Black Dice
March 17th - London, UK Cargo

Date: Sunday, February 24, 2008 At 08:00:00 PM
Duration: 1 Day
Contact Info:
Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Market, London EC1R 4QE 1 min walk from Angel tube station
Email: \n tuladi@hotmail.com




Small But Perfectly Formed presents night of free improvised music with

Frederic Blondy (prepared piano)
Martine Altenburger (cello)
Bertrand Gauget (saxophones)
Roger Turner (percussion)
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John Bisset (guitar)
Steve Noble (percussion)


entrance 6 pounds

more info on the french trio:
www.fredericblondy.net
www.martine-altenburger.fr
www.creativesourcesrec.com/artists/b_gauguet.html

Date: Saturday, February 16, 2008 At 08:00:00 PM
Duration: 1 Day
Contact Info:
Saint Mark's Church Myddleton Square London EC1R 1XX 1 min walk from Angel tube contact: tuladi@hotmail.com Buses: 30, 73, 205, 214, 394, 476
Email: \n tuladi@hotmail.com

Small But Perfectly Formed presents an evening of free improvisation with:

The ensemble “9!“:
Nathaniel Catchpole - tenor sax
Jamie Coleman - trumpet
Jerry Wigens - clarinet
Eddie Prévost - percussion
Samantha Rebello - flute
Sebastian Lexer - piano / computer
Ross Lambert - guitar / pocket trumpet
Tara Stuckey - clarinet
Seymour Wright - alto saxophone
Michael Rodgers - guitar

9! is a large improvisation ensemble gathered around Eddie Prevost (AMM percussionist) having developed an open collaborative strategy.

also playing that night:
Jari Kankua (Finland) alto saxophone
&
Maya Dunietz (Israel) piano

Secret Frank Black gig in London tonight 13/02
The Social, Little Portland St - just announced on 6 Music

^
He's bloody crap solo though.

this lot are bloody crap, group or solo

I am coming to London. I will travel in my mind.

Which one? The Frank Black gig?

Who's coming to these 2 exceptional gigs then? Come support Dananananaykroyd so someone will release their album!

Thursday 13th March: Dananananaykroyd + Agasokodo Teliverek + Maths Class

Doors: 8pm
Tax: £6 adv from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/26629

Thursday 20th March: Gay Against You + Kevin Blechdom & Barnwave (new project with live drummer) + Stig Noise

Doors: 8pm
Tax: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/26416

The friday after the second show is Bank Holiday Friday so you can go all night.

These gigs will be truely awesome - all the info & hype from www.bardensbar.co.uk and www.myspace.com/concentrationface

i saw gay against you last summer and they have become legendary amongst my friends as being the pinnacle of awfulness. they're like the scottish scissor shock, or something.

I don't know them, but I don't mind me some Kevin Blechdom. Have scissor shock also become the pinnacle of live awfulness? Just wondering.

LONDON SCALA,
TUE 8TH APR 2008
THE SILVER MOUNT ZION ORCHESTRA


ST GILES-IN-THE-FIELDS CHURCH
SAT 19TH APR 2008
FLOWER - CORSANO DUO
BEN REYNOLDS
HANA TUULIKKI (of Nalle)


LONDON MUSEUM OF GARDEN HISTORY
THU 8TH MAY 2008
Philip Jeck
Robert Hampson
Marcus Davidson


LONDON MUSEUM OF GARDEN HISTORY
FRI 9TH MAY 2008
Christian Fennesz
Charles Matthews
Matt Davies
Simon Whetham


LONDON ULU
MON 19TH MAY 2008
XIU XIU


ST GILES-IN-THE-FIELDS CHURCH
TUE 20TH MAY 2008
STARS OF THE LID
LICHENS
JAMES BLACKSHAW

to be fair i haven't seen scissor shock live, only heard the myspace or whatever, i was just comparing the style of gay against you to that of scissor shock. anyway, gay against you seem to be gaining a sort of degree of attention in london, and i think it's just because of their name rather than anything else. or because it's kind of a version of noise that seems geared towards ultrashoreditch people.

What a gay name for a band.

and "controversial" to boot

Yeah, sure. Anyway, is it true that The Red Rose is shutting down?

Fri 29th February, The Forum
Final Fantasy/Dirty Projectors/Six Organs Of Admittance/Frog Eyes/Stephen O'Malley & Alexander Tucker Duo

Thu 24th April, Indigo
Four Tet (live)/Sunburned Hand Of The Man/James Holden/Kode 9

Royal Festival Hall
Philharmonia Orchestra: Music of Today

Resident at Southbank Centre

Thursday 13 March 2008, 6pm
Iannis Xenakis Anaktoria
Iannis Xenakis Thallein

Diego Massonconductor
Julian Andersonpresenter

Portrait of Iannis Xenakis conducted by Diego Masson and presented by Julian Anderson.

• FREE Thursday 13 March 2008 , 6pm

London Symphony Orchestra/Pierre Boulez



11 May 2008 / 19:30
Barbican Hall

Part of LSO 2007-2008


Tickets: £6 £12 £18 £24 £30

Schoenberg Die glückliche Hand, Op 18
Matthias Pintscher Osiris (British premiere)
Bartók Duke Bluebeard's Castle

Pierre Boulez conductor
Michelle De Young mezzo-soprano
Peter Fried bass
BBC Singers
London Symphony Orchestra

Translating roughly as ‘The Hand of Fate’, Schoenberg’s miniature music-drama is a biting exposition of the disparity between artistic beauty and real-life suffering. Composed around the same time, Bartók’s one-acter is among the most powerful operas of the twentieth century, a gripping examination of emotional imprisonment. Matthias Pintscher’s Osiris comes to London just a few months after its world premiere, providing an exciting chance to hear the latest from the 36-year-old German described by The Guardian as ‘hot property’.

Ravi Shankar - Farewell to Europe Tour



29 May 2008 / 19:30
Barbican Hall

Part of Spring 08 Contemporary events
Part of World & Roots


Tickets: £18 £24 £30 £40
subject to availability






Ravi Shankar sitar
Anoushka Shankar sitar
Tanmoy Bose tabla
Ravichandra Kulur flute

An evening of Ragas with the legendary Ravi Shankar and his talented daughter and pupil Anoushka. With Tanmoy Bose, tabla, and Ravichandra Kulur, flute.
Promoted by London Symphony Orchestra

That'll be a shame if it is. I've only been there once, but I liked the place.

the sound has always been a bit crap the 2 or 3 times i've been there.

Merzbow, Ulu, 19/04/2008

The Red Rose is mainly a comedy club, not a music venue, hence the crap sound.

I liked the general ambience of the place when I went there. I can't say that I noticed the sound as being particularly bad, but that's not to say that it wasn't.

T&B, do you mean that the PA was bad, or the acoustics?

If he meant the acoustics, he was right. They are not good. The sound reverberates against the ceiling a lot.

isn't it quite successful as a comedy club?

last time i was there it was the PA that was being crap

Every time I have been there it was the acoustics that struck me as being quite bad. No idea how ''famous'' it is but it's one of the oldest.

The Vortex

Matthew Shipp Trio

Monday 21 April



Matthew Shipp is a pianist and composer whose music is variously described as free jazz, avant-garde classical, and experimental hip-hop. None of these terms is inaccurate, exactly, but none begins to convey the scope and originality of his vision.
Joined by Whit Dickey on drums and Joe Morris on bass, Shipp delves deep into the original format that first gave birth to the very idea of jazz itself: the absolute freedom of an acoustic session.
Matthew Shipp is truly a force to be reckoned with: one of the most creative and intelligent musicians on the planet. Just keeping up with him is a task beyond most musicians' abilities; recognizing his ideas and spurring him onward is a task for the very few. When it works, it's glorious. When it fails, chances are you'll stick around for more. This is a must for all fans of free jazz.

The Borderline

Friday 29th February
MEAN FIDDLER presents: MONADE (featuring Laetitia from Stereolab) with support from It Hugs Back
Doors 7pm - £7.50 Advance

Brixton's Windmill

Wed 12th
March
Unluck Recs presents:
*Jack Rose
*Hush Arbors
*Directing Hand

JACK ROSE (Philadelphia, PA)
Widely regarded as one of the finest post-Takoma guitarists around, Jack Rose has played many incredible shows in London and this is sure to be another memorable occasion. Expect a varied set of steel-strung blues, sun-blissed ragas and slow burning traditionals. Also a member of seminal Philedelphia folk-improv trio Pelt, Rose's recorded output – including cuts on VHF, Eclipse, Klang, Tequila Sunrise and Beautiful Happiness – is truly an impressive collection. Don't miss.


HUSH ARBORS
Keith Wood aka Hush Arbors is straight outta Virginia, US and a long-time member of Sunburned Hand of the Man alongside his solo psych-folk explorations. Also regularly collaborates with Wooden Wand, Six Organs of Admittance and Current 93.

DIRECTING HAND (Glasgow)
Directing Hand is the project of Glasgow-based Alex Neilson, member of Taurpis Tula, Scatter and Tight Meat Trio. Neilson is firmly at the core of free music in the UK and beyond, playing and recording with Jandek, Will Oldham, MV/EE, Richard Youngs and plenty more besides. This particular show will be a four-piece incarnation featuring harp, vocals and trombone.

Sun Mar 23 2008 Weedeater UNDERWORLD LONDON

The Dover Street Restaurant & Bar









3rd March

Salamander
Swinging Hanmmond organ based Jazz and Blues 6 piece

hmmm i have to choose between this and dananananaykroyd in stoke newington on the same night. it's a hard one.
also, do any of you londoners know of anything musically interesting happening on the friday (14 march)?

Openlab artists will be playing live electronic noise / beats and live video art at the Deptford.TV premiere night, Friday 4th of April, The Ivy House, Peckham, SE15 3BE. Beautiful electronic sounds to warm your heart and ears. Bring your headphones or you will not hear anything. This is part of the Node London events season this spring, a fundraiser for the Mindsweeper floating venue.



http://nodel.org
http://www.pawfal.org/openlab/

Bring your headphones!
4th April
The Ivy House
Stuart Road
Nunhead
SE15 3BE

The nothing and the nothingness - a happening by Matthew Lee Knowles

Tuesday 29th April 2008
Louise T Blouin Institute


Visitors will be able to freely move around a series of aural, visual and participatory events by musicians, performance artists, composers, poets, actors, dancers, artists and filmmakers, who will all come together for an evening of exploration into nothingness at the Louise T Blouin Institute in Notting Hill.


Below is a selection of the 100+ performers/composers/artists/sound:performance artists/actors/groups/musicians/dancers/philosophers/bands and filmmakers involved

John Callaghan,
Halal Kebab Hut – algorithmic junkestra,
Catalina Niculescu,
Neil Luck,
John Lely,
Tim Parkinson,
Adam Delacour,
Claudia Molitor,
Jo Thomas,
Giorgio Sadotti,
Mica and the shapes,
Blood Moon,
Richard Thomas,
Colin Alexander,
Cecilia Wee,
Rupert Cross,
Luis Federico Pascarella,
Michelle Byrne,
Elen Le Foll,
Jemma Borg,
Mikhail Karikas,
Paul Newland,
David Arrowsmith,
Andreas Borregaard,
Laurence Crane,
Ciara O’Connor,
Joanna Sleight,
Sam Belinfante,
Satako Doi,
Owen Duff,
Emily kenway,
Saito Masumi,
Jordan Hunt,
Grace Nyandoro,
Antonio Van de Feith Gumpiérrez,
Mercury 4tet,
Tony Thatcher,
Drew Cyster,
Alicia Cubells,
Carla Onni,
Stuart Russell


Come and see nothing happening and experience nothingness for yourself.



The audience and performers will be exploring others’ ideas, writings and thoughts on nothingness and attempting to present ‘nothing’ in its many forms. This happening is a demonstration of nothing and nothingness where the audience will be able to experience and assimilate the presented ideas and find their own meanings whilst constantly being challenged to consider this complex subject.

All events cost £5, unless otherwise stated All events are free of charge to Institute Members. If you are not a Louise T Blouin Institute Member and would like to become one then please follow the link below http://www.ltbfoundation.org/ltbi_membership.html

We advise booking in advance. To order your tickets for this lecture or forthcoming lectures or events please contact the Louise T Blouin Institute Reception on: 020 7985 9600 or email info@ltbfoundation.org with your credit card details. Phone lines are open between 10.00 and 18.00 daily. Tickets can be bought on the door depending on availability.

Louise T Blouin Institute 3 Olaf Street London W11 4BE
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Saya (Tenniscoats)
Sunday, 13 April 2008
Cafe Oto

18 - 22 Ashwin street
Dalston, London, E8 3DL

£5 http://www.wegottickets.com/event/28621

Saya, vocalist and primary songwriter for Japan's Tenniscoats touches down in London for a rare solo spot to open Dalston's latest live performance space CAFE OTO with a set of inspired psychedelic avant-pop.

Tenniscoats celebrate all that makes song vital in our collective consciousness, matching emotive live performance against delicately psychedelic folk songs. As Johan Berthling of Swedish trio Tape commented:

"Their starting point is pop songs, but with a staggeringly free approach: psychedelic folk tunes, complex instrumentals and short pop jewels side by side, everything is possible. A song can be performed in a myriad ways. Their interplay is angular and at the same time the most sensitive one has heard. A feeling of a music that constantly goes on, whether Saya and Ueno are on stage or not. A music free of pretensions, but urgent as few things I have heard."

Saya is one of the key figures in the tokyo underground pop scene, a catalyst and collaborator, organising shows and giving opportunities to younger musicians on the scene, whilst spreading her own wings with far-flung collaborations. Two are due later this year with The Pastels (on Geographic/Domino) and Deerhoof's Satomi as OneOne - the name a sweet pun on the japanese onomatopoeia for a dog's bark. These follow last year's two stunning records - Totemo Aimasho (trans. 'Lets meet very much' for the Australian ROOM40 label) and Tan-Tan Therapy (for Häpna in Sweden).

Saya is also a member of Maher Shalal Hash Baz and runs the Majikick label with her partner Takashi Ueno (Tenniscoats' guitarist/saxophonist) from their base in Tokyo's outer suburbs.

"Innocence without the sweetness that sometimes puts people off of twee-pop, hearkening back instead to the ramshackle psychedelic sing-song of the Red Krayola... well worth checking out." pitchforkmedia.com

ABOUT CAFE OTO

Cafe OTO is a venue based in Dalston, London presenting the most innovative artists working today with a particular focus on new music. The venue's aim is to support and foster a vibrant creative community rooted in their local surroundings whilst embracing the best new music and art from the U.K. and abroad.

Cafe OTO (meaning noise/sound/music in Japanese) comprises of one large café/performance space open during the day serving food and drink with an evening programme of live music, films, talks and discussions. Based on the ground floor of an old warehouse on Ashwin Street in Dalston the venue opens in April 2008.

www.myspace.com/tenniscoats
www.tenniscoats.com
www.cafeoto.co.uk
www.wegottickets.com/event/

OMSK events unfold across multiple rooms, providing a platform for live art, experimental sound, bands / DJs, film, video and installation. Having recently concentrated on 'OMSKBOOK' and 'A Walk Through' (an expanded gallery exhibition), OMSK now has a series of live events planned, beginning on April 24th at an old factory on Cable Street, London E1.

The OMSK collective are looking for work for this and other summer/autumn happenings. Please visit www.omsk.org.uk and have a read of our manifesto, which has a fair go at trying to outline the kinds of work we support. If it fits, or if you feel like changing the manifesto to make it fit, then send CDs/DVDs/short written proposals to:

OMSK
1st floor, 17-25 Cremer Street, London E2 8HD
or email: omskorganisation@gmail.com
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Now with added video flyer.

This gig featuring live, Live, LIVE! performances from:

Breakneck Static!
- of Southend - guitar scree, bass grrr and crunching gobstoppers - appeared in session on Resonance last year


Yeborobo!
- of the Mentalist Collective - wizard outfits, shouting shouting and poster paints - appeared in session on the Hello Goodbye Show a few months ago


Little Penguin!
- of Southend - hummmmmm and fizzzzzle of stylophone and Gameboy - first London gig!


Meat Dungeon
- of the ether - unknown music - no website - first gig in this dimension


Plus DJs
Datashat
Cleckhuddersfax Tom


Time: 8pm, Tuesday 25 March
Place: The Windmill, Blenheim Gardens, Brixton
Damage: £3