The Necks
with support from Hauschka
(Wed 27th May 2009 / 7pm / £15 adv)
This mesmerising band from Australia are a special proposition for any music lover... Chris Abrahams (piano), Tony Buck (drums), and Lloyd Swanton (bass) conjure a chemistry together that defies description in jazz, atmospheric, cinematic or other such terms. So tonight - in two separate lengthy pieces - the music will slowly unravel in the most intoxicating fashion, frequently underpinned by an insistent deep groove as the trio work their magic, effortlessly conjuring up sublime suites of music. Their music is borne of a certain time, space and conditions, no show is the same – and tonight they play the Chapel.
2 sets from The Necks plus hand-picked support from Hauschka.
Known as one of the great cult bands of Australia, The Necks extend ideas, forms and melodies from potentially minimalist pieces to new and unexpected places. 14 albums into a unique career they remain a unique outfit. Since those first meetings as a group in 1987 they haven't seen it fit to rehearse, and their completely improvised live performances have gained cult status across the globe.
Not entirely avant-garde, nor minimalist, nor ambient, nor jazz, the music of The Necks is regularly described by reviewers as, simply, unique. Over their twenty years together they have honed an assured process of building around repeated motifs through subtle shifts and layering, to produce an extraordinarily dense and hypnotic effect. They create a music that breathes, pulses and make the room feel alive. A soundtrack that ensures you lose sense of your daily preoccupations and timings...The Necks take you to another place. As their dedicated followers know, their gigs are entirely improvised and are an experience that has to be heard to be believed.
Hauschka is the captivating Düsseldorf-based pianist Volker Bertelmann, who records on Fat Cat. His music can be microscopic in detail and quietly entrancing, or widescreen and cinematic in scope and feel. A suite of songs can take you on a journey into the world of the piano and all it can conjure for the listener. Hauschka performs beautiful post-classical chamber works drawing on minimalism and laced with the spirit of Fluxus. The results are startlingly original and vivid yet immediately accessible - Eric Satie's mischievous miniatures, Indonesian gamelan and The Books all get a look in.
Hauschka's live shows have great appeal and receive a rapturous reception where ever he goes. Whether playing grand piano or upright, he sets himself up so that the audience can see his preparations and the movement of the hammers as he hits each key, creating a hypnotic visual analogue to his music. He mixes up his own pre-determined compositions with totally improvised pieces, prizing out the one-off potential of new operations and instruments. He has toured the world where ever there are pianos, including shows with Max Richter, Mùm, John Tilbury, performing a live soundtrack to 'Vampyre of Dreyer' and Japanese dates with Colleen.
Hauschka plays at 7.30pm.
2 sets from The Necks plus hand-picked support from Hauschka.
Known as one of the great cult bands of Australia, The Necks extend ideas, forms and melodies from potentially minimalist pieces to new and unexpected places. 14 albums into a unique career they remain a unique outfit. Since those first meetings as a group in 1987 they haven't seen it fit to rehearse, and their completely improvised live performances have gained cult status across the globe.
Not entirely avant-garde, nor minimalist, nor ambient, nor jazz, the music of The Necks is regularly described by reviewers as, simply, unique. Over their twenty years together they have honed an assured process of building around repeated motifs through subtle shifts and layering, to produce an extraordinarily dense and hypnotic effect. They create a music that breathes, pulses and make the room feel alive. A soundtrack that ensures you lose sense of your daily preoccupations and timings...The Necks take you to another place. As their dedicated followers know, their gigs are entirely improvised and are an experience that has to be heard to be believed.
Hauschka is the captivating Düsseldorf-based pianist Volker Bertelmann, who records on Fat Cat. His music can be microscopic in detail and quietly entrancing, or widescreen and cinematic in scope and feel. A suite of songs can take you on a journey into the world of the piano and all it can conjure for the listener. Hauschka performs beautiful post-classical chamber works drawing on minimalism and laced with the spirit of Fluxus. The results are startlingly original and vivid yet immediately accessible - Eric Satie's mischievous miniatures, Indonesian gamelan and The Books all get a look in.
Hauschka's live shows have great appeal and receive a rapturous reception where ever he goes. Whether playing grand piano or upright, he sets himself up so that the audience can see his preparations and the movement of the hammers as he hits each key, creating a hypnotic visual analogue to his music. He mixes up his own pre-determined compositions with totally improvised pieces, prizing out the one-off potential of new operations and instruments. He has toured the world where ever there are pianos, including shows with Max Richter, Mùm, John Tilbury, performing a live soundtrack to 'Vampyre of Dreyer' and Japanese dates with Colleen.
Hauschka plays at 7.30pm.