouth, living in Norwich.
Mostly collaborative ‘music’, sometimes solo ‘music’.
Adam Asnan (London, UK) is an electroacoustic musician and location sound recordist, based in Berlin.
