Smabpf - sunday 20th april

@ HOLY REDEEMER CHURCH HALL , Exmouth Market,

London, EC1R 4OE

Tube: Farrington, Angel   /   Bus: 19, 38, 341

Doors open at 7.30pm, music starts at 8 pm -  £6

Small But Perfectly Formed present a night of improvised music:

Guillaume Viltard (France) / Will Guthrie (Australia) / Sebastien Coste (France)

Double bass / percussion / soprano saxophone

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Phil Durrant (UK) / Eugene Martynec (Canada)

Software, synthesizers and samplers / sampler, computer

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John Edwards (UK) / Adrian Northover (UK)

Double Bass / tenor saxophone

Australian drummer/percussionist Will Guthrie uses home-made instruments, amplified found and junk, microphones & electronics alongside more conventional drums and cymbals. Originally a drummer he has worked in many different settings of music: live performance, improvisation, studio composition.

Sebastien Coste started to play an instrument in the local brass band. From that he went on to improvied music using sometimes a soprano saxophone or balloons but more specifically with everything else. Now based in Nancy, France, he organises concert with Emil13. He plays rock and improvised music and works with dancers and circus artists.

(listen to their music on http://www.virb.com/edgarduo)

Phil Durrant approaches the computer like an acoustic instrument, with all the flexibility and precision that this implies He has been awarded various Arts Council grants to research and develop his use of electronics. He has played with Derek Bailey, Evan Parker, Grooverider, John Zorn, MIMEO…  

Eugene Martynec’s main interest is performing live interactive electroacoustic music. He uses “Midi-Ax”, a Midi software instrument written by Emile Tobenfeld of DR.T that allows one to improvise form and content of pre-orchestrated electroacoustic music by manipulating a computer mouse in real time.

Since 1995 John Edwards has become a “mainstay” of the London scene, playing with just about everybody. He has become regular player with Evan Parker, Tony Bevan, Veryan Weston or John Butcher. He has become a frequent player on the European and international scene.