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September 2022 - Dukes of Scuba & South Wales Improvisors - FINAL CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

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Dukes of Scuba & South Wales Improvisors - FINAL CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Welsh music has strong traditions of contemporary folk, rock & pop which have helped shape it’s social and political landscape since the mid 1960’s.

Wales also has a rich history of Avant music activity ranging from free jazz to performance art, happenings, and free improvisation.

Despite the rich culture significance of the Avant music scene in Wales we believe however, that participatory work in fields such as free improvisation remain marginalised and under documented alongside other more accessible areas of contemporary music practice.

Dukes of Scuba is webzine, label and concert/workshop provider based in Bangor, North Wales.

Dukes of Scuba’s mission is to create a network for improvised music in Wales that will promote contemporary practice, unify existing grass roots groups, increase participation & widen the audience for musicians working within the field of free improvisation.

To help document and promote the current Welsh scene, Dukes of Scuba has partnered with The South Wales Improvisors to create a download compilation album of free improvisation drawing upon new music from across the whole of the country.

We are looking for recordings of sessions or extracts from sessions from groups that are meeting and playing in Wales. The length of the recording or extract would ideally be between 5 -10 mins

The recordings should not be studio recordings or 'mastered recordings' but ones which capture the rawness of the moment, the context of the room or space that you meet and play in, it may even be a zoom recording, and most of all it should convey the spontaneity of the music. For this completion we are also focused on ensemble playing not individual.

If you are interested in contributing to the compilation please send us your music plus a short paragraph about your group, who you are, where you meet and how long have you been meeting etc.

All submission material should be sent to Dukes of Scuba or The South Wales Improvisers via the contact links below

Dukes of Scuba – Ash Cooke – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Mob: 07946608261
South Wales Improvisers – Chris Parfitt - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Mob: 07812246182

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