Echo Echo Festival of Dance and Movement returns for a seventh edition from 5th to 16th November with an outstanding programme of national and international performances and classes. Main festival programme takes place in Derry with some special performance events around Northern Ireland.
Founder-members of Juxtavoices the poets Alan Halsey and Geraldine Monk have composed many pieces for its repertoire, some for specific events such as the bicentenary of the Peterloo Massacre or sites such as Sheffield’s Bishops’ House and Manor Lodge.
Phil Minton comes from Torquay in the UK. He played trumpet and sang with the Mike Westbrook Band in the early 60s- then in dance and rock bands in Europe for the later part of the decade. He returned to England in 1971, rejoining Westbrook and was involved in many of his projects until the mid 1980′s.
this edition of framework:afield, entitled channel, has been produced in the uk by stephen shiell. producer's notes:
These soundscapes are shaped by an acoustic ecology approach, where listening functions as an ecological and relational practice rather than documentation. Developed through extended, site-responsive engagement with the Channelsea Basin, the recordings emerge […]
we haven't known karen power's work all that long - she first appeared on the show in late 2023 - but every new release we hear blows us away. this one is no different. "celebrating the power, wonderment and abundance of sonic beauty still present within two of our worlds most extraordinary […]
this edition of framework:afield has been produced by francisco lópez, and is entitled tokoloshe, environmental sound matter from southern africa. it is composed from original environmental sound material recorded at multiple wilderness locations across southern africa (namibia, south africa, botswana, lesotho, and eswatini) between 2005 and 2013. for more information […]
hey folks - summer's over, and we are back! we all have to take the good with the bad; up to you to decide which is which. we had a nice break, but we love autumn, and we missed the sounds, so we're really happy to be making shows again (and […]
well, here we are folks, our last show before our annual summer break. what's more, we're just back from travels in the united states and extremely jet lagged, so we apologize if we seem a little hazy. we were definitely a bit hazy when we made this show, and have […]