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Influences
All quaility heart felt music from around the world.
Sounds Like
Zen Buddhism, Multitones, Frank Zappa, Ornette Coleman, Eric Dolphy, Arnold Bax, Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Miles, Weather Report, Jazz without all that nonsense intellectual talk.
Mark Buckingham is one of the U.K's and Europe's leading woodwind gurus. His all encompassing instrumental mastery has covered all genres from funk, neo-classical, jazz, world music, traditional classical, drum & bass to the avant-garde.
His solo album Quartets, which are four simultaneous clarinet improvisations on all sizes of the instrument is widely recognized as the finest modern clarinet album not just in terms of it's virtuosic range but it's emotional and spiritual elements born from years of eastern music study, well beyond the standard jazz improvisation repertoire.
Buckingham has collaborated with the likes of Pressure Zones/Simply Red keyboardist and producer Dave Clayton to the worlds leading analogue music artist and producer Simon Yorke in which they have recently released the experiment spoken word, clarinet double LP "Farrago". This album is sought after and supplied with Yorke's leading turntables to analogue audiophiles throughout the world. He has also played and recorded for U.S jazz vocalist Sirena Riley in what has been hailed as one of the most successful woodwind vocal collaborations in modern jazz. Buckingham also regularly performs with keyboardist Harry Whalley as well performing with Pianist Tom Donald at the U.K National Opera Studio in which they have performed completely improvised recitals.
Buckingham is also an established woodwind composer and arranger (as opposed to an improviser) in writing woodwind arrangements of Ravel works as well as a huge catalogue of pieces for music education which are taught world-wide. As an educator Mark has been heavily involved in composing/writing publications for learning to improvise on all instruments. He has taught at Steiner school's in Northern Ireland and London, where it's method of education has had an active influence on his education works and compositions.
As a band leader Mark plays with his two sons Theo and Max on regular occasions and their performances are not only sought after by London audiences but also many London based musicians who perform with them.
Buckingham is endorsed by Trevor J. James & Co. He uses a custom built Signature Custom Tenor Saxophone, hand built and setup to his specification by David Farley.
Needleandthread presents... {yet another series of} dirty great big nights out.. @ JAMM bar, 261 Brixton road.. {nearest tube : oval / brixton} {buses: 159,N59,333,133,N3} running 8pm-4am, £4 before 9pm, (afterwards its £6 / £5 with flyer, or NUS)..
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its the night out you've been waiting for! so far, on friday march 14th, we have experimental lectronics, live bands, hiphop crews, artists, bizarre performances, live visuals, singer/songwriters, dj's playing funk, hiphop, reggae, soul, rock n roll, gypsy breaks, ragga, dubstep, breakbeat, jungle, drum n bass, dancehall, glitchcore, and generally good stuffness..
LIVE ROOM
DJ TENDRAW {gluerooms} VS. INFINITE LIVEZ {bigdada} -twisted toycore with vocal oddities.. FRAZER KING - Mancunian psych-rock, harmonic rebels.. QUEENS ENGLISH -lyrical hiphop, bouncing bass.. BUNTY - self-looping vocal beats.. GREETINGS - new lancastrian cross curiosities..
DJ’s
D-CYFER - junglist classics, and vintage drum and bass.. SUNMONKEY - eclectic party blend..
with appearances from the tealeaf collective, surreal musings of a goliath frog, decor by cafe cairo, an animated depa, and the ink-stained scratchings of illegal guff.. beleive me, it all makes sense on www.needleandthread.org
Hey Mr B ! Happy new one to you and all the family. Good to see you are well and busy. Kepp expanding those amazing lungs and blow that blessed breath! All love. Mark J.
Hiya mark, sorry i couldn't make the gig last night ... sadly school got the better of me on monday! Ill definitely try to pop along to one soon though! x
Mark! I'm so impressed that you are spreading your amazing music through myspace, you are too cool ... I hope you like the changes in the shop, fingers crossed there is more to come hehe