EYe MUSIC II : A SWEET NICHE (2012)
Keir cooper > OLly SELLWOOD > BEN HANDYSIDES
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'AS IF BAGPUSS
HAD JOINED SLAYER' MISFIT CITY This album was written over 10 days in a Madrid rehearsal studio while Oliver lived in the city and Keir came for a month. Ben Handysides approached the band asking to join on drums and the set was realised in London, though a series of performances and a studio recording: achieved through live takes as a trio (as with much Jazz)
and recorded over 4 days. 1. EYE MUSIC II 2. FORK CRIME 3. DUODECIMAL 4. GAOL BIRD 5. BANANAGIRL 6. FLIRT WITH PASCAL 7. KA'S GREEN NOTEBOOK 8. 24 NOTE WALTZ 9 COS WE CAN Artists Dickon Knowles and David Trevail created two video responses to the music, Dickon filming a story for 24 Note Waltz and David offering a video/animation for Duodecimal. 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 |