Two dozen performers from around the world are given free reign to
redefine music. Over three days they coax incredible sounds from all
manner of instrument, in every conceivable manner. Performers include
the elder statesman of Japanese sound-art Yasunao Tone; mesmeric
minimalist legend Charlemagne Palestine; and Norbert Möslang,
enigmatic torturer of household electrical goods.
Group improvisations, drawing on diverse talents thrown in at the deep
end of spontaneity, feature Tony Buck, superlative drummer of
Australia's best export, The Necks; brilliant Belgian string virtuoso
Julia Eckhardt; and sensational American trumpeter Peter Evans.
And to surprise ourselves, some players at the very edge of audio
arts: Taku Sugimoto, whose guitar playing is so restrained as to
stretch the laws of time; Bob Levene, who uses turntables as audio
sculpture; and Helena Gough, who reveals the laptop as a landscape
teeming with twittering life.
Take an example from Eve and Experiment.
"International in its sweep, uncompromising in its substance" - Time Out
The London Musicians' Collective has been active on London's new music scene for over 30 years, promoting the best in experimental and improvised music concerts, running festivals, tours and workshops, producing special events and publications, and for the last three years realising radio broadcasts via the acclaimed Resonance 104.4 FM. Among our recent successes have been our Among our recent successes have been this year's 30th Anniversary concert series; 2005's "Immaterial" series; and summer 2004's "Feedback: Order From Noise" tour for the Contemporary Music Network, curated by Knut Aufermann and featuring Alvin Lucier, Otomo Yoshihide, Nicolas Collins, Sarah Washington, Billy Roisz, Xentos Fray Bentos and Toshimaru Nakamura. Our current plans include a second volume of the best-selling Your Favourite London Sounds CD, compiled by Peter Cusack, the launch of our new CD series, more issues of Resonance magazine - as well as regular concerts and our pivotal activity in the ongoing 24/7 broadcasts at Resonance 104.4 FM, a project reliant on two hundred volunteers and which uniquely showcases the work of thousands of radical artists. LMC is proud to have established and to run this incredible venture. The only arts organisation in Britain with a truly 24/7 public presence, LMC continues to expand and respond to new demands, encouraging access to and use of this unique resource - and forging collaborations with the leading musicians, sound artists, agencies, writers, thinkers and activists in the capital and beyond: no other arts organisation thinks like us or acts like us.
CLUB INTEGRAL RADIO SHOW - THIS THURSDAY 10TH DECEMBER - 8.00 - 9.00PM
The Club Integral Radio Show returns with a programme showcasing bands playing at our upcoming event on 18th December at Whitechapel Gallery, and live music from the Club Integral archive. And don’t miss our regular "Devils Island Disc" feature in which we invite a special guest to share with us the piece of music they would least like to be marooned with on a desert island with. Club Integral; "Quality music at low, low prices".
The deXter Bentley Hello GoodBye Show returns to the airwaves on Resonance 104.4 FM this Saturday 5th September between noon and 1.30pm. Today's broadcast is in conjunction with PESTIVAL * With contributions from the Mosquito expert Dr. James Logan, an essay from the author Tim Burrows (on the subject of insects in rock and pop), plus live music from the London based alt/art duo Plug, who will debut new insect related material especially written for Hello GoodBye.
* PESTIVAL is a festival celebrating insects in art, and the art of being an insect. Pestival 2009 runs from 3rd-6th September @ The Southbank Centre and is jam-packed with insect-inspired talks and debates, as well as comedy, music, walks, workshops, installations and experiments. For further information, please visit: http://pestival.org
July 31st: SCALEDOWN 5th Anniversary Celebration featuring John Butcher, Mike Adcock, The Mystery Fax Machine Orchestra, Don Tempi, Alex Monk and Susie Hug [www.theorchestrapit.com/scaledown].
August 8th: The Orchestra Pit / V '68 Promotions presents This Ambitious Orchestra, The Mystery Fax Machine Orchestra and John Bisset & Alex Ward live @ The Luminaire [www.theorchestrapit.com/luminaire].
August 13th: Country Dad (live @ Scaledown from 2008) - podcast on New Jersey station WFMU, courtesy of Kurt Gottschalk and his The Brother Lucy Show [www.wfmu.org/playlists/KU].
August 31st: new single release from Naïm Amor for The Orchestra Pit Recording Co. [www.myspace.com/naimamor].
