At the moment 2 (thin) arms, 2 (long) legs, 1 pair of (large) lungs, & a couple of other dynamic duo bits & pieces, from which I manage to drag out the sounds of various flutes, soprano sax, zither, keyboards, percussion, vocals, electronics, & ethnic instruments /../../../../../../../.. Go to www.aliensatsea.blogspot.com (~Aliens@C~) for personal stuff, reviews, rants, politics, pix, stories, art, friends, other links, blabla etc. CURRENT PROJECTS -- Nurse With Wound .. 2009 .. Duo with Magnus Alexanderson (gtr, electronics) .. 2009 .. Duo with Yumi Hara Cawkwell (vocals, keys) .. 2008 .. Duo with Simon Crab (realtime processing, ex Bourbonese Qualk) 2008 .. Warrior Squares .. 2008 .. .. Ex-Wise Heads 1997 .. X Black Sheep 2004 .. Mirage (Cathy Williams) 2005 .. Joxfield ProjeX (online collaboration) 2008 .. Occasional UK gigs with Faust. Enjoy impro sessions & loose collaborations /../../../../ RECENT PROJECTS ------> Henrico Reed & Lulu 1999-2007 .. IEM (Steve Wilson) 2000 .. Syntron (Tom Zunk + Elke Postler) 2001-03 .. Men Working Overhead/Ghetto Raga (Tom Zunk) 2002-05 .. Nana Tsiboe 2002-08 .. UK tour with Krautrockers Faust 2005 --/../../../../../../../../../.. Apart from numerous solo concerts, projects, & performances, I've played and/or recorded with --> Crazy Mabel .. 1968-70 (?) .. John Martyn 1968-69 .. Kevin Ayers 1970 .. Mouseproof (Gerry Fitzgerald) 1970-71 .. Henry Cow 1972-73 .. Hatfield & The North 1972-74 .. Slapp Happy 1972-74 .. Robert Wyatt 1974 .. Mike Oldfield 1973 .. Uli Trepte (ex-Guru Guru) SpaceBox 1974 .. Radar Favourites (Cathy Williams, Charles Hayward, Gerry Fitzgerald, Charles Bullen, Jack Monck) 1974-75 .. Rag Doll (GL & Cathy) 1975-77 .. Red Balune (GL, Cathy + the multitude) 1977-79 .. Aksak Maboul 1978-79 .. Frank Wuyts 1978-88 .. Univers Zero 1978-79 .. Kontakt Mikrofoon Orkest 1980 .. Black Sheep 1981-82 (reformed 2004) .. The Head Masters (1982) .. Pierre Vassiliu (French singer/songwriter) 1980-82 .. Random Bob 1984-86 (including gigs featuring Hugh Hopper + Phil Miller, as Oddjob) .. Sables (Pierre Jacobs) 1987-91 .. Arabesque (Hassan Erragi) 1989-90 .. Hamsy Boubaker 1987-90 .. Morton Fork Gang (Joe Higham, Guy Segers, Daniel Denis, Jan Kuijken, Mark Bogaerts) 1989-93 .. Switchcraft (Claude Jansens) 1988-89 .. John van Rymenant 1988-90 .. 9T2 1990 .. Bass Line Boys 1990 .. Peter Beyls 1990 .. Highly Irregulars (Jack Monck & Lahcen Lahbib) 1992-94 ---------- The Meta Physical Desert Years 1992-97 ----------
Influences
Briefly: Afro-American Jazz - Sun Ra, Don Cherry, Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Roland Kirk, Charles Mingus, Eric Dolphy, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, etc. Euro-Jazz - Evan Parker, Derek Bailey, John Stevens, Han Bennink, Trevor Watts, etc. R & B - Graham Bond was a very big influence on me in my teens; with Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, & Dick Heckstall-Smith, they were the hottest fusion band around. Avant Rock = (early) Soft Machine, Zappa, Beefheart, Henry Cow, The Residents, This Heat, Faust, Gong (ok - more Space than Avant). Two of my favourite soprano players - Steve Lacy & Terry Riley. Other music - World, Contemporary, Ethnic, Electronic, Improvised. I'm still catching up on other recent musical developments, & I guess that must also influence me to some extent, even if unconsciously! Other: Performance Art in the sense that live music, dance, & theatre are performances. Painting, drawing, sculpting, writing & other "non-performing arts" can all be incorporated into this live framework.
Sounds Like
Geoff Leigh/Yumi Hara/Tatsuya Yoshida @ Flying Teapot - Tokyo, Japan - 03/07/2009
Club Integral @ Whitechapel Gallery, 18th December 2009.
Featuring music from Lotus Pedals, Nobodies, MayMing, Boycott Coca-Cola Experience and Jack Shirt. + DJ Chris Cornetto and projections from Jaime Rory Lucy of Rucksack Cinema
Lotus Pedals: - "Gorgeous live music from the supremely strange Lotus Pedals, who remained on stage throughout the show...shambolic, bold and beautiful...offers truly unique rewards." Beccy Smith - British Theatre Guide.
Geoff, thanks for the friendship. The video and sound clips are fantastic - man, you sound better than ever! It was fun to see you playing again with Chris Cutler and John Greaves. - Mike Pascarella
Hi there! Watching the bunch of new vids - you do have some really good and joyful moments for sure. Ordered and disordered improvisations - for me it's rock n roll. And the people you're playing with on these live clips are just amazing, but we already knew that. Cheers Oax of JP
You like beer right? You might get a kick out of this Ozzy skit. Here's the new film Gabby Skab and I made last night for upcoming Pabst sales convention. The Skabs "PBR Me Right Now". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGPLSnltauk
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