OCM presents Bex Burch & Leafcutter John: Boing!

Submitted by OCM on September 9, 2022 - 15:46

Venue, Timing and Cost

Venue: 
The Oxford Artisan Distillery
Date(s): 
Wednesday, 28 September 2022
Timing: 
8pm (doors 7.30pm)
Cost: 
£10 - £22

Minimalist percussion meets exuberant synths in duo's debut album.

Waves of electronic sounds roll in and out: booming cathedral-like bass transform into bright high shimmer. The wooden round sound of the gyil (Dagaare xylophone) dances through the texture, interlocking riffs framing the bleeps and pulses. Gongs, rattles, voices and distant alarms merge together then pull apart, shifting sands of calm then intensity. Time has been paused but sound is changing all the time. This is music to get lost in.

The album Boing! was created during regular Zoom sessions in the first lockdown of 2020. Bex Burch and Leafcutter John would play together over Zoom, taking turns to lead with the other player improvising a response. The time delay in the platform pushed them into a loose, ambient music where the artists’ shared joy in improvisation and sonic exploration could take centre stage. In this live show, John plays a modular synthesiser controlled by self-authored software that he uses to create and manipulate patterns in real time. Bex can be heard on her self-made augmented gyil, voice, bells, calabash and percussion.

Leafcutter John is a veteran and pioneer of electronic music with releases on Border Community, Staubgold, and Planet Mu. He is an award winning improviser, producer, and instrument maker and was a key member of Mercury-nominated British jazz pioneers Polar Bear. Bex Burch is known for a unique fusion of jazz, post punk and minimalism all centred around the sound of the Ghanian gyil. Bex formed Vula Viel in 2015. Lauded by Iggy Pop, the trio have performed on BBC 6 Music for Gilles Peterson and across Europe including WOMAD.

The music will be followed by a brief interval and a short artist Q&A, led by Max Reinhardt.

Doors open 7.30pm, concert starts 8pm, event ends 10.15pm
There is no interval during the concert. The Oxford Artisan Distillery bar is open before and after the show.

Book your tickets here: https://www.ocmevents.org/whats-on/boing

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