This just in from all-round Mancunian multi-media bloke (poet, songwriter, saxophonist, theatre-and-film collaborator) Alabaster DePlume. He’s on a tour of off-the-beaten track venues in the south of England this week with experimental Edinburgh improvisers SiNK, having started off in Aberystywyth over the weekend (sorry, I heard about that gig too late). It’s not entirely clear what they’re doing, but it’s safe to assume that there’ll be a spirit of discovery.
About SiNK, Alabaster says:
The tour celebrates their new album, ‘Ossicles’… Last time I played with them they created a ‘sound mirror’ – a bass drum on its side filled with water, with a speaker underneath. They played their music through the speaker and projected a light onto the water which was reflected onto the ceiling, where it displayed the geometrical shapes created by the sounds. They then played in response to the shapes (and each other) which changed in response to their playing.
Tour dates:
The Prince Albert, Rodborough Hill, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 3SS, Tuesday 2nd June, 8.00 pm – free event.
The Albion Beatnik Bookshop, 34 Walton Street, Oxford, OX2 6AA, Wednesday 3rd June, 7.30pm – tickets £8.00 (£5.00 concessions);
Nest Collective @ Turning Earth Ceramics Studio, Railway Arches 361-362, Whiston Road, London, E2 8BW, Friday 5th June, 8.30 pm – tickets £8.00 to £10.00 from here.
Café Kino, 108 Stokes Croft, Bristol, BS1 3RU, Saturday 6th June, 8.00 pm – tickets £6.00.
Earthworm Housing Co-Op, Wheatstone House, High Street, Leintwardine, Craven Arms, Shropshire, SY7 0LH, Sunday 6th June, 7.30 pm – free event.
Sounds intriguing…
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