The first public gathering of David Birchall, Yoni Silver and Otto Willberg gets spectral with big unfolding arcs and slow moving mountains. Guitar strings provide ropes to pull oneself over the new ground and our breathing is tempered by the slow wobble of a cane reed all being dragged sometimes gently sometimes with some brambly determination. Building amidst the rubble carefully picking what’s worth keeping and bending things to necessity. Also lurking in grey reeds not saying yes or no or even maybe just.

DAVID BIRCHALL guitar
YONI SILVER bass clarinet
OTTO WILLBERG double bass

Individual members of Beck/Collins/Saw have been defining the sound of improvised Sheffield for almost 50 years and need little introduction.
This stripped away instrumentation will be their first trio collaboration since Newcastle NARC Festival 2016.

MICK BECK bassoon & whistles
CHARLIE COLLINS waterphone & percussion
DEREK SAW pocket trumpet & flugelhorn

8:00pm (prompt start)
£5 waged. £3 unwaged.

BYO.

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DAVID BIRCHALL is a guitar player living in Manchester. He loves to improvise live and compose recordings. He has performed in the UK, Europe, Russia, Palestine, The USA and Japan. He has undertaken artist residencies at The Penthouse (Manchester, UK) and Beppu Project (Beppu, JP) www.davidmbirchall.com

YONI SILVER is a bass-clarinetist and multi-instrumentalist whose activities include hyper-spectral adventures with Iancu Dumitrescu's Hyperion Ensemble; a bass clarinet and percussion duo with Steve Noble; a bass clarinet/violin and possessed vocals duo with Sharon Gal; Denis D’or with Grundik Kasyansky and Tom Wheatley; bass clarinet and drums duo with Crystabel Riley, and solo performances on amplified bass clarinet. www.yonisilver.wordpress.com

OTTO WILLBERG is a performer and Double Bass player living in London. Existing projects include making improvised music with his friends, and identifying new people to make music with and be friends with. Currently he plays with Alex Ward’s Item 4, Historically Fucked, Andreae/Birchall/Willberg and Htrio. www.ottowillberg.com.