The Not Part Of Festival is Manchester's most inclusive festival.
Formed from the success of 2007's Not Part Of Manchester International Festival we are dedicated to providing a longlasting alternative to MIF with a series of events that throw a light upon grass roots artists and creators.
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Microcosm is your chance to see local musicians and dj's in the comfort of one of the best bar around! This night is completely FREE and will feature Natural Selection's full collective up close and personal. The place will be infused by the sounds of LIVE Roots Reggae, Dub & Jazz vibes for your summer evenings.
Musical talents:
“Extra Love”
Extra Love are a tight cross-genre collective of session musicians. Born over 3 years ago, Extra Love have performed at some of the UK's best loved music festivals, events and producers. As a professional collective “Extra Love” have grown from a 2 piece duo to a 10 Piece band. The band delivers a unique mix of rhythm’n’blues, reggae, dub, soul, funk and aggressive jazz. Over the last 7 months natural selection has enabled the development of “Extra Love” linking with world class vocalists. The band are well known to improvise entire tunes to keep the spontaneity and excitement to the up most.
Selector duties:
Crucial Bunny Miss Wirewaist SweetC Ras Leo Iselection
Adrian Northover - saxophone John Edwards - double bass Phillip Marks - percussion Dave Jackson - saxophone
Thursday 17th July at The King's Arms 11 Bloom St. - off Chapel St. Salford M3 6AN 0161 832 3605
8pm - 10:45pm £6
Adrian Northover is one of the finest saxophonists in the country. A master of instrumental technique, he's known internationally for his work with the Remote Viewers who've released 5 CD's on Leo Records and have a new 5 CD set on their own label (reviewed in May 08 issue of The Wire). He's also performed and recorded with the London Improvisers Orchestra, Ensemble Progresivo, Sonicphonics, Billy Bang, The All Weather Band, The Bollywood Brass Band, The Valentinos, indian classical ensemble Dha and african highlife band Yaaba Funk. Here he teams up with John Edwards, widely regarded as being one of the best bassists in the UK (famous for playing with Sunny Murray, John Tchicai, Evan Parker, Lol Coxhill, Louis Moholo, Veryan Weston, Eddie Prevost, Elton Dean, John Butcher, Paul Dunmall, Tony Bevan, Derek Bailey, God, Spring Heel Jack etc) for a series of solo and duo improvisations to promote their new cd's.
For this concert they will be joined by legendary local percussionist Phillip Marks and Solar Fire Trio saxophonist Dave Jackson for an evening of spontaneous music This is a rare opportunity to see some of the finest improvisers in Britain, so please come along and support your local improv scene
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