Follow the link for more info...
http://paperdressvintage.co.uk/an-evening-with-snorkel-paper-dress-bar-boutique
and its free!!
SNORKEL @ PAPER DRESS VINTAGE - 20th JAN - FREE!!
SNORKEL will be playing a couple of sets at Paper Dress Vintage bar in Shoreditch on 20th Jan.
Follow the link for more info...
http://paperdressvintage.co.uk/an-evening-with-snorkel-paper-dress-bar-boutique
and its free!!
Follow the link for more info...
http://paperdressvintage.co.uk/an-evening-with-snorkel-paper-dress-bar-boutique
and its free!!
Grace Jones - Hurricane Dub
Grace Jones amazing album Hurricane Dub is out now on Wall Of Sound!
The album is produced by Slowfoot's Ivor Guest and features contributions from Snorkel members Frank Byng and Ben Cowen, aswell as some sonics from Robert Logan.
Check it out!
The album is produced by Slowfoot's Ivor Guest and features contributions from Snorkel members Frank Byng and Ben Cowen, aswell as some sonics from Robert Logan.
Check it out!
CREWDSON + CRACKLE + SIGNALS - 27th AUG @ CAFE OTO
Slowfoot Records hosted night featuring south-east London producer Crewdson who's recent debut album 'Gravity' has been drawing huge praise, murky experimental electro-jazz trio Crackle and melodic drone unit Signals.
CREWDSON -
South East London’s acclaimed producer Crewdson who has recently released his debut album 'Gravity' on Slowfoot and has been hailed as one to watch amongst his ‘post dubstep’ peers, “…blowing Jazz and glitch into the vessels sails”. His live set incorporates live sampling of voice, saxophone and miscellaneous objects which he manipulates with his idiosyncratic electronic set up including midi motorcycle handlebars.
CRACKLE -
Murky experimental electro-jazz trio of Nick Doyne-Ditmas [Monkey Puzzle Trio, Pinski Zoo] on bass, cornet and electronics, Frank Byng [Snorkel, Robert Logan Trio] on drums and electronics, and Ben Cowen [Snorkel, 7-Hurtz] on keyboards and electronics.
SIGNALS -
Signals was formed by Chris Gowers (Karina ESP, Evelyn Records) and Phil Julian (Cheapmachines, Authorised Version) during summer 2004, initially to work on collaborative performance for the 2004 London Headphone Festival.
During November 2005, Mark Beazley of Rothko joined Signals to play live as part of the on-going Evelyn Records evenings in London, cementing the core line-up.
The trio’s live performance’s consist of 15 to 20 minute drone and melody explorations, utilizing bowed and effected guitar, live laptop manipulations and sampling, bowed ceremonial bowls and effected bass guitar.
CREWDSON -
South East London’s acclaimed producer Crewdson who has recently released his debut album 'Gravity' on Slowfoot and has been hailed as one to watch amongst his ‘post dubstep’ peers, “…blowing Jazz and glitch into the vessels sails”. His live set incorporates live sampling of voice, saxophone and miscellaneous objects which he manipulates with his idiosyncratic electronic set up including midi motorcycle handlebars.
CRACKLE -
Murky experimental electro-jazz trio of Nick Doyne-Ditmas [Monkey Puzzle Trio, Pinski Zoo] on bass, cornet and electronics, Frank Byng [Snorkel, Robert Logan Trio] on drums and electronics, and Ben Cowen [Snorkel, 7-Hurtz] on keyboards and electronics.
SIGNALS -
Signals was formed by Chris Gowers (Karina ESP, Evelyn Records) and Phil Julian (Cheapmachines, Authorised Version) during summer 2004, initially to work on collaborative performance for the 2004 London Headphone Festival.
During November 2005, Mark Beazley of Rothko joined Signals to play live as part of the on-going Evelyn Records evenings in London, cementing the core line-up.
The trio’s live performance’s consist of 15 to 20 minute drone and melody explorations, utilizing bowed and effected guitar, live laptop manipulations and sampling, bowed ceremonial bowls and effected bass guitar.
CREWDSON Album Launch - w/GRASSCUT + BASS CLEF + BAMBOOMAN
CREWDSON Album Launch - w/GRASSCUT + BASS CLEF [DJ] + BAMBOOMAN [DJ
11th JULY @ OLD BLUE LAST
11th JULY @ OLD BLUE LAST
SEBASTIAN ROCHFORD/PAMELIA KURSTIN ALBUM LAUNCH
SEBASTIAN ROCHFORD/PAMELIA KURSTIN + SNORKEL
THURSDAY 30th JUNE @ CAFE OTO
Slowfoot Records hosted night to mark the release of two new albums -
SEBASTIAN ROCHFORD/PAMELIA KURSTIN - 'OUCH EVIL SLOW HOP' -
A collaboration between drum alchemist Sebastian Rochford [Polar Bear, Acoustic Ladyland etc..] and Pamelia Kurstin, the woman described by Bob Moog as “one of the most important innovators of the Theremin living today”.
"...a dynamic, questing collection that’s brimming with ideas deployed with lean concision and efficiency... ...a tumult hinting at the inherent scope and long-term potential of this compelling alliance." [BBC]
SNORKEL ‘STOP MACHINE’ [LP]' -
New album from South London's "..missing link between Krautrock and Lee Scratch Perry" [Rock A Rolla]
"...a vital flow of angular energy and unpretentious swagger" [The Wire]
advance tickets here -
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/118336
THURSDAY 30th JUNE @ CAFE OTO
Slowfoot Records hosted night to mark the release of two new albums -
SEBASTIAN ROCHFORD/PAMELIA KURSTIN - 'OUCH EVIL SLOW HOP' -
A collaboration between drum alchemist Sebastian Rochford [Polar Bear, Acoustic Ladyland etc..] and Pamelia Kurstin, the woman described by Bob Moog as “one of the most important innovators of the Theremin living today”.
"...a dynamic, questing collection that’s brimming with ideas deployed with lean concision and efficiency... ...a tumult hinting at the inherent scope and long-term potential of this compelling alliance." [BBC]
SNORKEL ‘STOP MACHINE’ [LP]' -
New album from South London's "..missing link between Krautrock and Lee Scratch Perry" [Rock A Rolla]
"...a vital flow of angular energy and unpretentious swagger" [The Wire]
advance tickets here -
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/118336
Robert Logan remix of Doomed Bird Of Providence
**THE FEDICIA EXINE REMIXES - OUT 13TH JUNE**
Our friends at the Front and Follow Label have released a new set of remixes of Australian band DOOMED BIRD OF PROVIDENCE, featuring our very own ROBERT LOGAN.
The EP contains a series of remixes of the Doomed Bird track 'Fedicia Exine' and features mixes from -
I AM A VOWEL
MARK BEAZLEY
POSITION NORMAL
ZOON VAN SNOOK
ROBERT LOGAN
PSYCHOLOGICAL STRATEGY BOARD (a new collaboration between Jonny Mugwump and The Time Attendant).
More info at Front and Follow.
http://www.frontandfollow.com
Our friends at the Front and Follow Label have released a new set of remixes of Australian band DOOMED BIRD OF PROVIDENCE, featuring our very own ROBERT LOGAN.
The EP contains a series of remixes of the Doomed Bird track 'Fedicia Exine' and features mixes from -
I AM A VOWEL
MARK BEAZLEY
POSITION NORMAL
ZOON VAN SNOOK
ROBERT LOGAN
PSYCHOLOGICAL STRATEGY BOARD (a new collaboration between Jonny Mugwump and The Time Attendant).
More info at Front and Follow.
http://www.frontandfollow.com
SNORKEL FREE DOWNLOAD
SNORKEL have released a free download in anticipation of their album release in May. The title track 'STOP MACHINE' can be downloaded from our Soundcloud page....just follow the link.
http://www.ehttp://soundcloud.com/slowfoot/snorkel-stop-machine
The track has already been picked up by Gideon Coe on BBC6 and websites Subba-Culture, Fred Perry's Subculture and Music OMH.
http://www.ehttp://soundcloud.com/slowfoot/snorkel-stop-machine
The track has already been picked up by Gideon Coe on BBC6 and websites Subba-Culture, Fred Perry's Subculture and Music OMH.
SNORKEL REMIX ESBEN AND THE WITCH
SNORKEL have done a remix of 'Marching Song' by ESBEN AND THE WITCH which has been released as a free download to coincide with the release of their album 'Violet Cries' on Matador Records.
You can find it on the Matador blog Matablog or on The Esben website here -
http://www.esbenandthewitch.co.uk/sonics
SNORKEL will be releasing their second abum 'STOP MACHINE' on limited edition vinyl aswell as download.
Release date - 9th May
Pre-orders can be made exclusively at the Slowfoot shop. Order now and receive a free copy of their first album 'Glass Darkly'!
You can find it on the Matador blog Matablog or on The Esben website here -
http://www.esbenandthewitch.co.uk/sonics
SNORKEL will be releasing their second abum 'STOP MACHINE' on limited edition vinyl aswell as download.
Release date - 9th May
Pre-orders can be made exclusively at the Slowfoot shop. Order now and receive a free copy of their first album 'Glass Darkly'!
BLURT + SNORKEL - Thur 10th Feb
BLURT
Punk-Jazz trio Blurt have been fronted puppeteer-turned-eccentric-saxophonist Ted Milton since 1979. Since their debut on Factory Records the band have released numerous albums with several line-up changes, whilst maintaining the idiosyncrasy and originality that has marked the Blurt sound from the very beginning...Recently released the album 'Cut It!' on LTM.
Demonic sax, and shouty, Dadaist poetry in an Afro-punk, psycho-funk, instant pogo jazz way, from honking mad veteran sax man Ted Milton and his engagingly whacked-out crew' [Time-Out]
SNORKEL
Trombone led avant-groove collective - sub-aquatic observations of dub, jazz, afro-beat, krautrock and electronica. New album on Slowfoot scheduled for spring 2011.
"The missing link between krautrock and Lee Scratch Perry." [Rock A Rolla]
NECESSITY + SNORKEL + CREWDSON - CAFE OTO
NECESSITY
The initial line-up for this evening which was to feature MONKEY PUZZLE TRIO and CRACKLE has unfortunately had to be cancelled due to an injury to bassist Nick Doyne-Ditmas [we wish him a speedy recovery].....
Stepping in to the void is a new quartet, aptly called NECESSITY, featuring major players on the experimental scene, Charles Hayward, Viv Corringham, Pat Thomas and Ashleigh Marsh.
Charles Hayward – drums, keyboards, melodica
Known as the pioneering drummer with seminal experimental rock band This Heat and Camberwell Now, an ever growing list of solo concerts and cds, special collaborative performances, and is in Massacre with Bill Laswell and Fred Frith.
Recent releases include – Monkey Puzzle Trio with Viv Corringham and Nick Doyne-Ditmas. About with Pat Thomas, John Coxon and Alexis Taylor from Hot Chip [with whom he has also recently collaborated] and Clear Frame with Hugh Hopper, Lol Coxhill, Orphy Robinson and Robert Wyatt.
“Telepathic magic… … Hayward is one of the most life affirming who stalks this dark globe” [freq.co.uk]
Viv Corringham - electric voice, mini-disks
British vocalist, currently based in Minneapolis, USA, who makes performances, installations and soundwalks. Her work has been presented extensively worldwide, and she has collaborated with the likes of Didier Petit, Milo Fine, Peter Cusack, Lol Coxill, Pat Thomas, Eddie Provost, Gino Robair, Maggie Nicols, Ansuman Biswas and Paul Burwell.
www.vivcorringham.org
Pat Thomas - keyboards
Has been making his mark on the Oxford and London scenes [and elsewhere], both as a pianist and as a performer of electronic keyboards and other electronic gadgetry. Has collaborated with the likes of Derek Bailey, Lol Coxhill, London Improvisors Orchestra, Steve Beresford, Tony Oxley and John Edwards.
Ashleigh Marsh - synth
Musician, composer, engineer, sound sculptor. Recent projects include 'Shape Moreton' with Charles Hayward, Nick Doyne-Ditmas, Rob Mills and Chris Cornetto. Past collaborations include joining Faust on five of their 2007 UK tour dates, 'Anti-clockwise' with Charles Hayward and David Aylward, The Casual Labourers, WITS with Viv Dogan Corringham, Sophia Lycouris and Gina Southgate, and some startling events with the late great Paul Burwell.
SNORKEL
“…the missing link between Krautrock and Lee Scratch Perry” - Rock a Rolla
“…the spirit of Ege Bamyasi-era Can looms large” - The Wire
“ …this is deeply grooved and experimental stuff” – Clash magazine
"This debut from the South London sextet is bathed in the rhythmic propulsion of Can, spiky post-punk Moog/guitar interplay, and the dissonance of This Heat" - Uncut
CREWDSON
"Deeply inventive, forthcoming EP 'Dust' has already gained some fantastic reviews. Removing the flab from dubstep, Crewdson harks back to the skeletal post-garage of Burial - emotive, introspective and shrouded in mystery." [Clash Magazine]
"With yet another brilliant new style of electronic music comes yet another inspirational artist." [Rock Feedback]
"There’s a disembodied voice kicking around the sound of a hundred cassette decks unspooling at once. But he’s got a beat to counteract, tiny percussion and a broken snare, as though he’s throwing the literal kitchen sink full of instrument junk at our stupid American desire to box him in." [Fader]
CREWDSON @ PURE GROOVE - 17th DEC
CREWDSON will be playing a lunchtime gig [1.15pm] at Pure Groove's pop up shop on 17th Dec.
http://www.puregroove.co.uk/pages/Pure-Groove-Xmas-Shop.html
His debut release on Slowfoot, 'DUST EP' featuring remixes by GRASSCUT and BASS CLEF will be in the shops 13th Dec.....
Check it out!!
http://www.puregroove.co.uk/pages/Pure-Groove-Xmas-Shop.html
His debut release on Slowfoot, 'DUST EP' featuring remixes by GRASSCUT and BASS CLEF will be in the shops 13th Dec.....
Check it out!!
MONKEY PUZZLE TRIO + SCULPTURE @ LEWISHAM ARTHOUSE
MONKEY PUZZLE TRIO
SCULPTURE
Wednesday 15th December, 7.30pm
Lewisham Arthouse
140, Lewisham Way,
New Cross, SE14 6PD
£5
Rock-A-Rolla magazine's review of MONKEY PUZZLE TRIO's debut CD 'White World'
'Featuring ex-This Heat drummer extraordinaire Charles Hayward, Monkey Puzzle Trio is a new improvising three-piece that sees the enduringly fresh-thinking percussionist joining forces with double-bassist Nick Doyne-Ditmas and avante-garde vocalist Viv Corringham.....the group sounds incredibly, tight, natural and together...the interplay between Hayward's ever-propulsive drumming and Doyne-Ditmas driving, groove-focussed double bass is particularly wonderful, giving the majority of the album a real body-moving, rhythmically infectious feel, despite the tricky abstract potential of the Trio's modus operandi. The found sounds and often cut-up free-form vocal experimentation that Corringham mixes into the grooves, along with the passages of Hayward's melodica and keyboard work, add another layer of interest and brilliantly executed texture and atmosphere to the operation....
An utterly impressive debut, White World is the exciting sound of three musicians tuned perfectly to each others sonic free-thinking.'
(Alex Woodward - Rock A Rolla magazine - November 2010)
http://www.slowfoot.co.uk/monkeypuzzletrio.html
http://www.myspace.com/monkeypuzzletrio
Extract from an article about audio-visual duo SCULPTURE in The Wire magazine
'......Sculpture, an audio-visual duo of London based musician Dan Hayhurst and animator Reuben Sutherland, whose working methods demonstrate a startling synergy. Live, the duo suspend a camera above a Dansette-style turntable upon which Sutherland plays his picture discs. Their static images suddenly spring to life, spilling out surreal, luridly coloured, twisted Pop Art imagery. The music is produced using tape loops - spliced tape extracted from C-90s - wrapping one around the head of a tape deck and feeding the warping, oscillating audio through a matrix of guitar pedals, mixer and sampler.
''We met fairly randomly and realised we were both using very similar techniques and had a common aim: derangement of the senses to achieve a transcendental 'thing'....the process is important, the way its thrown together: style, rhythm, flair'.
It'd be a mistake to conclude from the vintage of their gear that Sculpture are pursuing a retro analogue aganda. Their purpose is to explore the brain's perceptual thresholds - 25 frames-per-second threshold for images and 44,100 samples-per-second for sound - beyond which sensation becomes smooth and continuous. Sculpture hover at these sensory junctures, invoking the cortical feedback mechanisms of the brain.'
(Matthew Ingram - The Wire - December 2010)
http://www.tapebox.co.uk
http://www.thewire.co.uk/articles/5427
SCULPTURE
Wednesday 15th December, 7.30pm
Lewisham Arthouse
140, Lewisham Way,
New Cross, SE14 6PD
£5
Rock-A-Rolla magazine's review of MONKEY PUZZLE TRIO's debut CD 'White World'
'Featuring ex-This Heat drummer extraordinaire Charles Hayward, Monkey Puzzle Trio is a new improvising three-piece that sees the enduringly fresh-thinking percussionist joining forces with double-bassist Nick Doyne-Ditmas and avante-garde vocalist Viv Corringham.....the group sounds incredibly, tight, natural and together...the interplay between Hayward's ever-propulsive drumming and Doyne-Ditmas driving, groove-focussed double bass is particularly wonderful, giving the majority of the album a real body-moving, rhythmically infectious feel, despite the tricky abstract potential of the Trio's modus operandi. The found sounds and often cut-up free-form vocal experimentation that Corringham mixes into the grooves, along with the passages of Hayward's melodica and keyboard work, add another layer of interest and brilliantly executed texture and atmosphere to the operation....
An utterly impressive debut, White World is the exciting sound of three musicians tuned perfectly to each others sonic free-thinking.'
(Alex Woodward - Rock A Rolla magazine - November 2010)
http://www.slowfoot.co.uk/monkeypuzzletrio.html
http://www.myspace.com/monkeypuzzletrio
Extract from an article about audio-visual duo SCULPTURE in The Wire magazine
'......Sculpture, an audio-visual duo of London based musician Dan Hayhurst and animator Reuben Sutherland, whose working methods demonstrate a startling synergy. Live, the duo suspend a camera above a Dansette-style turntable upon which Sutherland plays his picture discs. Their static images suddenly spring to life, spilling out surreal, luridly coloured, twisted Pop Art imagery. The music is produced using tape loops - spliced tape extracted from C-90s - wrapping one around the head of a tape deck and feeding the warping, oscillating audio through a matrix of guitar pedals, mixer and sampler.
''We met fairly randomly and realised we were both using very similar techniques and had a common aim: derangement of the senses to achieve a transcendental 'thing'....the process is important, the way its thrown together: style, rhythm, flair'.
It'd be a mistake to conclude from the vintage of their gear that Sculpture are pursuing a retro analogue aganda. Their purpose is to explore the brain's perceptual thresholds - 25 frames-per-second threshold for images and 44,100 samples-per-second for sound - beyond which sensation becomes smooth and continuous. Sculpture hover at these sensory junctures, invoking the cortical feedback mechanisms of the brain.'
(Matthew Ingram - The Wire - December 2010)
http://www.tapebox.co.uk
http://www.thewire.co.uk/articles/5427
Clang Sayne + The Envelope + Roshi feat Pars Radio
CLANG SAYNE
Songscapes and sound improvisation from vocalist Laura Hyland and her quartet featuring Paul May, Peter Marsh and James O'Sullivan.
"This is a set of live, organic, no-safety-net performances; there is
something exhilarating about this modest yet perverse album and its
refusal to conform.” [The Wire]
One off collaboration featuring Snorkel alumni, Barcelona based guitarist Lucas Suarez, drummer Frank Byng and keyboardist Ben Cowen.
ROSHI feat PARS RADIO
"Stunningly beautiful Welsh-Iranian torch song electronica" [Joe Muggs]
MONKEY PUZZLE TRIO album launch
MONKEY PUZZLE TRIO album launch....
New signings to the Slowfoot roster celebrate the release of their debut recording 'White World' [release date 20th Sept].
Follow the link below to buy advance tickts before they disappear!!.....
THURSDAY 16th SEPTEMBER @ CAFE OTO
MONKEY PUZZLE TRIO
[feat. Charles Hayward, Viv Corringham, Nick Doyne-Ditmas]
+ SNORKEL
+ SCULPTURE
+ DJ Lascelle Lascelles
Cafe Oto
18-22 Ashwin Street
Dalston
London E8 3DL
Tel - 020 7923 1231
time - 8pm
price - £7/5 adv - http://www.wegottickets.com/event/85931
MONKEY PUZZLE TRIO
A long term slowly evolving music project featuring This Heat drummer/lynchpin Charles Hayward, bassist Nick Doyne-Ditmas and the words, voice and textures of avant-vocalist Viv Corringham, whose music walks a tightrope between song, improvisation and sound-as-sound.
This gig marks the release of their debut album ‘White World’ on forward thinking indie label Slowfoot – Their music is driven by the restless energy, invention and power of Hayward’s drumming and underpinned by the languid and exploratory double bass playing of Doyne-Ditmas, to which Corringham adds, with the aid of a loop pedal, her unique collage of words and sounds….
“We are making new song forms based on live improvisation. Every song is created in the actual moment of performance. I arrive at each gig with a fresh stack of lyrics and choose which one to use as the song starts to unfold". [V.C]
Together they create a distinctive sound world which is exhilarating and immersive and relies on the sensitivity and experience of all three musicians.
http://www.myspace.com/monkeypuzzletrio
Charles Hayward – drums, keyboards, melodica
Known as the pioneering drummer with seminal experimental rock band This Heat and Camberwell Now, an ever growing list of solo concerts and cds, special collaborative performances, and is in Massacre with Bill Laswell and Fred Frith.
Recent releases include – About with Pat Thomas, John Coxon and Alexis Taylor from Hot Chip [with whom he has also recently collaborated] and Clear Frame with Hugh Hopper, Lol Coxhill, Orphy Robinson and Robert Wyatt.
“Telepathic magic… … Hayward is one of the most life affirming who stalks this dark globe” [freq.co.uk]
www.myspace.com/charleshayward
Viv Corringham - electric voice, mini-disks
British vocalist, currently based in Minneapolis, USA, who makes performances, installations and soundwalks. Her work has been presented extensively worldwide, and she has collaborated with the likes of Didier Petit, Milo Fine, Peter Cusack, Lol Coxill, Pat Thomas, Eddie Provost, Gino Robair, Maggie Nicols, Ansuman Biswas and Paul Burwell.
www.vivcorringham.org
Nick Doyne-Ditmas – double bass
Since working with acclaimed avant-jazzers Pinzki Zoo in the mid 80's he has been a mainstay of the south London music scene for many years, collaborating many times with drummer Charles Hayward and with artists/bands as diverse as H2C7, Charles Stuart, Skip Macdonald, Vibration Black Finger & K-Scope. He is currently recording and performing with Crackle, whose debut album ‘Heavy Water’ was released on Slowfoot in 2008.
SNORKEL
South London-based collective whose members come from different corners of the alternative scene, bringing together the tactics of improvisation, electronica, and sound art. Propelled by the rhythms generated by cheap samplers and drum machines, Snorkel revel in the joy of psychedelic repetition throwing in elastic interruptions on guitar, analogue and digital synthesisers, trombone, live samples and vocals.
Current members include - Ben Cowen [7-Hurtz, Crackle], Frank Byng [Crackle, Spring Tides, Robert Logan], Tom Marriott [Pest], Roberto Sassi [Cardasanto, Vole]
and Ralph Cumbers [AKA Bass Clef]
“…the missing link between Krautrock and Lee Scratch Perry” - Rock a Rolla
“…the spirit of Ege Bamyasi-era Can looms large” - The Wire
“ …this is deeply grooved and experimental stuff” – Clash magazine
"This debut from the South London sextet is bathed in the rhythmic propulsion of Can, spiky post-punk Moog/guitar interplay, and the dissonance of This Heat" - Uncut
http://www.myspace.com/bandsnorkel
SCULPTURE
Audiovisual performance duo, Sculpture, is electronic music producer, Dan Hayhurst, and animator, Reuben Sutherland. Sculpture use video zoetrope record deck, tape loops, cassettes, samples, and lo-fi electronics, cross-fertilizing analogue and digital techniques to generate new sonic and visual agglomerates.
Live performances explore intuitive possibilities and unforseen permutations.Influenced equally by avant-garde film and Looney Tunes, DIY musique concrete and dancefloor dynamics, the result is unique and irrepressible.
"The best piece of twitchy splatter since Dat Politics’ Wow Twist" - The Wire
"Absolutely brilliant…aggressive, nagging yet somehow fluid analogue electronics" – Cybore/Woebot
Showreel: http://vimeo.com/9220247
Web: www.tapebox.co.uk
Myspace : http://www.myspace.com/danhayhurst
New signings to the Slowfoot roster celebrate the release of their debut recording 'White World' [release date 20th Sept].
Follow the link below to buy advance tickts before they disappear!!.....
THURSDAY 16th SEPTEMBER @ CAFE OTO
MONKEY PUZZLE TRIO
[feat. Charles Hayward, Viv Corringham, Nick Doyne-Ditmas]
+ SNORKEL
+ SCULPTURE
+ DJ Lascelle Lascelles
Cafe Oto
18-22 Ashwin Street
Dalston
London E8 3DL
Tel - 020 7923 1231
time - 8pm
price - £7/5 adv - http://www.wegottickets.com/event/85931
MONKEY PUZZLE TRIO
A long term slowly evolving music project featuring This Heat drummer/lynchpin Charles Hayward, bassist Nick Doyne-Ditmas and the words, voice and textures of avant-vocalist Viv Corringham, whose music walks a tightrope between song, improvisation and sound-as-sound.
This gig marks the release of their debut album ‘White World’ on forward thinking indie label Slowfoot – Their music is driven by the restless energy, invention and power of Hayward’s drumming and underpinned by the languid and exploratory double bass playing of Doyne-Ditmas, to which Corringham adds, with the aid of a loop pedal, her unique collage of words and sounds….
“We are making new song forms based on live improvisation. Every song is created in the actual moment of performance. I arrive at each gig with a fresh stack of lyrics and choose which one to use as the song starts to unfold". [V.C]
Together they create a distinctive sound world which is exhilarating and immersive and relies on the sensitivity and experience of all three musicians.
http://www.myspace.com/monkeypuzzletrio
Charles Hayward – drums, keyboards, melodica
Known as the pioneering drummer with seminal experimental rock band This Heat and Camberwell Now, an ever growing list of solo concerts and cds, special collaborative performances, and is in Massacre with Bill Laswell and Fred Frith.
Recent releases include – About with Pat Thomas, John Coxon and Alexis Taylor from Hot Chip [with whom he has also recently collaborated] and Clear Frame with Hugh Hopper, Lol Coxhill, Orphy Robinson and Robert Wyatt.
“Telepathic magic… … Hayward is one of the most life affirming who stalks this dark globe” [freq.co.uk]
www.myspace.com/charleshayward
Viv Corringham - electric voice, mini-disks
British vocalist, currently based in Minneapolis, USA, who makes performances, installations and soundwalks. Her work has been presented extensively worldwide, and she has collaborated with the likes of Didier Petit, Milo Fine, Peter Cusack, Lol Coxill, Pat Thomas, Eddie Provost, Gino Robair, Maggie Nicols, Ansuman Biswas and Paul Burwell.
www.vivcorringham.org
Nick Doyne-Ditmas – double bass
Since working with acclaimed avant-jazzers Pinzki Zoo in the mid 80's he has been a mainstay of the south London music scene for many years, collaborating many times with drummer Charles Hayward and with artists/bands as diverse as H2C7, Charles Stuart, Skip Macdonald, Vibration Black Finger & K-Scope. He is currently recording and performing with Crackle, whose debut album ‘Heavy Water’ was released on Slowfoot in 2008.
SNORKEL
South London-based collective whose members come from different corners of the alternative scene, bringing together the tactics of improvisation, electronica, and sound art. Propelled by the rhythms generated by cheap samplers and drum machines, Snorkel revel in the joy of psychedelic repetition throwing in elastic interruptions on guitar, analogue and digital synthesisers, trombone, live samples and vocals.
Current members include - Ben Cowen [7-Hurtz, Crackle], Frank Byng [Crackle, Spring Tides, Robert Logan], Tom Marriott [Pest], Roberto Sassi [Cardasanto, Vole]
and Ralph Cumbers [AKA Bass Clef]
“…the missing link between Krautrock and Lee Scratch Perry” - Rock a Rolla
“…the spirit of Ege Bamyasi-era Can looms large” - The Wire
“ …this is deeply grooved and experimental stuff” – Clash magazine
"This debut from the South London sextet is bathed in the rhythmic propulsion of Can, spiky post-punk Moog/guitar interplay, and the dissonance of This Heat" - Uncut
http://www.myspace.com/bandsnorkel
SCULPTURE
Audiovisual performance duo, Sculpture, is electronic music producer, Dan Hayhurst, and animator, Reuben Sutherland. Sculpture use video zoetrope record deck, tape loops, cassettes, samples, and lo-fi electronics, cross-fertilizing analogue and digital techniques to generate new sonic and visual agglomerates.
Live performances explore intuitive possibilities and unforseen permutations.Influenced equally by avant-garde film and Looney Tunes, DIY musique concrete and dancefloor dynamics, the result is unique and irrepressible.
"The best piece of twitchy splatter since Dat Politics’ Wow Twist" - The Wire
"Absolutely brilliant…aggressive, nagging yet somehow fluid analogue electronics" – Cybore/Woebot
Showreel: http://vimeo.com/9220247
Web: www.tapebox.co.uk
Myspace : http://www.myspace.com/danhayhurst
New signing - CREWDSON
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Slowfoot Records are delighted to introduce you to the newest artist on the roster, South East London's Crewdson. A one-man journey to the very edges (and back again) of melody and rhythm, his debut EP will be coming up in autumn of 2010, followed by an album soon after. So far this year Hugh Crewdson Jones has already performed at the Southbank Centre's hugely influential experimental music festival Ether and has a number remixes for artists on the immediate drawing board (information on these coming soon). Here's a taster of what Crewdson is up to (if you enjoy what you hear, please feel free to share or host):
Crewdson : "Mime"
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DARKSTAR AT THE DOGSTAR THURSDAY 29th JULY feat. VIBRATION BLACK FINGER + APOTU
Darkstar at the Dogstar presents....
THURSDAY 29th JULY
VIBRATION BLACK FINGER + APOTU
+ DJ Jean Young
+ Slowfoot Djs
VIBRATION BLACK FINGER
Eight piece deep electronic, spiritual and electronic collective fronted by ex Campag Velocet/ 7 Hurtz Lascelle Lascelles. Also features Paul May [Duke Garwood, Sound of The Sun] on drums, Ben Cowen [Snorkel, 7-Hurtz], Patrick Dawes on percussion and more.....
APOTU
Solo practitioner Apotu [aka Aled Rees from The Eidetic Band] will perform a sonic purification ritual consisting in the application of drones within the space, interspersed and overlaid by refrain elements from voice, percussion, string and reed.
THURSDAY 29th JULY
VIBRATION BLACK FINGER + APOTU
+ DJ Jean Young
+ Slowfoot Djs
VIBRATION BLACK FINGER
Eight piece deep electronic, spiritual and electronic collective fronted by ex Campag Velocet/ 7 Hurtz Lascelle Lascelles. Also features Paul May [Duke Garwood, Sound of The Sun] on drums, Ben Cowen [Snorkel, 7-Hurtz], Patrick Dawes on percussion and more.....
APOTU
Solo practitioner Apotu [aka Aled Rees from The Eidetic Band] will perform a sonic purification ritual consisting in the application of drones within the space, interspersed and overlaid by refrain elements from voice, percussion, string and reed.
DARKSTAR at the DOGSTAR: SOUND OF THE SUN + CRACKLE
DARKSTAR AT THE DOGSTAR presents....
THURSDAY 24th JUNE
SOUND OF THE SUN + CRACKLE
+ DJ Lascelle Lascelles
+ Slowfoot Djs
SOUND OF THE SUN
Stellar South London improv trio featuring Paul May [drums], Simon King [Guitar] and Chris Cornetto [synths, trumpet] - between them have featured in such acts as Duke Garwood, Superstrings, Setsuben Bean Unit and Homelife.
CRACKLE
Electronic-Jazz-Dub trio who "...take in the heavy, messy art-funk of Material and other downtown types, the lateral thinking and mixdown trickery of Brian Eno or Holger Czukay, and the textural understanding of This Heat" [The Wire]
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