Unpredictable Thursdays (2nd Show)
Line-up:
Steve Beresford & Blanca Regina - piano, electronics, voice
John Butcher & Bei Bei Wang - saxophones, percussion
Charlotte Keeffe & Sam Eastmond - trumpets, flügelhorns
Visuals by Pierre Bouvier Patron
Unpredictable at The Vortex 2021/22 presents experimental music, free improvisation, film, and art sessions. www.unpredictable.info
Steve Beresford has been a central figure in the British and international spontaneous music scenes for over forty years, freely improvising on the piano, electronics, and other things with people like Derek Bailey, Evan Parker, Han Bennink, John Zorn, and Alterations (with David Toop, Terry Day and Peter Cusack).
Blanca Regina is an interdisciplinary artist that creates sound works, audiovisual installations, visual art, and films. In her last releases, ‘What Blue’, a duo with Steve Beresford (2020), and ‘Duets with Blanca Regina, Spontaneous Music’ (2018) she uses voice, electronics, and various instruments. She has created music and films with artists, including Peter Cusack, John Butcher, Leafcutter John, Matt Black (Coldcut), Hyelim Kim, Jack Goldstein, David Toop, Sharon Gal, Karel Doing, and Matthias Kispert.
Sam Eastmond is a composer and trumpet player, his large ensemble the Spike Orchestra has recorded three albums for John Zorn’s Tzadik label including two volumes of Zorn’s Masada Books.
Charlotte Keeffe’s passion for free improvisation, jazz, and experimental music-making sees her performing regularly as a soloist and as part of a variety of different ensembles, including her own Quartet; Charlotte Keeffe(‘s) Quartet is currently touring the UK celebrating the recent release of her debut album, Right Here, Right Now - June 2021, Discus Music.