eugene chadbourne (usa) + l band (glasgow)

eugene chadbourne (usa)

Starting out playing rock and roll guitar, Chadbourne quickly grew bored with the form's conventions, going on to study the blues, country, bluegrass, free jazz, and noise before synthesizing those heterogeneous influences into a unique style of his own. 

“one of the underground community's most well-known and well-regarded eccentrics.” All Music Guide

Chadbourne fronted Shockabilly (1982–1985) with Mark Kramer (bass/organ) and David Licht (drums) and has worked with numerous artists including John Zorn, Fred Frith, Derek Bailey, Han Bennink, Carla Bley Band, Paul Lovens, Toshinori Kondo, Kommissar Hjuler und Frau, Camper Van Beethoven, Jello Biafra, Turbonegro, They Might Be Giants, Sun City Girls, Violent Femmes, Aki Takase, Walter Daniels, Kevin Blechdom, Biff Blumfumgagnge, Zu and Jimmy Carl Black. 

L (GLASGOW / dissociative noise rock)

L - L are “probably the most magnetic, outrageous, crazed, dadaist, inventive group in Glasgow.”* and My Sister’s Baby was L's third release following "Marilyn Monroe - All of Us" on Radical Documents. The tape was born by immaculate conception: GLARC released this tape without listening to it. Eoin Anderson reviewed it without listening to it. L wrote and recorded their parts individually and assembled it - without listening to it. It was mixed, mastered and messed up by eyeball and sent to tapeline - without anyone listening to it. On the 24th of October 2025- underneath the M8 - L listened and played it - for the first time. Named as one of the best cassettes of 2025 by The Quietus, they described it as "wild and chaotic, yet whether through kismet, fluke or clairvoyance it never sounds disjointed". Seasoned from a recent European tour, they will bring joy and chaos.

a slideshow "All the blur and the grain" - norma prendergast

Norma Prendergast, (Dublin 1968) is a photographer and audio-visual artist who has lived in Brussels since 1988. Guided by a literary approach that combines documentary and ‘mise en scène’, her work is like a diary as she constantly documents her immediate surroundings : Brussels, its urban landscapes and nightlife, her family, neighbours, artists and fellow wanderers she encounters along her journey.

Her work, often focussed on the poetry and memory of places, reveals a profound curiosity to reach out to others and create intimacy. Norma is an advocate of slow journalism, the nurturing of community, art as a playground and space for experimentation.

Her photography has been shown at different venues and festivals such as Espace Contretype, Art Confiné Temporaire, Festival Système D, Bozar, Komplot, Recyclart, Het Licht (Brussels), Le Centre Culturel (Namur), Les Brasseurs (Liège), Le Biennale de Photographie en Condroz, Festival Voies Off (Arles), France, among others. She participated in La Semaine du Son, Brussels 2020 and 2021 and an excerpt from her 2020 lockdown sound diary is available for public listening in the city archives of Brussels. 

She is currently working on a book and a series of slideshows to be shown at different locations in 2026.

"All the blur and the grain" is a slideshow and a tribute to the artists, organizers, and community that have grown within Les Ateliers Claus’ unique and intimate, "living room" atmosphere over the years.

https://normaprendergast.com/