Sonic Rituals #2
Monday 26 Nov, 8pm £8 £5 (cons)
Geoff Leigh (fl, vo, el), Mark Hewins (g), Yumi Hara Cawkwell (vo, key etc), Guy Harries (fl, vo, el), Valerie Pezeron (live drawing)
SPECIAL GUEST: Daevid Allen (vo)
Servant Jazz Quarters, 10a Bradbury Street, LONDON, N16 8JN
A multimedia performance of improvisation creating enigmatic, magical and ritualistic space
Geoff Leigh was a member of Henry Cow, and performed with many musicians such as Slapp Happy, Hatfield and the North, and Mike Oldfield. His current bands include: Ex-Wise Heads (with Colin Edwin of Pocupine Tree) and The Artaud Beats (with Chris Cutler, John Greaves and Yumi Hara Cawkwell).
http://www.aliensatsea.blogspot.com/
Mark Hewins is a guitarist and producer. He was a member of Soft Heap (with John Greaves, Pip Pyle, Elton Dean), Gong, Canterbury Family (with Daevid Allen, Hugh Hopper, Chris Cutler), and worked with numerous other musicians. He is also known for underwater recording, and he owns a solar-powered recording studio. http://playback.co.uk/
Yumi Hara Cawkwell is a Japanese composer/performer based in London, best known for her work on improvised music based on rock and art music aesthetics, such as duo with Hugh Hopper, with Geoff Leigh, and The Artaud Beats.
http://www.yumiharacawkwell.co.uk/
Guy Harries is a composer/performer based in London. He performs with flute, voice, electronics and multimedia. He is also a singer- songwriter, practising electronic troubadourism with his laptop and voice.
http://www.guyharries.com/
Valerie Pezeron is a London based illustrator, born in Guadeloupe, French Caribbean islands. Her clients come from te advertising, editorial, publishing, broadcasting, fashion and music industries, and she also writes for various art and design blogs and published magazines. Her illustrations are known for intelligent yet quirky, versatile and dynamic images.
www.valeriepezeron.com
