– Simon Paton
Si Paton performs improvised solo prepared bass guitar. His work draws from the traditions of free jazz, harsh noise, metal, hardcore punk, 20th century classical, and Fluxus performance practices, which are all incorporated during his shows. Armed with multiple distortion pedals, screwdrivers, drumsticks, pencils, and anything that the previous band left onstage, he has crafted compelling performances that consist of virtuosic free jazz one minute, dense walls of harsh noise the next, before utilising a stage presence that contains the chaotic energy that Andy Kaufman pioneered. Whilst never quite completely fitting neatly onto any lineup he is a part of, he has nevertheless impressed audiences with his musical risk taking, off-beat showmanship, and sheer intensity. Whilst active in the improvised music community, performing internationally with renowned figures, he has developed his solo performances with the precision of a well-crafted composition. His work, both in the worlds of music academia and the DIY community have earned him many admirers over the years.
– Vava Maudit
Vava Maudit has played its first concert, still freely improvised, in 2022 in Zürich. This concert was released 2023 at the label Silencio EPI in Mexico City. In the meanwhile Gabriel Valtchev and Alex Riva have been touring together in Switzerland and France. During a residency in Milhars (France) they recorded some pieces called ‘praxercises’. In concert, Vava Maudit mixes improvisation with these highly accelerated pieces featuring improbable and changing rhythms. It’s a kind of grind-folk-punk. Each gig remains unpredictable in its unfolding and agitated atmosphere, and follows a new choreography. In any case: It rattles, it squeals, it howls. But there are also quietly lurking passages interspersed. Alex Riva: recorders and voice & Gabriel Valtchev: drums and voice – https://alexriva.noblogs.org/vava-maudit/
– Naiima Maré
Naiima Maré (Fr) is the solo electroacoustic/noise project of Marjolaine, and emerging around the year 2020 in Vaulx-en-Velin (Fr). Using simple electronic instruments and sometimes bare electronic gears, an embroidery of low-frequency rhythms, broken melodies is crafted. Falling into physical aspects of sounds, with silences and screaming https://soundcloud.com/naiimamare
