Free Music from Leeds
Corey Mwamba explores the improvised music scene in Leeds with the help of drummer Emil Karlsen. Plus a punk-infused session from Dali de Saint Paul’s EP/64.
Corey Mwamba explores the improvised music scene in Leeds with the help of drummer Emil Karlsen. Plus a punk-infused session from Dali de Saint Paul’s EP/64.
Our unfolding map of the UK’s key free-music scenes continues. Last month, we heard from Huddersfield-based artist Maria Sappho on who and what makes her local cultural landscape so special; this month, we follow our improvised trail north to the city of Leeds, to which drummer Emil Karlsen relocated after leaving his country of origin, Norway. Karlsen is now a key part of the local music-making community and current custodian of the improvised music label Bead Records, founded in 1970. He tells us about his experiences with the vibrant Leeds scene and shares a previously unheard extract of a live set with John Butcher (saxophones) and Dominic Lash (double bass), recorded in July to celebrate the release of their latest album, Here and How.
Elsewhere, a track from the new album Letters To Milena by Ernesto Rodrigues (viola), Nuno Torres (alto saxophone), Guilherme Rodrigues (cello), Eric Bauer (electronics) and Stephen Flinn (percussion). Plus a recording from vocalist Dali de Saint Paul’s EP/64 outfit, an epic project comprising 64 improvised live performances by musician/projectionist combos.
Produced by Silvia Malnati
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The Exu
That'll Do It
- That'll Do It.
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Laura Cole
As Warm as the sun
- Enough.
- Discus Music.
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Emil Karsen, John Butcher & Dominic Lash
Faden
- Here and How.
- Bead Records.
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Emil Karsen, John Butcher & Dominic Lash
Basement (Hoxton)
- Live at Hundred Years Gallery.
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Mark Sanders, Hyelim Kim & John Edwards
BICH
- Sensitive To Light.
- Shrike Records.
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Chris Sharkey, Matthew Bourne & Luke Reddin-Williams
The Green Bullets Mixtape Volume 2
- The Green Bullets Mixtape Volume 2.
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Mats Gustafsson, Sten Sandell, Raymond Strid & Philipp Wachsmann
Electric Match (1893)
- Gush Wachs.
- Bead Records.
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Emil Karsen, John Butcher & Dominic Lash
Basement (Cambridge)
- Live at Soundhunt.
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michael bardon, Paul Hession & Chris Sharkey
Salts
- salts.
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Ernesto Rodrigues, Nuno Torres, Guilherme Rodrigues, Eric Bauer & Stephen Flinn
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- Letters To Milena.
- Creative Sources Recordings.
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Disc 2 Track 1 - Ben Vince, Guest, Ossia
- ·¡±Ê​/​64​-​64.
- TBC Editions.
Broadcast
- Sun 20 Aug 2023 00:00³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 3