Saturday 2nd March | 7pm | £15 /£11 /PWYC
“A mad musical scientist with a celebrity following” by The Guardian about Pierre Bastien.
We are mad excited about this one! Was anyone here for that incredible show where they played their astonishing solo sets? We are delighted to have these two brilliant artists in the house with their new collaboration called CNT.
Legendary inventor Pierre Bastien collaborates with virtuosic and pioneering trumpet player Louis Laurain in new duo CNT.
The duo have said that trumpets are one handed instruments leaving the other hand free! Pierre & Louis play their trumpets with 4 hands and sometimes even without their mouths to create an orchestra of pounding rhythm, melody, bass and more!
They have been working here in residence recording their new album which will be released on Rose Hill Records later in the year. (woohoo!)
+ Support from Al Strachan & DJ Fiery biscuits
Pierre Bastien has built a cult following best known as musician and inventor for building sound machines and instruments made from Meccano parts and powered by motors taken from old record players which activate gears, pulleys and all sorts. Like this :
Previously he has collaborated with fashion designer Issey Miyake, singer and composer Robert Wyatt and Aphex Twin (who released three of his albums on his label Rephlex) to name a few, and is heralded as one of the most influential musicians working in the field of experimental music. Pierre’s website
Here is an example of one of his MANY albums to give you an idea:
Louis Laurain is a virtuosic and wildly entertaining player. Any of you who caught his solo show supporting Pierre last year here would surely agree. His music lives at the borders of experimental music, electro-acoustics, Jazz and performance art. He has developed his own personal dynamic language for playing the trumpet which is amazing to watch !
Here is an example :
He has collaborated with Eliane Radigue, Stephen O’Malley, Umlaut Big band, Pierre Huyghe, Axel Dorner, Guy One, Perrine Bourel, Xavier Charles, Mosin Kawa, Yves-Noel Génot, John Tilbury, Nicolas Collins, Zombie-Zombie, Chakib Bouzidi, Pierce Warnecke.
He is also a member of the Berlin band DIE HOCHSTAPLER, the French-Polish group LUMPEKS, the duo TDTNDG and has toured in Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America and Russia. Louis Laurain website
Al Strachan- explores sounds both inside and outside his mouth, using tuning forks, water, an aquarium pump and his trusty cornet.