SIMON ROSE + PASCAL NICHOLS / MICK BECK + MARCIO MATTOS / ALAN TOMLINSON

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Simon Rose – baritone/alto saxophones + Pascal Nichols – drums


Mick Beck - tenor saxophone/bassoon + Marcio Mattos - cello/double bass



Alan Tomlinson – trombone

This summer marks the release of Nichols/Rose BALL TOLE on
Rayon Records.

Pascal Nichols is a self-taught free-thinking drummer based in Manchester. He is involved in projects such as Part Wild Horses Mane On Both Sides, Open Eye Ensemble, Le Drapeau Noir, Uboat, Stuckometer and has also collaborated with artists such as Mick Beck, Arringtonde Dionysios, Christian Munthe, Shiggajon, Hunter Gracchus, Chora, amongst others. Nichols's values are rooted in spontaneous improvisation and spiritual unity through collective musical expression, Nichols has performed in the UK, Western Europe and Scandinavia playing in venues ranging from abandoned train carriages to auditoriums. Aside from drumming, Nichols runs Rayon Records documenting underground and outsider sounds, and produces drawing and illustration work for a number of record labels and for pleasure.

Berlin based saxophonist Simon Rose’s interest as a free improviser developed exploring the possibilities created by purposefully limiting himself to the alto saxophone. Rose has performed from solo to orchestras in Europe, US and Canada. Recently he has included the rich possibilities offered by the larger bore of the baritone saxophone. Recent collaborations have included Jan Roder, Mark Sanders, Kjell Nordeson, Simon Fell, Oluyemi Thomas, Klaus Janek, Liz Allbee, Steve Noble, Olaf Rupp, Antonio Borghini, Chris Chafe, Kanoko Nishi, Ava Mendoza, Weasel Walter, Damon Smith, Scott Looney, Pauline Oliveros, Charity Chan, Colin Stetson, Yorgos Dimitriadis, Jen Baker, Jakki Tolvi, Thomas Helton, Klaus Kuervers and many others. CD recordings can be found on Bruce’s Fingers, Emanem, FMR, Rayon, Leo, PSI with a forthcoming solo baritone sax CD on Not Two.
CD: Simon Rose ‘Procession’ solo alto saxophone (FMR)
2006
‘…‘Procession’ is one of the finest statements from the saxophone I have ever had the pleasure to experience. Over three extended pieces, recorded in concert, Simon Rose proves himself a student of history, but not a slave to it. Each piece is encyclopedic and grandiose without pretence, as witnessed in the opening of the aptly named ‘Ground Effect’. Marc Medwin, CADENCE, September 2007




LINKS

http://pwhmobs.blogspot.com/2009/12/reviews.html

http://rayonrecs.blogspot.com/
http://www.simonrose.org/



Mick Beck tenor saxophone/bassoon and Marcio Mattos cello/double bass

"He plays the tenor with conviction that can border on lawlessness… Mick Beck has been causing jaws to drop … He has been doing it by playing the bassoon … He is now getting something personal and unheralded out of the bassoon.” The Wire
“Ace tenor saxophonist Mick Beck incorporates an amplified bassoon (in a way) that defies even the most oddball stereotypes.” All About Jazz, June 2006

Marcio Mattos has recorded and broadcast groups including John Surman, Evan Parker , John Stevens, Keith Tippett, Derek Bailey 's Company, Dewey Redman and Marylin Crispell, Eddie Prevost Quartet Elton Dean, "Bardo State Orchestra", Chris Burn's Ensemble, Maggie Nicols, John Butcher and othePhil Wachsmann /Jim Denley and others, Chris Biscoe, Brian Godding and Tony Marsh . International projects working in Europe have included Georg Graewe's Grubenklang Orchestra, Stefano Maltese's "Open Music Ensemble", Tony Oxley's Celebration Orchestra, "AXON"- trio with Phil Minton and Martin Blume, bass/cello and shakuhachi duo with Shiku Yano, and in Japan various groupings with Sabu Toyozumi and Keiko Midorikawa. Has also worked with dance companies such as Ballet Rambert and The Extemporary Dance Theatre Company, and in electro-acoustic music groups such as the West Square Electronic Music Ensemble.



LINKS

http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/mbeck.html

http://www.musiclay.co.uk/



Special guest

Alan Tomlinson will play a rare solo set.



http://www.theshed.co.uk/fishandchipvan/alantomlinson.html