Usually a solo act of Katie English. There are a few collaborative projects on the go at the moment including Long Division With Remainders and storyteller Guy J Jackson. Katie also plays in various bands including noisey improv with Burning Zoo, folky lovliness with the Owl Service and shoegaze with Karenin. She has also recently ventured into the jangly world of Balinese gamelan on Monday evenings!
Influences
The need for some 'quiet noise' in times of stress.
Sounds Like
A sonic duvet, keeping you snug all year round. Complete with cup of tea.
NEW ALBUM OUT JULY 14TH AND LAUNCH NIGHT JULY 10TH
The next release on FBox Rceords will be 'ingily spikin werld', a collaborative work between Storyteller Guy Jackson and electroacoustic tunesmith Isnaj Dui. This has been a work in progress for a while now but will finally be hitting the shelves on July 14th. To celebrate this we shall be holding an open lanch night at the Flea Pit, 49 Columbia Road on July 10th.
Entry will be £5 including a free advance copy of the album and the first performance of the album by the duo. Support comes from The Hideaways and Ian Evans.
More info at www.fboxrecords.co.uk and www.thefleapit.com
ALL ABOUT ISNAJ DUI...
Since the debut release in March 2005, Isnaj Dui (real name Katie English) has been busy on the live circuit, provoking much interest from fellow experimental electronica artists for her unique blend of acoustic instruments and electronically manipulated effects. With numerous appearances at various electronica nights alongside many sessions on Resonance 104.4fm, Isnaj Dui has built up a strong following. English's recorded work has also received much critical acclaim from various reviewers including Wire magazine and White Line.
As a classically trained flautist, Katie uses concert and bass flutes alongside an effects and looping device as well as home made instruments including the electrodulcimer, a stringed instrument devised by Katie herself to create a unique and versatile sound. Through studies in electroacoustic music, alternative tunings and Javanese Gamelan as well as her classical work, Katie has fused together many styles to create a unique sound, infusing tranquil melodies with a dark edge. Keith Moline of Wire writes of 2007s 'Patterns In Rocks' '...English manages to take the [flute] into darker realms while maintaining a lovely, sleepy languor.
Numerous live performances have allowed Isnaj Dui to experiment with various ways of composition and improvisation. Building loops to create lush, dense textures that weave in and out of eachother has provided a recogniseable sound. The overall recording process is very much designed to keep the feeling of a live performance, multitracked instruments recorded in one take wherever possible to create a feeling of spontanaeity. The past two releases have seen Isnaj Dui using only live sampling of acoustic instruments.
Katie also co-runs a regular electroacoustic music night, Recluse, with Alex Monk at the Flea Pit in East London. Full info at www.recluse01.com
DISCOGRAPHY:
ingliy spikin werld (FBox Records), with storyteller Guy J. Jackson, July 2008
Version 5 of '14 Versions of the Same EP' collaboration with Long Division With Remainders ( www.ldwr.net ) March 2008
Patterns In Rocks (FBox Records), July 2007
Amacrine (Smallfish), June 2007
Lieunb (live) featured on Telephasic Workshop >1, May 2007
DulcImprov featured exclusively on Disco_r.dance Vol.1, November 2006
Catoctin featured on Wire Tapper 15, June 2006
Sequence EP (FBox Records), May 2006
Isnaj Dui (FBox Records), March 2005
All releases are available from www.smallfish.co.uk or www.fboxrecords.co.uk
Hi hun Want to see you with the Owl Service tomorrow. Really enjoyed your Notting Hill set despite bloody noisy west Londoners. Hopefully I'll get to share tea or ginger beer with you too. Lots of love Roshi xxx
I just thought I'd say that actually coming to the event and still somehow managing to miss your performance is something worthy of a public apology, or even worse.
We will not be able to use Marks idea as it is unworkable for this function. I am going to order the paper next week. An Off-White. I can't believe we have broken even. It's finally PAY DAY.
they were pretty scary dreams tho! the worst bit was the earthworms, crickets, beetles and massive spiders all over my floor, :S, i kept stepping on them!
technically not all insects i know but i had to generalise for tom's sake.
i finally got round to listening to your back catalogue whilst doing coursework - the albums are great, track two on patterns in rocks is my favourite. :)
Thanks for the add, and your kind words, Katie. I've just sat in a trance listening to your stuff. Very nice indeed. cheers daren p.s. check out the acoustic version of myself (daren ramshaw - see 'top friends'). cheers daren
Very good stuff you have here (Keith Moline told me about you in the most glowing terms, and he usually doesn't go around doing that kind of thing) - I hope to see you at Roshi/Dids' thing next Thursday.
yeah, i'm all good, been putting a little improvisational live band together, we are doing d'n'b and dubstep and difficult jazz, amongst other things. this is us, definitely come to a gig soon, let me know and i will slap you on the list,
have a quality one in glasgow, good to hear from you, lady,
hello , good to hear from you. Yup...playing at the artic circle mini-chill at the bc house on Sat 12th. enjoy the tea!
12/04/08 mini-Arctic Circle @ Big Chill House 2 - 6pm inputJunkie + Jack Hayter + bilkis Dj Sets from Ben Eshmade (Chiller Cabinet) & Schristo FREE ENTRY www. bigchill. net/house. html
