Max Eastley
MUSIQUES INSOLITES
MAX EASTLEY + STEVE BERESFORD + LOL COXHILL
'Three heavyweight centepedes of uk avant-garde, on a visit at teatime for a delicious cup of improv'
15:30 Eastley + Coxhill + Beresford Part 1 (45 mins)
16:30 Eastley + Coxhill + Beresford Part 2 (45 mins)
MAX EASTLEY onderzoekt sinds de jaren ’60 de relatie tussen toeval en muziek, gebruik makend van kinetische geluidsmachines of natuurlijke energiebronnen zoals wind en waterstromen. Eastley maakte ook verscheidene installaties, geluidssculpturen en instrumenten waarvan zijn ‘Arc’ wellicht de meest bekende is, een type monochord gemonteerd op een lange buigbare lat versterkt via een magnetische pick-up. Eastley werkte eerder al samen met o.a. Brian Eno, Peter Greenaway, Evan Parker, David Toop en Eddie Prévost.
STEVE BERESFORD bespeelt een uitgebreid instrumentarium waaronder piano, trompet, eufonium, contrabas en verscheidene speelgoedinstrumenten. De lijst van artiesten waarmee hij samenwerkte is zo mogelijk nog langer. Derek Bailey, Evan Parker, John Russel, Brian Eno, Gavin Bryars, The Slits, African Headcharge, ... Bizarre samba, spastische jazz, melancholische atmosferen: zonder twijfel blijft Beresford één van de meest imaginatieve muzikanten in Europa.
LOL COXHILL is een indrukwekkend stuk Britse muziekgeschiedenis. Hij begon in de jaren ’50 met jazz standards en R&B, in de jaren ’60 werkte hij samen met soullegende Rufus Thomas en bluesman Screamin’ Jay Hawkins. In de jaren ’70 tekende hij op het Dandelion label van John Peel om vervolgens mee te spelen op talloze albums van o.a. Kevin Ayers, Robert Wyatt, Mike Oldfield, Shirley Collins en The Damned.Tussendoor speelt hij wereldwijd binnen improvisatiekringen met frequente (solo)uitgaven. 
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MAX EASTLEY Since the late 60's Max Eastley has been investigating the relationship of chance to music, using kinetic sound machines or the environmental forces of wind, streams and sea. As a consequence his career opened out into these various branches of creative and philosophical exploration. He has exhibited his sound installations internationally and collaborated with a wide range of artists, musicians and filmmakers, including Brian Eno, Peter Greenaway, Evan Parker, David Toop, Steve Beresford and Eddie Prévost. Easley also designed various instruments/sound sculptures of which the Arc is probably the most known as he has been using it in most of his live performances. It's some kind of monochord string mounted on a long flexible lath amplified with a magnetic pick-up. The pitch range is much larger than conventional stringed instruments. You can pluck and bow the string, stop the string along its length and change the pitch by flexing the body of the instrument, so that quarter tones are possible. It’s very subtle, definitely not tone/semitone, it’s more like a voice.
STEVE BERESFORD (1950) is a British composer, musician and arranger working with a variety of instruments, including piano, trumpet, euphonium, double-bass and a wide variety of toy instruments and found sounds. He has been involved in hundreds of music projects playing a wide range of music. Being a central figure in the British improvised music scene for over thirty years he has worked with the likes of Derek Bailey, Evan Parker, John Russell and particularly in the group Alterations with Peter Cusack, David Toop and Terry Day. Besides he was a member of the Portsmouth Sinfonia (with ao Brian Eno, Gavin Bryars) and has also been involved in several alternative pop and reggae groups like The Slits, The Flying Lizards, African Headcharge. For the past decade Beresford has concentrated most of his compositional efforts on tracks for independent British film and television. Strange sambas, jittery jazz, melancholy moods and more. Without any doubt Beresford is one of the most consistently imaginative and creative musicians in Europe.
LOL COXHILL | There are very few versatile artists that hold the importance Lol Coxhill has in European improvised music. His highly personal style on soprano and tenor saxophone (fluent, lyrical yet capable of shrieking outbursts), his ability to perform with everyone and in every style, from jazz standards to the weirdest electro-acoustic improv, backed by his enduring sense of humor, all draw the figure of a maverick musician. Coxhill started in the 50's, playing jazz standards and R&B in various formations. In the 60's he worked with soulsinger Rufus Thomas and bluesmen Alexis Corner and Screamin' Jay Hawkins. In the early 70's he was signed to John Peel's label Dandelion who released his debut album 'Ear of the Beholder'. Around the same period Coxhill played on countless albums including Kevin Ayers, Robert Wyatt, Caravan, Mike Oldfield , Shirley Collins, Joe Harriott... and continued with solo releases on labels like Caroline (Virgin) and Ogun. In 1977 he tours with the Damned. Furthermore he gets involved soundtracks to films of Sally Potter and Derek Jarman and works with people from the experimental music scene like Karl Blake, Ora (Darren Tate, Colin Potter). Throughout his career Coxhill did worldwide performances and album releases and continues to do so at the age of almost 80.
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