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After taking a year off, we are thrilled to announce a special night at Kings Place on 13th March to mark the start of exciting LUME plans in 2019. Forming part of the Kings Place Venus Unwrapped series, which throws a spotlight on female composers, we are presenting a double bill of Entropi and Sloth Racket: a great opportunity for LUME co-founders Dee Byrne and Cath Roberts to share the stage with their bands for this special occasion! Sloth Racket will be fresh from the re...cording of their next album, to be released on Luminous in September, and Entropi will perform a few recently penned compositions as well as material from their previous albums.
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Sloth Racket is a band of UK improvisers playing baritone saxophonist Cath Roberts' compositions, combining notated fragments with graphic notation to explore the balance between freedom and structure. The results are always different, and so far have ranged across musical territories taking in fiery free jazz, minimal improv textures and heavy riffs. Sloth Racket’s third studio album A Glorious Monster is out on the Luminous label.
Cath Roberts - baritone saxophone
Sam Andreae - alto saxophone
Anton Hunter - guitar
Seth Bennett - double bass
Johnny Hunter - drums
‘Lurching between riff and abstraction…maintains an elegant balance between emergent melody and the wilder activity at its fringes’ The Wire
‘Consider this an important contribution to the debate about spontaneity versus form.’ ★★★★ Jazzwise
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Entropi has been steadily developing its own dynamic band sound since its beginnings in 2010. Placing a high importance on improvisation, Dee Byrne’s compositions allow breathing space for depth of communication and interaction between the band members. Juggling order and chaos, composition and improvisation, the group takes listeners on a journey with compelling group interplay, strong themes, open-ended improvisation, dark grooves and interweaving melodic textures.
Dee Byrne - alto saxophone
Andre Canniere - trumpet
Rebecca Nash - keyboard
Olie Brice - double bass
Matt Fisher - drums
‘Intense, muscular jazz voyage.’ ★★★★ The Guardian
‘Byrne’s second album possesses both maturity and complexity but crucially it’s imbued with its own cohesive energy.’ ★★★★ All About Jazz
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Entropi & Voronoi double bill at Vortex Jazz Club this Friday!!

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Raw Tonk Records ‘Static Garbled Dreams’ album launch with Colin Webster, Andrew Lisle & Otto Wilberg is today at Hundred Years Gallery! On the other side of the bill: LUME co-founders Cath and Dee play an improvised duo set. Join us!

Sloth Racket are playing the last two dates their 'Glorious Monster' album launch tour this week at Bitches Brew in Edinburgh tomorrow (Tuesday 5th) and Shatner's Bassoon//Sloth Racket at Wharf Chambers, Leeds on Thursday 7th.

Out today on Luminous!!

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Cath Robert's brilliant quintet Sloth Racket are releasing their third studio album on our tiny Luminous label next month. Pre-order it today!

See you at Hundred Years Gallery tonight!!

Join us this Friday at Hundred Years Gallery for our end-of year shindig! Sloth Racket will kick off proceedings followed by our dice-and-hat improv session The Hat Speaks. Doors 7.30pm. Music starts at 8pm. Entry is one Bank of England note. See you there!

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This Sunday 19th LUME musicians Dee Byrne, Cath Roberts, Seth Bennett and Johnny Hunter reunite with friends Oli Kuster and Simon Petermann from Jazzwerkstatt Bern for a special EFG London Jazz Festival performance supporting The Thing at Rich Mix London. See you there!

New blog post: LUME activities in November and December! Featuring goings on at EFG London Jazz Festival at Rich Mix London on 19th November and Hundred Years Gallery on 1st December....join us!

Due to unexpected time zone confusion, there are now eight extra hours during which you can back the Favourite Animals album crowdfunder! Wahoo! https://www.indiegogo.com/…/favourite-a nimals-l…/x/17110339…

LUME followers! Have you backed the Favourite Animals album crowfunding campaign? It ends TONIGHT. Help us release a large ensemble album on Luminous this winter! Read more in our mailout: http://mailchi.mp/…/favourite-animals-l arge-ensemble-crowdf…