This week at LUME we have a fantastic double bill. Join us for an exciting evening of music from these two ensembles! They have sent us over some background info to set the scene…

OVERGROUND COLLECTIVE

When Paulo Dias Duarte decided to run a big band, he decided first to get together a small group of players that would play and understand his music and then gradually start to add players until the big band was complete. The starting point was to play a piece commissioned to him by the Gulbenkien Foundation in 2005; ‘The Seven Deadly Sins’. Tonight they will play this starting point, and the band will be:

Paulo Dias Duarte – guitar and composition

Chris Williams – alto sax
Tom Ward – tenor sax
Geoff Bartholomew – trumpet

Ben Bastin – bass
Rob Pennel – drums
Gareth Wilkins – moog

Paulo has sent us a couple of videos of the big band in action:

ON THE ROOF

On the Roof is a collaborative amalgamation of 12 musicians and 4 dancers- a group of individuals each with strong creative personalities and a range of experience in different artistic fields, all tied together by a shared love of improvisation.

Tonight we feature a distilled trio of musicians from the core of On The Roof who will be playing some fresh new original pieces with wide ranging influences: from the Mandinka of western Africa to the Rebetis of Greece; as well as their current favourite Mingus composition ‘Haitian Fight Song’, a dirty arrangement of Riverboat Shuffle, and perhaps a few others…

Lizy Exell – drums
Louis Thomas – bass
William Scott – woodwind and composition
Matt Gordon – composition

We’re very happy that our gig listings are in the new issue of Green Chimneys! This great online and paper publication is a new hub for all the jazz/improvised and contemporary music happening in London. They have also kindly published a short article by Cath in which she attempts to describe what we’re trying to do with LUME. Usage of the word ‘new’ – 6; usage of the word ‘hope’ – 2. Not bad! See below:

LUME will be a place for original new work, encompassing elements of jazz, improvised and experimental music. We hope that it could also be somewhere for musicians to try out new ensembles or propose new collaborations. In discussion, we found that the word ‘lume’ was a useful signifier for what we feel the night’s ethos will be: the act of illumination can be read in two different ways, both of which seem apt. So in one sense, the establishment of this performance space will open up an additional opportunity to showcase, to highlight new music and help spread the word about the exciting musical projects that are constantly emerging in this city and beyond. And at the same time, the music that will be performed is in itself a collection of illuminations, of ideas that make themselves known in the mind of the composer or reveal themselves in the moment, on stage during an improvised set. The cartoon bulb suddenly lights up over the musician’s head! This is what we’ll be presenting.
 
Our venue, Hundred Crows Rising, is also looking to experiment with new things. They are a relatively new addition to the vast range of pubs and bars around Angel, and they seem keen to put themselves on the map by hosting what we hope will become an established night. The upstairs room is a light, airy space and we look forward to filling it with music every Thursday evening. We start on July 4th with two SE Collective groups – Identity Parade and Redshift – and continue with a programme of diverse bands over the next few months. For more information and occasional blogging, see our website at lumemusic.co.uk.

Welcome to the website of LUME, a new music night starting on July 4th at Hundred Crows Rising, Angel. Every Thursday night we will present original and improvised music from some truly excellent bands! For the first gig, two SE Collective groups will take the stage: Identity Parade and Redshift.

More info to follow as we finish booking the first three months of gigs…

Check out our listings page as it develops…and we’ll see you in July!

Cath and Dee