GRAIN is an ongoing series of improvised and experimental music. With live performance from: Ute Kanngiesser & Theo Guttenplan (duo), Theodora Laird, Conal Blake, Caius Williams (trio), Emilie Škrijelj & Tom Malmendier (duo)
Doors 7:30pm
Tickets £8-13
GRAIN is a concert series and archiving project for experimental and improvised music, largely happening within South Bermondsey, and programmed / produced by Caius Williams & Theodora Laird.
Through programming and documenting new and adventurous music through collaboration, archiving, workshops, and performances, the project explores the ongoing dialogue between the transience of DIY art spaces and the communities that inhabit them.
Ute Kanngießer is a London based cellist and composer from Germany. Over the years, she has carefully deconstructed her classical roots and almost exclusively performs unscripted, improvised music. Much of her work has evolved in relationship with other art forms such as film, poetry, dance and site specific work. She is interested in the vast expressive possibilities of her instrument in relation to body, space, and others, always looking to rediscover or redefine what is musical/lyrical in this moment in time.
Recent releases include Blue Monday - a collaboration with writer Zara Joan Miller - on New York label Reading Group.
Theo Guttenplan is a drummer and percussionist from London, playing improvised and other musics. He is also interested in woodworking, crosswords, computers, and football.
Theodora Laird is a vocalist and multidisciplinary artist. Releases under her solo project ‘feeo’ have received critical acclaim. Theodora's practice has involved in tandem with an interest in situating narratives within freely improvised music, specifically through frequent involvement in the GRAIN residency.
Conal Blake is a musician from Glasgow. He currently plays solo and improvises with Li Song and Regan Bowering, using electronics and percussion. He also runs the Feedback Moves label.
Caius Williams is a musician from London who plays the double bass, guitar, and bass guitar. He works in collaboration with others, alongside various solo projects, often working with improvisation and explorations of resonance, and perception.
Some projects include Crosspiece (with Theodora Laird), a duo with guitarist Tara Cunningham, alongside recent or regular performances/collaborations with Lifetones (Charles Bullen of This Heat), Steve Noble, feeo, Daniel O’Sullivan, Mark Sanders, Tom Challenger, Maggie Nicols, Sachiko M, Mark Wastell, amongst others.
Caius has been running the GRAIN series for the last 3 years, a concert series and archiving project for experimental and improvised music, largely happening within South Bermondsey, and programmed / produced with Theodora Laird. Through programming and documenting new and adventurous music through collaboration, archiving, workshops, and performances, the project explores the ongoing dialogue between the transience of DIY art spaces and the communities that inhabit them.
https://caiuswilliams.bandcamp.com
Emilie Skrijelj and Tom Malmendier began to work together in 2019, with the duo "Les Marquises", an electric and intense duo in which Emilie plays turntable, amplified accordion and electronics, and Tom plays the drums.
Their last cd Live in Nickelsdorf was just released on their own label eux sæm.
In parallel with this duo, they developed other projects in collaborations with international musicians, such as Michael Thieke, Otomo Yoshihide, Christine Abdelnour, Angelica Castello, Mike Ladd, a.o...
Lately they wanted to explore a more acoustic duo, with only snare drum for Tom, and a small portable turntable for Emilie, mostly played with objects..