I've been going through some of the old material Tristan Shorr has given me a while ago. We try to record everything: rehearsals, small gigs, large gigs, giggles, etc. and I found this brilliant pieces of some old gigs somewhere in London.

We once started something called the Soundthrough which later became the Orchestra Elastique. This recording is from this transition. From textures, atmospheres, abstract sounds the mood moved into more rhythmic and melodic sounds. I guess more organised sounds, yet everything still improvised.  

Live Performance

Soundscpae from a sound installation/performance in 2008. Imagine walking in a labyrinth of caves with musicians rehearsing their instruments, running scales, arpeggios, learning passages, working on intonation, warming up - just cacophony and unorganised sounds. 

Rehearsing Rooms

This is another found recording from the Soundthrough/Orchestra Elastique transition sessions. There's a lot of steel drumming, theremin, chants and even electric guitar.

Live Performance 2

A quick studio for a contemporary dance show devised by choreographer Jillian Stein.

Soundscape Studio for Jillian Stein

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Nahum Mantra
Lives and works in London and Mexico City

Nahum Mantra works as a composer, multi instrumentalist, artist and collaborates with artists working in different disciplines as well as curating, lecturing and writing with a focus on arts, technology and science.

The techno-scientific era, the intimacy of nature and science and the sublime of emotions are the main concern in Nahum’s work. As a musician he composes, and performs original music. He is a founding member of experimental London-based ensembles such as Orchestra Elastique and the Goldsmiths Electronic Orchestra. He has performed and exhibited in venues like the ICA London, Southbank Centre, Battersea Arts Centre, The Place and The Basement in Brighton amongst others.

Since 2010 he works as the Artistic Programme Manager at Shunt, curating their legendary venues in the London Bridge arches and in their latest space in Bermondsey Street. Nahum has programmed more than 900 artists to deliver weekly multiplatform experiences for weekly audiences of 3,000 people.

Additionally Nahum coordinates the technical committee for the cultural and artistic utilisations of space (ITACCUS) at the International Astronautical Federation in Paris. Here, he works promoting cultural policies in space agendas at an international level. In London he curates Kosmica, a monthly series of space and arts gatherings at The Arts Catalyst.
