Super happy The Driver Kickstarter is now fully funded! Very excited to get production rolling on the vinyl and the books/scores printed too. Thanks to everyone that has got on board with this awesome project.
‘The Driver’ Kickstarter funded
Author Archives: Ben
Myanmar Jazz Club Photos
Had an amazing time playing with Declare Sextet at Turner Sims a few weeks. My Uncle, Markus Kinch, captured some brilliant pictures. Was awesome to work with these amazing musicians: Nick Willsher, Tamar Osborn, Francesca Ter-Berg, George Balmont and Jake Long, with a very special guest slot from Liz Gre. Looking forward to editing together the recordings to share with the world and to hearing how the Yangon crew play the same music at their gig in November! Thanks again to British Council for funding.
‘The Driver’ Kickstarter
Luke Wright and I have just launched a Kickstarter to fund the production of vinyl and books of ‘The Driver’. The first couple of days have been awesome, sold lots of rewards. Go grab yourself a bargain!
Myanmar Jazz Club Project
I’ve been working on an exciting project for a while, a collaboration with Yangon based musician Itö and the Myanmar Jazz Club which he runs. The UK culmination of this British Council funded project takes place at Turner Sims next Tuesday, where a new sextet of amazing musicians (with Liz Gre guesting on vocals) will perform new pieces by a number of the jazz club and a big new piece I’ve written in partnership with Itö. The Myanmar crew will play the music again at the British Embassy in Yangon in early November. Hope to see you there.
Slappy Birthday
I’m moving away from Soundcloud and adding some of my older stuff to YouTube. This is the first one, a postcard piece I made for London Sinfonietta back in 2017 for their 50th Anniversary…
‘Avalanche’ played on the New Music Show
Super happy that Ensemble Saxologie’s recording of Avalanche was played by Kate Molleson on the New Music Show last weekend. Some lovely comments about the album too: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0020hv8
TOO MANY SWEETS launch at the Vortex
Had a brilliant time at the album launch party for my BRC album TOO MANY SWEETS on Tuesday at The Vortex in Dalston, London. Lovely crowd. Good to chat with Matthew Shlomowitz about the album and my music in more general terms. Amazing performance by Yshani Perinpanayagam of Drip Feeder. Great to play Love Letters with Hannah Williams too.
AI Arts Festival in Winchester
‘Drip Feeder’ on score follower
Drip Feeder, played by Yshani Perinpanayagam and recorded by Drew Crawford, has just been uploaded to Score Follower, having been selected in the Fall 2023 #FollowMyScore call for works.
TOO MANY SWEETS
It’s out!! After 3 years of writing, exciting collaboration and production TOO MANY SWEETS is out there in the world! Thanks to everyone that has contributed to making it happen and to Birmingham Record Company for putting it out!
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