KONSZTRUKTING SOUNDZ Evening #12

Event information

Door open: 19:00
Concert start: 19:30
Concert end: 22:00

Featuring: The Bohman Brothers, Angela Hui Wai Nok, Charlotte Keefe, LUFT.

Evening Setup
Set #1 The Bohman Brothers
Short Break
Set #2 Angela Hui Wai Nok
Short Break
Set #3 Charlote Keefe
Short Break
Set #4 LUFT (James O'Sullivan, Christopher Hill, Alan Newcombe)
Concert End (~22:00)

THE BOHMAN BROTHERS
“ Sound art veterans The Bohman Brothers invest random words with unearned meanings via the eloquent juxtapositions of their elegantly neutral voices. After three decades of experimentation, these alchemists of banality, these banalchemists, turn everyday leaden language into poetic gold.” – Stewart Lee (reviewing the ‘Back On The Streets’ album)

Adam and Jonathan Bohman have been recording together since their early teens and playing live since 1984.

Their repertoire includes a combination of sounds created in the moment and distinct compositions including songs. They use unconventional instruments, household objects, dislocated text from found, literary and commercial sources and collaged layers of recordings.

Regular concerts started in the mid-90s in London at places like The Club Room in Penton Street, The Red Rose and The Klinker. From 2000 to 2005 they had their own concert series upstairs at The Bonnington Café in Vauxhall, London.

Working together they are in a number of groups, including : Secluded Bronte with Richard Thomas, The BBC with Richard Crow, Ischio Romantico with Leonard Aspen & Roger Boulding and The Dave Craught Five with Romuald Wadych. They have also worked with film-maker Peter Strickland on various projects.

https://thebohmanbrothers.bandcamp.com

ANGELA HUI WAI NOK, a percussionist and sound artist. She uses sounds that are not meant to be, childhood-like sugarcoating to frame and tell the true story of the living, uses sonic elements to bring attention to the phenomena of activism and self-love with a bitter aftertaste. She has released two solo albums/ major works, 'Let Me Tell You Something' & 'the plum'.

https://www.angelahuiwainok.com/
https://www.youtube.com/@angelawai-nokhui5388

CHARLOTTE KEEFE is a musician, trumpeter and flugelhorn player, wears her love for freely improvising, free jazz and abstract music-making on her (brightly coloured) sleeve. Whether performing regularly as a soloist (Sound Brush), or leading a variety of different ensembles, including her RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW Quartet, with Ashley John Long on double bass, Ben Handysides on drums and Moss Freed on guitar, she meticulously carves out spaces for the free movement of ideas and individual expression.

​Inspired by abstract painters, Keeffe refers to her instruments as ‘Sound Brushes’.

Her debut album ‘Right Here, Right Now’ is where you’ll find her exhibiting a passion for vibrant soundscapes rendered in live spaces. Released in 2021 on Discus Music, Keeffe earned critical acclaim and carved out a niche on the imprint, also composing, performing and co-leading (with Discus Music's head, Martin Archer), for/on a number of the record label's artists/projects including; Anthropology Band (featuring Pat Thomas and Orphy Robinson MBE among others), Hi Res Heart with Martin Pyne, Carla Diratz, Julie Tippetts and many, many more. Keeffe's 2nd album is out now (released September 2023) and features her RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW Quartet, ALIVE! in the studio...

To date, her music has been significantly featured on BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 6 and Jazz FM, where she's been described as a 'prolific', 'dynamic' and 'excellent improviser!', by the likes of Corey Mwamba, Stuart Maconie and Jez Nelson. She is a Serious Artist and part of the Take Five 2022 cohort.

Keeffe performed a duet with the mighty City of London as part of world-renowned trumpeter Dave Douglas' Festival of New Trumpet Music 2022.

Harnessing the power of art for social change is a crucial part of Keeffe’s musical identity: she has served as Assistant Musical Director of the London Gay Big Band, champions gender and diversity equality, as part of the Parliamentary award-winning Women in Jazz Media team, and played in Marin Alsop's Taki Concordia Orchestra at the World Economic Forum 2019, in front of world leaders and celebrities including Sir David Attenborough.

From stepping on Glastonbury and Wilderness stages alongside Charlotte Church, Laura Mvula and Kate Nash, to broadcasting to an international audience live from her bathroom during the global pandemic, Keeffe understands that embracing individuality and letting go of inhibitions is the surest way to grasp the transformative power of music.

'...Keeffe shows notable strength of character as she runs the sonic and emotional gamut..." - Kevin Le Gendre, JAZZWISE

https://www.charlottekeeffe.com/

JAMES O'SULLIVAN is a London- based experimental guitar player and improvisor who employs a playful but meticulous approach to the instrument through the bringing-together of physicality, resonance, detail and dynamics. Through a rich, layered and engaging sound-world, he entwines the excitement of the moment with a creative, focused exploration, to create an enduring document of the guitar’s potential.

His interest in improvisation, recording and performance has led him to record and perform across the UK and internationally, both solo and with numerous improvised music groups. More longstanding arrangements include Luft, a trio with Chris Hill and Alan Newcombe; Muster, a duo with Dan Powell (electronics); a duo with Paul May (percussionist), the improvising trio Found Drowned, and a string of collaborative releases on the Aural Terrains imprint. He has released three solo albums, feed back couple, released in 2011, IL Y A, in 2017 and Lovely Error in 2022. More recent releases include Repetition Disguises, an electric guitar duo with Nathan Moore; CHORD, with Ross Lambert, Nathan Moore and Eddie Prévost, and the eponymous Luft (O’Sullivan/Hill/Newcombe).

ALAN NEWCOMBE was a member of the London Musicians Collective in the mid 80's and since returning to live playing has been involved in MOWO, the Skronk sessions, the London Improvisation Workshop, Babble and Squeak, No Computers and the 50/50 project. Collaborations include a quartet with Eddie Prevost, Dominic Lash and NO Moore, a trio with Paul May and James O'Sullivan, ,an occasional trio with Dave Fowler and Jordan Muscatello, duos with Chris Hill , Keisuke Matsui. and Stephan Barrett - and most recently an improvisation based on his new novel Gritstone, with ,Iris Colomb, Bettina Schroeder,. Douglas Benford and Jordan Muscatello.
But his main concentration over the past year has been LUFT, a group formed with Chris Hill and James o'Sullivan, who play together as frequently as possible. They have one album released. on Scatter Records called ...LUFT.

CHRIS HILL is an improvising musician and sound artist. Based in London he regularly plays with the London Improvisers Orchestra, Eddie Prévost’s workshop group and promotes performances under the name of Babble&Squeak and DiscountGnostic. Recent collaborations and releases have been with Phil Morton (Project 50:50), Matt Atkins (Map & Territory; Moonside Tapes, 2023), Stephan Barrett (Dawn and Soil Bound: MRM 75, 2023), Microtonal Music (Moonside Tapes, 2023) and Ed Shipsey with whom he records as Egg & Crisp (Suckle Time; Astral Sewage, 2023). Some recent work has been aired on The Ambrosia Rasputin Show (Resonance FM) and Radiophrenia (Glasgow).

https://discountgnostic.bandcamp.com/