rushes/esp & improv
rushes/esp was an improv practice conceived for performance as an opportunity for musical collaboration and cross discipline working with spoken word artists and storytellers - including writer Max Porter ('The Fable of Able Stain'), musician & poet Jasper Pattison, poet Adam Horowitz and other spoken word artists including Omar Majeed & Louis Hughes.
as a 4-piece (me, Mark, Alex Gordon, Daniel Fordham) we developed original improvised soundscapes drawing on traditions in folk, free jazz, electronic music, minimalism and drone.
“improv is the art of being in the moment, absolutely attuned to your instincts” Emily C-D.
other improv experience - work with vocal improv teachers and facilitators including Guillermo Rozenthuler, Briony Greenhill, Siobhan Nolan and Ruana Xerri-West.
also workshopping with ONe_Orchestra New, recording and playing with Jacken Elswyth, a collaboration around the creation of a 6 hour durational drone with musicians from around the UK incuding Raymond MacDonald, Gayle Brogan, Elizabeth Still, Steve Malley and Nic Jonah Davies.