Category: NEWS

Sand Hoppers

Some kind words from HH Judge Worsley on Nowhere: ‘We are listening to Nowhere: the Haze of a summer day at low water on an uncharacteristically hot day on the marsh [sand hoppers bothering my ankles]; After Sunrise – the sand hoppers are going wild to the bass cl – how high will they dance up my legs? No, they are retreating, introspective; The Vague Terrain, not feeling so very well – sharp sand, indigestible; Monkey Puzzle, order restored, philosophy period, with digressions; Dusk, exhaustion, contented, after what they do with each other?’

Music for Museums

A 15 minute sound piece by Isambard Khroustaliov will form part of an installation entitled Music for Museums by Support Structure in the Far West Exhibition at the Arnolfini in Bristol from the 28th June until the 31st August 2008.

Designed as an ambient work to be listened to at a volume just above the environmental noise floor, the piece takes as its motivation the idea that a family of small insects are attempting to learn how to communicate with the human world using morse code.

Situated in the bookshop at the gallery (surrounded predominantly by books on art theory and practice) and feeling the desire to express themselves in the code they are seeking to master, they begin to contemplate the familiar human allegory of the cave. Needless to say, a fierce argument ensues, which is notable, above all, for its complete incomprehensibility.

A documentary CD containing recordings of all of the pieces is available through the gallery.

News from Tom

So… a quick update from Tom…

Firstly: Nominated for Best Instrumentalist in the BBC Jazz Awards

Secondly: In Berlin writing some new music… delighting in the ways of Matthias Pintscher and Wolfgang Mitterer, and re-enjoying Ligeti and some 1950s field recordings from Uganda. Discovering my local bakery.

Thirdly: collating some reviews of Explications… see here (at the bottom!)…

Fourthly: some performances, new things, Berlin and London… below too… next Arthurs.Høiby.Ritchie is at the Roundhouse in Camden, August 27th, opposite the wonderful Mercury Nominated Basquiat Strings

An eventful Autumn beckons! More soon, and more information at www.tomarthurs.co.uk

Tom is interested in the idea of a 4-valve quarter tone rotary flügelhorn, if only such a thing would exist.

Lothar Ohlmeier / Isambard Khroustaliov – Summer Festivals

Lothar Ohlmeier and Isambard Khroustaliov will be playing at the Elektronisk JazzJuice festival in Aahus, Denmark on the 18th July and at the Summer Sundae festival in Leicester, England on the 8th August as part of the Bathysphere marquee. In the mean time, some belated reviews for our recent record; Nowhere have also appeared in the Wire and Jazzwise.