Koi Bombs Album Launched!

The new album by my trio with Mark Holub and Toby McLaren was released at the end of January. We had the launch party at Stoke Newington International Airport. It was a great night, great bands, and a large and receptive crowd!

The trio also played the legendary Boat-Ting (improv club on a boat on the Thames) earlier in the week. The intimate dimensions of the venue really suited us, and the set was very powerful. We hadn't played together for over a month, so things were fresh and firing! We also played a set the following week at Rays Jazz Cafe in central London. The polite coffee shop atmosphere was slightly at-odds with our outlandish improvisations, but after a bit of an apologetic start we got into it.

The album is now available from Gaffer Records http://www.gafferrecords.com/ and at gigs.

Here's a clip of the trio from the album launch:



More clips and sounds from the trio gigs coming soon.

Also in January I played a show as a guest with Loup - the duo of Sheik Anorak and Clement Edouard. We played an intense set at Indo in Whitechapel with Sheik Anorak on drums, Clement on alto and electronics and myself on baritone.. Hopefully some clips from this show coming soon as well.

Koi Bombs Album Launch

The Koi Bombs album launch is taking place on Saturday 22nd January at Stoke Newington International Airport. Not only are we releasing our record on the night, but also Ma. (led by my good friend Tom Challenger) and LOUP (led by Gaffer Records head-honcho Sheik Anorak) are both releasing albums as well!

It promises to be a great night with all 3 bands performing. Doors open at 8pm, and tickets are £5 on the door. There's also a guestlist for press/promo etc.. so get in touch if that's you.

Koi Bombs Artwork

'Koi Bombs' is the first release from my trio Webster/Holub/McLaren.

It's being released by Gaffer Records on CD-R this month.
http://www.gafferrecords.com/

We're playing a few London gigs to support the release:

17th January - Boat-Ting, on a boat, Temple Pier, Embankment
22nd January - ALBUM LAUNCH @ Stoke Newington International Airport, Stoke Newington
27th January - Ray's Jazz @ Foyle's Bookstore Cafe, Soho

Bird Head Son Tour.. Complete!

The Spasm Band's 'Bird Head Son' tour is finally came to an end a few weeks ago in Lille. It's been an incredible two year journey, taking us all over Europe, playing some spectacular stages, to so many amazing people.



We've been writing the next record over the last few months, and are due to enter the studio very soon.. More on that later.

There's lots of clips and interviews etc.. on the Spasm Band blog: http://spasmband.blogspot.com/

Here's a photo of The Spasm Band taken in Lille at the end of the tour:



l-r: Anthony Joseph, Colin Webster, Oscar Martinez, Michel Castellanos, Andrew John, Christian Arcucci

New addition..

Meet the latest addition to my family!




I've wanted a bari for ages, and now I have one. This one used to belong to a fantastic saxophonist and improvisor David O'Connor - so it's got pedigree!

It's made a couple of live appearances already with Webster/Holub/McLaren and Wart Biter, and in the studio with Chik Budo. Looking forward to playing it on gigs and some new recordings in the new year.

Composition for ArtReview Short Film

Dan Hahn and I recently composed the music for this short film by Oliver Basciano for ArtReview.


Find more videos like this on artreview.com

Wart Biter @ The Gluerooms

I'm playing this night on saturday with Wart Biter, although in reality it's just me and Tom Fuglesang on drums. Tom is the drummer from Gum Takes Tooth who I've collaborated with in Wart Biter and Terrordactyl. We're doing a set of free jazz meets grindcore and doom. It's my last gig of the year, and also my first full gig on my new baritone - more on that later!

The Gluerooms is a brilliant night of all things noisy and experimental run by Mic Shaw (DJ Tendraw) that ran for years when I lived in New Cross. I'm pleased to see it's now started up again in Stockwell.

www.thegluerooms.com