Monday 10 December 2012


Uncharted Soundscapes @ Lumiere on 28 November 2012
Theatre of Dolls/Dave Maric (electronics)/Elo Masing (violin, electric guitar)

Sunday 18 November 2012


UNCHARTED SOUNDSCAPES 
wednesday 28.11.2012 at 8pm
LUMIERE, 88 CHATSWORTH RD E5 0LS

 Daniel Thompson (guitar)/Neil Metcalfe (flute)/Guillaume Viltard (double bass)

Elo Masing (violin)/Dave Maric (electronics)/Cam Deas (guitar)


 films chosen by Katarina Strasser


special guest Olivia Chaney (voice)

Tickets £5   Pre-booking: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/195347

Uncharted Soundscapes started out as a series of concerts reflecting the lively London free improvisation scene, but has now grown into a string of events that includes both improvised and notated music, live art, puppet theatre, film, poetry, life, the universe and everything.So step into the vaults of the mysterious and enigmatic Lumiere and drift away on the uncharted vastness of the imaginations of musicians, artists and free spirits from around Chatsworth Road and the whole wide London Town.

What Katarina says about the films:
'Entr'acte' by Rene Clair (1924).
19 minutes.
The night will commence with the Surrealist short film 'Entr'acte' directed by Rene Clair (music by avant-garde composer Erik Satie).
Rene Clair was known to have very conflicting views on the use of conventional sound in films and instead applied it as a separate medium to create narrative through sound.
The Surrealists encourage us to operate outside the traditional conscious thought process and dive into a world (literally) turned upside down.
'The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach' by Jean-Marie Straub and Daniel Huillet (1968).
95 minutes.
The French filmmaker duo struggled ten years to get the film produced on the grounds of it not being an audience success as well as its unconventional nature.
The film contains excerpts of Johann Sebastian Bach's work in chronological order, linked with the reading of a fictional journal written by his wife Anna Magdalena Bach. Bach's music becomes the centrepiece of the work through which the film is formed.
Similar to the first piece, Straub and Huillet demand the audience to participate and leave behind the preconceived notions of cinema.






Tuesday 17 April 2012

UNCHARTED SOUNDSCAPES 
tuesday 24.04.2012 at 8pm
LUMIERE, 88 CHATSWORTH RD E5 0LS

 Graham Dunning (turntables)/Colin Webster (saxophone)

Ilze Ikshe (flute)/Christopher Boundhun (guitar) play Telemann and Blavet

 Daniel Thompson (guitar)/Benedict Taylor (viola)/Alex Ward (clarinet)

Tickets £5   Booking: lumierelondon@hotmail.co.uk

Uncharted Soundscapes is a series of concerts reflecting the lively London free improvisation scene with players drawn mostly from among the participants of Eddie Prévost's weekly workshop.
The concerts, however, don't always aim to align with the workshop aesthetics of explorations in sound production, but give the performers freedom to venture into whatever stylistic realm they like with whoever they wish – other UK improvisers or guests from abroad.

Guitarist Daniel Thompson will be returning to Lumiere with Benedict Taylor and Alex Ward - a line-up that successfully performed at Lumiere last September.
Sound artist and improviser Graham Dunning will be doing a set on turntables in duo with saxophonist Colin Webster.
And in addition to free improvisation we have some classical music for you tonight - Ilze Ikshe and Christopher Boundhun will be playing duos by Georg Friedrich Telemann and Michel Blavet.



Flyer artwork © Priit Ruttas www.ruttas.net

Wednesday 22 February 2012

UNCHARTED SOUNDSCAPES 
monday 19.03.2012 at 8pm
LUMIERE, 88 CHATSWORTH RD E5 0LS

duo Daniel Thompson (guitar)/Tom Jackson (clarinet)

Tollected Trueworks as Told by Trueteller

 Tim Yates (objects)/David O'Connor (sax)/Matt Olczak (guitar)

Tickets £5   Booking: lumierelondon@hotmail.co.uk

Uncharted Soundscapes is a series of concerts reflecting the lively London free improvisation scene with players drawn mostly from among the participants of Eddie Prévost's weekly workshop.
The concerts, however, don't always aim to align with the workshop aesthetics of explorations in sound production, but give the performers freedom to venture into whatever stylistic realm they like with whoever they wish – other UK improvisers or guests from abroad.


And in addition to free improvisation we have something completely different for you tonight ---
It took God seven days to create the world. But one Trueteller can tell the whole truth about everything in one day. Tonight Trueteller presents an introduction to the most comprehensive book ever written about Planet Smearth - "The Power of Telling the Truth. Tollected Trueworks as Told by Trueteller".
Flyer artwork © Priit Ruttas www.ruttas.net



Friday 20 January 2012

UNCHARTED SOUNDSCAPES 
wednesday 8.02.2012 at 8pm
LUMIERE, 88 CHATSWORTH RD E5 0LS

duo Grundik Kasyansky (electronics)/Seymour Wright (saxophone)
Pedestrian Patchwork by mOOnWorKs  collective
trio Vicky Steiri (cello)/Elo Masing (violin)/
Geraldine MacEwan (violin)

Tickets £5   Booking: lumierelondon@hotmail.co.uk

Uncharted Soundscapes is a series of concerts reflecting the lively London free improvisation scene with players drawn mostly from among the participants of Eddie Prévost's weekly workshop.
The concerts, however, don't always aim to align with the workshop aesthetics of explorations in sound production, but give the performers freedom to venture into whatever stylistic realm they like with whoever they wish – other UK improvisers or guests from abroad.

This time we'll travel even further into the unknown territory with the mOOnWorKs collective presenting their Pedestrian Patchwork - for the first time in the history of Lumiere...!
Here's what the collective say about themselves:
mOOnWorKs is an interdisciplinary collective that explores the interplay between sound and movement. Forming a dynamic relationship between the audience, performer and space is central to our approach which draws on improvised as well as devised elements. We find inspiration from many different sources at once, whether they are related to dance or music, funny or serious, conventional or not. Much of the material comes from our experience of playing in public spaces and at collaborative events as well as from out respective backgrounds. The group is led by Jan Lee and Zac Gvi, previous performance including 'Pedestrian Patchwork' and experimental pieces at mOOnWaX events.

And, of course, there will be lots of free improvised music - the extraordinary UK sax player Seymour Wright will be joining electronics player Grundik Kasyansky (originally from Moscow!) for a duo that is bound to change your ideas of what free improvisation can be. There will also be a lovely string trio with Vicky Steiri on the cello and Elo Masing and Geraldine MacEwan on violins.

Our journey of discovery across uncharted sound- and, this time, movement-scapes will, as usual, take place in the cosy, intimate and deliciously camp surroundings of cocktail lounge Lumiere. Come and enjoy the concert in an atmosphere unlike any other in which you may have heard free improvisation before! ;)


Flyer artwork ©Priit Ruttas www.ruttas.net


Seymour Wright's music can be heard here: