KTHXBYE - details

details is the new album by my trio with Stian Larsen (guitar) and Brage Tørmænen (drums) - KTHXBYE. The album was recorded last year in London following a short tour, and is available on CD and download from Raw Tonk Records.

Line-up: Stian Larsen - guitar, Brage Tørmænen - drums, Colin Webster - tenor saxophone

Firehouse Tapes

Firehouse Tapes is a new duo release with Andrew Lisle on drums. The album was recorded directly to cassette, during three improvised sessions in the basement of an old fire station in North London.

Firehouse Tapes is available as a limited edition cassette and download from Raw Tonk Records.

Line-up: Colin Webster - Tenor and Baritone Saxophone, Andrew Lisle - Drums.

Live at Cafe Oto

New release on Raw Tonk Records, 'Live at Cafe Oto' captures the first meeting of this quartet featuring Dirk Serries on guitar, John Dikeman on tenor sax, Andrew Lisle on drums, and myself on baritone sax.

This blistering live set is available on limited edition CDR and download from here.

Night Streets Of Madness

New release on the excellent Manchester based Tombed Visions label. 'Night Streets Of Madness' is the debut album by Birchall / Cheetham / Webster / Willberg quartet.

Recorded at the legendary Islington Mill in Salford, Night Streets Of Madness is available on limited edition cassette and download.

Line-up: David Birchall (guitar), Andrew Cheetham (drums), Colin Webster (tenor and baritone saxophones), Otto Willberg (double bass).

Dead Neanderthals Endless Voids Album

Recorded live at last year's Incubate Festival in The Netherlands with an expanded Dead Neanderthals line-up, the full Endless Voids concert is now available here on double LP or double CD.

The full line-up for this performance was:

René Aquarius (Dead Neanderthals) - drums, percussion

Otto Kokke (Dead Neanderthals) - saxophone
Thomas Ekelund (Trepaneringsritualen) - voice, electronics
Peter Johan Nÿland (Distel) - string percussion
Dirk Serries (Vidna Obmana) - guitar
Steven Vinkenoog (Donne et Desiree) - guitar
Colin Webster - saxophone, clarinet
Rutger Zuydervelt (Machinefabriek) - electronics

Saxoctopus

Formed by chance when eight saxophonists found themselves in a room together, Saxoctopus - as the name suggests - is an all-saxophone improvising octet featuring some key figures from the UK improv scene. The Saxoctopus album was recorded live at The Vortex Jazz Club in London, and has been released on CD and download by Raw Tonk Records:

The Saxoctopus line-up is: Dee Byrne (Alto Sax), Oliver Dover (Alto Sax), Julie Kjær (Alto Sax), Sam Andreae (Tenor Sax), Rachel Musson (Tenor Sax), Tom Ward (Tenor Sax), Cath Roberts (Baritone Sax), Colin Webster (Baritone Sax).

Qara Capa Video

Dylan Pecora has made an excellent video for the Webster/Holub duo track "Qara Capa", taken from our new album "Viscera". The video is currently streaming on The Wire Magazine vimeo channel.

Viscera is available now from New Atlantis Records, most download services, and direct from us:
websterholub.bandcamp.com

A track from the album is also on the current 'Below The Radar' compilation available exclusively to Wire Magazine subscribers:
http://www.thewire.co.uk/audio/btr/below-the-radar-18

Webster/Holub duo will be playing our only London show this year at Cafe Oto on November 23rd as part of the London Jazz Festival.

Invertebrata - Available Now

New release on Raw Tonk Records: Invertebrata is a duo record with Graham Dunning, and the follow-up to our previous album 'Estigate'. Recorded in the same series of sessions in South London, Invertebrata features minimal and textured improvisations using tenor and baritone saxophones, Walkmans, found tapes, and amplified objects.

The download version is pay-what-you-want. The physical version is a limited edition CDR (50 copies), with individually hand-printed covers.

http://rawtonkrecords.bandcamp.com
http://www.grahamdunning.com

Estigate - Available Now

New release on Linear Obsessional Recordings: Estigate is a saxophone/turntables duo album with Graham Dunning. Minimal and textured improvisations using tenor and baritone saxophones, specially recorded dubplates, and prepared turntables.

The download version is pay-what-you-want. The physical version is a limited edition CDr (50 copies), which comes in a carry-case containing shellac disc fragments, and a map.

www.linearobsessional.org
www.grahamdunning.com

Antennae - Available Now

After long delays, my solo album 'Antennae' is finally available on cassette from the Gaffer Records store: www.gafferrecords.com

The album is a series of short improvisations exploring a strict palette of minimal saxophone sounds, with an emphasis on breath and mechanical noises over "pure/natural" notes. The instrument was close-miked to heighten the presence of these sounds. However, no effects, multi-tracking or external processing were applied to the recording. 

Each cassette comes with a digital version of the album, which contains two bonus remixes by Graham Dunning and Alex Bonney. The digital version is available to stream or download here:
http://gafferrecords.bandcamp.com/album/antennae

...And It Ended Badly - Available Now

'...And It Ended Badly' - the collaboration I recorded with Dead Neanderthals is now available from Raw Tonk Records on CD and download. The full album can also streamed from the site:

The first few reviews have come in from: Burning Ambulance, Echoes and Dust, and Dutch blog 3voor12.

Also, Marlon Wolterink wrote a piece about recording and mastering the album:

http://www.mrmunchkin.net/dead-neanderthals-and-it-ended-badly-opnames-mastering/

Finally we have some lo-fi footage from the recording session. Here's a clip of 'It Went On For Days':

Gaffer Fest Recording

In October my duo with Mark Holub played at Gaffer Fest in Lyon. I've posted my recordings of our whole set here for streaming and download. The recordings are just from the stage, so aren't high quality, but you get the feeling of what was a great night and a really excellent festival programmed by Frank from Gaffer Records. At the time I had mixed feelings about the set as we had both had very early flights to Lyon and the energy levels were quite low. But in retrospect I'm really pleased with how it turned out!

Electronic Musik Compilation

A track from my forthcoming solo album 'Antennae' features on this recent compilation by the Electronic Musik netlabel.

The compilation features over 30 noise, improv, electronic, and experimental artists, and is available for free download from here.