John Butcher - News and Concerts

I was very pleased to receive, in November, a Composer's Award from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation.
The first fruit looks like being a new tenor saxophone.

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PHONOGRAPHIES

Aleks Kolkowski's extensive work in instigating and recording a large series of contemporary wax cylinder pieces is now online at a beautifully designed site. Do look/listen.

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TOKAFI
A converstion I had with trumpeter Nate Wooley, last year in New York, has been published at Tokafi.
It was recorded just an hour after Nate was mugged for a bag containing his mutes.

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THIS TIME IT'S PERSONAL
Freedom and Sound - This time it's personal.

An essay I was asked to write on free improvistaion has just been published, in German translation, in the book "Aspekte der Freien Improvisation in der Musik".

The original English version has been posted at Point of Departure.

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HIDDEN MUSIC David Toop Interviews John Butcher.
Sound and Music hosts the first of a projected series of interviews being made by David Toop in preparation for a forthcoming book on improvisation. This is the first in a monthly series of interview recordings.

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PHOTOS 2011: I've just added a page of photos of some activities in 2011. Included are a few by Jana Chiellino taken at the first performance of Christian Marclay's Everyday. // AWARDS FOR ARTISTS I was very pleased to receive, in November, a Composer's Award from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation. The first fruit looks like being a new tenor saxophone. // PHONOGRAPHIES Aleks Kolkowski's extensive work in instigating and recording a large series of contemporary wax cylinder pieces is now online at a beautifully designed site. Do look/listen. // TOKAFI A converstion I had with trumpeter Nate Wooley, last year in New York, has been published at Tokafi. It was recorded just an hour after Nate was mugged for a bag containing his mutes. // THIS TIME IT'S PERSONAL Freedom and Sound - This time it's personal. An essay I was asked to write on free improvistaion has just been published, in German translation, in the book "Aspekte der Freien Improvisation in der Musik". The original English version has been posted at Point of Departure. // HIDDEN MUSIC David Toop Interviews John Butcher. Sound and Music hosts the first of a projected series of interviews being made by David Toop in preparation for a forthcoming book on improvisation. This is the first in a monthly series of interview recordings.
New recordings	<< news :: concerts >>
order CD Dusted Machinery Toshimaru Nakamura - no-input mixing desk John Butcher - saxophones, acoustic and feedback Studio recording from 2010. Out on monotype. order CD Scrutables Derek Bailey - guitar John Butcher - saxophones Gino Robair - energised surfaces Previously unreleased London studio recording from 2000. read: New York City Jazz Review :: The Watchful Ear :: The Squid's Ear all about jazz :: Sunday Times :: Point of Departure :: Paris Transatlantic order LP EMPIRE RED TRIO + John Butcher Vinyl only release. Recorded April 6 2010 at Namouche Studio, Lisbon, Portugal. Rodrigo Pinheiro - piano Hernani Faustino - double bass Gabriel Ferrandini - drums and percussion John Butcher - tenor and soprano saxophone order CD Apophenia Radio recording: KFJC, Los Altos Hills, California. 2009. John Butcher: saxophones (with motors on 1 and 4). Gino Robair: energised surfaces.
Concerts 2012	<< news :: << new recordings
Solo. :: 20 JANUARY - ATHENS. Marionettentheater & (K)NØTmusic presents at Knot Gallery, Michalakopoulou 206 & Pyrou street, Abelokipi, Athens, Greece. Phil Minton Quartet :: 06 FEBRUARY - LONDON. King's Place, 90 York Way, London, N1. John Russell / Dominic Lash trio. :: 19 FEBRUARY - LONDON. Mopomoso, Vortex, 11 Gillett Square, London N16. Solo. :: 21 FEBRUARY - GHENT. La Resistenza, Brabantdam 82, Ghent, Belgium. Solo. :: 22 FEBRUARY - ANTWERP. Gunther, Oudaan 15, Antwerp, Belgium. Solo & Rhodri Davies duo. :: 23 FEBRUARY - BRUSSELS. Q-02, Koolmijnenkaai 30-34, Brussels, Belgium. Carl Ludwig Hübsch duo. :: 06 MARCH - London. Plus combinations with Oren Marshall and John Edwards. Cafe Oto, 18-22 Ashwin St, Dalston, London E8. Revisiting Tarab :: 19 MARCH - Sharjah. A repeat performance of last year's New York Performa commission Visiting Tarab. Sharja Art Foundation, Calligraphy Square, Heritage Area, Heart of Sharjah, UAE. Solo and duo with Ariel Shibolet. :: 29 MARCH - BERLIN. exploratorium, Mehringdamm 55, 1. Hof, 3. Berlin-Kreuzberg, Germany. EASTERN CANADA TOUR: Solo plus collaborations. :: 11 APRIL - HALIFAX. :: 12 APRIL - ST. ANDREWS. :: 13 APRIL - FREDERICTON. :: 14 APRIL - RIMOUSKI. :: 15 APRIL - QUEBEC CITY. :: 17 APRIL - MONTREAL. :: 18 APRIL - MONTREAL. :: 19 APRIL - OTTAWA. :: 20 APRIL - KINGSTON. :: 21 APRIL - GUELPH. :: 12 APRIL - TORONTO. Details to follow. John Edwards / Gino Robair trio. :: 26 APRIL - MUNICH. Offene Ohren, Munich, Germany. John Edwards / Gino Robair trio. :: 28 APRIL - ULRICHSBERG. kaleidophon 2012, Badergasse 2, 4161 Ulrichsberg, Austria. Gino Robair / Thomas Lehn trio. :: 22 MAY - 6 JUNE - USA TOUR. The Contest of Pleasures :: 16 JUNE - Paris. Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France.