Mucking around with our rescued-from-the-dump Roland SH2000, a BOSS DD-6 and the Korg KP3. Music for exploring scary alien planets to.

New Surface

Another shot of scrummaged-up tape mangling from my own personal Mr Hyde, Selfish Gene. Recorded live, in one long sitting (I think?) to a Zoom H4n, using two tape players, a Korg KP3, a mixer and a stack of car-boot-sale tapes

Skiddr Snagz ( Hands Off Solzhenitsyn )

My Nan Can Do That

Chippolatas In Muslin Gauze (Never Surrender)

Globule Witness

Bill Clay

And Louder Sing For Every Tatter In Its Cod's Nest

Recorded live at the Bridge Hotel in Newcastle, July 2016

Jamie Stockbridge - Alto
Faye MacCalman - Tenor
Graham Hardy - Trumpet
John Pope - Bass
Johnny Hunter - Drums

John Pope Quintet - "School Work" by Ornette Coleman

John Pope Quintet -  "Broadway Blues" by Ornette Coleman

A duo improvisation recorded in Sheffield, 2016

Beatrix Ward-Fernandez: Theremin
John Pope: Double Bass

Beatrix Ward-Fernandez/John Pope - 1

The first solo set I've played in a few years, at the invitation of Martin 'Trubba Not' Donkin for KOAN #7 in Newcastle upon Tyne.

All improvised in the moment, with double bass and dictaphone.

KOAN7 Pt 1

Improvising musician based in the true North.
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