September 2004

A month of music and performance

291 Performance
Summer of Love with Carl Ramsey and LeJaune Royer
291 Bar, Saturday 4th September 2004. Doors 8.00pm Live performances 9.00pm - 11.30pm. DJ¹s11.30pm- 2am £8.00
S.E.B Promotions in association with The Movement present an evening of warm melodic live acoustic music with passionate poetry from word entrepreneur Carl Ramsey and singer, songwriter and musician LeJaune Royer. The event fuses the craftmanship of Ramsey¹s spoken word with LeJaune¹s fine dolcet singing tones. Supporting them on the night will be Universe, with her warm, rich vocal tones; Shawn, presenting sincere poetry and verse; singer, songwriter and musician, J¹Nay (winner of MOBO Unsigned Talent 2003), exciting us with his breathtaking soulful voice; shortMAN, the dynamic poetess/singer and musician and others. DJ¹s on the night will include old skool DJ Arthur Jones and DJ Quincey (Unique FM).

291 Performance
Tony Bevan and Orphy Robinson Quartet
291 Bar, Wednesday 8th September Doors 7pm Starts 8.30pm £5/£3
Following August¹s triumphant concert with guitar legend Derek Bailey, Tony Bevan, Orphy Robinson, John Edwards and Ashley Wales return to the 291 Gallery for a night of improvised Jazz. The Quartets appearance at 291 will include pieces from their new CD, "Bruised", on the Foghorn label, which will be released in late September. The Quartet is made up of four of the UK¹s leading musicians. Bevan is best known for his playing on the rare and mighty Bass Saxophone, on which he is one of the world¹s leading performers. He is a member of the legendary Sunny Murray¹s Trio, as well as Derek Bailey¹s Limescale. Robinson is one of this country¹s best known vibraphone players, with a CV that includes Tomorrow¹s Warriors, Courtney Pine, Andy Shepherd, Jazz Jamaica All Stars. His music combines Jazz, Contemporary Classical music, African, funk and improvising music. Edwards is one of the most celebrated Bassists in modern British music, playing with Evan Parker, Elton Dean, Veryan Weston, modern composer John Wall, Sunny Murray, Peter Brotzman, Frode Gjerstad, Paul Lovens and many others. Wales is a founder member of Spring Heel Jack, the Electro-Acoustic Drum Œn¹ Bass/Improv pioneers.

291 Performance
291 Gallery presents an interactive performance eveningŠ
SHAVE THAT BEARD!
291 Main gallery, Saturday 11th September £7 (£5 for those with their chins covered) 9pm-2am performances begin 10.30pm
Gender transgression, oil magnates, justice and facial hair, performers, artists, musicians, dancers, drag queens, wordsmiths and acrobats all in an ambience of eastern exotica and western indulgence.

291 Performance & Spoken Word
PeppaMint Sundayz
291 Bar, Sunday 12th September 2004, Music, networking, chillin' out & niceties from 6.45pm Show starts 8.45pm Entry: £5
Peppamint Sundayz is a lively and exciting chillout night fusing music, some of the best in song, poetry & spoken word, comedy, live performance and visuals. This months event will feature some of the finest established and emerging singer/songwriters including: one of london's finest collaborations, Buttersmoove Entertainments performing tracks from their recently released EP "The Buttasmoove Ep"; Fola, a heartfelt and refreshing singer/songwriter with passion and depth; talented and insightful singer/songwriter and poet Misfit, who bares comparisons to Erykah Badu and Jill Scott. Making his second appearance on the PeppaMint stage Geo, one of London's finest male vocalists, songwriters and producers; Ife, an exceptional and unique emerging talent whose style is diverse, and who is sure to explode on the music scene; female vocalist JC Bentley warms the audience with her rich, soulful and powerful voice; exciting and highly entertaining female poet and performer Kat Francois who is set to achieve even more great things; inspirational and dynamic award winning spoken word recording artist Phenzwaan who is set to release his 6th spoken word CD entitled 'Like a Phoenix' later this year. Other artists include talented singer/songwriter Radhika who is certainly destined for stardom; Zemriel, a smooth and sensuous singer/songwriter who is sure to send shivers down your spine plus other special guests. Music on the night is supplied by DJs Afro-Boy & Mr Gee of Afro-Gee. The event includes a small open mic section on the night for those who may want to step up and share their talent.

291 Performance & Spoken Word
Sweet Œn¹ Sour
291 Bar, Tuesday 14th September, 7pm until late, £3 (free b4 8pm)
Sweet Œn¹ Sour fuses spoken word, acoustic sound, and visual art with food platters. This month featured artists include: sensational US performance poet Marc Marcel, award-winning spoken word recording artist Phenzwaan, French mixed-media artist Regine Elliott, music wizard Julien Puons with friends and others.

291 Digital Evening
8i8
291 Bar Wednesday 15th September 7.30 Free entry
8i8 present their free monthly Art/Music night at 291. This month featuring a selection of live digital, acoustic and audio-visual music from Volunteer, Gran Capitan, Jose El Turco and The Garden of Earthly Delights. 8i8 provide a platform for the performance, presentation and promotion of interesting new music and art by a diverse and always changing roster of artists. As opposed to adhering to any specific style or sound, 8i8 seeks out good quality music that does not sit comfortably in established mainstream genres. 8i8 aim to support the work of visual artists through live performance, video presentations and the commissioning of innovative sleeve designs and flyers. http://www.8i8.co.uk

291 Performance
Candy Is Dandy But Liquor Is Quicker
291 Bar Friday 17th September 8pm-2am £5/£3 conc, looks and flyers£3
291¹s late night art cabaret featuring BURLESQUE , DRAG , PERFORMANCE, MUSIC, and COMEDY, a lovely little cinema showing beautiful FILMS, bizarre and amazing installation, a fragrant summer garden, some super DJ¹S in the bar, HEDONISM and DEBAUCHERY on a grand scale. This months event is a Burlesque special starring the fine ladies of BurlyQ: Devilla De Dallas, Fancy Chance and Delilah (Whoopee Club, The Council): purveyors of the velvet knuckleduster school of striptease with a pleasing Texan finesse and featuring Dusty Limits, wicked bitch of the west; Sarah-Louise Young, bewigged chanteuse, and dictator Charlie Tweed. Installation by Anna Saunders and Sam Messenger and film from our special box of tricks and DJ¹s til late. Get your life experience over with in one night: join a coup, challenge a grand master, dance like the damned and marvel at the tassel action of the most extraordinary and exquisite women in Hoxton. Better value than a gap year and just as dirty. No rucksacks.
DISCLAIMER: Apparently some people don¹t like nudity, ideas and a polysexual selection box of fun wrapped up in a beautiful church with a ribbon of love. So if you are of a delicate constitution, you¹re probably better off with your jumbo crossword book.

291 Performance
Lingua Franca
291 Main Gallery, Tuesday 21st September 2004 Doors 8pm, performance at 8.30pm
Lingua Franca is an Anglo-German project within which five artists have come together in order to collaborate in the making of a series of sound works, both solo and ensemble, to be heard at the point of creation. "What one hears is what one sees, what one sees is what one hears"
All of the artists involved are active in some aspect of the visual arts, as well as being virtuoso performers on their individual instruments. They have come together for this, their first collaboration in order to use their combined and individual artistic languages to express the "Lingua Franca" of art. The artists involved embody the essence of European Art Totale, since their individual control over their artistic disciplines is complete, within the context of the total aural visual concept. Featuring artists include Jeff Cloke- Resonation: live sound art created entirely from the sounds in the room, modified only by the reverberations and resonances of the room itself; Guy Cooper- Percussion: Quicksilver technique coupled with acute ensemble awareness characterise this masterful artist; Thomas Kumlehn- Flute, Saxophone, Voice: Influences from India and Europe, pastoral, thoughtful with European cosmopolitan edginess; Tony Moore- Cello: An internationally respected visual artist and virtuoso cellist; and Hella Von Ploetz- Glass, Harp: A beautiful instrument, played in a beautiful, haunting way with spirituality, discipline and strength. 291 Gallery¹s visual and acoustic properties will be utilised to the full for this work. The artists will be dispersed throughout the auditorium and the audience will be treated to an ever-changing acoustic and visual experience.

291 Poetry & Spoken Word
Speakeasy
291 Bar Monday 27th September Doors open at 7pm for an 8pm start. £4 with flyer/text; £5 without.
This months Speakeasy, East London¹s premier poetry and spoken word event brings you a musical buffet full of rich Autumnal flavours: Zena Edwards, Randolph Matthews and friends with a fusion of voice, music and poetry; Victoria Moseley (founder and director of Paradigm Poets and the author of two collections, "Dry Season" and "Crazy love") makes a welcome return to the poetry scene. She will be performing with the acclaimed Jazz Arc Collective. Other artists include cabaret favourite Trombone Poetry (aka Paul Taylor); David Bryant, exuberant and disturbing performance poet; and Sarah Tyrer presenting "Polyphonic Song in Seven Parts", an operatic piece for 3 voices and musicians. Host and MC: Baden Prince Jnr.

291 Gallery, 291 Hackney Road, London, E2 8NA