Tuesday June 11th, Doors, 7.45 pm concert start 8.00 pm
The Ship & Mitre, 133 Dale Street, Liverpool, L2 2JH
Admission £5.00
Emil Karlsen - percussion.
Emil Karlsen’s solo project is based around making the most out of the drum set in terms of extended techniques, timbre and textures - improvised. Inspired by his Norwegian background, this project is a portrait of many years thinking compositionally and texturally about the drums, especially when put in a solo context. Challenging both the role of the drum set as well as the audience is the key aspects of this project
Emil Karlsen's solo EP "Flux" is based around making the most out of the drum set in terms of extended techniques, timbre and textures - improvised. Inspired by his Norwegian background, this project is portrait of many years thinking compositionally and texturally about the drums, especially when put in a solo context. His main inspiration lie in the improvised music scene flourishing in the early 60's with names such as Cecil Taylor and Andrew Cyrille, but also classical composers such as John Cage and Igor Stravinsky. Challenging both the role of the drum set as well as the listener is the key aspects of this EP.
Support: Blank Canvas Octet - featuring more or less
ALEX SCOTT - trombone
IAN SIMPSON - guitar
MARTIN HACKETT - korg ms
PETER JONES - guitar
PHIL MORTON - accidents and treatments
SIMON ROSS - turntables
TIM WISE -reeds
ABOUT: The Blank Canvas Octet is a project exploring free improvisation in music in a large ensemble context. It explores ‘system 50:50` - where chess clocks are used to affect the complexity of the texture. It can result in small discreet sounds being heard rather than covered over, and deeper layers to be felt and expressed. An exciting project to participate in, to witness and to hear.
On system 50:50 “Definitely something with LOADS of possibilities - the reaction in the car driving back was unbelievably positive - no one could remember playing in a large ensemble that was so "open". The openness allowed me to play quietly, which meant the dynamics were incredible for an improvising large ensemble.” - Charlie Collins Sheffield
Follow this link for more information on freely improvised music using the System 5050,
Blank Canvas Octet is curated by Phil Morton - CV BIOG
