kipple live at mopomoso

24 02 2013

kipple is the unique free jazz sextet i play with. the unusual instrumentation features two strong electronics section alongside guitar to provide both harmonic, textural and noise dimensions to the music. and as well as drums, we have two other acoustic players on trumpet and soprano sax.

we play with a surprising range of dynamics from full on free jazz to minimal noise improv and out of nowhere, a slow melody may appear and take you to ballad cloud-land… to then slap you straight back to contemporary weirdness and dissonant multiphonia…

it’s a rollercoaster of a journey and it won’t leave you any minute to catch your breath.

of course, music is best experienced live… but john russell at mopomoso is kindly documenting all his events, so here are some cool videos from london’s vortex.

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Ian Simpson (electronics), Derek Saw (trumpet/flugelhorn), Shaun Blezard (electronics), Hervé Perez (soprano saxophone), John Jasnoch (guitars) & Charlie Collins (drums/percussion) at Mopomoso free improvisation night. Filmed by Kostas Chondros at the Vortex, London, on 17 February 2013.

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Kipple is a word coined by the remarkable science fiction writer Philip K. Dick. It refers to the sinister type of rubbish which simply builds up without any human intervention. Eventually, one day, the entire world will have moved to a state of kipplization

From Phil Dick’s “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?”

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Kipple combines the momentum of ESP era free jazz with a 2 man low fi electronics section in place of the piano. The rhythm section is that used by Sonny Simmons on his UK gigs. The free blowing trumpet/soprano sax front line manages to be intense and relaxed at the same time.

(Phil Morton, Frakture, 2011)

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sounding out in the uk 2012

26 08 2012

with the new year, this project is picking up intensity. some old favourites i keep revisiting, but also many new locations. going further afield and searching for new types of places:

derelict halls and remnants of the decaying bourgeoisie, arty places, urban explorers heaven, caves and quarries. i was even heard battling it with a fog horn – and a distinct echo from the thick mist. and of course, sneaking in the odd cathedral just can’t be missed.

these recordings take on new dimensions as i develop further a relation to the spaces i explore both physically and sonically.

i hope you enjoy this new season of recordings. more very soon, this time in a different country… i have been working on my latest escapades and there are many exciting tracks to come. so keep your eyes peeled and your ears to the ground

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dressing the table of offerings

ilam church

derbyshire

1.95 shakuhachi, 15 april 2012

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meditation for cs

james turrel installation, deer park

yorkshire sculpture park

1.95 shakuhachi, 28 march 2012

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les alouettes

ilam church

derbyshire

soprano saxophone, 24 march 2012

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a battle of horns one cannot win

portland lighthouse

dorset

soprano saxophone, 15 march 2012

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fog country

fontmell magna church

dorset

soprano saxophone, 14 march 2012

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rocks and sea breeze

winspit caves

dorset

soprano saxophone, 14 march 2012

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mirrors

over haddon church

peak district

soprano saxophone, 21 february 2012

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chasing lines in the water

over haddon church

peak district

soprano saxophone, 21 february 2012

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what the wind brings

little longstone church

derbyshire

1.95 shakuhachi, 13 february 2012

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a headless woman

sutton scarsdale hall

sutton scarsdale

soprano saxophone, 12 february 2012

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a spark amidst the darkness

citadel of hope

sheffield

soprano saxophone, 07 february 2012

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within the walls

citadel of hope

sheffield

soprano saxophone, 07 february 2012

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chapter house

lincoln cathedral

peak district

1.95 shakuhachi, 01 february 2012

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Derbyshire

20 03 2011

A few images of Derbyshire

and the landscape near Sheffield

Porter Valley

Winhill

Ladybower reservoir

Stanedge Edge

Tideswell Cathedral