The Italian blog www.openimpro.com has recently published an article where Maurizio Ravalico disserts in length about the ethics of improvised music, and its political and atheistic implications. The interview is in Italian, and an English translation is not currently planned.
It is a pleasure (and also a formidable combination of organisation and good luck) for us to be able to invite both Dominic Lash and Anna Kaluza for Appliances #10 at Scooterworks on Thursday 14th May.
Over the last few years, double bassist Dominic Lash has distinguished himself as one of the most versatile and adept musicians to emerge from the improvised music scene. In between working on his own projects, he has performed and collaborated with Tony Conrad, Kieran Hebden, Steve Reid, Evan Parker and John Butcher amongst many others and is in possession of a list of gigs stretching way off into what seems like an inexorably unimaginable future.
It was our fortune to be introduced to saxophonist Anna Kaluza during our recent outing at the Stoke Newington Airport and great to have another opportunity to perform with her. Seeing what both of them conjure up down at Scooterworks will be quite an adventure … a night not to be missed.
Thursday 14th May @ 7:30pm (doors 6:30pm)
Dominic Lash – solo.
Maurizio Ravalico / Isambard Khroustaliov – new work for congas and electronically triggered percussion.
Anna Kaluza / Dominic Lash / Isambard Khroustaliov – improvised trio.
@
Scooterworks Cafe,
132 Lower Marsh,
London SE1 7AE.
£5 Entry includes a nibble.
An impromptu musical gathering at the legendary Stoke Newington Airport … more details here.
On Tuesday 5th May, following on from the Subtopia gig at the Vortex on Monday, we’ve taken the opportunity to organise a one off informal concert uniting Subtopia members Lothar Ohlmeier, Rudi Fischerlehner, Andreas Willers, (Tom Arthurs tbc.) with Maurizio Ravalico and Isambard Khroustaliov at the underground venue par excellence: The Stoke Newington Airport.
Expect off the wall quintet experimentation and fine percussive mayhem to help conjure the spirit of Wang Li-Qin to Stoke Newington’s hippest ping-pong mecca … bring your own alcohol as there is no bar and although there is no cover charge we will of course be glad to accept donations …
Tuesday 5th May @ 8:30pm
Lothar Ohlmeier (bass clarinet),
Rudi Fischerlehner (drums),
Andreas Willers (guitar),with:
Maurizio Ravalico (percussion)
Isambard Khroustaliov (electronics)@
The Stoke Newington Airport,
1-15 Leswin Place,
N16 7NJ.
Fresh from his recent tour with Murcof, maverick tuba maestro Oren Marshall will be our guest for Appliances #9 at Scooterworks on Thursday 19th February. Oren will be performing both solo and in duo with Maurizio Ravalico on congas. If last years performances at Kings Place and Kammer Klang are anything to go by, this promises to be a beautifully outside of the box encounter with two musicians who are meticulously charting an entirely new landscape for their collective sound. For a taster of what’s in store, you can listen to a live recording of the duo off our recent free compilation. As always, entrance is £5 and includes some extremely fine antipasti, courtesy of Fifi.
7:30pm – Oren Marshall solo.
8:30pm – Oren Marshall and Maurizio Ravalico duo, unamplified tuba and congas.
9:30pm – Isambard Khroustaliov, who is creatively involved in the recording of Oren and Maurizio’s forthcoming album, will join forces with the duo in an experiment of generative music, where the sounds spontaneously produced within and without the Scooterworks area will play as relevant a role as those produced by the musical instruments.
