Kodian Trio UK Tour

Dead Neanderthals UK Tour 2015

DEAD NEANDERTHALS / ORTHODOX UK TOUR

2nd Sept - Power Lunches, London

https://babayaga.ticketabc.com/events/baba-yagas-hut-pr-64/

3rd Sept - Hare and Hounds, Birmingham

http://hareandhoundskingsheath.co.uk

4th Sept - Islington Mill, Manchester

http://www.islingtonmill.com

5th Sept - The Exchange, Bristol

http://www.exchangebristol.com

6th Sept - The Cowley Club, Brighton

http://www.cowleyclub.org.uk

Webster / Holub Duo Mini-Tour

My duo with Mark Holub is playing a series of UK dates in April:

April 13th - The Cowley Club, Brighton

http://clubzygotic.wordpress.com

April 14th - The Lamp Tavern, Birmingham

http://improvisationuk.wix.com/fizzlebirmingham

April 15th - The Vortex, London

http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/double-duo-plus-mark-holubcolin-webster-mark-holubirene-kepl/

All three dates will be double-bills with Mark's duo with Austrian violinist Irene Kepl.

Aftermath: Dead Neanderthals Tour

Dead Neanderthal's UK tour finished last week, and we had four excellent shows. Huge thanks to all the promoters, venues, and everyone who came to see us.

The first gig was in Manchester, hosted by Freedom Principle, then the next day we made the short drive to Macclesfield to film a set in Sam Andreae's tiny basement:


Dead Neanderthals in Sam's Basement from Sam Andreae on Vimeo.

In Sheffield we played the Audacious Art Experiment - a rehearsal/gig venue/record label, hosted and filmed by Tinnitus Jukebox. It was a great show, and a great space. Footage should be turning up on local network TV later in the year.

The penultimate gig at Green Door Store in Brighton was filmed in it's entirety:



We finished the tour in London with an amazing gig at The Vortex. The night was reviewed by the Ears For Eyes blog:

"They unrelentingly delivered a torrent of sound that suggested the missing link between John Coltrane’s ‘Ascension’ and the experience of pulping your head in a blender."

http://ears4eyes.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/dead-neanderthals-dead-days-beyond-help.html?m=1

The photo above was taken by Pigface from Pogarda Crew, as well as the 'headless saxmen' pic below:

Dead Neanderthals UK Tour 2014

In January I'm playing a short UK tour with Dead Neanderthals. The dates are:

31st Jan - Dulcimer Bar, Manchester

1st Feb - AAE, Sheffield

2nd Feb - Green Door Store, Brighton

3rd Feb - The Vortex, London

The Dutch duo incorporate elements from free jazz, grind and noise culminating in a pummeling sound that is akin to Painkiller and Borbetomagus. They are a household name in the Dutch experimental music scene, and have played tours and festivals all over Europe and the US.

Our collaborative album '...And It Ended Badly' was released on Gaffer / Raw Tonk Records in October 2013.

http://rawtonkrecords.bandcamp.com
http://deadneanderthals.wordpress.com

Collaboration With Dead Neanderthals

In May I'll be guesting with Dutch duo Dead Neanderthals for a couple of UK dates:

May 16th - The Vortex, London
http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/gigs.php?gd=20130516#.UVxHP6X3DLY

May 17th - The Cowley Club, Brighton
http://clubzygotic.wordpress.com

Both dates will be double-bills with another excellent heavy Dutch trio 'Albatre'. Both bands are part of the burgeoning micro-scene of artists in Europe highlighting the crossover of improv, noise-rock, and jazz. Last August I put on a show for Dead Neanderthals in London and it was one of the heaviest sets I saw all year. In December we recorded a collaborative album, and these gigs will be the first time we perform together live.

Info on Dead Neanderthals here.
Info on Albatre here.

Webster/Holub Duo Micro-Tour

My duo with Mark Holub has a couple of rare live appearances at the end of March at The Cowley Club in Brighton and The Vortex in London. The London date is a double bill with Alex Ward's band 'Dead Days Beyond Help'. Details here:

March 24th: The Cowley Club, 12 London Road, Brighton, BN1 4JA. 8pm, £5
http://clubzygotic.wordpress.com

March 25th: The Vortex, 11 Gillet Street, London, N16 8AZ. 8pm, £9 (w/ Dead Days Beyond Help)
http://www.ents24.com/web/event/Mark-Holub-The-Vortex-Jazz-Club-London-3248166.html

Anorak/Webster/Holub tour recordings

Here's an audio excerpt from the Anorak/Webster/Holub set at Port Mahon in Oxford during our mini-tour back in March:



There's also this excellent video of the whole set:



We also have a video clip from our set at Green Door Store in Brighton:



..and we have an excellent recording of the set at The Vortex that we're hoping to release later in the year.

On The Edge

A few weeks ago I travelled down to Brighton with my trio (Webster/Holub/McLaren) to play at On The Edge - the night run by Brighton's Safehouse collective. It was the first time our trio had played outside London, and we had a great gig to a very enthusiastic listening audience. I mainly played Baritone for this gig, and Toby just brought his synth and effects instead of the usual Rhodes. This slight change to the usual format worked really well, with the synth bringing out more 'sounds' and the baritone sometime playing more of a support/rhythm section role.

Here's a clip of the first track from our set:
Webster/Holub/McLaren live in Brighton by colinwebster

Many thanks to Gus Garside and everyone at Safehouse for bringing us down there.
http://www.safehousebrighton.co.uk/