Right Here, Right Now is a stunning free jazz quartet led by the prodigiously gifted trumpeter Charlotte Keeffe aided by Ashley Long (double bass), Ben Handysides (drums) and Moss Freed (guitar).
The radical spirit of offhand precarity which radiates throughout this session frequently bubbles over into an effervescent sense of the imperative to explore. In a word? Fearless. (PRESTO MUSIC)
A messy emporium of raw, raucous realness. Alive. Keeffe and her quartet nailed it. (FREE JAZZ BLOG)
Nutters Corner are a vaguely groove based improvising duo comprising Nick Wyver on various saxophones and Les Wilson on drums. They formed the duo during the second lockdown, taking advantage of the "support bubble" idea at that time because "our bands couldn't play, and we saw this an opportunity to learn about improvising together and see what was possible - also to explore ideas that could not happen in our respective bands.
Doors for this event open at 7pm. The events begins at 8pm. A wide range of refreshment are available throughout the evening from the cafe.
Safe Operating Space is about the beauty of unrepeatable moments. Composer, electronic musician, improviser and field recordist Tullis Rennie with mixes recorded and live music with the extraordinary line-up of Tara Franks (cello), Cath Roberts (baritone sax) and Dee Byrne (alto sax).
Their recent self titled album explores new aspects of Rennie’s practice while reflecting thoughts on themes such as global heating, AI-generated deepfakes, family life, and Kate Bush. Working live with the album as a departure point, the ensemble play alongside, against and around fragments of the recordings, Rennie using analogue drum machines and synthesisers.
"Blending string improvisations and outré brass with expertly deployed electronics and samples...equal parts tender and affronting, slaloming gracefully around conventional approaches to rhythm, melody and harmony with a lexicon that’s unmistakably his own" – Electronic Sound
"Free improv sessions get warped into booming, boundary-pushing electronica... as if we were listening to an intergalactic visitor’s attempt at appropriating the dancefloor" – the Quietus
Listen here: https://efpirecords.bandcamp.com/album/safe-operating-space
Doors for this event open at 7pm. Music begins at 8pm. A wide range of refreshment are available throughout the evening from the cafe.
A cult 70’s sci-fi novel set in a post-apocalyptic East Kent is used to bring together hoddening, puppetry, foraging and primitive music. This unique event is part of an exploration of the possibility of a stage adaptation of Russell Hoban's novel, Riddley Walker. The theatre maker Greg McClaren is collaborating with a community of artists to create a daytime walk (more details of this announced on social media) and an evening event.
We can't tell you anymore because we don't know what this one will it be until it happens! It may involve reimagining culture after a collapse and it will involve Sarah Trillo (artist), Kristin Fredricksson (puppetry, movement), Kat Peddie (text), Thomas Gavriel (Seadog books), Billie M Vigne (artist, metalsmith), Miles Irving (forager), Tim Fletcher (hoodener, archivist).
Doors for this event open at 7pm. Music begins at 8pm. A wide range of refreshment are available throughout the evening from the cafe.
Steered by William Burroughs, The Faversham Motorway Intersection Enthusiasts Club is an ongoing multimedia rhythm band formed in 2018. Rooted in repetition, the act draws from the rhythms of both motorway travel and dance music, finding a shared pulse between mechanical monotony and the endless flow of traffic.
Through live performance and visual extensions, it examines the overlooked mundanity, the rigid structures of concrete landscapes, and the spaces in between. The band has taken on various forms over the years, shifting and evolving while always maintaining a sense of curiosity. The club invites listeners and viewers to engage with their surroundings in new ways, encouraging a practice of contemplation, questioning, and interaction with the familiar yet unnoticed.
Casbah is a film that attempts to reconstruct – from memory – an experimental film noir monster movie that was never made.
Doors for this event open at 7pm. Music begins at 8pm. A wide range of refreshment are available throughout the evening from the cafe.
Matt Wright’s ‘Spheric Totemic’ brings DJ culture and free improv together with splintered beats and immersive sound design. with Alexander Hawkins (keyboards), Neil Charles (bass), Mandhira de Saram (violin/fx), Stephen Davis (drums) and Matt Wright (turntables and live sampling).
Spheric Totemic is the project of Matt Wright a composer, producer and sound designer based in Kent, UK. is diverse output across improvised music, chamber composition and collaborations with dance, theatre and film.
He has collaborated with some of the most dynamic artists in the contemporary sphere, including Evan Parker, Peter Evans, Ikue Mori, Claron McFadden, B’Rock Orchestra, Spring Heel Jack, Ensemble Klang, Neil Charles, Alexander Hawkins and Elaine Mitchener.
Preview: https://www.matt-wright.co.uk/spheric-totemic
Doors for this event open at 7pm. Music begins at 8pm. A wide range of refreshment are available throughout the evening from the cafe.