An afternoon featuring two sets of free improvised music.
Solo
Isidora Edwards – ‘cello
Duo
Dominic Lash – double bass
Daniel Thompson – acoustic guitar
Doors 3.30 | music 4pm | £10 cash
Daniel Thompson was born in Norfolk, England. Largely self-taught, he moved to London in 2005 and studied with the guitarist John Russell for two years. Since then, he has performed at many venues and festivals across the UK and Europe. In addition, he has also been organising concerts including the ‘The Shoreditch Church Concert Series’ with Benedict Taylor. Currently you can hear and see Daniel performing solo, with other musicians in many ad-hoc improvising situations and in long-term collaborations or ‘working groups’.
Daniel is the founder and artistic director of Empty Birdcage Records.
Dominic Lash is a double bassist and guitarist who the Free Jazz Collective has called an “exceptional creative musician” He concentrates on improvised and experimental music, performing regularly with musicians such as John Butcher, Angharad Davies, N.O. Moore, and Mark Sanders. He also performed with the late Tony Conrad and Steve Reid, has had solo double bass pieces written for him by composers including Jürg Frey and Éliane Radigue, and has worked with bands and ensembles including Apartment House, Modern Nature, and the Bozzini Quartet. As an academic, he researches and writes about film.
Since the beginning of 2022 he has been based in Cambridge, where he organizes the Soundhunt improvised music series, with the guitarist N.O. Moore, on the last Sunday of every month at Thrive on Norfolk Street.
Isidora Edwards is a Chilean cellist, improviser and composer, currently a PhD Researcher in Music at Goldsmiths, University of London. She is actively exploring the intersection between performativity, materiality and imagination in sound from a feminist perspective. Isidora as a solo artist, and in collaboration with multidisciplinary artists and ensembles has taken part in festivals of experimental music and contemporary dance worldwide.
