A very special concert coming up this week Wednesday: Mark Wastell, a leading figure of the London improv scene, will spend the day working with a group of our students, which will culminate in a concert in the evening. An exciting opportunity to hear some cutting edge stuff… Don’t miss it!
The De Montfort University Music, Technology & Innovation 2017-18 concert series presents:
Mark Wastell / THE SEEN
Wednesday May 30th 2018, 7pm, PACE
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Performers: Altea Alessandrini, Lee Allatson, James Andean, Robert Chafer, Perrie Omar El Hariri, Miles Hunt, Evaldas Jonaitis, Luigi Marino, Ben Middle, Rick Nance, Nimrita Rasiya, John Richards, Matt Rogerson, Harry Smith, Neal Spowage, Mark Wastell
Mark Wastell has been organising larger formations of musicians, collectively known as THE SEEN, since the early 2000’s, using predominantly improvised material with occasional instructions or themes distributed to individual musicians just prior to performance. No formation has ever been repeated; THE SEEN never stays static.
“With The Seen, everything is up for grabs. Even the act of listening – so sacrosanct in the world of improvisation – becomes problematized, for in such a tapestry of sound and silence how can one process what’s happening at any one moment? Yet this impossibility of total response provides opportunities to form clusters within the whole, that break apart and reform in different configurations as things develop. For listeners, too, there are possibilities for moments of both detailed focus and wider-scale immersion.” (Paul Margree)
Mark Wastell has been active as a musician since 1995, making his initial concerts with the trio IST featuring Rhodri Davies and Simon H. Fell. He has performed and recorded extensively and his diverse resume includes collaborations with the likes of Derek Bailey, John Butcher, Evan Parker, Lasse Marhaug, John Tilbury, Mattin, Mark Sanders, Tony Conrad, Tim Barnes, Bernhard Günter, Keith Rowe, John Zorn, Peter Kowald, Joachim Nordwall, Otomo Yoshihide, Burkhard Beins, Paul Dunmall, David Toop, Alan Wilkinson, Max Eastley, Hugh Davies, Julie Tippetts, Alan Skidmore, Clive Bell, Arild Andersen and David Sylvian. Mark also runs the Confront Recordings record label.
PACE building, Richmond Street, Leicester UK, LE2 7BQ
Start time 7pm
Free entry
