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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.

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BANDCAMp  STREAM  OF  EYE MUSIC  II   (ALBUM)

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