After the huge success of last months Nonclassical @ the Macbeth on the 5th august we thought we'd treat you to another double bill of innovation. This month it comes in the form of the amazingly talented trio, collectively known as Tangent and the equalty as talented Veryan Weston.

Tangent Tangent is a group of five composers and improvisers, using a different combination of players for every performance. They make music along a boundary between free improvisation and deterministic composition, be it through constraints on improvisation or through indeterminacies in their written scores..."To keep each other on our toes, we talk to each other about our respective creations in general and critical terms, and we discuss the manifestations of culture around us."

Veryan Weston Veryan Weston (born 1950) began working as a pianist in London (1972) as well as playing at the Little Theatre Club. In 1975, he received a fellowship and residency at Digswell House in Hertfordshire where he co-founded and composed for Stinky Winkles and collaborated with visual artists including Stephen Cochrane. He also composed music for film, the most notable being with long-term friend and collaborator Lol Coxhill on Derek Jarman's Caravaggio (1985). In the '80s and '90s, he worked internationally with the Eddie Prévost Quartet and Trevor Watts' Moiré Music. Collaborations with Phil Minton have included the Ways duos, two choral projects, a quartet performing extracts from Joyce’s Finnegans wake, and 4Walls. Other duos include Jon Rose (EMANEM 4207), Caroline Kraabel (EMANEM 4048), Hugh Metcalfe, and a trio with John Edwards and Mark Sanders (EMANEM 4028, 4214, and 4205). ‘Tessellations’ for solo piano was given support from the Peter Whittingham Foundation (London – 2001) and performed on the only remaining original Luthèal Piano at the Museum of Musical Instruments (Brussels) (EMANEM 4095). A published paper on pentatonic scales preceded a performance of Tessellations at International Conference of Bridges: Mathematical Connections in Art, Music, and Science, Granada, Spain.

Trying to top the august Nonclassical was never gonna be an easy task but this is certainly as close to beating it we're gonna get (Till next month). See you all down there for what is set to be a truly seminal night of Nonclassical at its best.

NONCLASSICAL BATTLE OF THE BANDS 2009

If you are performing new contemporary music then this is a fantastic opportunity for you to not only perform at one of London's leading and most established classical club-nights but also an opportunity to release recorded music under Nonclassical who, been a label who strive to push and change the corse of contemporary classical music, need fresh talent emerging from the scene to achieve this.

Prize:-

Record a release for nonclassical Perform a headline slot at Nonclassical club This is an open contest for contemporary music groups and bands. Entrants should send :- A short biog/description explaining what you do Names of players and instrumentation Repertoire played To info@nonclassical.co.uk

Please use subject Battle of Bands

5TH AUGUST 2009

Doors 8pm

£5 on the Door

The Macbeth

70 Hoxton Street

London

N1 6LP

John Kameel Farah

"A force connected to the living, breathing, cutting edge of music... Performer-composer John Kameel Farah is bravely, imaginatively forging new sonic ideas at the remote point where the starchy concert hall and glistening-chested dance club could possibly intersect. His barrier-busting mix of electronic, acoustic composition and improvisation contains everything from early Middle Eastern and Western Baroque to 20th-century serialism and minimalism, as well as the deep, complex percussion loops of the dance floor."

John Terauds - Classical Music Critic - Toronto Star

This Description of John Kameel Farah sums up why this is going to be such a special and exciting addition to the Nonclassical @ The Macbeth series. With his influences and roots firmly set in the same place as Nonclassical and his innovative approach to bringing classical music into the 21st century, not just for the traditional classical crowd but to the world of dance music culture which is exploding across the globe. Nonclassical are proud to welcome such a forward thinking artist to the stage.

We don't like to brag but we really feel we have out done ourself this time with the brilliant Oliver (Olly) Coates also toping the bill.

Olly Coates

Oliver Coates is an Artist in Residence at the South Bank Centre in London. He performs as a guest principal and soloist with the London Sinfonietta. He has worked with composers such as Ades, Birtwistle, Saariaho, Lindberg, Gubaidulina and Jonathan Harvey on their music. He has also worked and recorded with artists such as Massive Attack, Goldie, Sigur Ros, Michachu and Gurrumul. He will be playing: David Fennessy - The Room is the Resonator Matthew Rogers - The End of the Stone Age These are beautiful new works for cello and electronics written for Olly by two of the most important young composers in the country.

And as if that wasn't enough flying in direct from Colombia to perform here latest contemporary dance piece "The Broken Dancer" is Ana Tatian Fermandez Londono. Who has been performing the piece to great success back in colombia and we are lucky enough to be hosting here UK debut.

All this rounded of nicely with Resident DJ Gabriel Prokofiev spinning his usual mix of contemporary classical and beyond to help keep your musical taste buds nice and moist.

The Macbeth with its loyal crowd and great sound is sure to be a fitting venue for this truly unique collection of talented performers.

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