A SWEET NICHE (current)
keir cooper & OLly SELLWOOD
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A Sweet Niche is the work of Keir Cooper & Olly Sellwood. Keir is an award-winning artist working in composition for guitar+electronics and live art. Oliver (5**** Knifeworld, Guardian) is a composer and saxophonist, completing a PhD with Matthew Shlomowitz & Michael Finnissy. Together they share a musical vocabulary sharpened over two decades. asweetniche.info bandcamp ‘seriously impressive in its scope & virtuosity’ - Cognitive Dissonance ‘the discipline that they display is reminiscent of avant jazz rock outfits such as Zu & Zs… Every song is almost bipolar in its construction, yet A Sweet Niche’s vision is transmitted with sparkling clarity.’ – Echoes & Dust. The latest album WIRES is a compound of Baritone Sax, Guitar Rig and Drums - examined, interpreted and presented through the cooperation of electronics, prepared vocals & bassoon: A calibration of the organic and the electronic. 
EYE MUSIC II received Best Albums 2012 from Steve Davis (snooker champion / PHOENIX FM), London music promoters Chaos Theory, & Reviewer Oliver Arditi.
Future Performances Wed. Aug 26th The Harrison: Kings Cross, London Fri. Oct 9th with Chris Sharkey's The Geordie Approach Sebright Arms, London |
