London Jazz Festival and Artic Circle
14th November 2026
We Are Children (We Make Sound) next performance will be on 14th November for Artic Circle
We are deeply grateful to the Hinrichsen Foundation for their support of our record launch of Burroughs on 6th June
Photos Pas de Trai
Getting there!
We seems to have been recording forever, but that's because we're making two albums at once. Productive! Finally putting the flute and clarinet on both.
This week we were recording some new material Dan's written. Photos from the session show how hard we're working!
This week we were recording some new material Dan's written. Photos from the session show how hard we're working!
Elias recording Marimba
Percussion recording
Guitar mayhem
New recording project
We're recording again! It's a slow process but it's sounding great. A full twenty minute piece doesn't get recorded in a second.
But it's nearing completion and we had a great time recording percussion this week.
Here's some photos so far!
Al at the controls in Resident, recording a new Dan piece.
But it's nearing completion and we had a great time recording percussion this week.
Here's some photos so far!
Al at the controls in Resident, recording a new Dan piece.
QEH Bryars premiere
The QEH performance was fantastic. Not just to play in that great venue and acoustic, but it was an absolute honour to give the premiere of "Burroughs". Composed by Gavin Bryars, for us. Gavin we love you. Amazing and beautiful piece and a huge learning curve. We loved every minute of rehearsing, proof reading, creating, building, interpreting and finally performing. We can't wait to play it again!
We were too engrossed in performing to stop to blog and post photos! Here's the view at the soundcheck
We were too engrossed in performing to stop to blog and post photos! Here's the view at the soundcheck
Line-up for QEH
First rehearsal of the new Gavin Bryars piece yesterday, and it is beautiful! Our line-up for the performance on October 11th at QEH will be:
Abi Murray- Flute; Richard Bond-clarinet and guitar, Alessandro Le Barbera-mandolin and guitar, Alastair Beveridge, Robbie Mullally, Charlotte Barrow, Niels Bakx-Guitars, Elias Gargallo-Percussion, Jo Kelsey- Keys, Richard Jones-Violin, Audrey Riley and Edwin Ireland-cello, Dan Gaylard, Jeremy Muchenje and Pete Hunt-basses. We'll also be joined by Bryars Ensemble guitarist James Woodrow as guest soloist.
Abi Murray- Flute; Richard Bond-clarinet and guitar, Alessandro Le Barbera-mandolin and guitar, Alastair Beveridge, Robbie Mullally, Charlotte Barrow, Niels Bakx-Guitars, Elias Gargallo-Percussion, Jo Kelsey- Keys, Richard Jones-Violin, Audrey Riley and Edwin Ireland-cello, Dan Gaylard, Jeremy Muchenje and Pete Hunt-basses. We'll also be joined by Bryars Ensemble guitarist James Woodrow as guest soloist.
Gavin Bryars commission
We have big news. The English composer Gavin Bryars has been commissioned to write us a piece. An honour for us as we hold this composer in high esteem. We're pretty excited. The piece was commissioned a while ago so we've been holding on to this great secret. But apparently it's almost finished. We should see it by the end of the week! The premiere will be at Queen Elizabeth Hall on October 11th, as part of a Burroughs inspired evening within the literature festival. More news to come!
Previous events
A performance of Gavin Bryars Burroughs to launch the release on vinyl
Wer Are Children (We Make Sound) releases at Independent Label Market. Plus hear and pre-order Spring 2018 release! https://www.facebook.com/independentlabelmarket/videos/1835610386466314/?acontext=%7B%22action_history%22%3A%22[%7B%5C%22surface%5C%22%3A%5C%22page%5C%22%2C%5C%22mechanism%5C%22%3A%5C%22page_upcoming_events_card%5C%22%2C%5C%22extra_data%5C%22%3A[]%7D]%22%2C%22has_source%22%3Atrue%7D
Three day Festival in beautiful Sicily. We Are Children plus performance by Audrey Riley and James Woodrow, and community improvisation. http://pasdetrai.com
Premiere of new Gavin Bryars commission. Part of an evening of Burroughs related performances. http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whatson/language-is-a-virus-from-outer-85860
A celebration and album launch! CD/ticket bundles are also available. To buy our CD + ticket together for £12 follow this link http://goo.gl/iYxabC
To buy our 12 inch vinyl single + ticket for £10 follow this link http://goo.gl/4Gq85b
CD and vinyl will also be available to purchase at the gig for £10 and £6
£5 in advance/£7 on the door.
Performance- Foyer
Gaved released- available at Rough Trade East