This one popped into view the other day, in a playlist of tracks cut at Sound of Jura. It's from one of several lineups of Pontefract's finest, 'Brigada Mercy' to have worked at the studio. Producer Giles Perring suggested the band dispense with all the electrical items they were proposing to use for the song and instead to build up a version of the song with a mass of acoustic guitar and upright bass tracks. All backed up with some hallmark backing vocals. Don 'Mercy' Wilson's Les Paul Junior does work its way in there though.

'Sick Of This' by Brigada Mercy

The Exchange is the name of a series of performance and multimedia works by Giles Perring.

The Exchange combines live performance with the potential of mobile phones to communicate experience and intimacy. It is about chance, communication, technology and emotion. In the piece, which is a strictly timed musical improvisation, one live performer on stage interacts with telephone calls from other performers and artists who can be anywhere on the planet. They call at specific moments with specific contributions. Meanwhile, other artists might send images of these performers and their performances, as they happen, by phone. 

'The Exchange' was first performed in London in 2001, with later versions in 2002 and 2003; these employed the emerging technology of MMS to share pictures simultaneously with live performance by telephone.

This recording of the first performance, with the venue's windows open on on a summer night in Deptford, London, features Giles Perring on stage with a cast of performers who call during the piece. The calls you hear come from:
Michael Ray, Kate Cragg, John Cayley, Joe Wilton, Tom Day, Paul 'Research' Mackie, Simon Edwards, Nick Cash, Carol Grimes, Ros Perring, Angela Elliot, Alan Wilkinson, Orlando Gough, Ivor Kallin, Chris Kerridge, Ginny Clee, Caroline Bergvall, Richard Chew & Cheryl Pickering. Full information about where everyone called from, and other writings about the piece can be found at 
http://www.exchangeart.co.uk

'The Exchange - 6 July 2001' by Giles Perring

Echo City with Michael Ray and Dave Davis from the Sun Ra Arkestra

'Take It Outside/Denise' by Echo City feat. Michael Ray & Dave Davis

An extra track from the 'Phosphor' sessions to whet your appetites for Karl's forthcoming UK tour. See http://www.karlculley.co.uk/category/gigs/ for the most up to date gig info.

'Three Blind Mice' by Karl Culley

Extended edit from Giles Perring's performance of his mobile phone piece for 'Suspense' at the Sonica Festival in Glasgow. The piece features Giles on stage, performing with loopers, guitar and various odd and sods of Echo City technology alongside live performances received by phone, some of which are also captured on video. In this extract, we hear from Melanie Pappenheim in Kennington, London; Albert Kuvezin in Kyzyl, Tuva; Neil Cameron on the Isle of Jura, Scotland; Snorre and Brit Ellein Andersen in Stavanger, Norway; Ginny Clee and Simon Edwards, Membury Services, England; Christine McCourt in Sao Paolo, Brazil and Ivor Kallin in Clapton, London. You can enjoy a video of this performance at https://vimeo.com/89900502

"The Exchange 01 11 13" by Giles Perring

Part of Giles Perring's extensive catalogue written and recorded for the Extreme Music Library. We discovered this one in a clip featuring Mo Farah for Nike just recently, which was nice..Tom Day on trumpet by the way....

"Preditation" by Giles Perring

Melancholic yet majestic ballad from Albert Kuvesin's one month songwriting vigil on the Isle of Jura. Bass by Simon Edwards, vocal accompaniment from Melanie Pappenheim, clarinet from Sarah Homer, other instrumentation and percussion and musical arrangement from Giles Perring.

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'The Philosopher' - by Albert Kuvesin & Yat Kha

Nuclear EVERYTHING - No Thanks

Recorded by Life of Riley, Hidden Drive, Pyworthy, Devon, 1980
Guy Evans - drums
Paul Schubert - bass
Chris Kerridge - guitar
Giles Perring - vocals, guitar

written by Giles Perring
produced by Guy Evans

Smiling Sun

'Smiling Sun' by Life of Riley

Jeff

'Jeff [live]' by Giles Perring

A track from 'Poets and Lighthouses' by Albert Kuvezin and Yat Kha. The album was recorded and produced by Giles Perring on the Isle of Jura. As well the signal talents of Albert Kuvezin and his distinctive Tuvan 'kargyraa' vocal technique, the album features performances from Sarah Homer, Simon Edwards, Stephen Warbeck, Melanie Pappenheim, Neil Cameron and Giles himself. The album hit No 1 in the WMCE world music chart in 2011.

'The Way My Poetry Should Go' by Albert Kuvezin and Yat Kha

This is a track from UNMEN, the recording project of Giles Perring and Nick Cash. This was recorded on York Railway Station, the Grosmont to Pickering Railway and in a railway tunnel in North London. It is, essentially, a collage of field recordings with a dub section. The track is taken from the album 'Music in Motion'.

'Brief Encounter' by UNMEN

Opening sequence for The Lady from the Sea, by Ibsen, staged at the Arcola Theatre and then recorded for BBC Radio 3. Directed by Hannah Eidenow. The score and sound design were created by Melanie Pappenheim and Giles Perring. The recordings were produced in London and on Jura. The central character, Elida, is a strange fish [pun intended], is she massively troubled by her past, or is she lost because she's a selkie woman who needs to get back to the sea?

'The Lady From the Sea' by Melanie Pappenheim and Giles Perring

This is Echo City, Live in Rimini in 2000. It's from the CD/EP 'Single2000'. Originally a saxophone tune and a fixture in the band's set for years on many North American and European tours, this version is the only one to get released, but was revised to feature Giles Perring on electric guitar. You also here, Paul Shearsmith on trombone, Guy Evans on percussion and Rob Mills and Julia Farrington on the batphones. More on this recording at http://www.echocity.co.uk/single2000/grafcred.htm

'Lego Shuffle' by Echo City

Giles Perring and his team. Music production, composition, sound design, recording, and event production. Sound of Jura is an island creative lab.

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