Live quartet improvisation:
Alan Wilkinson – saxophone / bass clarinet
Simon Camatta – percussion
Hilary Robinson – melodicas
Douglas Benford – tenor recorder / objects
Doors 3.30 | music 4pm | £10 cash entry
Simon Camatta
Simon Camatta (1976) is an internationally renowned improvisational and jazz drummer. He breaks the mold with evening-long, improvised drum solo concerts and interdisciplinary works in unusual, off-site venues. On his album “This is not a Solo Record,” he collaborated with guests and field recordings. He studied jazz at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen and plays shows with various groups, in theaters, and with independent dance companies. He also works with visual artists as part of his project “Drums Meets Canvas.” He curates two festivals and lives in Essen/Germany. He has worked with Vincent von Schlippenbach, Fred Frith, John Edwards, Caroline Kraabel, Bex Burch, John Butcher, Viv Corringham, Chris Corsano, Axel Dörner, Jaap Blonk, FM Einheit, Casper Brötzmann, Silke Eberhard, Charlotte Hug, Thomas Lehn, Maggie Nicols, Rachel Musson and Corey Mwamba amongst many others.
https://simoncamatta.yolasite.
Alan Wilkinson
Alan Wilkinson was a formative part of the Leeds experimental music scene in the 80s, founding the Termite Club and as part of the ferocious Hession/Wilkinson/Fell trio. Since relocating to London in 1990 he has continued to play and promote the music and remains one of the most powerful saxophone voices around today, recently adding bass clarinet to his usual Alto and Baritone. He has played with Derek Bailey, Peter Brötzmann, Chris Corsano, Akira Sakata, Thurston Moore, Spiritualized and many others, and is currently active with his Norwegian quartet Akode, Wilkinson/Edwards/Noble, amongst many other projects.
https://bandcamp.com/discover/
Hilary Robinson
Hilary Robinson is a composer, performer and teacher. She studied classical music composition with teachers including Kaija Saariaho and Anders Eliasson, living in Finland for a decade after studies at Helsinki’s Sibelius Academy. Based in London since returning to the UK, she is now active in different musical contexts ranging from spontaneous music to punk, especially on the melodica. As an improviser, she appeared recently in the Ealing Extranormal series and has been part of David Leahy’s Underscoring study group project for improvising musicians and dancers at Trinity Laban throughout 2025. She has recorded on labels Second Language Music, WIAIWYA, Castles in Space and 9128.live, the latter with electronic music artist Jo Johnson as an electroacoustic duo. Her music has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, Resonance FM and Curved Radio (Australia), and performed in Europe, the US and the UK at festivals such as London’s Music We’d Like to Hear, the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and Daylight Music. She has also worked with ensembles including the Fidelio Trio and Ensemble Noszferatu, and pianists Jonathan Powell, Mary Dullea and Mark Knoop.
https://about.me/
Douglas Benford
Douglas Benford, composer and sound artist, has been involved in various audio genres and monikers since the late 1980s, performing at institutions in the UK (Bristol’s Arnolfini, London’s Science Museum, Tate Modern, The Roundhouse, ICA and Glasgow’s CCA), festivals worldwide (Mutek, Synch, Transmediale) and has had installation work in numerous UK galleries (London, Swansea, Stroud and Essex). His pieces and performances have been aired on the radio internationally, and regularly on BBC Radio 3’s Freeness programme and the Ambrosia Rasputin show on Resonance FM. After numerous electronica releases and activity in the 90s and 2000s, he now plays using acoustic sources (eg harmonium, toys, objects) with the London Improvisers Orchestra and Confront Recordings / Mark Wastell’s The Seen collective, as well as being a regular contributor to the Lonely Impulse Collective. His collaborators include Alan Wilkinson, Dominic Lash, Blanca Regina, poet Tamar Yoseloff, Angharad Davies, sculptor Rob Olins, Matt Atkins, Lina Lapelyte, Marjolaine Charbin, Sylvia Hallett, Steve Beresford, Hannah Marshall, Adam Bohman, John Edwards, Jennifer Allum, and Sue Lynch.
dbenford.bandcamp.com
