Frakture Case Notes Monthly Newsletter
Contents
News: Concerts Schedule: CD News; Workshops: SWIM News; Publicity; Web sites : Members; Recruitment & Support ; get in touch ; Contacts & Terms:

News & Future's

Concerts & Performance News

Wednesday 14th November
8:30 pm: £7 / £5
The Magnet
45 Hardman St
Liverpool L1 9AS
Frakture office: 0151 709 6123

The former front man of Krautrock Pioneers CAN , embarks upon a sonic voyage with Liverpool’s finest avant-garde musicians. An evening of innovative improvised music, where you can witness the process that Damo and CAN refer to as instant composition.

“… You will leave in the early hours filled with excitement, energy and awe. Every show is entirely unique, and it will be a night that you will never forget.” Nerve Magazine

A truly inspirational and legendary front man collaborating with the best that Liverpool has to offer.

The Frakture Bug Band, launching from the following,
Phil Morton,Accidents & Treaments
Anne Marie Howard,Vocals
Phil Lucking, Trumpets
Marion Leibl, Voice
Ian Simpson, Guitar, radio
Garfield Southall, Guitar
Simon Jones, Violin
Adam Webster,Cello
Harry Gallimore, Home made synths
Helen Terry, Bass Clarinet
Pete Smyth, effects
Peter Dover, Drumset
Jonathan Winbolt-Lewis, Drums

See you there..................

Listening Room / i:Object Nov 16th [GO]
Long Walk Soundwalk Special 26th Nov with Steve Lewis
Listening Room / i:Object Nov 23rd [GO ]
When Bill Danced the War sat Dec 1st [GO]
Our 2007 Media Player is here [GO]

Frakture Records CD Label and associated audio news.

Frakture Records
The Frakture Big Band double CD issue is now at The Office and will be available shortly. Meanwhile at YouTube you can now view the Frakture Big Band in the Picton Reading Room: view our youtube files here

• FCD 001 : Funfezhen , The Frakture Big Band with Carlos Zingaro, studio sessions
  Price FCD 001 £10.00, Visit our catalogue page to buy: Pay Pal facility now available
• FCD 002 : Cornerstone, The Frakture Big Band with Carlos Zingaro, live recording
  Price FCD 002 £10.00, Visit our catalogue page to buy: Pay Pal facility now available
• FCD 003 Due late 2007, Frakture Big Band @ The Oratory, live recording
• FCD 003 Due late 2007, Frakture Big Band @ The Picton Reading Rooms, Liverpool. Live recording

The Frakture Records Team is currently looking for, recruit a third new member: INTERESTED, contact frakture.records@frakture.org or tel 0151 709 6123

Workshops: News

A Long Walk Forwards..

The Long Walk

• FRAKTURE and MORE MUSIC invite you
  To an evening of IMPRO around the themes of the LONG WALK
  Come and play with PHIL MORTON and special guest STEVE LEWIS

  The LONG WALK is a response to the Morecambe Bay tragedy of February 2004 and will be developed through workshops run by a range of musicians working with acclaimed community music organisation MORE MUSIC. Over a weekend in the middle of March 2008 audiences will take part in a musical journey across Liverpool that considers issues of displacement, exploitation and journey that are relevant to people, whatever their background or nationality. START YOUR JOURNEY NOW…

  WORKSHOP EVENING on 19 th November –
  7-10pm at PARR STREET STUDIOS
  PERFORMANCE at LOST VOICES on 22 nd November
  8.30 – 11 pm at VIEW TWO GALLERY
  FOR MORE INFO CALL
  FRAKTURE on 0151 709 6123
  MORE MUSIC on 01524 831997
  flyer: http://www.frakture.org/workshops/2007/long_walk_flyer.pdf

• The Long Walk : Soundwalk Special Monday 26th November 2007
  Steve Lewis & Phil Morton.

  MONDAY NOVEMBER 26 th 6 pm and 8 pm ( duration 90 minutes)
  Starting location: Chinese Arch, Duke Street
  Tickets available on the day - £2/£1 concs, For more information call FRAKTURE 0151 709 6123
  
   Soundwalks: take you to undiscovered places
  “When was the last time you went somewhere just to hear the sounds there? Whether experienced as private meditation or as collective silence SOUNDWALKS refresh your ears and reset your sensual awareness to where you are, live or work.........
  
  Phil Morton writes, this will be an interesting development! the soundwalks deliver the landscape as performance but for tonight two walks artists Steve Lewis will provide interventions of his own choosing. I know many individuals are wary of the "soundwalk pitch": just drifting in a locality, the "landscape as performance" its all a bit much really. For them tonight we have the fascination prospect of potentially not knowing! who is the artists and who is that member of the public howling at the moon...
  
  If you only do one soundwalk, here's your chance !!
  

• VOCAL PLAY
  • dates set for Saturday 17th November & December 8th, 1.00pm - 3.00pm [link]
    New venue city centre & and sociable venue: mello mello, slater street, prices dropped!
• SNAP: out of it!
  • returns to The Cornerstone: next session is Monday November 12th and then Monday Dec 3rd.We declined the invitation to SNAP: out of it on bonfire night, Monday 5th November.
• Here it is in writing: newspaper piece
  • SWIM/Frakture "newspaper piece" plus recording for the Vocal Play myspace: see here for details.... .This exhilarating piece can now be heard on the re-vamped vocal play page on myspace, There is room for maybe one more participant for future productions, including a Frakture 10 years birthday special, and the making of a Liverpool 2008 soap opera special...

one-two

• Phil Morton will running very short -splash and dash- workshops on rhythm featuring John Stevens one-two pieces from search and reflect. Highly recommended: short and intense pieces, for which there is no take up! they remain highly recommended and.
  
  Phil writes,
  one-two is an inclusive and heuristic approach to a mainstream concept of "time" in music without the use of paper or metronomes . My personal experience illuminates that it is also a useful tool for becoming more incisive and compelling in my improvisations rather than "dare I say it" in-decisive, sloppy & uncompelling. But that was me, you may discover other results from this very simple John Stevens exercie & direct approach; what Maggie Nichols refers to as "The Challenge of simplicity". more info here...
  
  or maybe improvisers can't count!

People with instruments:
Delivered by: Everyday Music (Manchester) & Frakture/SWIM Liverpool

Location: Zion Arts Centre, Manchester, M15 5ZA
Saturday December 1 st 2007. 10.00 am – 16.30 pm

Everyday Music is teaming up with top Liverpool-based improvisation organisation Frakture to bring you a whole day of hands-on  improv! Partnered by Music Leader NW and also supported by Drake Music Project, the day features four chunky sessions for exploring improv from four different angles.

For musicians, vocalists, and workshop leaders of all sorts, abilities and instruments, join us and experience improvisation strategies, get ideas, and discover techniques for developing your own compositions.

For workshop leaders, trainers & teachers the day will explore the role of improvisation in participatory workshops and educational contexts.

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Notes For Musicians

Loads of stuff to do and more to come: meanwhile observe the following.

Frakture Big Band:

Look out for the return of the Frakture Big Band after a period of sleep. Look out for the return of the Frakture Big Band after a period of sleep.

Phil Morton writes Saturday November 10th welcomed the first FBB session for a few years, and was a highly enjoyable session. New to the FBB aesthetic was the addtion of 2 drummers which combined with the input from our friends Fonik of Warrington,+ 2 singers delivers an intersting soundfield.. A very productive session and a very positive atmosphere bodes well for the re-launch of the FBB"

The Frakture Big Band session with Damo Suzuki on November.14th.soon come. The Frakture Big Band web page has been upgraded to with more information . have look here.

Proposals for the Frakture Big Band can be made by anyone, anytimes and anywhere. If you have a proposal, an idea for the Frakture Big Band then use this "proposal form"

Following the Damo Suzuki gig the next Frakture Big Band public performance planned is March 2008. Depending upon the programme selected it is expected there will be at least two rehearsals prior to the concert..

Proposals regarding FBB concert programme for March need to be made by December 15th 2007

Performance Date: March 2008
Venue: To be confirmed

1. Frakture Big Band
2. Another act to be announced.

Resonance Radio:

The Frakture Resonance Radio series celebrating its 10th anniversary remains in its "beta phase". But progress is being made! To date we have recorded an interview with Roger Hill. Other episodes include:

• "here it is in writing: performance piece"; as already noted above
• Frakture Concerts greatest hits!;
• The Listening room , interview and selected audio tracks;
• Phil Morton's selection from Roger Parry's Listening Posts! [ see the on-line play lists here]

Frakture members, musicians and friends who wish to have an input?; contact the usual suspects contact details are below or here even

£1000,00 Frakture Commissions:

We are now hoping to deliver this project in March 2008: watch this space. [view here]

Publicity

Web Site(s) News

Two features to be brought to your attention: the regularly update listing page [here] and the notice board [GO]. The notice board has quick notes on recent news with the relevant links, a sample follows. Meanwhile here is a clip from the notice board. The Frakture website is also currently filling up with "Frakture Media Players" and playlists, to complement the myspace sites and YouTube files, plenty of material for the interested ear!

1. November Notices
2. Frakture presents "When bill danced the war " December 1st @ this location...
3. SO, you want a gig at Frakture! [go here] then [go here ]
4. Frakture Big Band date announced for 2008 [here] and an on-line form for proposals regarding what they should play!!
5. Long Walk: Frakture and More music invite to a evening of IMPROV on the theme The Long Walk: [flyer here]
6. Roger say thanks, re Festival Saturday Night
   thanks chaps for an excellent time.
   must say i enjoyed it all alot --even the journey.....
   see you later sometime soonish i hope
   all the best roger turner
7. October Notices
8. The Vocal Play myspace site launches the first episode of the forthcomming Frakture Radio soap opera. [gohere]
9. Damo Suzuki: e-mail flyer available: and The Frakture Big Band 15 strong line-up [go here]
10. October newsletter on line: [gohere]
11. Listing Page updated : [gohere]
12. Frakture Records files update with media players for the two Frakture records CD: with auto play [gohere] & [gohere]

Members News

Membership terms and list of benefits goes live: [go here] including the on-line application form! Currently the deal is £5.00 till March 31st 2008: beyond that, benefits and charges will be reviewed.

here is what is available:

EQUIPMENT: 2 x Sure SM58 vocal microphones, 1 x Mixing desk: Spirit Folio, Tascam DA-P1 professional portable DAT machine, 2 x Genelec 1029a Speakers, 2 x Octava microphone sets, SONY MZ-R55 minidisk recorder, SERVICES: Library & Archives: Books, CDs, DVD, PDP's: personal development plans, access to office space. [terms and conditions apply!]

NEW: Funding support: Frakture is close to have a range of templates that make funding applications simpler and easier. Members may consult with Frakture staff for during the procedure of writing funding-applications. This support maybe be offered for your private applications or joint ventures with Frakture. More on this in the November newsletter.

Membership is still in its beta phase .Meanwhile you can view the members pages which include the embryonic stages of the inevitable bloggings .[GO]. The members pages are currently open to all who go there. In future this section of case notes will include material covering the activities of members both within and beyond Frakture.

Recruitment & Support

Following Frakture's successful re-organisation it is currently looking for active individuals in the following areas

• Frakture Records: our CD Label is looking for a third member.
• NEW:SWIM: is looking to recruit a new vocal coach/workshop leader.
• Frakture front of house : volunteers needed on concert nights to cover basic duties [INFO]

Interested: contact Frakture via the contact details below.

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