Kultureflash 03/07

“I took a note, a sawtooth wave, right off this Pantomime 4, put it back here, re-genned it through itself, looped it back, mixed it with the sound of this crab committing suicide and let it stew in its own reverb for about three hours and then I pumped it all out through this shoe to give it that oaky timbre…” Howard Moon from The Mighty Boosh.

This may have more of a connection to reality than you may think: alongside AMM and MEV, Morphogenesis have been creating this kind of music since the ’60s — using a vastly expanded palette of sounds, going far beyond (and usually avoiding) what is generally thought of as music. This is a rare gig for the band, minus the late and vastly influential Roger Sutherland; although it’ll be free improvised, the quality can be guaranteed. CYRK have also put together a fantastic line-up lasting until 2am of artists involved in free improvisation, live electronics and processed sounds, including Lee Gamble, John Wall, Dave Phillips, EVOL, Alex Ward and Steve Beresford.

www.kultureflash.net

Edinburgh Herald 03/06