What's it all about?
A 3-day festival of experimental music, sound and performance. This year we've pulled in a clutch of artists to create a series of events that each explore different aspects of music that doesn't quite fit any given category.
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What this requires of you
An open mind, an interest in things that don't fit into the normal, given categories, and to be in Glasgow between the 15th and 17th Feb 2008. Not much else. Well, let's be honest; you'll need a ticket. But we've made them real cheap: a mere tenner for a day or 25 quid for the whole lot. But then that's not much; it's cheaper than last year.
Call 0141 565 1000 or visit www.thearches.co.uk to book your tickets, find out where the Arches is, how to get there, accessibility and the like.
Thank you
Many thanks to all our supporters.
Where to stay
If you're needing accommodation in Glasgow during the fest, we have some ideas.
Durational group-mind drone and clatter: bamboo, electronics, the contents of your local ironmongers bin.
A 3-hour set from this legendary Japanese improvisation group; all students of Takehisa Kosugi at the radical Bigaku school of aesthetics in Tokyo in the 70's.
Formed around one of our favourite musicians, Kazuo Imai, (a student of Japanese Free Jazz linchpin Masayuki Takayanagi and one time member of both Taj Mahal Travellers and Takayanagi's New Direction Unit), the group is a reformation of the East Bionic Symphonia who released an incredible long-form drone record in the early 80's. Brought back together in the 90's, the group now features Yasushi Ozawa (bass player in Fushitsusha), Tomonao Koshikawa, Kei Shii, and sound-artist Masami Tada.
Their extended sets explore forms of sound and ways of playing that never coalesce into music, but create a group dynamic of ebb and flow, of exploration and fluidity. Two of our favourite Japanophiles - Chris Bohn and Alan Cummings (both of the Wire) - saw these guys play in Japan last Christmas and brought back tales of an incredible performance, of time stood still; bamboo as percussion, drone and clatter as detail.
