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Loop Festival 2011

Jez Nelson presents highlights from the 2011 Loop Festival, featuring two new bands - pianist Dan Nicholls's Mirror and Splice.

Jez Nelson presents highlights from the Loop Festival featuring two young bands: pianist Dan Nicholls' Mirror and Splice

Mirror is a new trio led by up and coming keyboard player Dan Nicholls, featuring 成人快手 Jazz award winning saxophonist James Allsopp and drummer Dave Smith, of the band Outhouse among others. With its unusual bass-less line up, the music is described by Nicholls as aiming for a "fluidity between written and unwritten."

Splice is also a new ensemble who state their objective as "to mesh together loud and soft noise, punk grit, ambient music and more...". The band includes Alex Bonney on trumpet and electronics, Robin Fincker on tenor sax and clarinet, Pierre Alexandre Tremblay on bass guitar and electronics, and Dave Smith on drums

These performances were recorded during the Loop collective - a festival at London's Forge in March. The collective, now in its sixth year, has a D.I.Y. approach to performing, promoting and recording music and as a result has become a breeding ground for innovative young musicians.

1 hour, 45 minutes

Last on

Mon 28 Mar 2011 23:15

Music Played

  • Mirror recorded at The Forge, London on 19 March 2011

    • Mirror

      Ruins

      Composer: Dan Nicholls

    • Mirror

      Missing in Action

      Composer: Dan Nicholls

    • Mirror

      Abbey in Ruin

      Composer: Dan Nicholls

    • Mirror

      Kinski

      Composer: Dan Nicholls

  • Splice recorded at The Forge, London on 19 March 2011

    • Splice

      Caffeinated Drinks

      Composer: Tremblay/Bonney/Fincker/Smith

    • Splice

      Ballade Fortuite

      Composer: Tremblay/Bonney/Fincker/Smith

    • Splice

      Matter

      Composer: Dave Smith

    • Splice

      Debris

      Composer: Tremblay/Bonney/Fincker/Smith

    • Splice

      Cortege

      Composer: Pierre Alexandre Tremblay

Broadcast

  • Mon 28 Mar 2011 23:15

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