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‘3 4 01 2012’ or ‘Three for January 2012’

Here’s wishing everyone a very happy 2012 ! To celebrate we’re excited to be able to offer up an invitation to join us for 3 concerts of note in London (in reverse chronological order):

Lothar Ohlmeier, Tom Arthurs, Ollie Bown and Isambard Khroustaliov will be performing their suite for autonomous electronics and improvisors; Long Division at Kings Place on the 30th January.

Icarus will be performing what looks set to be their only UK date this year at Cafe OTO in Dalston on the 20th January to promote their new album ‘Fake Fish Distribution’ (which comes in 1000 unique variations), released on the 6th February.

Finally, January also introduces Leverton Fox, a trio of Alex Bonney, Tim Giles and Isambard Khroustaliov (pictured above (less Khroustaliov)) whose second LP should be appearing on Not Applicable in the Spring.You can catch them supporting Sons of Kemet; a new project from reedsman Shabaka Hutchings, featuring the double drums of Seb Rochford and Tom Skinner with erstwhile Not Applicable collaborator Oren Marshall on tuba.

Hope to see you out there !

Leverton Fox

Thursday 5th January, 8:30pm @ The Vortex, Dalston, London N16 8AZ
with
Sons of Kemet

£9 adv / on the door

Icarus

Friday 20th January, 8:30pm @ Cafe OTO, Dalston, London E8 3DL
with
BABs
Inch-Time (DJ)

£7 adv / £8 on the door

Tom Arthurs / Ollie Bown / Isambard Khroustaliov / Lothar Ohlmeier – Long Division

Monday 30th January, 8:00pm @ Kings Place, Kings Cross, London N1 9AG
with
Tom Arthurs / Simon Vincent

£9.50 adv / £12.50 on the door

Reunited

Our suite for autonomous electronics; Long Division, which was premiered at the North Sea Jazz Festival in 2010 and performed again at NK in Berlin as part of the NA Festival receives an airing in London at Kings Place on the 30th January 2012.

To celebrate, we are releasing a compilation of recordings of Long Division from NSJ and NK on December 12th. This will be a free download, available to subscribers of the NA mailing list (which is, incidentally also the best place to find about everything else Not Applicable).

Tom will also be performing with Simon Vincent on the same evening and you can pick up a free copy of their duo record Three Improvisations right now by subscribing to the NA list … seriously, it’s a no brainer.

Tom Arthurs / Simon Vincent – Improvisations

Tom Arthurs / Ollie Bown / Isambard Khroustaliov / Lothar Ohlmeier – Long Division

@ Kings Place, London – Monday, 30 January 2012, 8:00pm

The Imminence Of ‘Fake Fish Distribution’

The new Icarus studio album; ‘Fake Fish Distribution’, will be released on Not Applicable on January 30th 6th February 2012 (N.B change of date!). It is their first full studio album since 2005’s ‘I Tweet the Birdy Electric‘ and was composed using parametric techniques, embedded into Ableton Live using the Max for Live add-on, allowing them to mutate the record so that each version that you download will be different from everyone else’s. More on this can be found via their dedicated FFD page and on the STEIM project blog.

It’s been an epic project, with a lot of help from some very helpful people, but it will be something a bit special. A short tour in Europe in January and February is being put together to promote the record. Dates coming shortly … for news on pre-ordering, gigs and more, follow Icarus on Twitter @birdy_electric or sign up to the Not-Applicable mailing list in the sidebar or here (we promise this is ultra-low traffic). In the mean time, here’s a sample of FFD version 500:

Fake Fish Distribution – version 500 sampler by Icarus…

Traum @ London’s Open House Independent Film Screenings

Martin Hampton‘s epic film ‘Traum’ will be screened on Saturday & Sunday 17th / 18th September 2011 at 13:00 as part of the Independent Film Screenings for London Open House weekend @ Trinity Buoy Wharf in London.

The film, which depicts the demise of the landscape surrounding the Lea Valley shortly before its compulsory acquisition for the London Olympics, is a chilling portrait of how easily despondency and despair can set in when communities are faced with such large scale turmoil and uncertainly.

Independent Film Screenings @ Trinity Buoy Wharf

Saturday & Sunday 17th / 18th September 2011 from 11:00am – 5:00pm

Programme includes ‘Traum’ by Matin Hampton with a soundtrack by Isambard Khroustaliov @ 1:00pm

The Basement, Electrician’s Workshop, Trinity Buoy Wharf
64 Orchard Place, London E14 0JY.

9/11 and 18/9

Some impromptu Isambard Khroustaliov solo sets coming up, the first with the unmissable Blurt! @ The Macbeth in Hoxton and the second as part of a new series called (appropriately) Solosets, with Robert Curgenven, Jonny Mchugh and Will Montgomery @ Madame Lille’s in Stoke Newington. Hope to see you there!

Isambard Khroustaliov (solo)

Sunday 11th September 2011, 8pm @ The Macbeth, Hoxton.
with
Blurt!
DJ Ratcatcher.

Sunday 18th September 2011, 8pm @ Solosets, Madame Lille’s, Stoke Newington.
with
Robert Curgenven,
Jonny Mchugh,
Will Montgomery.