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Ni Vu Ni Connu LP series
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
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
David Sylvian
David Nibloe of the Vista blog has written an article examining the recording of Sylvian’s “When we return you won’t recognise us”.
He asked me and Ros Stephen for our recollections of the 2009 session
Resonant Spaces
Frantz Loriot asked me some questions for Recordedness about recording in unusual locations - such as the Oya mountain (pictured) in Japan and on the Resonant Spaces tour.
The Turn Things Take
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”.
Latest Releases
1 But everything now left before it arrived
John Russell, John Butcher, Dominic Lash
2 We met - and then
Barre Phillips, John Butcher, Ståle Liavik Solberg.
3 Sounds of Assembly
Jennifer Allum, John Butcher, Ute Kanngiesser, Eddie Prévost.
4 Until The Night Melts Away
David Toop, Sharon Gal, John Butcher.
5 Discernement
Dominic Lash, John Butcher, John Russell, Mark Sanders.
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Concerts 2023
6 JANUARY - London
Last Dream of the Morning - with John Edwards & Mark Sanders
Cafe Oto, London
25 JANUARY - London
With The Langham Research Centre (Robert Worby & Iain Chambers)
Iklectik, London
Ståle Liavik Solbert duo
27 JANUARY - Hastings
Two Ships at The Nest, Old Town Hall, Hastings
28 JANUARY - Brighton
Safehouse, 2 - 5 pm, The Prince Albert, Brighton
29 JANUARY - London
With Pat Thomas and Ståle Liavik Solberg
Cafe Oto, London
31 JANUARY - Oslo
With Vilda Sandve Alnæs & Ståle Liavik Solberg
Blow Out, Kafé Hærverk, Oslo, Norway
1 FEBRUARY - Vilnius
Ståle Liavik Solberg duo
Improdimensija, Vilnius, Lithuania
4 FEBRUARY - Paris,
Christian Marclay’s "Screenplay" and "To Be Continued”
Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
14 FEBRUARY - London
With Eddie Prévost, David Grundy, Nathan Moore, Emmanualle Waewaeckerle, Tony Hardie-Bick
Iklectik, London
3 MARCH - London
Vid Drašler duo
Hundred Years Gallery, London
16 MARCH - Bristol
with Mark Wastell & Luigi Marino
Cube, Bristol
19 MARCH - Geneva
Trio with Andy Moor & Tony Buck
Cave 12, Geneva, Switzerland
22 MARCH - London
With Magda Mayas & Tony Buck
Part of 3 days celebrating Tony Buck at 60
Cafe Oto, London
THERMAL - with Andy Moor & Thomas Lehn
29 MARCH - Cologne
Stardtgarten, Cologne, Germany
30 MARCH - Stuttgart
stromraum, Stuttgart, Germany
31 MARCH - Saarbrücken
Free Jazz Festival, Saarbrücken, Germany
1 APRIL - Antwerp
Liz Allbee duo
SIM, De Harmonie, Antwerp, Belgium
7 APRIL - Vienna
with dieb13 & Florian Stoffner
celeste, Vienna, Austria
12 APRIL - Lucerne
With Alfred Zimmerlin, Daniel Studer & Harald Kimmig
Mulbau, Lucerne, Switzerland
30 APRIL - Ulrichsberg
Last Dream of the Morning - with John Edwards & Mark Sanders
Kaleidophon, Jazzatelier Ulrichsberg, Austria
Playlist
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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