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]