Plastic Knuckle

New release on Raw Tonk Records, 'Plastic Knuckle' is a studio session with Andrew Cheetham on drums, Otto Willberg on bass, and David Birchall on guitar. This is the follow-up album to 'Night Streets of Madness' by this Manchester based quartet.



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

Kodian Trio

Kodian Trio is a new project with Dirk Serries on electric guitar and Andrew Lisle on drums. Kodian Trio's debut album 'I' will be released on LP by the New Wave Of Jazz imprint on 19th March. The trio are also playing a series of dates in Holland, Belgium and Germany, including a two day residency at De Singer in Rijkevorsel:

19/3 - Pletterij (Haarlem, NL)
20/3 - De Nieuwe Ruimte (Rotterdam, NL)
21/3 - Volt (Sittard, NL)
22/3 - Djaezz Keller (Duisburg, D)
23/3 - De Ruimte (Amsterdam, NL)
24/3 - De Singer (Rijkevorsel, B) Two day residency - special guest : Martina Verhoeven
25/3 - De Singer (Rijkevorsel, B) Two day residency - special guests : Martina Verhoeven, John Dikeman, Thijs Troch

The album is available from New Wave of Jazz:

Recent Live Recordings

Colin Webster - Alto & Baritone Saxophones
Mark Holub - Drums

Hundred Years Gallery, London
20th November 2015

David Birchall - Guitar
Andrew Cheetham - Drums
Colin Webster - Alto Saxophone
Otto Willberg - Bass

Cafe Oto, London
16th December 2015

Birchall / Smal / Webster Tour

David Birchall - Guitar

Rogier Smal - Drums

Colin Webster - Saxophones

Live at Mick Beck's House

Audio / photo-collage from the Birchall / Cheetham / Webster / Willberg gig at Mick Beck's house in Sheffield, during our tour at the end of last year.

Thanks to Mick Beck and also Rick Moran for the photos.

David Birchall - Guitar
Andrew Cheetham - Drums
Colin Webster - Alto & Baritone Saxophones
Otto Willberg - Double Bass

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.

CINEPALACE

New release on the New Wave of Jazz label - CINEPALACE. Named after the venue in Kortrijk, Belgium, where this set was recorded, the album captures the first meeting of this trio with Dirk Serries on guitar and Martina Verhoeven on double bass.

The album is available as a limited edition LP on heavyweight vinyl from here.



Line-up: Dirk Serries - Guitar, Martina Verhoeven - Double Bass, Colin Webster - Tenor Saxophone.

"Think of it as abstract sound painting writ large, with the participants sensitive to the creative entity forming via their pointillist interactions." - Textura

DunningWebsterUnderwood - Bleed

DunningWebsterUnderwood is a new project adding 'drone-doom' tubaist Sam Underwood to my long-running saxophone and turntable duo with Graham Dunning. Our debut album 'Bleed' was recorded last year in an improvised session at Sam's studio in Worcestershire.

"..a slow, steady exploitation of applied pressure, an improvisation structured on deep breath-blooms like monolithic, dry ice-shrouded Sunn O))) riffs, stretched and slowed." - Tim Owen (Dalston Sound)

The album is available on CD and download from Adaadat Records.

Line-up: Graham Dunning - turntable & effects, Colin Webster - baritone saxophone, Sam Underwood - tuba

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).

Birchall / Cheetham / Webster / Willberg

Audio / photo-collage from a recent gig by an exciting new quartet formation with Manchester-based players: David Birchall (guitar), Andrew Cheetham (drums), and Otto Willberg (double bass).

Thanks to Hundred Years Gallery for the photos and Graham Dunning for the recording.

The debut album by this quartet will be released later in the year by the excellent Tombed Visions record label.

White Noise Session

Short solo set filmed at the White Noise Studio in Winterswijk, NL. Huge thanks to Marlon Wolterink for recording it.

http://www.whitenoisestudio.com

Live at Hundred Years Gallery

'Live at Hundred Years Gallery' is the new album by my saxophone/turntable duo with Graham Dunning. Released by the excellent CRAM record label, the album contains our full set performed at the East London gallery in October last year.

The album is currently available as limited edition CDR and download:

it's on like boiled corn

'it's on like boiled corn' is my new solo album released on Norwegianism Records. The album is a series of short improvisations and explores similar territory to my previous solo album 'Antennae', using a strict palette of minimal saxophone sounds, with an emphasis on breath and mechanical noises over "pure/natural" notes.

The album is currently available only as a limited edition CD (50 copies), and a download option will be available soon.

Buy / stream here:

Webster / Lisle / Ward - Red Kite

'Red Kite' is the debut album by my new trio with Alex Ward (guitar) and Andrew Lisle (drums). The album is available now to download from Raw Tonk Records, and a CD version will be available soon.

The trio was formed especially for the recording session, prompted by the offer of studio time from Sam Thredder at The Cro's Nest. The album was improvised in the studio, recorded directly to reel-to-reel tape, and mastered by the excellent Marlon Wolterink.

Colin Webster / Graham Dunning - Live in Zurich Video

Footage of the full set with Graham Dunning recorded at Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zurich, during our tour earlier this year.


Colin Webster and Graham Dunning - Live from Ornament Collective on Vimeo.

Graham Dunning: turntable, mixer, dubplates
Colin Webster: tenor saxophone, clarinet

Kthxbye

Kthxbye is the Norwegian duo of Stian Larsen (guitar) and Brage Tormaenen (drums). I joined them for a collaboration on the last night of their UK tour in March. This duo create highly textured improvisations that sustain ideas for prolonged periods.

Part of our set at Power Lunches in Dalston, London was recorded:

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

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.

Solo Tour

Upcoming solo shows in the UK and Netherlands:

March 20th: LUME @ Long White Cloud, London (also duo w/ Andrew Lisle)

http://lumemusic.co.uk

March 28th: Norwegianism Festival @ Roodkapje, Rotterdam

http://norwegianismrecords.wordpress.com

March 29th: Supporting 'The Gate' @ OCCII, Amsterdam

http://occii.org/events/the-gate-us-dan-peck-tom-blancarte-brian-osborne/

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