I’m pleased to announce the 13th in the series of my extended residency at Hundred Years Gallery – Mercury Over Maps after a long (2 year) hiatus due to the pandemic!
The evening will feature two solo live electronic sets by Jenn Kirby, Ed Bennett and a duo between Ian Stonenouse (live visuals) and myself performing with live electronics.
More information: http://billthompson.org/aka_prof_lofi/mercury-over-maps-13
Mercury Over Maps #13
JENN KIRBY – Live electronics
Jenn builds software and re-purposes controllers as musical interfaces to create and perform live electronic music – combining voice, movement and technology. Her research is focused on developing methodologies for achieving performer agency in live electronic music and utilising audio-visual symbiosis to enhance audience engagement.
ED BENNETT – Live electronics
Ed Bennett began his musical life playing in rock bands and improvisation groups. For the last 25 years he has focused on composing works for a variety of contexts including those for the concert hall, dance, installations and film. His music is regularly performed and broadcast in over 30 countries in venues including New York’s Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, London’s Barbican and South Bank Centres and the Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels. Recent highlights include ‘Psychedelia’ for the RTE NSO, ‘Ausland’ for the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Reinbert de Leeuw, ‘Song of the Books’ for the Crash Ensemble and four critically-acclaimed portrait discs of his work. He performs with his 10-piece ensemble Decibel who were described in the Quietus as ‘blending the coiled concentration of the best post-minimalism with the ferocity and dynamic range of thrash metal’ and plays live electronics both solo and in a duo with pianist Xenia Pestova.
IAN STONEHOUSE – Live visuals
Ian Stonehouse is a lecturer in Sonic Art at Goldsmiths, University of London, and was previously Head of the Electronic Music Studios there from 2004-2020. He originally trained as a visual artist at Wolverhampton College of Art with experimental filmmaker Guy Sherwin and visual artist Paresh Chakraborty. In recent years he’s performed as a member of noise-improv-playback group Rutger Hauser, and their splinter group Rutger Hauser Digest (with Lisa Busby). Rutger Hauser’s eponymous debut album was released on the ADAADAT label in 2016. Ian’s solo album, ‘Voyage en Kaléidoscope’ (made in 1995) finally escaped to the surface in 2016 thanks to the folks at Lumen Lake label. He was part of the ensemble who performed Bill Thompson’s ‘Gates 2017’ at Goldsmiths and contributed tape loops to saxophonist Colin Webster’s release ‘vs. Tape Loops’ on the Fractal Meat label in 2017. Ian’s albums ‘Synthesizer Experiments Volumes 1-3’ were self-released on Bandcamp in 2019, alongside several others.”
https://ianstonehouse.
BILL THOMPSON – Live electronics
Bill Thompson is a sound artist and composer. He performs regularly as a soloist as well as in a number of groups including The Seen, zerøspace, and Airfield (with Ian Spink), and duos with Phil Durrant, Phil Maguire, Richard Sanderson and Yoni Silver. Past collaborations include performances with Keith Rowe, Faust, EXAUDI and others.
Although originally trained as a guitarist, Thompson has worked with live electronics for the better part of 15 years. In recent years he has returned to guitar using one built by Moog combining it with electronics with miscellaneous table top devices, found objects, flashing lights, and the occasional vibrator.
He has earned numerous awards and commissions including the PRS for New Music ATOM award, the GAVAA visual arts award, a PRS for New Music Three Festival commission, the 2010 Aberdeen Visual Arts Award, and was nominated for the Paul Hamlyn Award.
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Mercury Over Maps is an extended residency by Bill Thompson at Hundred Years Gallery featuring performances, installations and talks with various collaborators and guest artists.