Oxford Jason Kahn 19.10.2021

Back at the Old Fire Station (this time in the Cafe) our first Oxford live (room not zoom!) gig since February 2020!

about

This evening will feature Zurich-based New Yorker Jason Kahn on his UK tour performing solo plus sets from OI musicians and together with Kahn.

Come and join us for refreshments musical and liquid!

Event info

October 19, 2021 - 7:45 pm - 9:45 pm
Admission, no info available

about Jason kahn

Kahn’s work with electronics involves chaotic feedback systems and placing his body in the circuit flow. Grabbing open leads with his hands makes and breaks circuits, causing the synth to overload or collapse. Various contact microphones and electro magnetic inductors and the synthesizer’s own output via a mixing board are used to modulate the parameters of the synth, which oscillates between saturation and a brittle sputtering, like the death rattle of a machine on its last gasp. Live radio captures during the concert and recordings made in the performance space and its environs provide further working material for each concert. These performances are essentially site-specific works, improvising with the space at hand, both in the sense of its physicality and the sounds found there.

venue

Old Fire Station Cafe

Address
40 George Street
Oxford
OX1 2AQ
United Kingdom

about OI

About Oxford Improvisers

The Oxford Improvisers membership includes over 30 musicians, each of whom contribute uniquely, supporting a broad range of co-existent perspectives. Currently expanding in membership, we always very much welcome new members as well as visiting artists.

Since 2001 Oxford Improvisers has staged and promoted nearly 200 events including four Cohesion Festivals and featuring hundreds of musicians, dancers and visual artists of every kind.

Performances are run by members of the collective and frequently feature visiting and invited practitioners. To raise the standard of local music we also promote concerts by outstanding artists of international stature. Weekly session provide practical experience and training in improvisation. Workshops are run by members of the collective or invited practitioners, usually as part of larger events run by or contributed to by Oxford Improvisers.

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