Fluid Fixations
A 14 piece group recorded at the Huddersfield Contemporry Music Festival
The Very Fabric
solo inside a giant water tower in Copenhagen.
Ice in a Hot World
by THERMAL
Andy Moor / John Butcher / Thomas Lehn
Angles of Enquiry
Max Eastley / Terry Day / John Butcher
Hear and How
John Butcher / Dominic Lash / Emil Karlsen
Six Hands at an Open Door
Langham Research Centre
& John Butcher
Two articles PT1 & PT2 by lya Belorukov looking at some of my CDs - mainly involving electronics performers alongside acoustic - from 1998 to 2023. In Russian - but most browsers will translate it.
Work with Thomas Lehn, Gino Robair, Matthew Shipp, Andy Moor, Rhodri Davies, Pat Thomas, Angharad Davies, Lina Lapelyte, Lee Patterson, Phil Minton, Cor Fuhler, Erhard Hirt, Eddie Prévost, John Tilbury, Christian Wolf, Ute Kanngiesser, WDR Sinfonieorchester, Christopher Fox, Langham Research Centre & Derek Bailey, Phil Durrant, Polwechsel, Christof Kurzmann, Gino Robair, dieb13, Pat Thomas, Ståle Liavik Solberg, Sharon Gal, David Toop, Furt, Steve Beresford, Toshimaru Nakamura, Otomo Yoshihide, Akio Suzuki, The Contest of Pleasures, Liz Allbee, Mart Zapparoli, Ignaz Schick,
An interview by Rihards T. Endriksons - and a preview of three upcoming releases.
The Very Fabric (see above)
And 2 new LPs - on ni vu vi connu - due out in March 2024
Lower Marsh - duos with Angharad Davies, Pat Thomas, Mark Sanders & John Edwards
Unlockings - quartet with Angharad Davies, Pat Thomas, Mark Sanders
A 5-LP set - with silkscreened, gatefold sleeves designed by Yaqin Si (pictured).
Concert photos by Cristina Marx and sleeve-notes by Stuart Broomer Now available at NI VU NI CONNU.
Four were recorded at my ausland weekend in 2019.
Gino Robair & Thomas Lehn,
Sophie Agnel,
Magda Mayas & Tony Buck,
Liz Allbee, Ignaz Schick & Marta Zapparoli.
The 5th is with Polwechsel colleagues
Burkhard Beins & Werner Dafeldecker.
All About Jazz - Foxy Digitalis - Point of Departure
Fluid Fixations was premiered at the HCMF on 21/11/2021.
John Butcher - composer / saxophones / saxophone recordings
Sophie Agnel- piano
Isabelle Duthois - voice / clarinet
Liz Allbee - trumpet | Matthias Müller - trombone
Aleksander Kolkowski - stroh viola / musical saw
Angharad Davies - violin | Hannah Marshall - cello
John Edwards - double bass
Pascal Niggenkemper - double bass
dieb13 - turntables | Pat Thomas - electronics
Ståle Liavik Solberg - drums
Mark Sanders - percussion
Read details and an interview.
Visit Fluid Fixations / John Butcher + 13
During lockdown the arts-centre West in Den Haag has been invited musicians to contribute filmed pieces for an online project. I made The Turn Things Take for soprano saxophone.
In contrast to the expansiveness of Resonant Spaces it was a look “inside”.
7 JANUARY - London
Trio with Mark Wastell & Phil Durrant
Jazz Rumours, 12 Pine Grove, Finsbury Park, N4 3LL
10 JANUARY - London
Solo - part of a cast of many to benefit Iklectic in it’s final month.
The Horse, Iklectik, London
11 January - London
Joining Anthony Moore for a short piece as part of Resonance FM night
Iklectik, London
21 JANUARY - London
Duo with Pascal Marzan
Mopomoso, Vortex, London
28 JANUARY - London
2pm - With LIO - an afternoon to celebrate the life and work of Martin Davidson
Cafe Oto, London
and evening - a trio with Mark Sanders & Dominic Lash.
Vortex, London
2 FEBRUARY - Berlin
Trio with Mark Wastell & Luigi Marino
Exploratorium, Berlin, Germany
3 FEBRUARY - Berlin
I'll talk about playing in unusual acoustics - part of a symposium
Exploratorium, Berlin, Germany
Trio with Florian Stoffner & dieb13
11 February - St. Gallen
amboss und steigbuegel, St. Gallen, Switzerland
13 February - Zurich
das institute, Zürich , Switzerland
29 February - Manchester
Solo and with Michael Bardon, Adam Fairhall, and Francis Comyn
Cross Street Chapel, Manchester.
1 March - Sheffield
duo with Rhodri Davies
Music in the Round, Channing Hall, Sheffield
2 March - London
Trio with Mark Wastell & Phil Durrant
OPEN Ealing, London
5 March - Belfast
Trio with Alan Niblock & Mark Sanders
Brilliant Corners Festival, Belfast
9 March - St. Johann in Tirol
Quartet with Sophie Agnel, Pascal Niggenkemper & Ståle Liavik Solberg
Artacts, St. Johann in Tirol, Austria
14 March - Cambridge
duo with Rhodri Davies
Kettles Yard, Cambridge
30 March - London
with Dirk Series, Benedict Taylor, Charlotte Keefe, Blanca Regina & John Edwards
Hundred Years Gallery, London
17 April - London
with Douglas Benford, Tilly Coulton & Caius Williams
Hundred Years Gallery, London
21 April - London
Trio with Mark Wastell & Phil Durrant
Mopomoso, Vortex, London
26 April - Brighton
Trio with Mark Wastell & Phil Durrant
Safe House, Rose Hill, Brighton
6 May - London
Trio with Mark Wastell & Phil Durrant
Boat-Ing, London
Trio with Chris Corsano & Florian Stoffner
8 May - Banyoles
9 May - Vic
Vic Jazz Festival, Vic, Spain
10 May - Porto
Sonoscopia, Porto, Portugal
11 May - Villa Real
12 May - Lisbon
ZDB, Lisbon, Portugal
Duo with Sophie Agnel
18 May - Victoriaville
FIMAV, Victoriaville, Canada
20 May - Hamilton
Something Else, Hamilton, Canada
30 June - Cambridge
Trio with Mark Wastell & Phil Durrant
Soundhunt, Thrive Café, Cambridge
with Anthony Moore, Olie Brice, Tullis Rennie & Matthias Muche
3 July - Hastings
4 July - London
Café Oto, London
7 July - London
Last Dream of the Morning - with John Edwards & Mark Sanders
Café Oto, London
1. Jennifer Allum, John Butcher, Ute Kanngiesser, Eddie Prévost - from Sounds of Assembly.
2. Matthew Shipp, Thomas Lehn, John Butcher - from The Clawed Stone.
3. John Butcher - from Invisible Ear.
4. John Butcher, Phil Durrant, Paul Lovens, Radu Malfatti, John Russell - from News from the Shed.
5. John Butcher - from Resonant Spaces.
6. Barre Phillips, John Butcher, Ståle Liavik Solberg - from We met - and then.
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