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Obsidian - Kit Downes & Miguel Ortiz

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Kit Downes (organ), with Miguel Ortiz (electronics)

Date(s)
November 1, 2018
Location
Old McMordie Hall
Time
13:10 - 14:00
Price
Free – all are welcome

Obsidian is a collection of Kit Downes’ solo organ works from the eponymous album released on ECM Records in early 2018. A mixture of written and semi-scored/semi-improvised pieces, it focusses on the nuances and unique features of both smaller chamber organs local to rural Suffolk as well as larger grander instruments from bigger cities around the UK. It is both a study of extended techniques from instruments sometimes in states of disrepair, and a connection and adaptation of the improvised tradition of the instrument, exploring themes of duration, vibration and mechanics.

Kit Downes is a BBC Jazz Award winning, Mercury Music Award nominated, solo recording artist for ECM Records. He has toured the world with artists such as Squarepusher, Thomas Strønen, Aidan O'Rourke and Django Bates and written commissions for Cheltenham Music Festival, London Contemporary Orchestra, Stavanger Konserthus, Cologne Philharmonie, BBC Radio 3 and the Wellcome Trust."

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