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Sophie Agnel / John Butcher
Around the Square, Above the Hill
John Butcher / Phil Durrant / Mark Wastell
Volatile Object
Pat Thomas / John Butcher / Ståle Liavik Solberg
The Glass Changes ShapeJohn Butcher / Florian Stoffner/ Chris Corsano
Parallel Streams
John Butcher / Luigi Marino / Mark Wastell
Fluid Fixations
A 14 piece group recorded at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
The Very Fabric
solo inside a giant water tower in Copenhagen.
Braids
Chris Corsano / John Butcher / Florian Stoffner
Ice in a Hot World
by THERMAL
Andy Moor / John Butcher / Thomas Lehn
Lights
John Tilbury / John Butcher / Thomas Lehn
Elusive
Hannah Marshall / Steve Beresford / John Butcher / Mark Sanders
News
The Spontaneous Music Festival in Poznan was a great 3 days at the start of September. I played solo, duo (with Ståle Liavik Solberg), trio (with Mark Wastell & Phil Durrant) and in a 10-piece
Here’s a photo (by Wojciech Idźkowski) of the large group playing Dragon 10 - a piece I organised for the last night.
Mark Wastell & Anna Jędrzejewska out of shot.
And here's a Jazzpress review - pg 90-93 - by Mateusz Sroczyński
To mark hitting 70 this coming October I’ve been fortunate to be able to curate two 3-night residencies - in Berlin and London.
I’ll be playing with both long-term and new friends and colleagues in 2 different sets each night.
Berlin 12-14 September at km 28
with: Magda Mayas, Xavier Charles, Axel Dörner, Tony Buck, Liz Allbee, Emilio Gordoa, Angharad Davies, Andrea Neumann, Burkhard Beins & Werner Dafeldecker
London 24-25 October at Café Oto
with: Sophie Agnel, Rhodri Davies, Mark Sanders, Angharad Davies, Isabelle Duthois, Ståle Liavik Solberg & Pat Thomas
Photo: Patsy Bennett - late 1970s.
Two articles PT1 & PT2 by lya Belorukov looking at some of my CDs - mainly involving electronics performers alongside acoustic - from 1998 to 2023. In Russian - but most browsers will translate it.
Work with Thomas Lehn, Gino Robair, Matthew Shipp, Andy Moor, Rhodri Davies, Pat Thomas, Angharad Davies, Lina Lapelyte, Lee Patterson, Phil Minton, Cor Fuhler, Erhard Hirt, Eddie Prévost, John Tilbury, Christian Wolf, Ute Kanngiesser, WDR Sinfonieorchester, Christopher Fox, Langham Research Centre & Derek Bailey, Phil Durrant, Polwechsel, Christof Kurzmann, Gino Robair, dieb13, Pat Thomas, Ståle Liavik Solberg, Sharon Gal, David Toop, Furt, Steve Beresford, Toshimaru Nakamura, Otomo Yoshihide, Akio Suzuki, The Contest of Pleasures, Liz Allbee, Mart Zapparoli, Ignaz Schick,
An interview by Rihards T. Endriksons - and a preview of three upcoming releases.
The Very Fabric (see above)
And 2 new LPs - on ni vu vi connu - due out in September 2024
Lower Marsh - duos with Angharad Davies, Pat Thomas, Mark Sanders & John Edwards
Unlockings - quartet with Angharad Davies, Pat Thomas, Mark Sanders
Ni Vu Ni Connu LP series
A 5-LP set - with silkscreened, gatefold sleeves designed by Yaqin Si (pictured).
Concert photos by Cristina Marx and sleeve-notes by Stuart Broomer Now available at NI VU NI CONNU.
Four were recorded at my ausland weekend in 2019.
Gino Robair & Thomas Lehn,
Sophie Agnel,
Magda Mayas & Tony Buck,
Liz Allbee, Ignaz Schick & Marta Zapparoli.
The 5th is with Polwechsel colleagues
Burkhard Beins & Werner Dafeldecker.
All About Jazz - Foxy Digitalis - Point of Departure
Fluid Fixations
Fluid Fixations was premiered at the HCMF on 21/11/2021.
John Butcher - composer / saxophones / saxophone recordings
Sophie Agnel- piano
Isabelle Duthois - voice / clarinet
Liz Allbee - trumpet | Matthias Müller - trombone
Aleksander Kolkowski - stroh viola / musical saw
Angharad Davies - violin | Hannah Marshall - cello
John Edwards - double bass
Pascal Niggenkemper - double bass
dieb13 - turntables | Pat Thomas - electronics
Ståle Liavik Solberg - drums
Mark Sanders - percussion
Read details and an interview.
Visit Fluid Fixations / John Butcher + 13
The Turn Things Take
During lockdown in 2021 the arts-centre West in Den Haag has been invited musicians to contribute filmed pieces for an online project. I made The Turn Things Take for soprano saxophone.
In contrast to the expansiveness of Resonant Spaces it was a look “inside”.
Concerts 2025
Thomas Lehn duo
18 January - Vitoria
Bernaola Zikloa, Vitoria, Spain
Ståle Liavik Solberg duo
26 January - Birmingham
Fizzle, Birmingham
Caius Williams & Hannah Marshall trio
Special fund-raiser . 3 - 8 pm
2 February - London
Hundred Years Gallery, London
Achim Kaufmann duo
11 February - Cologne
LOFT, Cologne, Germany
13 February - Osnabrück
hase29, Osnabrück, Germany
with Seymour Wright - solos & duo
16 February - London
Café Oto, London
Solo
25 February - Oslo
Blow Out, Oslo, Norway
Gino Robair & Thomas Lehn trio
13 March - Bologna
joined by the percussionists Cristiano Calcagnile & Stefano Giust
Teatro San Leonardo, Bologna, Italy
14 March - Florence
Tempo Reale, Florence, Italy
John Butcher + 11
Dublin Fixations - The 3rd iteration of “Fluid Fixations”
Angharad Davies, Sophie Agnel, deib13, Ståle Liavik Solberg, Isabelle Duthois, David Lacey, Colm O’Hara, Alan Niblock, Aonghus McEvoy, Lina Andonovsca and David Donohoe.
4 April - Dublin
New Music Dublin, NCH Kevin Barry Room, Dublin, Ireland
Li-Chin Li & Julien Woods trio
9 April - London
Ryan’s Bar, 181 Stoke Newington Church St.
Phil Durrant & Mark Wastell trio
10 April - London
Sound Bureau, The Hamlet, Streatham, SW16
Douglas Benford, Tansy Spinks, Caius Williams 4-tet
13 April - London
Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton
John Edwards duo
17 April - London
Horse Club, Living Space, 1 Coral St, London SE1
Emil Carlsen, Dominic Lash trio
20 April - London
Mopomoso, Vortex, London
Emil Carlsen, Dominic Lash trio
24 April - Brighton
Safehouse, The Rose Hill, Brighton
Vasco Trilla duo & Marta Warelis, John Sigel trio
2, 3, 4 May - Münich
Mimi Festival, Münich, Germany
Chris Corsano, Florian Stoffner trio
27 May - London
Café Oto, Dalston, London
28 May - Münich
Offene Ohren, Münich, Germany
30 May - Aachen
Musikbunker, Aachen, Germany
31 May - Tilburg
1 June - Cologne
Atelier Dürrenfeld Geitel, Cologne, Germany
2 June - Bonn
3 June - Zürich
Moods, Zürich, Switzerland
5 June - Marsöl Bar, Chur
6 June - Schorndorf
Club Manufaktur, Schorndorf, Germany
Mark Wastell, Luigi Marino trio
14 June - Leigh on Sea
Last Dream of the Morning (with John Edwards & Mark Sanders)
15 July - London
trio
16 July - London
trio plus special guest Cath Roberts
Cafe Oto, Dalston, London
Phil Durrant & Mark Wastell trio
20 July - London
Mopomoso, Vortex, London
Playlist
1. Jennifer Allum, John Butcher, Ute Kanngiesser, Eddie Prévost - from Sounds of Assembly.
2. Matthew Shipp, Thomas Lehn, John Butcher - from The Clawed Stone.
3. John Butcher - from Invisible Ear.
4. John Butcher, Phil Durrant, Paul Lovens, Radu Malfatti, John Russell - from News from the Shed.
5. John Butcher - from Resonant Spaces.
6. Barre Phillips, John Butcher, Ståle Liavik Solberg - from We met - and then.
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