Festival line up
Be Glad For The Song Has No End ~ Programme Notes / Things to Look Out For
////BOULDER STAGE////
10.00 Martin Creed and His Band: The Turner Prize winner’s post-punk/minimalist/conceptual music. Full headline set.
9.00 Long Meg: "The slightly incomprehensible ramblings of LONGMEG, a band seemingly made up of eight people who met on the tube last night and haven’t made it home yet". Recent performances include Tate Modern and Vilma Gold.
8.00 Bob and Roberta Smith’s Apathy Band: Live music ensemble revolving around narrative monologues and short stories by Bob and Roberta Smith.MySpace
7.00 Juneau Projects: Live performance with new home-made instruments.website
6.00 Grubby Mitts: Andy Holden's 'Art Ensemble of Mid-Bedfordshire' combining live projections with electronics, objects, woodwind, drums, percussion, keys and multiple voices. website
5.00 Junior Aspirin Records Present: Socrates That Practices Music (live): Top and tailed by Junior Aspirin Records 'History of the World' DJ sets – Junior Aspirin record label have been running for nearly ten years and release many great art-music cross-over projects. website
4.00 Sue Tompkins: Spoken word, solo voice performance: 'More Cola Wars' (2004). Sue played in the influential indie-rock band Life Without Buildings and was nominated for the 'Becks Futures' in 2006.youtube
3.00 The Errorists: Bioeconomics songs through sculptures, with cello, harp and dramatic melodies, led by Hillary Koob-Sassen. MySpace
2.00 Die Kunst: Three piece comic post-punk long-term art-rock group with Richard Hylton (drums and vocals) David Mackintosh (bass and vocals) and Martin Vincent (guitar and vocals).
////Amphis Stage////
10.30 Mark Leckey: DJ set of 'Showtunes' to close the festival.
9.30 Kaffe Matthews: Electronics with surround sound including speakers under the floor of the artist-built structure. website
7.30 Rude Pravo: Glasgow based band with the artists Luke Fowler
6.30 Owl Project: Live set performed on their home-made i-logs. Owl Projects combine the art of wood-turning with the production of unusual electronic music. Live camera on stage to show how they use sawing wood to make sounds. website
5.30 Joanne Robertson: Quiet and beautiful songs from the painter/musician (ex Blood and Feathers). myspace
4.30 Bohman Brothers with Richard Thomas: Improvised set with various curious objects and voice from the influential London improvisers.
3.30 Ricky Leach: Part Andy Kauffman stand-up, part Matmos-esque sound processing, new 'character' ruminates on the forthcoming environmental apocalypse in the style of Scott Walker. myspace
2.30 Closed Circuits: JUST ADDED exclusive first live show by Closed Circuits following the debut album last year. myspace
1.30 Babygrand: Various sound-sources (music boxes etc) and improvised sounds by Norwich based artist Holly Rumble. myspace
12.30 Saydance: dark, moody electronic music from Franziska Lantz's techno character. myspace
////Cinema/Gallery Space (Times TBC)////
The program of films is a survey of works by artists that use music or sound as the subject of the video to explore, through documentary, anthropology or performance ideas of cultural history in a more reflective way. This will provide a more reflexive space to run alongside the live ‘stage’ based performances that will take place outside. The films will be intercut with live performances which use the gallery space and soundtracks by artists to selected films.
Aleksander Kolkowski Special theatrical show with music created from wax cylinders, gramophone horns and other specially devised sound-sources. website
David Blandy Live soundtrack to Blandy’s film Crossroads, set around the crossroads where Robert Johnson reputedly sold his soul. Performed in character. website
Nico Vascellari A 'set' of 4 of his films and documentations of performances (running time 26mins) Death Blood War, 2006 (shot at Slayer concert), Untitled Song, 2004 (drum video), Nico & The Vascellaris, 2005, Lago Morto, 2009
Sam Bellinfante Screening of the film Taos (currently part of the show Cage Mix at The Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art). In the film Bellinfante travels to New Mexico to investigate a humming noise in the landscape. Followed by a live performance of Stimmung - a work for a large group of singers and radios. Local singers will be recruited to re-stage this piece.
Johnny Parry & Chamber Orchestra Full show to accompany a set of film collaborations with Andy Holden that stretches back seven years. With string quartet, brass, woodwind and opera singers, all the films have click tracks and the performers have earpieces to allow complete synchronization. The films included piece shot around battle reenactments, zoology museums, Disney landscapes, greenhouses, and the Californian desert.
Rob Bidder (Ex Tea and Toast Band): A mixture of live narration of his animations, songs, drawings and short films presented by Rob.
1.30 Pyramid Pyramid: New project from painter Phil Root. Layered textures reminiscent of his paintings with simple melodies and loops, recalls Suicide crossed with Boards of Canada. myspace
////Film Screenings////
Ian Forsyth and Jane Pollard: "File Under Sacred Music". The film of their re-staging at the ICA of infamous Cramps Concert. Archie Bronson Outfit: A selection of their recent home-made animated videos from the new album Coconut. Mark Dean: A selection of films. Mark taught many of the artists performing (Junior Aspirin, Grubby Mitts, Juneau Projects). Mark will also DJ his selection of artist music records between bands on the main stage. Paul Rooney A new piece called "Lost High Street" (12mins) from the video-maker/musician. Paul Rooney even did a John Peel session with his music project Rooney. Luke Fowler: "Pilgrimage from Scattered Points", a film about the Scratch Orchestra, a British experimental music group from the 1960s involving Cornelius Cardew. Fowler is also performing with his band Rude Pravo. Jim Shaw: LA-based artist, part of the original line up of "Destroy all Monsters", showing documentation of a recent performance involving instruments made out of body parts, chosen by the artists for the festival . Paul Rooney: "Abandoned High Street" 2008. A Selection of films by M4sk 22. Also TBC films by Matt Stokes, Ed Atkins, Benedict Drew
////Elsewhere in the grounds////
Elsewhere around the arts centre site: Kim Gordon & Jutta Koether’s Reverse Karaoke Yurt. Play along to the lead vocalist of Sonic Youth. Originally commissioned for the exhibition Her Noise. Julie Myers - Field Piece (1). Song inserted into landscape with Phillipa Spencer and the Rhythm of Life singers. Mark Essen's Record Exchange - A stall for artists and the public to bring their old records and barter and haggle with Mark to swap them with one from his collection. Charlesworth, Lewandowski and Mann Pirate radio sound-system in the wooded area of the arts centre grounds. Speakers made in the form of standing stones. An Endless Supply The Birmingham based publication collaborate with Andy Holden on a special booklet of related material (stills/graphic scores/texts) which also doubles up as a festival program. They also have a stall of photocopiers to reproduce out of print related texts. Aleksander Kolkowski CD-Recycled 45rpm. Aleksander uses his vintage record cutter to 'overwrite' existing data and cut grooves on CDs/DVDs so they can be played on a turntable. Bring unwanted CDs/DVDs and a sound file and receive a recycled disc in return. Richard Thomas(ResonanceFM 104.4). Richard curates one minute sounds for cinema - various artists - to be played between films and performances in the cinema / gallery UBUWeb soundsystem Live random stream from the archive in the cafe area Artist Record Stall. Buy various discs and assorted merchandise from the artists involved.
The Wire Sound System Rob Young and Anne Hilde-Nesset will be DJing on the main stage, Rob's set will be themed around his new book Electric Eden, a history of British folk music, and Anne's will focus on sound poetry. The Wire Website
Be Glad For The Song Has No End ~ Programme Notes / Things to Look Out For
////BOULDER STAGE////
10.00 Martin Creed and His Band: The Turner Prize winner’s post-punk/minimalist/conceptual music. Full headline set.
9.00 Long Meg: "The slightly incomprehensible ramblings of LONGMEG, a band seemingly made up of eight people who met on the tube last night and haven’t made it home yet". Recent performances include Tate Modern and Vilma Gold.
8.00 Bob and Roberta Smith’s Apathy Band: Live music ensemble revolving around narrative monologues and short stories by Bob and Roberta Smith.MySpace
7.00 Juneau Projects: Live performance with new home-made instruments.website
6.00 Grubby Mitts: Andy Holden's 'Art Ensemble of Mid-Bedfordshire' combining live projections with electronics, objects, woodwind, drums, percussion, keys and multiple voices. website
5.00 Junior Aspirin Records Present: Socrates That Practices Music (live): Top and tailed by Junior Aspirin Records 'History of the World' DJ sets – Junior Aspirin record label have been running for nearly ten years and release many great art-music cross-over projects. website
4.00 Sue Tompkins: Spoken word, solo voice performance: 'More Cola Wars' (2004). Sue played in the influential indie-rock band Life Without Buildings and was nominated for the 'Becks Futures' in 2006.youtube
3.00 The Errorists: Bioeconomics songs through sculptures, with cello, harp and dramatic melodies, led by Hillary Koob-Sassen. MySpace
2.00 Die Kunst: Three piece comic post-punk long-term art-rock group with Richard Hylton (drums and vocals) David Mackintosh (bass and vocals) and Martin Vincent (guitar and vocals).
////Amphis Stage////
10.30 Mark Leckey: DJ set of 'Showtunes' to close the festival.
9.30 Kaffe Matthews: Electronics with surround sound including speakers under the floor of the artist-built structure. website
7.30 Rude Pravo: Glasgow based band with the artists Luke Fowler
6.30 Owl Project: Live set performed on their home-made i-logs. Owl Projects combine the art of wood-turning with the production of unusual electronic music. Live camera on stage to show how they use sawing wood to make sounds. website
5.30 Joanne Robertson: Quiet and beautiful songs from the painter/musician (ex Blood and Feathers). myspace
4.30 Bohman Brothers with Richard Thomas: Improvised set with various curious objects and voice from the influential London improvisers.
3.30 Ricky Leach: Part Andy Kauffman stand-up, part Matmos-esque sound processing, new 'character' ruminates on the forthcoming environmental apocalypse in the style of Scott Walker. myspace
2.30 Closed Circuits: JUST ADDED exclusive first live show by Closed Circuits following the debut album last year. myspace
1.30 Babygrand: Various sound-sources (music boxes etc) and improvised sounds by Norwich based artist Holly Rumble. myspace
12.30 Saydance: dark, moody electronic music from Franziska Lantz's techno character. myspace
////Cinema/Gallery Space (Times TBC)////
The program of films is a survey of works by artists that use music or sound as the subject of the video to explore, through documentary, anthropology or performance ideas of cultural history in a more reflective way. This will provide a more reflexive space to run alongside the live ‘stage’ based performances that will take place outside. The films will be intercut with live performances which use the gallery space and soundtracks by artists to selected films.
Aleksander Kolkowski Special theatrical show with music created from wax cylinders, gramophone horns and other specially devised sound-sources. website
David Blandy Live soundtrack to Blandy’s film Crossroads, set around the crossroads where Robert Johnson reputedly sold his soul. Performed in character. website
Nico Vascellari A 'set' of 4 of his films and documentations of performances (running time 26mins) Death Blood War, 2006 (shot at Slayer concert), Untitled Song, 2004 (drum video), Nico & The Vascellaris, 2005, Lago Morto, 2009
Sam Bellinfante Screening of the film Taos (currently part of the show Cage Mix at The Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art). In the film Bellinfante travels to New Mexico to investigate a humming noise in the landscape. Followed by a live performance of Stimmung - a work for a large group of singers and radios. Local singers will be recruited to re-stage this piece.
Johnny Parry & Chamber Orchestra Full show to accompany a set of film collaborations with Andy Holden that stretches back seven years. With string quartet, brass, woodwind and opera singers, all the films have click tracks and the performers have earpieces to allow complete synchronization. The films included piece shot around battle reenactments, zoology museums, Disney landscapes, greenhouses, and the Californian desert.
Rob Bidder (Ex Tea and Toast Band): A mixture of live narration of his animations, songs, drawings and short films presented by Rob.
1.30 Pyramid Pyramid: New project from painter Phil Root. Layered textures reminiscent of his paintings with simple melodies and loops, recalls Suicide crossed with Boards of Canada. myspace
////Film Screenings////
Ian Forsyth and Jane Pollard: "File Under Sacred Music". The film of their re-staging at the ICA of infamous Cramps Concert. Archie Bronson Outfit: A selection of their recent home-made animated videos from the new album Coconut. Mark Dean: A selection of films. Mark taught many of the artists performing (Junior Aspirin, Grubby Mitts, Juneau Projects). Mark will also DJ his selection of artist music records between bands on the main stage. Paul Rooney A new piece called "Lost High Street" (12mins) from the video-maker/musician. Paul Rooney even did a John Peel session with his music project Rooney. Luke Fowler: "Pilgrimage from Scattered Points", a film about the Scratch Orchestra, a British experimental music group from the 1960s involving Cornelius Cardew. Fowler is also performing with his band Rude Pravo. Jim Shaw: LA-based artist, part of the original line up of "Destroy all Monsters", showing documentation of a recent performance involving instruments made out of body parts, chosen by the artists for the festival . Paul Rooney: "Abandoned High Street" 2008. A Selection of films by M4sk 22. Also TBC films by Matt Stokes, Ed Atkins, Benedict Drew
////Elsewhere in the grounds////
Elsewhere around the arts centre site: Kim Gordon & Jutta Koether’s Reverse Karaoke Yurt. Play along to the lead vocalist of Sonic Youth. Originally commissioned for the exhibition Her Noise. Julie Myers - Field Piece (1). Song inserted into landscape with Phillipa Spencer and the Rhythm of Life singers. Mark Essen's Record Exchange - A stall for artists and the public to bring their old records and barter and haggle with Mark to swap them with one from his collection. Charlesworth, Lewandowski and Mann Pirate radio sound-system in the wooded area of the arts centre grounds. Speakers made in the form of standing stones. An Endless Supply The Birmingham based publication collaborate with Andy Holden on a special booklet of related material (stills/graphic scores/texts) which also doubles up as a festival program. They also have a stall of photocopiers to reproduce out of print related texts. Aleksander Kolkowski CD-Recycled 45rpm. Aleksander uses his vintage record cutter to 'overwrite' existing data and cut grooves on CDs/DVDs so they can be played on a turntable. Bring unwanted CDs/DVDs and a sound file and receive a recycled disc in return. Richard Thomas(ResonanceFM 104.4). Richard curates one minute sounds for cinema - various artists - to be played between films and performances in the cinema / gallery UBUWeb soundsystem Live random stream from the archive in the cafe area Artist Record Stall. Buy various discs and assorted merchandise from the artists involved.
The Wire Sound System Rob Young and Anne Hilde-Nesset will be DJing on the main stage, Rob's set will be themed around his new book Electric Eden, a history of British folk music, and Anne's will focus on sound poetry. The Wire Website
