On Wednesday, celebrated UK saxophonist Trish Clowes will initiate her two day improvised music festival in London's East End. News of the event is likely to have sparked a ripple of appreciation from like-minded fans of the genre, but Clowes and her team have taken steps to ensure that the concert draws in a wider audience than those previously converted.
Emulsion is to take place at Shoreditch's trendy Village Underground - a key venue in the realm of up and coming music - and precedes the fourth birthday celebrations of the capitals hottest independent label 'Black Butter Records'. Furthering this in-vogue image are the musicians on the bill. Wednesday, for example, kicks off with the electronic - almost dancy - inventions of Dan Nicholls and his ensemble; a quartet which stylishly comprise of both improvised audio and visual elements. There's Clowes herself, an acclaimed composer/improviser and recently named BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, and ECM Records' 'Food' who provide a unique approach to improvisation infused with the textures of their many European guest members.
As if the music and location didn't inject enough intrigue, there's something wildly inviting about the thorny branches of the official flyer (Above). Twisted around a variety of instruments that will each play a role in the concert, and having painted the title of the event in incoherent coloured strokes at the top of the page, they imply an edginess that Emulsion seems likely to live up to.
More information here: https://www.trishclowes.com/projects/emulsion
Get tickets here: https://www.villageunderground.co.uk/
