Holly Rumble (loop pedal, musical saw, violin, glockenspiel, field recordings, bowed metal, music boxes, melodyhorn, water, electricity, matches, contact mic, zither, and many other things to weigh down my gig bag).
John Boursnell does important live things like playing the ukulele and preventing feedback. He also mixed the End of the Night Loops EP for me!
Influences
Broadcast Mira Calix
A Hawk And A Hacksaw Le Volume Courbe Joanna Newsom Josephine Foster Jan Svankmajer Yann Tiersen Jacques Brel Scott Walker Birds Mountains C19th automata Chris Watson
Sounds Like
Mechanical insects surrounding the village violin-maker
First played in 2001 in London and then moved to Norwich. We play fairly often in Norwich, mainly at the Arts Centre, though if anyone wants to offer us a gig in another part of the country we will make a portable version of all our junk. We make live loops from a variety of objects, some of which are instruments, but are mainly interested in the sounds you can get out of other things. Holly's current favourite toy is a silver plated tray attached to a contact mic.
RELEASES:
ILYA & EMILIA FOR EXAMPLE (March 2008): a new track 'Lady Bower Reservoir' on a lovely compilation CD.
END OF THE NIGHT LOOPS (August 2007): a 30 minute collection of loops recorded between 2006 and 2007. These are the results of the gradual layering of sounds during a performance. It isn't on the Ilya and Emilia website yet, but should be soon!
BEE EP (August 2006): 23 minutes of music and field recordings, including Aubert and Sawdust. It's available at www.ilyaandemilia.co.uk. All the packaging is handmade, and held together with a ribbon.
DOUBLE BOW (November 2006): Quartet is a track Holly made for an installation at a gallery in Stroud in December. It was produced by playing a glass, a strip of metal, a shelf bracket, and a metal tank with a violin bow. High frequencies, but you get used to it! Also lots of fun to make.
Thanks for looking,
Holly and John
xx
PS See Holly's blog for sound art stuff: http://www.soundartist.wordpress.com
We're on the Stop Sharpening Your Knives CD - out now!
Come see us at the marquee in norwich on Friday October 30th - a halloween gig and we'll be previewing songs from our new album.... DO IT (come on, I don’t wanna have to cut you)
AND come see us at www.twitter.com/bearsuit band to follow what we're up to at the studio today....
How are you? I just got the T-shirts I ordered for the NYC Musical Saw Festival. I'm excited about the logo: What do you think? I hope you can join us at the festival on Saturday, July 18th, 2pm at Trinity Church, 31-18 37th street, Astoria (Queens), NYC.
4th year for Palimpsest Festival held in the majestic All Saints Church (1863) presenting a day of far reaching global sounds and homeland musical miniatures.
Dear friends, We invite you to our single launch party for Muscle Belt (out on Fantastic Plastic) on Sunday March 15 at Norwich Arts Centre.
The night is also to help us raise some money for our airfares to Texas for sxsw. We hope you'll come and support us on our way! Also playing will be the ever splendid BROWNIES and THE MIDDLE ONES - a tops night all round then! See you there bear buddies! xx ps, click on the link below to buy your tickets... only five english pounds! pps, Michael Jackson fancy dress optional
How are you? I wanted to let you know that last summer's Musical Saw Festival made a top 10 list. It's number 2 on WFMU Radio DJ Bronwyn's list of Best Things of 2008. Here is what WFMU Radio said: "2. The NYC Musical Saw Festival. I’ll say it again: Hearing Satie’s “Gymnopedie” played by a musical saw and a handbell choir was one of the highpoints of my life. Seriously. The piece for musical saw and Japanese music box by Scott R. Munson was outstanding, too." You can find the WFMU list here: http://blog. wfmu. org/freeform/2009/01/pretty-good-the. html
This year’s NYC Musical Saw Festival is scheduled for July 18, 2009, 2pm. It sure would be great if you could participate!
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