First in a new season of improvised music concerts in Cheltenham presented by Chris Cundy
Norwegian drummer Emil Karlsen brings Spaces Unfolding to Cheltenham, a trio featuring Philipp Wachsmann violin & Neil Metcalfe flute
+ Stephen Vitkovitch (Byrd Out) DJ set
Spaces Unfolding was initiated by Norwegian drummer Emil Karlsen and features UK stalwart improvisers Neil Metcalfe and Philipp Wachsmann. The trio was created to explore the percussion, violin and flute constellation with a particular interested in the acoustic spaces which they inhabit.
Having been introduced to the London Improvisers Orchestra a few years earlier, Karlsen first approached long time member Metcalfe about potentially forming a trio. It was then known that he and Wachsmann had only collaborated in various large ensembles, never before in a small group context. Two obvious collaborators whose paths rarely crossed ultimately outlined an intriguing framework for the group to emerge from and this laid the foundation for their first outing: ‘The Way We Speak’. The album was captured in the unique acoustics of St. Mary's Old Church, the last surviving Elizabethan Church in London, and was released November 2022 on the historic Bead Records to critical acclaim.
"Only highly experienced improvisers, with deep listening gifts can produce such profound music." - Eyal Hareuveni (Salt Peanuts)
Featured on the ‘Albums of the year list 2022’ - New York City Jazz Record
"British people use the word “lovely” to describe almost anything – “brilliant” runs a close second. But both arguably overused descriptors apply to The Way We Speak. Spaces Unfolding’s music is something to savor, to relish. It is both lovely and brilliant."
–Bill Shoemaker (Point Of Departure)
“Lively and colourful collection of pieces” - Ben Lunn (Morning Star)
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As label head of the "genre defying" (The Wire) Byrd Out, Stephen Vitkovitch has had a hand in releases by the late, great Andrew Weatherall, dub and jazz crossover curios from Betamax of The Comet is Coming and Soccer96, and a host of East African artists including Slickback and KMRU. He's also a resident on Bristol based 1020 radio with his '81 Discovery Avenue show', which focuses on left field jazz sounds.
Gustav Lost –
Six Panel Gatefold CD
CHRIS CUNDY
£10 GBP
A Sound Map of the Roman Baths (Source Book)
£8 GBP
Archangel –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
CHRYSAKIS / CUNDY / SCHLECHTA / VOLQUARTZ
£10 GBP
теплота + speed hobby @ Smokey Joe's 26th September 2023
£8 GBP
Anisixia –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
EVENTLESS PLOT & CHRIS CUNDY
£8 GBP
(you danced with) grey daggers EP –
Limited Edition 7" Vinyl EP
CHRIS CUNDY
£10 GBP
Memory Loss –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
EVENTLESS PLOT & CHRIS CUNDY
£10 GBP
Transmissions of Not –
Limited Edition 12" Vinyl
GANNETS
£20 GBP
Music for Chamber Organ & Contra Bass Clarinet –
LIMITED EDITION COMPACT DISC
THANOS CHRYSAKIS & CHRIS CUNDY
£10 GBP
The Francis Documents I & II –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
POCO CLARINET TRIO
£10 GBP
Grace & Delete –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
GRACE & DELETE
£5 GBP
At Nether Edge –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
WEAVELS
£10 GBP
The Living Puzzle –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
WEAVELS
£10 GBP
Two Plump Daughters –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
DOMINIC LASH & CHRIS CUNDY
£10 GBP
The Disruptive Forest –
Limited Edition Tin Box CD Set
CHRIS CUNDY
£12 GBP
Crude Attempt –
Compact Disc (without artwork)
CHRIS CUNDY
£6 GBP
Ordinary Evidence –
Six Panel Gatefold CD
TRIOFOLIO
£10 GBP
A Certain Slant of Light –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
THANOS CHRYSAKIS & CHRIS CUNDY
£10 GBP
Mountains –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
CHRIS CUNDY
£10 GBP
Asphodels Abide –
Glass Mastered Compact Disc
CHRYSAKIS / CUNDY / O'SULLIVAN
£10 GBP
Crude Attempt –
Collectors Edition Compact Disc with Artwork
CHRIS CUNDY
Sold Out
Hidden Bomba –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
CHRIS CUNDY & BENEDICT TAYLOR
Sold Out
Music for Bass Clarinets –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
VARIOUS ARTISTS
Sold Out
Music for Two Organs & Two Bass Clarinets –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
CHRYSAKIS / CUNDY / SCHLECHTA / VOLQUARTZ
Sold Out
Music for Two Organs & Two Bass Clarinets –
Limited Edition Compact Disc + Original Artwork by Chris Cundy
CHRYSAKIS / CUNDY / SCHLECHTA / VOLQUARTZ
Sold Out
Chris Cundy UK
www.chriscundy.com
Playing bass clarinet, saxophones, and other unusual woodwind instruments - Chris is a composer and
performer exploring an experimental practice while also working in popular music. Other activities include writing theatre music, performing modern classical and free improvisation.
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