A London-Chicago collaboration, built upon improvisation with artists Stanley Welch, D. Jean-Baptiste and Barreleye for summer solstice
Doors 7:30pm
Tickets: £8-10
The Horse Hospital welcomes a programme of Chicago - London creative exchange, built upon experimentation. Each group explores the edges and interior of the song, but does so in ways wholey unique to themselves. Be prepared for introspection and total rhythm.
Stanley Welch is a musician and composer from rural Cornwall, based in Glasgow and London. Welch creates explosive and winding songs, turning over themselves, finding unexpected corners and avenues of form within the whole. He takes the classic notions of songwriting and lets his audience, alongside him, examine them under a microscope. Stanley Welch is one half of the London-based electronic record label NorthSouth records.
D. Jean-Baptiste is a performer from Chicago experimenting with song by any means necessary. No show is the same, no set follows the same arch. Songs stretch beyond their limit. Silence is a weapon.
Barreleye is a band currently straddling the Atlantic Ocean, with members based in both Chicago and London. Borne of the midwest, these three youngsters take on new worlds with hippy axes, frivolous ears, and steady tardiness, ever in the footsteps of the American Chicken. A sceneless, spineful amalgam, landlocked and poised to unlock your mind from the unstupid.