Monsoon Assemblages – Venice Biennale 2021
New Release: Black Earth Tongue (The Tapeworm)
Black Earth Tongue – Limited edition cassette available December 3rd from The Tapeworm.
Solo table top electronics and found objects, 7 tracks (51:51 minutes) based on music composed for In the Making dance ensemble for the production of Mushroom! at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2016.
Preview available here.
Performance, Hundred Years Gallery, Dec 11th
Performing with Mark Wastell’s The Seen at Hundred Years Gallery.
The ensemble this evening features:
Robin Beparry : amplified kitchenware
Phil Durrant : amplified objects
Isidora Edwards : cello, modified copicat
Graham MacKeachan : double bass
Rie Nakajima : objects, self built instruments
Bill Thompson : live electronics
David Toop : bone conduction, resonators, tapes, flutes, percussion Graham Mackeachan : double bass
Mark Wastell : horizontal cello, implements, contact mics, percussion
Doors 7:30 | music 8pm | entry £10 or £5
verz Live Editions, Hundred Years Gallery, Oct 17th
verz returns to Hundred Years Gallery with an afternoon of experimental sound, with solo sets from Kate Carr and Matt Atkins, and a duo by Bill Thompson & Phil Maguire.
More details here.
Performance, Hundred Years Gallery, Oct 10th
Performing a duo with Paul Khimasia Morgan at Hundred Years Gallery, Oct 10th.
Other artists performing include Viv Corringham, Amy Cutler and Stefan Szczelkun
More details here.
New release: Ocean Into Light (Burning Harpsichord Records)
Ocean Into Light – Solo Moog guitar and electronics, 52 minute composition. The release includes a bonus track from solo Moog and electronics performance at The Old Hairdressers in Glasgow.
Limited edition CD with download. Available as pre-order on Burning Harpsichord Records from January 15th, released on February 12th.
More info here.
House Concert, Ireland, Aug 19th
Performing at a private house concert in Bangor, Ireland Aug 19th with Ed Bennett and Xenia Pestova.
verz live editions, July 25th
New Release: *bhel- (1834)
More information here.
Hundred Years Gallery, June 26th
Noisefloor 2021 – May 11th 2:15pm
Performing a new work for live electronics – Drowned World (Afterending) for Octatrack with tapeloops + guitar pedals at the upcoming Noisefloor conference/festival. May 11th, 2:15pm. Many other on the bill between 11th and 12th.
More info: https://noisefloor.org.uk/concerts-and-performances-2021
Disco Fridays
Weekly Facebook Live streaming concerts each Friday from 530-730pm (London).
Email for more information.
New release: Summiting (with Richard Sanderson)
Summiting is a Limited Edition Cassette release on Linear Obsessional Imprint featuring Richard Sanderson and Bill Thompson. The release features three extended duos for amplified melodeon and prepared Moog guitar.