Sunday 28 April
Strange Brew, 19:00 — 23:00
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Freeform festival closer featuring: أحمد [Ahmed], the formidable quartet of Pat Thomas, Seymour Wright, Antonin Gerbal and Joel Grip; Josephine Foster, performing songs from her baroque and part-ambient 2022 album ‘Godmother’, Ruth Goller’s pitch-perfect bass, voice and drum compositions as Skylla, and DJ Jennifer Lucy Allan.
Doors: 1900
Start: 2000
End: 2300
Set Times:
DJ Jennifer Lucy Allan 19.00
Ruth Goller’s Skylla 20.00
Josephine Foster 21.00
أحمد [Ahmed] 22.00
أحمد [Ahmed]
Pat Thomas (piano), Seymour Wright (alto saxophone), Antonin Gerbal (drums), Joel Grip (double bass). Excavating and re-inhabiting the notes and visions of NYC theorist, educator, composer and musician Ahmed Abdul-Malik (1927-1993), the quartet creates music of heavy rhythm, repetition and syncopation set deep in an understanding of jazz and the obscure depths of its history. More →
Josephine Foster
Josephine Foster is a North American singer-songwriter from Colorado. Known to breathe new life into archaic forms, embodying the cultural archaeology of Harry Smith’s old weird America, she has lent her warbling mezzo-soprano and interpretive wit to nearly two decades of self-produced recordings. More →
Ruth Goller’s Skylla
Bassist and composer Ruth Goller’s Skylla project foregrounds powerful vocal arrangement, dark washes of melody and contrapuntal percussion. She's joined by Seb Rochford on drums, along with regular vocalists Lauren Kinsella and Alice Grant. More →