Loop Collective Double Bill: MA / Splice + DJ (Ross)

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Loop Collective Double Bill

MA/SPLICE + DJ

Ma:
Tom Challenger
Dave Smith
Matt Calvert
Ross Stanley

Ma. are sure to carve out their own space within Europe's electronic/improvisation landscape, with a distinctive sound moving between serene Boards Of Canada-esque layers, explosive noise-improv in the vein of Norway's Supersilent, Tortoise-style beats and dark, abstract dub soundworlds. With members of Red Snapper, Three Trapped Tigers, The Heritage Orchestra, Outhouse and Nostalgia 77 it's not surprising that Tom Challenger's heady, often Messiaen-inspired material is subject to such a multi-pronged interpretation.

Splice:
Robin Fincker - tenor sax / clarinet
Alex Bonney - trumpet / electronics
Pierre-Alexandre Tremblay - bass / electronics
Dave Smith - drums

Splice's raison d'être is to mesh together influences of contemporary jazz, free improv, loud and soft noise, punk grit, ambient music, and more... with seamless blends or blunt juxtapositions.

Featuring Alex Bonney on trumpet and electronics, Robin Fincker on tenor sax and clarinet, Dave Smith on drums, Pierre Alexandre Tremblay on bass guitar and electronics, Splice launched their debut CD LAB at the 2011 Loop Festival at the Forge, London.

The evening will end with an eclectic set from legend in his own lunchtime DJ Ross.