Faradena Afifi + Steve Beresford + Ansuman Biswas (trio), Reuben, Special Guests

27 Mortimer Road, NW10 5QR

October 28th, Doors 18:30

PAYF Tickets on the door

Faradena, a British Afghani community musician, full time T’ai Chi teacher and
practitioner, is influenced by nature (especially birdsong), improvisation and musical form that involves unusual rhythms. ‘Flash of Blue’ recorded at Three Circles Studio in Saffron Walden, is Faradena Afifi’s debut solo EP of evocative and moving songs about life, love and death. The title song Kingfisher, plus Last Call,
are both originals. Scarborough Fair, Drowned Sailor and Bruton Town are Faradena’s unique interpretations of traditional folk songs. Her poignant, expressive and delightfully agile vocals are complemented by her thoughtful
arrangements for cello, viola, violin, piano and percussion, all played by Fara. She is joined by Steve Beresford, the EP’s producer, on piano for Last Call.

Steve Beresford has been a central figure in the British and international spontaneous music scenes for over fifty years, freely improvising on the piano, electronics and other things with people like Derek Bailey, Evan Parker, Han Bennink, John Zorn, London Improvisers Orchestra and Alterations (with David Toop, Terry Day and Peter Cusack). Steve has worked with Christian Marclay on various Marclay mixed media pieces. He has also worked with The Slits, Najma Akhtar, Stewart Lee, Ivor Cutler, Prince Far-I, Alan Hacker, Tania Chen, Louis Moholo-Moholo, Faradena Afifi, Ray Davies, Mandhira De Saram, The Flying Lizards, Zeena Parkins, The Portsmouth Sinfonia, Ilan Volkov, Rachel Musson, Vic Reeves, Lore Lixenberg, Valentina Magaletti and many others. Beresford has an extensive discography as performer, arranger, free-improviser, composer, conductor and producer, and was awarded a Paul Hamlyn award for composers in 2012.

Ansuman Biswas was born in Calcutta and trained in the UK. He now has an international practice encompassing music, film, live art, installation, writing and theatre. He is interested in hybridity and interdisciplinarity, often working between science, art and industry, for instance, or between music, dance and visual art. With skills in a number of different fields, he has developed a dynamic practice which traverses, translates and transposes across various kinds of borders. An example of this border-crossing is his mapping of Vedic and Buddhist thought to modern debates in science and philosophy, which then find expression in film or performance.

Reuben is:
Funny
Energetic
Kind
Knowledgeable
Chatty
Understanding
Hard working
Giggly

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