Sonic Plunge

//DangerBird// Sam Horan - Guitar Chris Sellers - Bass Connor Magi - Drums
... Instrumental Alt Rock/Jazzish trio, like a phoenix Dangerbird have risen from the ashes of LCoM. With an eye for a good tune and improvisation, their rich and sorrowful melodies will move and take you on a journey through different moods and styles, interspersed with explosive heavier moments and sprawling sections. Call it what you will, power trio, the dreaded prog rock, Frisellian Jazz, not Jazz, guitar band, this is progressive yet simple music. Taking influences from a range of artists such as Kruanghbin, Gogo Penguin, Terry Riley, and Neil Young, after whom the band is named, DangerBird will make your soul fly!
//Georgie & Jed// (Harp/Guitar/vocals)
//James and Ozzy// (Drums, Guitar, electronics, samples)
On the door donations of £3 and up. Doors at 8pm then we shall begin!
Wharf Chambers LEEDS
Wharf Chambers operates a safer spaces policy - see http://www.wharfchambers.org/the-club/saf er-spaces/ for more info.
You must be a member or a guest of a member to attend - Joining costs £1. See wharfchambers.org.
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DONT FORGET: It's this Tuesday! 1st) Kimmi & Khemi - Spoken Word + Oboe 2nd) The Hypocrites - a newly formed avant-garde feminist punk band! 3rd) Ancient Infinity Orchestra - some cosmic love
... Tuesday 19th at 8pm. Wharf Chambers. a SoNiC pLuNgE is NEVER 'one to miss'!
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GET DOWN to Wharf chambers for this months SoNiC pLuNgE!!
\\ Ancient Infinity Orchestra // Elliot Roffe - double bass James Milligan - guitar / percussion... Jacob Rider - alto sax Matt Cliffe - tenor sax/ flute Joe Love - drums Harley Johnson - keyboard/electronics Joel Stedman - bass clarinet/ flute/ congas Evan Davies - violin Ozzy Moysey - bass / percussion
\\ The Hypocrites // Sophie Hutchinson - drums/vocals/movement Tora Herd - electric bass/movement Inari Hulkkonen - melodica/glockenspiel/vocals/movement Sarah Maria Cook - vocals/movement
\\ Kimmi & Khemi // (Debut performance!!) Kimmi - spoken word Khemi - oboe
Wharf Chambers operates a safer spaces policy - see http://www.wharfchambers.org/the-club/saf er-spaces/ for more info.
You must be a member or a guest of a member to attend - Joining costs £1. See wharfchambers.org.
Suggested donation at the door: £3+ (what you can afford) no one will be turned away for being short of cash!
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Next Plunge.... 19th of Feb 8pm start. Free soup for first to arrive!

SONIC PLUNGE//10 is tonight!! featuring:
The Divine Horsemen (debut performance!) Harley Johnson, James Milligan, Matt Taylor, Jacob Rider
... Rachel Anne Murphy - poetry with music
and Joseph Moore! Guitar and voice
Come on down! 8pm. £3(+) donations on the door
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PluNge INbOunD.....
8pm tonight at Wharf Chambers https://www.facebook.com/events/216940732 3111359/

This month:
JOE MOORE on guitar and vocals
RACHEL ANNE MURPHY poetry with music
... ---Debut performance from:---- THE DEVINE HORSEMEN James Milligan - Drums Matt Taylor - Guitar Harley Johnson - Synth/electronics Jacob Rider - Alto Saxophone
At Wharf Chambers £3+ door donation to cover the room and pay musicians for their services
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S o N i C p L u N g E // 8 - 21/10/18 - MUSIC STARTS AT 8PM - PAY AS YOU FEEL (SUGGESTED DONATION 3-10 POUNDS XXXX)
Kayla Painter is a composer, producer and sound design artist. If you caught her set at Simple Things Festival or her debut at Glastonbury (Glade Stage) you will no doubt have witnessed her unusual array of audio samples adopting field recordings as an intrinsic part of her live performance and recorded works.
Ending 2017 with a jaw dropping Audio Visual set at...
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Art, whether visual, sonic or movement based... we want you to experience them all as a way of enriching our lives together! This is what Sonic Plunge is about.... Sonic Plunge just sounds better than 'Visual plunge' or 'Movement Plunge' but we love them all.... ANYWAY
This months gig is on the 21st!!!!! More info to come!!! LOVE YOU ALL xxxxxx

S o N i C p L u N g E // 8
WANDERING MONSTER -
Thoughtful music; melodic, flowing and measured, with enough twists and turns to keep everyone engaged-' Mike Walker (Dave Holland, Tal Farlow, Anthony Braxton, Bill Frisell)
... Wandering Monster perform intricately arranged instrumental rock music which draws upon jazz sensibilities and sound worlds. Made up of five crossover musicians highly active on the northern scene, the group reach beyond what may be expected from the tried and tested line-up of the tenor saxophone/guitar quintet. Retaining the harmonic sophistication and improvisational approach of jazz, these influences are juxtaposed with the rhythmic complexity of modern rock and metal. The result is a sound that is intense and raucous, yet also dynamic, sensitive and spontaneous. An engaging live act, the band are able to pull off involved written material alongside moments of exciting, natural improvisation. Despite hailing from the musical melting pot of Leeds, the monster has been unleashed across the north of England at a number of jazz festivals after winning the 2016/17 Jazz North Introduces Award. Notable performances include support slots for Seamus Blake and Mammal Hands.
​Sam Quintana- Double Bass/Compositions Ben Powling- Tenor Saxophone Calvin Travers- Guitar Aleks Podraza- Piano/keys Tom Higham- Drums categories
Huw Goodhead & Joe Love - improvised music: guitar soundscape and percussion. A one-off collaboration specially for Sonic Plunge.
CHILDREN OF THE SUN - HARLEY JOHNSON, ANDY FRENCH, JOEL STEDMAN, OZZY MOYSEY, JAMES MILLIGAN.
PAYF - SUGGESTED DONATION 3-10 POUNDS (PAY WHAT U CAN AFFORD)
MUSIC STARTS AT 8:30PM
LOVE FROM SONIC PLUNGE
XXXXXX
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S o N i C p L u N g E // 8
WANDERING MONSTER -
Thoughtful music; melodic, flowing and measured, with enough twists and turns to keep everyone engaged-' Mike Walker (Dave Holland, Tal Farlow, Anthony Braxton, Bill Frisell)
... Wandering Monster perform intricately arranged instrumental rock music which draws upon jazz sensibilities and sound worlds. Made up of five crossover musicians highly active on the northern scene, the group reach beyond what may be expected from the tried and tested line-up of the tenor saxophone/guitar quintet. Retaining the harmonic sophistication and improvisational approach of jazz, these influences are juxtaposed with the rhythmic complexity of modern rock and metal. The result is a sound that is intense and raucous, yet also dynamic, sensitive and spontaneous. An engaging live act, the band are able to pull off involved written material alongside moments of exciting, natural improvisation. Despite hailing from the musical melting pot of Leeds, the monster has been unleashed across the north of England at a number of jazz festivals after winning the 2016/17 Jazz North Introduces Award. Notable performances include support slots for Seamus Blake and Mammal Hands.
​Sam Quintana- Double Bass/Compositions Ben Powling- Tenor Saxophone Calvin Travers- Guitar Aleks Podraza- Piano/keys Tom Higham- Drums categories
Huw Goodhead & Joe Love - improvised music: guitar soundscape and percussion. A one-off collaboration specially for Sonic Plunge.
HARLEY JOHNSON - SOLO PERFORMANCE.
PAYF - SUGGESTED DONATION 3-10 POUNDS (PAY WHAT U CAN AFFORD)
MUSIC STARTS AT 8:30PM
LOVE FROM SONIC PLUNGE
XXXXXX
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WHARF CHAMBERS - 2moro @ 8PM xxx
CHINESE POWERBANK (PENULTIMATE PERFORMANCE $$$$$)
LARA JONES
... A TRIBUTE TO ALBERT AYLER
TORA HED / JAMES MILLIGAN
PLUS (1 GUEST) MAYBE
GOODNIGHT XXXXXXXX
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S o N i C p L u N g E // 8
LARA JONES -
https://www.facebook.com/larajonessax/
... https://soundcloud.com/larajonessax/enso- live-on-chapel-fm
A member of award-winning trio J Frisco (Jazz North Introduces/Lancaster Jazz Festival Artists Development Programme), Lara Jones is an experimental artist, improviser and composer based in Leeds. Performance highlights include a headline show at Vortex Jazz Club with J Frisco, a solo show at Cafe Oto and notable concerts as co-director of the Northern Contemporary Collective in collaboration with Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and Sounds Like THIS Festival, Leeds. As a soloist, Lara has performed alongside Marc Almond at Royal Festival Hall and been involved with Nonclassical – a record label and club night founded by Gabriel Prokofiev which seeks to break out beyond the constraints of the traditional concert hall. In her career to date, she has supported Courtney Pine, collaborated with Shiva Feshareki as a part of Brighter Sounds Both Sides Now Residency and performed around the UK at events including Sofar Sounds and Gateshead International Jazz Festival. Her compositional activity has led to participation in projects Postcards from Eyemouth (Dr. Jacob Thompson-Bell and Dr. Nick Katuszonek) and Penisular Arts (Dr. Federico Visi and Marco Frattini). She graduated from Leeds College of Music in 2017 with a performance degree in Jazz and Classical Music.
-CHINESE POWERBANK Music inspired by Punk, Noise, Free Improvisation, and Communist machinery. Music for a time of Anti-Brexit malaise to exorcise apathy in the listener.
James Milligan - Guitar Joe Love - Drums Giorgos Kravvaritis - Synths & Electronics
RVMBO TOGARA
JED CUTLER, OZZY MOYSEY, JOEL STEDMAN, ANDY FRENCH, ELLIOT ROFFE - PLAY THE MUSIC OF ALBERT AYLER.
JAMES MILLIGAN / TORA HED - GUITAR / DANCE (IMPROVISATION)
Wharf Chambers operates a safer spaces policy - see http://www.wharfchambers.org/the-club/saf er-spaces/ for more info.
You must be a member or a guest of a member to attend - Joining costs £1. See wharfchambers.org.
Suggested donation £3/pay what you can afford (no one will be turned away for being short of cash)!
xxx
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S o N i C p L u N g E // 7
ADRIAN NORTHOVER // PHIL MARX
Adrian Northover - Saxophone... Phil Marx - Drums
Adrian Northover - saxophones, recordings with B Shops for the Poor, The Remote Viewers), Sonicphonics (with Billy Bang), The London Improvisers Orchestra, Ensemble Trip-Tik, Anna Homler, Ricardo Tejero, John Edwards, The Custodians, and various duo CD’s with Adam Bohman, Tasos Stamou, Daniel Thompson and others. He has performed at many international festivals, including the Montreal Jazz Festival, Sound Symposium, Victoriaville, Leipzig Jazz Festival, Tallin Festival, Arkangel Jazz, Freedom Of The City and others. Current projects include ‘Hard Evidence’ with John Edwards and Steve Noble, Vladimir Miller Quartet, Hogcallin’, a septet playing the music of Charles Mingus , and a trio with Marcio Mattos and Marilza Gouvea, also projects with Neil Metcalfe (flute), Sue Lynch (sax), Jean-Michel Van Schouwburg (voice), Vladimir Tarasov (drums), Tristian Honsinger (cello), Marcello Magliocchi (drums), Phil Gibbs (guitar) & Maresuke Okamoto (cello). Recent Cd releases include ‘Ag’ with Steve Noble & Daniel Thompson, Five by the Runcible Quintet, Last Man In Europe (Remote Viewers), The Dinner Part with Vlad Miller and Pierpaolo Martino, Wintertide (Notes From Underground), Moribund Mules and Musket Fire by the Custodians. Adrian is also involved with Indian music ( Jazz Thali ) and works with live music for film (Ensemble Kino), and helps run the Horse Improvised Music Club.
Some links:
www.adriannorthover.co.uk
http://vimeo.com/adriannorthover
www.youtube.com/channel
www.adriannorthover.co.uk/thecustodians.h tml� https://horseimprovclub.wordpress.com
Phillip Marks was involved in the performance and organisation of innovative musical events in Manchester for many years until moving to Halifax in 2011. He is a founding member of electro-acoustic band Bark! with which he has played for the last 25 years around the UK and Europe and he carries on a 20 year musical partnership with pianist Stephen Grew as a member of the Grew Quartet. He also currently plays in the Alan Tomlinson Trio and Richard Scott’s Lightning Ensemble. He has performed with Derek Bailey, Evan Parker, John Butcher among many others and has been involved in many theatre and dance collaborations over the years as well as solo performances.
//https://soundcloud.com/adriannorth
ANCIENT INFINTY ORCHESTRA //
James Milligan - Guitar, percussion Joel Stedman -Bass Clarinet, Flute, percussion Andy French -Tenor Sax, Flute Joe Love - Drums Elliot Roffe - Double bass Giorgos Kravvaritis - Synth, Keys, Percussion, Gongs Ozzy Moysey - Double bass, Cornet, Percussion, Evan Davies - Violin Matt Cliffe - Saxophones, Flute
Some inspirations: John Coltrane, Albert Ayler, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Sun Ra, Pharoah Sanders, Air Trio, John Cage, Don Cherry and everything else in the universe.
£3-10. Suggested Donation. Pay What U Can Afford. X
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DON'T MISS this months Sonic plunge!! With a duo theme!
Run Logan Run are an incredible duo (of saxophone and drums) from Bristol and are currently on tour around the UK, liberating the far corners of Brexit Island with cosmic, loving vibrations.
... There will also be support from local duo: Rider/Taylor (Saxophone and guitar). Come check them out! they have a magical musical connection
+ There will also be FREE snacks and soup for those who want it/make it through the door first.
At the door We ask for a donation of £3-£10 or whatever you can afford, to cover the price of the room and help pay for the bands travel and for their beautiful music. Thank you for supporting live music - AND THANKS TO THE MUSICIANS WHO ARE PROVIDING IT FOR US! http://www.runloganrun.com/music.html
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