Sneeuwstorm - Rutger Zuydervelt

'Sneeuwstorm' is a new album by electronic/ambient composer Rutger Zuydervelt (Machinefabriek). The album comprises of one track which was made incorporating improvised saxophone sounds recorded especially for this project by Otto Kokke and myself.

Rutger writes: "I started with Sneeuwstorm by making an electronic 'framework' for the saxophones, mainly using recordings from electrical equipment, made with coil pick-ups. Then I asked two of my favorite saxophonists, Colin Webster and Otto Kokke, to improvise on the material.
Once I received Colin and Otto's contributions, things began to fall into place rapidly. As expected, they came up with something splendid. It inspired me again to morph the whole composition into something new, restructuring, processing and looping parts of Colin's and Otto's recordings, and adding more sounds of my own, such as field recordings, samples and electric guitar."

'Sneeuwstorm' is available on CD and download from Glistening Examples.

Webster / Dunning Tour

I'm playing a series of shows with Graham Dunning on turntable throughout April in the UK and Switzerland. The dates are:

15th April - Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zurich, Switzerland

https://www.facebook.com/events/1506242346269924/

22nd April - Servant's Jazz Quarters, London, UK

http://www.servantjazzquarters.com/event/ripsaw-catfish-tiom-colin-webster-graham-dunning

24th April - Quadrant Lounge, Wolverhampton, UK

https://www.facebook.com/events/1488642598025934/

25th April - Noise Above Noise @ The Penthouse NQ, Manchester, UK

http://thepenthousenq.com/events

26th April - Noise Broadway @ Fabric Lab, Bradford, UK

https://www.facebook.com/events/625941307486571/?ref=22

27th April - Blank Canvas @ The Ship and Mitre, Liverpool, UK

http://www.improvisersnetwork.co.uk/bc/2014/bc30.htm

29th April - Horse Improv Club @ The Doghouse, London, UK

http://horseimprovclub.flavors.me

Our album 'Estigate' was released by Linear Obsessional Recordings last month. Buy/stream/download the album here.

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

Collaboration with Romvelope D.V.M.A. Installation

In July, myself and Jussi Brightmore improvised live to a sound installation entitled D.V.M.A. by artist Bjorn Hatleskog, aka Romvelope. A recording of the set is here:




DVMA Installation by Bjorn Hatleskog / Romvelope
Colin Webster: Baritone Saxophone
Jussi Brightmore: Electronics

Recorded at Burgh House Gallery, London. July 10th 2013.
http://www.adaadat.co.uk/romvelope/

Duo With Graham Dunning

I've just finished recording a series of saxophone and turntable improvisations with Graham Dunning. Graham is a sound/visual artist who uses a lot of field recordings, tapes, found sounds, custom vinyl, etc.. in his work. In this project he used a fairly minimal set-up of a turntable and mixer. For me this is a continuation of the solo work I've done recently, exploring extended techniques, and employing very quiet sounds. We'll be looking to release the recordings once we've finished the editing/mastering process. Meanwhile here's a link to Graham's work, and a couple of shots from the session:

http://grahamdunning.com