** THIS IS A SEATED GIG **
TWO BANDS TRACE THEIR SHARED CONNECTIONS TO THE CANTERBURY SCENE ALONG AN AXIS THAT INCLUDES AVANT-ROCK, ROCK IN OPPOSITION & MYTHIC PROG

– YUMI HARA (LINDSAY COOPER SONGBOOK/DAEVID ALLEN/HUGH HOPPER)
– CHRIS CUTLER (HENRY COW/ART BEARS/DAEVID ALLEN/WESTBROOKS)
– TOSHIAKI SUDOH (MELT-BANANA/JIM O’ROURKE)
– BILLIE BOTTLE (WESTBROOKS/DAVE SINCLAIR/IOCOT)
– VIV GOODWIN-DARKE (WESTBROOKS/DAVE SINCLAIR/IOCOT)
– ROZ HARDING (WESTBROOKS/DAVE SINCLAIR/SUPERMOOD)

Yumi Hara’s Groove Study (Yumi Hara / Chris Cutler / Toshiaki Sudoh)

Yumi Hara’s Groove Study are an avant-rock trio consisting of ex-Henry Cow drummer Chris Cutler; London-based Japanese composer/pianist/vocalist Yumi Hara, and ex-MELT-BANANA and collaborator with Jim O’Rourke and Eiko Ishibashi, bassist Toshiaki Sudoh.

Together they perform music with complex rhythm and harmony, yet accessible with memorable melodies, fusing ever-changing odd metres and world rhythms (Gamelan in 6, reggae in 7, West-African polyrhythms in 10, Baroque fugue in 15), medieval modes and Japanese scales which would appeal fans of Canterbury Scene, Rock in Opposition, Avant-Prog and Recommended Records: ‘incisive’, ‘fizzes with invention and inspiration’, ‘distils so many of the musical ideas’, ‘nothing short of majestic’ (Sid Smith, Prog magazine).

Yumi Hara (piano and vocals) is the driving force of the Lindsay Cooper Songbook and collaborated extensively with Canterbury/Rock in Opposition/Krautrock/contemporary classical music such as Hugh Hopper of Soft Machine, Daevid Allen of Gong, Jean-Hervé Péron of faUSt, Tim Hodgkinson, John Greaves, Geoff Leigh, Dagmar Krause of Henry Cow, and PianoCircus.

Chris Cutler is a renowned drummer whose activities encompass rock to contemporary art music, composition to improvisation, tonal song form to found sound. At the start of the seventies, he co-founded The Ottawa Music Company before joining British experimental group Henry Cow, with whom he toured, recorded and worked for the next eight years. Subsequently he co-founded a series of mixed national groups such as Art Bears and Cassiber. He is a permanent member of The Artaud Beats (with Yumi Hara, Geoff Leigh, John Greaves) and Half the Sky/Lindsay Cooper Songbook. He also founded and runs the independent label ReR Megacorp and is author of the theoretical collection File Under Popular as well as of numerous articles and papers published in 16 languages.

Toshiaki Sudoh (bass) is a Japanese musician, bassist, drummer, engineer. He began his career in the 90’s as the original drummer of MELT-BANANA, and later became the drummer of MACHINE AND THE SYNERGETIC NUTS, while also working as a bassist in several bands and sessions. He has also played bass with Jim O’Rourke and Eiko Ishibashi.

yumiharacawkwell.co.uk
yumihara1.bandcamp.com/album/groove-study
ccutler.co.uk
chriscutler2.bandcamp.com
rermegacorp.com
sudohtoshiaki.bandcamp.com

Temple of Shibboleth Trio (Billie Bottle / Viv Goodwin-Darke / Roz Harding)

Temple of Shibboleth are a surrealist sisterhood who perform a scintillating blend of mythic prog and psych-folk with a touch of nu-jazz.

In their trio form, they’re able to fully experiment with stretching out their material. This is deep music…quirky, dreamy, adventurous, heartfelt and soul-fed connection for all our beginning, middle and endtimes…

Between them, they have played Ronnie Scotts, London Jazz Festival, The Jazz Cafe, King’s Place, Camden People’s Theatre, Teatro Rossini, Vortex Jazz Club and Halle Women in Jazz Festival. They have had their music played on Jazz FM and BBC 6 Music and have played live on air for BBC Radio 3 (Late Junction and In Tune) and BBC Radio 4.
Billie Bottle – voice, piano
Viv Goodwin-Darke – voice, flute
Roz Harding – alto sax, voice

“Spiritual, witty, dark, intriguing with an air of unbound exploratory creativity” – Backseat Mafia

“an experience like no other” – Cultr

“nothing will prepare you for this gorgeous gallimaufry from Bottle and her band” – Jazzwise Magazine

“cleverly refract rock, folk and jazz through a prism of Canterbury pastoralism” – Prog Magazine

“Brilliant” – Robert Wyatt