The Instant Composers Pool: 47 years of putting sticks in the spokes of all wheels.

"Arguably the most dynamic, unpredictable and just-plain-fun jazz ensemble on any continent." - Boston Globe

"This is fabulous music" - London Jazz News

"Long may they Thunder" - Chicago Tribune


I enjoy teaching, making, writing, sound, and image.  Other than arril-johnson-sidesalad.weebly.com, this is where I play with the last two ...

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Witch 'n' Monk (formerly Bitch 'n' Monk) is the twinning of Colombian rebel flutist Mauricio Velasierra and British anarchic soprano and guitarist Heidi Heidelberg. Bring together an unusual set of instruments; traditional Latin American flutes, unconventional vocals, electric guitar and bespoke electronics, they create a sound that is defiantly their own.

The essence of their collaboration is encapsulated in the name; dark and light, feminine and masculine, punk and Romantic, free-form and intricately composed. Exploring extremes and creating contrast is fundamental to their work and thus they tread upon the edges of genres.

Celebrated in the jazz and contemporary classical sphere and embrace by the DIY and underground music scenes they have played across the UK and Europe, at prestigious venues and festivals such the Royal Festival Hall (UK), La Cigale (FR), Bimhuis (NL), ParadoxTilburg (NL), Dunkers Kulturhus (SE), London Jazz Festival, Manchester Jazz Festival and Umea Jazz Festival. But they have also been found performing avant-garde film scores at communist Italian skateparts or among the thorn bushes in overgrown East London gardens.

"Ingenious...You’ll spend a while pondering how to classify them – prog folk? Operatic post-punk? Gothic reggae? – but they know how to write melodies." - The Guardian
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"Exquisite. A kaleidescope of musical forms" - Max Reinhardt, BBC Radio 3
 
"A poison apple sound of jazz, folk and classical [...] One bite of this will send you into a lovesick coma and give you an electrifying kiss of life all at once." - The Quietus

Radio Einstein is een podcast-serie met en over de (buurt)bewoners van de asielzoekerscentra in Utrecht.

Paul Crucq (1979) is an Amsterdam based multi-instrumentalist singer songwriter. His first musical love for the violin has broadened to a wide range of instruments used in his compositions like guitar, piano, didgeridoo, drums, wah wah tube, cans and boxes and anything that can create a rhythm, all played by himself and added with his polyphonic vocals and samples of sounds that the modern city brings forth. His classical background combined with influences from swing, jazz, folk and a strong and tender sense for improvisation brings to life an internal world of solitude, anxiety, longing, love, comfort, dreams and hope through sound and song.

De enige echte podcast over hedendaags gecomponeerde muziek! Gewoon muziek van nu, weetjewel.

Tom Sanderman, Remy Alexander en Lotte nodigen iedere aflevering een gast uit die 'iets' te maken heeft met nieuwe muziek! En wat hoor je dan in zo'n aflevering? Nou, de gasten nemen muziek mee, en dan gaan ze daar een beetje over zitten kletsen. En er zijn ook rubrieken!

Dus luister en ontdek nieuwe muziekstukken en weetjes en feitjes over nieuwe muziek terwijl je naar wat gezellig gekeuvel luistert.

'Endlessly sublime & tender' Max Reinhardt BBC 3 Late Junction 

I am a Composer/Performer from Nottingham, UK. 


My email is: Robn6500@gmail.com

The way we listen to music is highly determined by our predominant musical exposure during our youth. Tuning system, rhythm, form, timbre, ornaments, are all unconsciously assimilated, shaping how we will pay attention when listening.
 
The adult ear misses many of the subtleties of radically new musical input. Whether that is flamenco, opera, Carnatic music, Javanese gamelan, spectralism: the first times we really listen, our attention is reluctant to engage. 
 
For curious ears this is an attractive challenge. Their intuition tells them: there must be something precious behind that first layer of sound I can barely follow.
What’s more: listening skills are contagious! That day you witnessed your friend crying with an opera aria; or attended a wedding where everybody clapped and danced flamenco; or joined an Arabic concert where most of the public would sigh in a thrill at certain turns of the voice.
 
The podcast series Curious Ears, initiated by Dutch international festival Gaudeamus Muziekweek, explores how experienced listeners can convey their sensorial background, passion and joy to a new listener. 
Let’s get technical, but personal; cognitive, yet intuitive. A friend is sharing their musical intimacy with us. Enjoy.

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