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X.TRAX gratefully acknowledges financial support from the PRS Foundation.
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Errollyn Wallen Company – Jordan Town
music/multi media
This stunning show features the acclaimed Errollyn Wallen (piano/voicals), dancer Tom Sapsford, visuals from film duo Honey Brothers and Ensemble X string quartet. Mesmerising and beautiful, this music-led, multi-media work explores the landscape of song and the far reaches of the imagination, fusing sublime music with powerful film imagery and dance.
‘The power of the performance intrigued, entranced and blissfully blew me away…quite, quite brilliant' The Scotsman
www.errollynwallen.com
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Jade Fox – Foot Fooler
music
Rising star David Okumu leads an exceptional line up of musicians as they assume the role of Miles Davis and his collaborators in the 1970s. A celebration of Miles' spirit and enduring influence. Vibrant… Challenging… Electrifying… A 12 piece band including David Okumu (Guitar), Byron Wallen (trumpet), Nick Ramm (piano/keys), Tom Herbert (bass), Tom Skinner (drums), Volker Strater (percussion)
“Dave Okumu ranks amongst the most exciting, original guitarists to hit London in years” Jazzwise Magazine.
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Dele Sosimi's Afrobeat Orchestra
music
The ex Fela Kuti keyboard player leads a thundering Afrobeat ensemble. Driven by intensely danceable Yoruba rhythms underpinned by a heady mix of virtuoso jazz solos.
“Dele…has moved up, elevating Afro-jazz unto a new realm, the realm of cosmopolitanism – a confounding hybrid of Euro-classical and Afro-ritual.”
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Nzi Dada
music
Nzi Dada is a collaboration between bass player Jim Parris (CARMEL) and Cameroonian multi-instrumentalist Xumo Nounjio. The music is the fruits of a creative collision between Bantu rituals and African rhythms with contemporary jazz and electronic techniques. Their richly layered performance defies categorisation but with its improvisational feel, ceremonial influences, video and sculptural features and fiercely percussive style, a performance by Nzi Dada is very much more than just a gig.
Featuring Jim Parris (Double Bass) Xumo Nounjio (voice/perciussion) and Christophe V (percussion)
www.neoglobal.net
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Arun Ghosh
music
Arun's music uses the spirit and language of jazz and all sorts of sounds and styles: hip-hop, Indian classical and folk, western classical, rock, pop and avant-garde: lyrical melodies and searching harmonies, down to earth directness and psychedelic, ambient introspection. Arun regularly performs with his own bands and others', and has recently started singing and rapping. He has also composed works for the theatre, notably Contact Theatre's production of Storm by Lemn Sissay. His decibel performance will signal a new departure for Arun, a continuous, original, one-man show using clarinet, vocals, keyboards, sequencers, samplers, freaky drones and electro tones.
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Shiva Nova – Flying High
music
Performing a heady mix of new pieces created by renowned composer, Priti Paintal, it combines jazz and dance music with classical and traditional world music sounds, in a show that is nothing short of phenomenal!
“Anyone looking for a subtle eastern groove with sophisticated technique will find it here.” BBC Music Magazine
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Chinese & West Cultural Exchange
Zi Lan Liao and Elinor Bennett
music
East meets West with two performances that combine the Chinese Harp, the Ku-cheng, and the Concert Harp. A contemporary, atonal piece by Malaysian composer Valerie Ross follows a classical, ambient, dub work by Jah Wobble.
Zi Lan Liao has been playing the Ku-Cheng since the age of three. She recorded music for the Oscar-winning film The Last Emperor and has collaborated with other musicians including Peter Gabriel and Nigel Kennedy.
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Mayming
music
A classically trained vocal/cello duo, exploring and expanding the socially preconceived notions of their respective instruments. The performance is powerful, unsettling, cinematic, occasionally sublime, often intimidating yet purposefully unconventional.
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China People Promotions
dance/music
Traditional Chinese Arts with a contemporary twist. A mixed art form showcase that will include dance, as well as digital music combined with traditional instruments, featuring the Yangqin (Chinese Delcima), Quzheng (Chinese harp), Sheng (mouth organ) and Dizi (Chinese flute)
www.chinesemusic.co.uk/decibel/
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Noir Femmes
music
Gail Thompson premieres her all black women's touring big band, playing a dazzling selection of new compositions. Featuring some of Britain's best black women musicians Noir Femmes looks set to become a stunning new musical force on the international circuit. Born in Britain of Trinidadian parentage, Gail has made an indelible impression on the British jazz scene. As well as founding the Jazz Warriors with Courtney Pine she also played baritone sax with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers – making her the only female Messenger ever – before setting up Jazz Africa, an ensemble comprising the cream of South African expatriates and British jazz players.
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