Ravi Shankar - Farewell to Europe Tour



29 May 2008 / 19:30
Barbican Hall

Part of Spring 08 Contemporary events
Part of World & Roots


Tickets: £18 £24 £30 £40
subject to availability






Ravi Shankar sitar
Anoushka Shankar sitar
Tanmoy Bose tabla
Ravichandra Kulur flute

An evening of Ragas with the legendary Ravi Shankar and his talented daughter and pupil Anoushka. With Tanmoy Bose, tabla, and Ravichandra Kulur, flute.
Promoted by London Symphony Orchestra

That'll be a shame if it is. I've only been there once, but I liked the place.

the sound has always been a bit crap the 2 or 3 times i've been there.

Merzbow, Ulu, 19/04/2008

The Red Rose is mainly a comedy club, not a music venue, hence the crap sound.

I liked the general ambience of the place when I went there. I can't say that I noticed the sound as being particularly bad, but that's not to say that it wasn't.

T&B, do you mean that the PA was bad, or the acoustics?

If he meant the acoustics, he was right. They are not good. The sound reverberates against the ceiling a lot.

isn't it quite successful as a comedy club?

last time i was there it was the PA that was being crap

Every time I have been there it was the acoustics that struck me as being quite bad. No idea how ''famous'' it is but it's one of the oldest.

The Vortex

Matthew Shipp Trio

Monday 21 April



Matthew Shipp is a pianist and composer whose music is variously described as free jazz, avant-garde classical, and experimental hip-hop. None of these terms is inaccurate, exactly, but none begins to convey the scope and originality of his vision.
Joined by Whit Dickey on drums and Joe Morris on bass, Shipp delves deep into the original format that first gave birth to the very idea of jazz itself: the absolute freedom of an acoustic session.
Matthew Shipp is truly a force to be reckoned with: one of the most creative and intelligent musicians on the planet. Just keeping up with him is a task beyond most musicians' abilities; recognizing his ideas and spurring him onward is a task for the very few. When it works, it's glorious. When it fails, chances are you'll stick around for more. This is a must for all fans of free jazz.

The Borderline

Friday 29th February
MEAN FIDDLER presents: MONADE (featuring Laetitia from Stereolab) with support from It Hugs Back
Doors 7pm - £7.50 Advance

Brixton's Windmill

Wed 12th
March
Unluck Recs presents:
*Jack Rose
*Hush Arbors
*Directing Hand

JACK ROSE (Philadelphia, PA)
Widely regarded as one of the finest post-Takoma guitarists around, Jack Rose has played many incredible shows in London and this is sure to be another memorable occasion. Expect a varied set of steel-strung blues, sun-blissed ragas and slow burning traditionals. Also a member of seminal Philedelphia folk-improv trio Pelt, Rose's recorded output – including cuts on VHF, Eclipse, Klang, Tequila Sunrise and Beautiful Happiness – is truly an impressive collection. Don't miss.


HUSH ARBORS
Keith Wood aka Hush Arbors is straight outta Virginia, US and a long-time member of Sunburned Hand of the Man alongside his solo psych-folk explorations. Also regularly collaborates with Wooden Wand, Six Organs of Admittance and Current 93.

DIRECTING HAND (Glasgow)
Directing Hand is the project of Glasgow-based Alex Neilson, member of Taurpis Tula, Scatter and Tight Meat Trio. Neilson is firmly at the core of free music in the UK and beyond, playing and recording with Jandek, Will Oldham, MV/EE, Richard Youngs and plenty more besides. This particular show will be a four-piece incarnation featuring harp, vocals and trombone.

Sun Mar 23 2008 Weedeater UNDERWORLD LONDON

The Dover Street Restaurant & Bar









3rd March

Salamander
Swinging Hanmmond organ based Jazz and Blues 6 piece

hmmm i have to choose between this and dananananaykroyd in stoke newington on the same night. it's a hard one.
also, do any of you londoners know of anything musically interesting happening on the friday (14 march)?

Openlab artists will be playing live electronic noise / beats and live video art at the Deptford.TV premiere night, Friday 4th of April, The Ivy House, Peckham, SE15 3BE. Beautiful electronic sounds to warm your heart and ears. Bring your headphones or you will not hear anything. This is part of the Node London events season this spring, a fundraiser for the Mindsweeper floating venue.



http://nodel.org
http://www.pawfal.org/openlab/

Bring your headphones!
4th April
The Ivy House
Stuart Road
Nunhead
SE15 3BE

The nothing and the nothingness - a happening by Matthew Lee Knowles

Tuesday 29th April 2008
Louise T Blouin Institute


Visitors will be able to freely move around a series of aural, visual and participatory events by musicians, performance artists, composers, poets, actors, dancers, artists and filmmakers, who will all come together for an evening of exploration into nothingness at the Louise T Blouin Institute in Notting Hill.


Below is a selection of the 100+ performers/composers/artists/sound:performance artists/actors/groups/musicians/dancers/philosophers/bands and filmmakers involved

John Callaghan,
Halal Kebab Hut – algorithmic junkestra,
Catalina Niculescu,
Neil Luck,
John Lely,
Tim Parkinson,
Adam Delacour,
Claudia Molitor,
Jo Thomas,
Giorgio Sadotti,
Mica and the shapes,
Blood Moon,
Richard Thomas,
Colin Alexander,
Cecilia Wee,
Rupert Cross,
Luis Federico Pascarella,
Michelle Byrne,
Elen Le Foll,
Jemma Borg,
Mikhail Karikas,
Paul Newland,
David Arrowsmith,
Andreas Borregaard,
Laurence Crane,
Ciara O’Connor,
Joanna Sleight,
Sam Belinfante,
Satako Doi,
Owen Duff,
Emily kenway,
Saito Masumi,
Jordan Hunt,
Grace Nyandoro,
Antonio Van de Feith Gumpiérrez,
Mercury 4tet,
Tony Thatcher,
Drew Cyster,
Alicia Cubells,
Carla Onni,
Stuart Russell


Come and see nothing happening and experience nothingness for yourself.



The audience and performers will be exploring others’ ideas, writings and thoughts on nothingness and attempting to present ‘nothing’ in its many forms. This happening is a demonstration of nothing and nothingness where the audience will be able to experience and assimilate the presented ideas and find their own meanings whilst constantly being challenged to consider this complex subject.

All events cost £5, unless otherwise stated All events are free of charge to Institute Members. If you are not a Louise T Blouin Institute Member and would like to become one then please follow the link below http://www.ltbfoundation.org/ltbi_membership.html

We advise booking in advance. To order your tickets for this lecture or forthcoming lectures or events please contact the Louise T Blouin Institute Reception on: 020 7985 9600 or email info@ltbfoundation.org with your credit card details. Phone lines are open between 10.00 and 18.00 daily. Tickets can be bought on the door depending on availability.

Louise T Blouin Institute 3 Olaf Street London W11 4BE
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Saya (Tenniscoats)
Sunday, 13 April 2008
Cafe Oto

18 - 22 Ashwin street
Dalston, London, E8 3DL

£5 http://www.wegottickets.com/event/28621

Saya, vocalist and primary songwriter for Japan's Tenniscoats touches down in London for a rare solo spot to open Dalston's latest live performance space CAFE OTO with a set of inspired psychedelic avant-pop.

Tenniscoats celebrate all that makes song vital in our collective consciousness, matching emotive live performance against delicately psychedelic folk songs. As Johan Berthling of Swedish trio Tape commented:

"Their starting point is pop songs, but with a staggeringly free approach: psychedelic folk tunes, complex instrumentals and short pop jewels side by side, everything is possible. A song can be performed in a myriad ways. Their interplay is angular and at the same time the most sensitive one has heard. A feeling of a music that constantly goes on, whether Saya and Ueno are on stage or not. A music free of pretensions, but urgent as few things I have heard."

Saya is one of the key figures in the tokyo underground pop scene, a catalyst and collaborator, organising shows and giving opportunities to younger musicians on the scene, whilst spreading her own wings with far-flung collaborations. Two are due later this year with The Pastels (on Geographic/Domino) and Deerhoof's Satomi as OneOne - the name a sweet pun on the japanese onomatopoeia for a dog's bark. These follow last year's two stunning records - Totemo Aimasho (trans. 'Lets meet very much' for the Australian ROOM40 label) and Tan-Tan Therapy (for Häpna in Sweden).

Saya is also a member of Maher Shalal Hash Baz and runs the Majikick label with her partner Takashi Ueno (Tenniscoats' guitarist/saxophonist) from their base in Tokyo's outer suburbs.

"Innocence without the sweetness that sometimes puts people off of twee-pop, hearkening back instead to the ramshackle psychedelic sing-song of the Red Krayola... well worth checking out." pitchforkmedia.com

ABOUT CAFE OTO

Cafe OTO is a venue based in Dalston, London presenting the most innovative artists working today with a particular focus on new music. The venue's aim is to support and foster a vibrant creative community rooted in their local surroundings whilst embracing the best new music and art from the U.K. and abroad.

Cafe OTO (meaning noise/sound/music in Japanese) comprises of one large café/performance space open during the day serving food and drink with an evening programme of live music, films, talks and discussions. Based on the ground floor of an old warehouse on Ashwin Street in Dalston the venue opens in April 2008.

www.myspace.com/tenniscoats
www.tenniscoats.com
www.cafeoto.co.uk
www.wegottickets.com/event/

OMSK events unfold across multiple rooms, providing a platform for live art, experimental sound, bands / DJs, film, video and installation. Having recently concentrated on 'OMSKBOOK' and 'A Walk Through' (an expanded gallery exhibition), OMSK now has a series of live events planned, beginning on April 24th at an old factory on Cable Street, London E1.

The OMSK collective are looking for work for this and other summer/autumn happenings. Please visit www.omsk.org.uk and have a read of our manifesto, which has a fair go at trying to outline the kinds of work we support. If it fits, or if you feel like changing the manifesto to make it fit, then send CDs/DVDs/short written proposals to:

OMSK
1st floor, 17-25 Cremer Street, London E2 8HD
or email: omskorganisation@gmail.com
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Now with added video flyer.

This gig featuring live, Live, LIVE! performances from:

Breakneck Static!
- of Southend - guitar scree, bass grrr and crunching gobstoppers - appeared in session on Resonance last year


Yeborobo!
- of the Mentalist Collective - wizard outfits, shouting shouting and poster paints - appeared in session on the Hello Goodbye Show a few months ago


Little Penguin!
- of Southend - hummmmmm and fizzzzzle of stylophone and Gameboy - first London gig!


Meat Dungeon
- of the ether - unknown music - no website - first gig in this dimension


Plus DJs
Datashat
Cleckhuddersfax Tom


Time: 8pm, Tuesday 25 March
Place: The Windmill, Blenheim Gardens, Brixton
Damage: £3