New Year New Sounds

January 18 - January 23, 2010
8.30pm

£5 (£3 concs)

BAC’s celebration of experimental music returns featuring an international line-up of musicians, free improvisers and audio artists. Be ready to hear sounds from various everyday objects as well as traditional instruments (but probably not as you’ve heard them before).

Highlights include:

Tony Marsh Drums
Alan Wilkinson Saxophones
Phil Minton Voice
Steve Beresford Piano
Lol Coxhill Soprano Saxophone
Roger Turner Drums
Max Eastley Self-made instruments
John Russell Guitar
Alan Tomlinson Trombone
Satako Fukuda Violin
Adrian Northover Saxophones
John Edwards Double Bass
Shabaka Hutchings Clarinet and Tenor Sax
Tania Chen Piano
Mark Sanders Drums

For the full line-up, click the Context tab above.

New Year New Sounds is curated by Adam Bohman, a cult experimental musician who you may have met before running our Bohman Brothers nights.

Mon 18 Jan

Ensembe Trip-Tik
•    Adam Bohman Prepared Strings & Objects
•    Adrian Northover Alto & Soprano Sax
•    Catherine Pluygers Oboe & Cor Anglais

Eugene Martinec  Solo Electronics

Jacques Foschia Solo Clarinets

Quintet featuring all of the above players

Tue 19 Jan

Tony Marsh Drums, Alexander Hawkins Piano & Douglas Benford Solo Glockenspiel & Mouth Organs

Phil Minton Voice & Alan Wilkinson Saxophones

Oren Marshall Tuba, Martin Speake Alto Sax & Mark Sanders Drums

Wed 20 Jan

The Messy Ann Trio
•    Steve Beresford Piano
•    Dave Tucker Double Bass
•    Javier Carmona Drums

Mark Browne Sax & Toyset, Steve Nash Toys and Percussion & Sonic Pleasure Bricks

Lol Coxhill Soprano Sax & Roger Turner Drums

Max Eastley Self-made Instruments

Thu 21 Jan

Shabaka Hutchings Clarinet and Tenor Sax, Tania Chen Piano & Mark Sanders Drums

Jeff Cloke Resonances, Max Reid Dance, Terry Day Bamboo Pipes etc & Hannah Marshall Cello

Dave Solomon Drums & Gary Todd Tenor Saxophone

Alan Wilkinson Saxophones, John Edwards Double Bass & Steve Noble Drums

Fri 22 Jan

John Russell Guitar & Dominic Lash Double Bass

Ian Smith Trumpet, Alan Tomlinson Trombone, Robert Jarvis Trombone, Oren Marshall Tuba & Tony Marsh Drums

Barrel
•    Ivor Kallin Violin & Viola
•    Alison Blunt Violin
•    Hannah Marshall Cello
•    Benedict Taylor Viola

Sat 23 Jan

Satako Fukuda Violin, Roger Turner Drums & Steve Beresford Piano

Hard Evidence:
•    Adrian Northover Alto & Soprano Sax
•    Steve Noble Drums
•    Pat Thomas Piano
•    John Edwards Double Bass

Marcio Mattos Cello & Electronics, Thomas Rohrer Soprano Sax & Rodrigo Montoya Shamisen

Oxford Melodica Ensembe
•    Alex Hawkins
•    Franesco Cerpitti
•    Malcolm Atkins
•    Martin Hackett