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
Lots of news . This month the Festival will be happening October 25th -28th, the shock return of the Listening Room, the taster sessions "the commons" make a brave appearance in November: and the Frakture Big band bumper double CD issue is due..Our tenth birthday..Damo Suzuki...on and on
"Chaos comes again" Othello: Shakespeare
Concerts & Performance News
10th Frakture Festival of Improvised & Electronic Music: 25th -28th October
Welcome to Frakture Festival 07.
The festival is a four-day feast of top quality improvisers from near and far. The festival starts on Thursday 25 October with the US / Israeli duo of Jack Wright (Sax) and Grundik Kasyansky (electronics) and a solo of Grutronics by Stephen Grew. Friday night’s event sees electro – acoustic explorations of S&M who are (Simon Bradley – cello and Mark Webber – electronics) and Liverpool sound and visual group Noise Club. Saturday sees improvising legends Lol Coxhill (sax) and Roger Turner (drums) teaming up with three improvisers from Liverpool in what will be a scintillating evening. Sunday daytime gives you the opportunity to see Murnau’s classic film Nosferatu with live soundtrack from Warrington electronics duo Fonik (Ian Simpson and Harry Gallimore). Later on in the day there is the Anglo / Norwegian trio The Geordie Approach (Petter Frost Fadnes – reeds and electronics, Chris Sharkey – guitar and electronics, Ståle Birkeland – drums and various percussion) and the Imaginary String Trio (Philipp Wachsmann – violin, Dominic Lash – contrabass, Bruno Guastalla cello and bandoneon). see you there Adam Webster.
Festival web presence is [here]
Stay in touch for possible late developments via the web site,
NEW: Fonik / Nosferatu video promotional clip is [go here ]
The Listening Room @ mello mello, noon:Oct 12th [GO]
The Listening Room @ mello mello, noon:Oct 19th [GO] time being moved to 1.00pm
Frakture Festival October 25th-28th [GO]
Wed. November 14th Damo Suzuki & FBB[GO]
Frakture 10th Birthday Soundwalk: Mon Nov 19th [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
- SWIM: have been commissioned to participate and deliver sessions for this exciting project. There is an opportunity for musicians to participate in workshops, soundwalks and performances too. Contact swim@frakture.org 0151 709 6123 if you are interested.
More detailed info at the SWIM homepage shortly http://www.frakture.org/swim.htm
- "The LONG WALK is a new composition and also a framework for a larger music development project that particularly engages with Chinese communities and culture.
The new piece has been conceived by Peter Moser in collaboration with professional musicians and artists and provides a platform for new work that arises from a community development process. In performance the LONG WALK showcases an orchestra of professional musicians and community participants in a finely tuned and innovative musical offering.
As a response to the Morecambe Bay tragedy of February 2004, the LONG WALK is inspired by Chinese music and culture. This tragedy raised issues of displacement, exploitation and journey that are relevant to people, whatever their background or nationality. "
www.thelongwalk.info
- "The LONG WALK is a new composition and also a framework for a larger music development project that particularly engages with Chinese communities and culture.
- SWIM: have been commissioned to participate and deliver sessions for this exciting project. There is an opportunity for musicians to participate in workshops, soundwalks and performances too. Contact swim@frakture.org 0151 709 6123 if you are interested.
More detailed info at the SWIM homepage shortly http://www.frakture.org/swim.htm
- VOCAL PLAY
- dates set for Saturday 17th November & December 8th, 1.00pm - 3.00pm [link] New venu, prices dropped!
- SNAP: out of it!
- returns to The Cornerstone: next session is Monday November 12th.We declined the invitation to SNAP: out of it on bonfire night, Monday 5th November.
- Here it is in writing: newspaper piece
- SWIM/Frakture is seeking participants for the "newspaper piece" plus recording for the Vocal Play myspace: see here for details.... . The first recording session is scheduled for Wednesday evening October 10th. Now past with huge success! There will be more sessions as this is to become a significant part of a Frakture radio programme for Resonance Radio and a Frakture Concerts performance in the near future.:
Words don't do this piece justice: get in touch if your curious.
- SWIM/Frakture is seeking participants for the "newspaper piece" plus recording for the Vocal Play myspace: see here for details.... . The first recording session is scheduled for Wednesday evening October 10th. Now past with huge success! There will be more sessions as this is to become a significant part of a Frakture radio programme for Resonance Radio and a Frakture Concerts performance in the near future.:
- 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, uncompelling and on occaisions a tad sloppy!. But that was me, you may discover other results from this very simple John Stevens exercie & direct approach. more info here...
or maybe improvisers can't count!
- 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.
- People with instruments:
- SWIM: sound workshops in music are collaborating with everyday music for a day of activities in Manchester on December 1st @ The Zion Centre. More information in the November Newsletter.
Notes For Musicians
- Loads of stuff to do and more to come: meanwhile observe the following.
- Frakture Big Band:
- 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";
- 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]
- Interview with Noise Club
- Frakture members, musicians and friends who wish to have an input?; contact the usual suspects contact details are below or here even
- 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:
- Later in the year the Liverpool Improvisers Orchestra is being considered for launch.
- £1000,00 Frakture Commissions: Decision deadline moved back. [view here]
- A Perfect Day!
A Perfect Day; Lol Coxhill & Roger Turner: Sat. October 27th
Look out for the return of the Frakture Big Band after a period of sleep. 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 and the Media Player will soon arrive there too full of MP3 files. have look here.
Adam Webster & Phil Morton, curators of the Frakture Big band are suggesting a another FBB session before Xmas, and invite proposal or suggestions that would give the concert and maybe rehearsals a focused programme rather than lets just turn up and play: but you could suggest that too! I suspect another form maybe appearing soon of the Frakture Big Band page!
The invitation from Frakture for musicians to spend time with visiting musicians, resulted in Adam Webtser, Phil Lucking ( and a.nother yet to be confirmed) being the lucky ones to spend a Perfect day with Lol Coxhill & Roger Turner. Funds permitting Frakture may continue to offer this package: local musicians playing with visiting artists in private & public performance, watch this space.
Publicity
[no info this time: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!
- October Notices
- Frakture Media Player 2007: uploaded streaming MP3's
featuring Matt Hamlet's Star Beast; 4Candles; Alas Smyth & Morton; & Theda - Frakture are running a sequence of taster sessions at The Mello mello jazz bar Slater Street, support them, and maybe more will follow.. they include
- The Commons 24th Nov & 1st December
- The Listening Room: Lunch time gigs! 12th/19th Oct
- Vocal Play workshops Nov & December
- The Frakture Festival concerts 27th October
- New Frakture Media Player for 2007: 4 selected tracks [here]
- October Frakture Festival details expanded [here]
- September 2007: notices
- Vocal Play: September newsletter, view online [here]
- Audio Files: Frakture Big Band with Media Player & play list uploaded, more tracks to follow shortly [GO]
- Soundwalk: Saturday 29th September 07 [GO]
- SNAP: out of it, new schedule, next session 1st October [GO]
- Cancelled: Frakture Records CD Launch Night, 28th September
Members News
Members On-line presence is currently open to all:who wish to view it, the home page is [go here] . membership costs £5.00. The members on-line presence also includes a discussion forum with some of the following topics: Frakture Recods CD label: Frakture concerts applications ; Frakture Commissions; New ideas for Frakture; Opportunities & FUNDING NEWS ; Workshops, reports on the content and delivery of past session, in case you are curious... The discussion forum is still in its development phase...
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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