In a basement in Didsbury, Manchester, 4 members of Womb, including (recently joined after her return from an artist residency in India) Jen and newest member as yet, Stephanie (who enjoyed watching Womb's 6th gig at the Okasional Cafe the previous Friday and thought to ask about getting involved) also Lou and Fiona, whilst Womb website designer and artist Rosanne sat on the basement windowsill editing the Womb site! 

We used toms, snare, cymbal, vocals and anything we could find in Fi's basement: planks of wood, concrete blocks, metal filing cabinets, bins, coins on a plate, jars, tin lids, lots of metal...

Womb Rehearsal 26/04/11 (part 2)

Womb Rehearsal 26/04/11 (part 1)

Who was there?
Lou, Helen, Emily, Sian, Jen, Rosanne, Alison, Kirsty, Steph, Whitney, Marian and Fiona.
Musical instruments? Metal sculptures, timpani, snare, keyboard, 2x bass, electric guitar, sax, singing bowl, bells, glass bottles, mega-phone...
This was the night that ended in a ritualistic-tribal-ceremonial hair cutting. Emily decided she wanted her dreads off. Off they went, to a soundtrack of mantra-drumming and women sat around making droney noises, singing, clapping, dancing. Rosanne did the cutting and Jen collected the ha

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