Illi Adato - A Short Biography

"Sound, like Intuition, provides a bridge between the conscious and the unconscious mind".
Illi Adato's work with altered-states of being as a Hypnotherapist provides an additional layer to his sonic work. 
Performing and recording internationally and creating within the field of Free-Improvisation and Spontaneous Composition, in Illi's words: "one of the only, truly here-and-now art forms" he combines acoustic and electronic, old and new instruments, low-tech and hi-tech processing to produces deeply penetrating sounds, noises and frequencies.

Current Projects Includes:
Art of the Moment - An International Cross-Disciplinary Free-Improvisation Festival - London, UK - Artistic Director.
Info: www.ovlondon.co.uk   

A Living Score - a performance of instant music composition spontaneously created by 'Conduction' queues provided to the musicians by the movement of dancers - Concept Creator / Performer.
Info:  http://ovlondon.weebly.com/art-of-the-moment.html

Oscillation 00-12-00 - Album by Illi Adato (London, UK) Percussion & Electronics and Tuna Pase (Istanbul) Flute, Voice, Electronics.
Info: http://o-scillation.bandcamp.com/album/oscillation-00-12-00

The Night Before - Album published by Mahorka Records  made in Istanbul, Turkey with Buğra Giritlioğlu - Vocals, Yannis Saxonis - Electronics and Illi Adato - Percussion & Electronics.
Info: https://soundcloud.com/kontrtenor/the-night-before

Collaboration With Other Artists includes:
Maggie Nicols - Voice / Oren Marshall - Tuba / Phil Minton - Voice / Veryan Weston - Piano / Sharon Gal - Voice / Tuna Pase - Flute & Voice / Korhan Erel - Electronics / Alison Blunt - Violin / Moshi Honen - Guitar / Hannah Marshall - Cello / Guy Harries - Flute / Voice / Electronics / Buğra Giritlioğlu - vocals, Yannis Saxonis - electronics  / Yoni Silver – Bass Clarinet / Daniel Davidovsky – amplified bicycle / Nadav Masel – Double Bass and many more.


Rookery Ensemble would like to say a few words in honour of Alison O'Melia founding member who passed away just before Christmas 2020 after a illness. We will miss you; love you in so many ways. Its still so hard to comprehend but we will follow the paths you set in music and sound. Your patterns of spirit are there rich with colour and transcend the mundane. We hold our hands up and touch those stars above in which way they shine xxx 

Rookery Ensemble were founded by
George Harris and Alison O'Melia 
they were previously called Brother G and The Trouble and World Of Surprises and started in 2011. Performing a number of concerts as a duo and ensemble.
They have ploughed several furloughs in the land of contemporary music. Currently based around George E Harris with Erik Moore and Mark Hill bringing in others in the hear and there. 
Through the lockdown in UK, Alison and George played a number of home performances for Crystal Palace Lockdown Live online which you can hear a best of album on soundcloud and bandcamp.  As well as view some on YouTube and the CPLL Facebook group page. The bandcamp album is available to buy and is raising money for St Christopher's Hospice. This was with the help of Erik Moore on various tracks virtually. 
Rookery Ensemble have just released their first vinyl album Islets Of Langerhans that was started with Alison and completed since her passing.  This album is available on Bandcamp as well as here and other streaming services and the sales are part going to St Christophers Hospice.
Other members of Ensemble  of late have been Hilary Robinson - Piano, Melodica and keyboards, David Rothon on various instruments including the Omni Chord, Pedal Steel and Melodica, Mark Hill - Electronics and Radio, Erik Moore - Bass, K- Keyboards and Percussion, Annabella Maneljuk - Melodica, Glockenspiel and Keyboards.
With previous  collaborations  from Agata Liswoska on Violin with occasional appearances by  Mitzy Valentine - Flute and Voice, Victoria Potterton on Trumpet and Voice. 
Rookery Ensemble continue to build on the fluid nature of the music through various incarnations and sounds.

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