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#18 SEPT 2016 An independent, free monthly guide to Music, Art, Theatre, Comedy, Literature & Film in Stroud. goodonpaper.info Image: Melvyn Warren-Smith #18 | SEPT 2016 EDITOR’S NOTE EDITOR Advertising/Editorial/Listings: WELCOME TO THE EIGHTEENTH ISSUE OF GOOD ON PAPER – Alex Hobbis [email protected] YOUR FREE MONTHLY GUIDE TO MUSIC CONCERTS, ART EXHIBITIONS, DESIGNER Artwork and Design THEATRE PRODUCTIONS, COMEDY SHOWS, FILM SCREENINGS AND Adam Hinks [email protected] LITERATURE EVENTS IN STROUD... ONLINE FACEBOOK TWITTER A couple of weeks ago we launched a brand new series of ‘interview shorts’ goodonpaper.info /GoodOnPaperStroud @GoodOnPaper_ with local artists in their studios! 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Alex and Adam CO-WORKING STUDIO stroudbrewery.co.uk stroudcluster.com GOPTV Chartered Tax Advisers WHYART? www.chrismattostax.co.uk visit: goodonpaper.info/film elcombestoves.co.uk chrismattostax.co.uk Applewood with Road Emily Barker, Amy Speace & Amber Rubarth St. Laurences Church, Stroud, Glos GL5 1AP Nov 20th 16 Tickets £15 in advance On foot: Trading Post, The Albert and the Tourist Office on line: www.seetickets.com 4 MUSIC - ANDREW HEATH #18 | SEPT 2016 #18 | SEPT 2016 MUSIC - ANDREW HEATH 5 ANDREW HEATH BY SEAN ROE Image by: James Kriszyk STROUD BASED AMBIENT MUSIC ARTIST narrative of his life. The countryside around AFTER AQUEOUS YOU ALSO CREATED BOTH VIDEO of Banco de Gaia and had a huge respect for Immersive and minimal, they truly deserve the wonderful chance to see him on 15th September. AND SOUND INSTALLATIONS. AND CURATOR TALKS ABOUT HIS WORK Stroud is very important to me but also to the Toby and his DIY philosophy. We exchanged CDs description of lower-case music. He’ll be joined by Christopher Chaplin whom he’s work of my wife Zoe, who creates stunningly and kept in touch. Quite unexpectedly, around collaborated with on several releases. He’s such AND UPCOMING PERFORMANCE WITH Yes, I became interested in producing beautiful art using paint, print, found objects and two years ago I received an email from Toby WHAT ARE YOUR FUTURE PLANS? an important player in the story of Krautrock, INFLUENTIAL GERMAN MUSICIAN installations. Waves was a large scale, audio, texts, it’s uncannily like my own work - texture, asking if he could release my work through his experimental and ambient music and it’s exciting video installation that explored the idea of a I’m involved with SVA’s Resound project and HANS-JOACHIM ROEDELIUS… line, found object - but in visual form. private label, Disco Gecko - I was honoured. for Stroud, that we can have him play here. hinterland, a constantly shifting space between have succeeded in bringing a few new faces and TELL US SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR EARLIEST YOU HAVE BEEN BASED IN STROUD NOW FOR 17 the land and the sea. Waves used three screens THERE ARE FIVE OF YOUR RELEASES ON DISCO sounds to Stroud. One was the Dutch musician, Visit andrewheath.bandcamp.com to listen to a EXPERIENCES WITH RECORDED SOUND… YEARS. CAN YOU SAY SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR to show looped films of different lengths, so GECKO NOW, PLEASE TELL US A BIT ABOUT THEM. Anne Chris Bakker who plays bowed electric selection of Andrew’s previous releases including EARLY WORK HERE, THE PROJECTS YOU STARTED seen as a whole, it never repeated in the same guitar. His music is exquisitely beautiful. We ‘After the Magus – to resound’. See listings and My father came home one day with an old reel- OUT WITH? way twice. The Sonority of Objects was a The Silent Cartographer was my first release talked at the time of working together and are sva.org.uk for further info on the forthcoming to-reel tape machine. He thought I might find it sound installation based in the Museum in the on Disco Gecko and combined the three well on the way to completing some wonderful concert at the Goods Shed with ‘the Godfather I’m an incomer to Stroud. After living in France interesting! It was the first thing that I ever had Park and was part of the Site 12 festival. I had elements that interest me - treated natural sound collaborative work which we hope to release of Ambient’ - Roedelius. for a couple of years, I settled in the area and which enabled me to experiment with sound. I been introduced to Peter Maynard and asked recordings, quiet electronic tones and piano, all soon. There is a new solo release planned for started working with a great musician, Felix added a microphone and a tape delay unit and I to work alongside me. Recordings made from informed by a degree of chance. For those that the Autumn. ‘Europa’ continues the theme of Jay. It was an interesting collaboration and was able to slow recordings down, reverse them, objects within the Museum’s collection were don’t know it, The Silent Cartographer has been previous releases working minimal piano with importantly for me, introduced improvisation. Sean Roe is based in Stroud and runs the manually “brake” the reels - heaven! processed and re-worked into a layered texture likened to the work of both Eno and Budd but electronics and treated field recordings but adds We produced music that was firmly in the invisible record shop JunKroom Records of sound. Surprisingly beautiful in places, I found brings a clarity of light and microscopic detail to some interesting acoustic instruments. WHO ARE YOUR MAIN INFLUENCES? experimental, ambient camp, moving constantly it fascinating to re-birth these sounds back into that sound. Although firmly in ambient territory, He is also an artist and musician and member of between harmony and discord. We released their own environment. Peter and I decided to it constantly changes and shifts. It never stays FINALLY COULD YOU TELL US ABOUT THE CONCERT synth post-punk duo Junk Props Sound - that awareness of sound in the three CDs and had mild success as Aqueous. continue working together and using a minimum still. After the Magus was my re-mix (or rather WITH HANS-JOACHIM ROEDELIUS COMING UP HERE environment around us and how it is music as IN STROUD IN SEPTEMBER? One highlight was my introduction through Felix of equipment we produced a huge amount of complete re-interpretation) of ‘Meeting the much as notes and instruments. It made sense to Hans-Joachim Roedelius, which resulted in Magus’ the release I had done with Joachim material that we distilled down to two bodies of Joachim contacted me earlier this year to say to me long before I had heard of John Cage. ‘Meeting the Magus’ a wonderful collaboration many years ago. it was swiftly followed by ‘Flux’ work - Dust and Threshold. he so enjoyed his time here in Stroud that he Additionally, Brian Eno of course, but more so released in 1996. I have kept contact with that drew from a warmer but darker sound wanted to come back and play the Goods Shed by the pianist, Harold Budd. Later I discovered Joachim ever since and just last year, whilst in YOU’VE ALSO WORKED WITH TOBY MARKS? palette. In addition, both ‘Dust’ and ‘Threshold’ again! An opportunity arose and so we all have a people like Hans-Joachim Roedelius who Austria with him, released a complete reworking have now been added to that catalogue. remains a friend and an inspiration - his music of this title as ‘After the Magus - to resound’. I met Toby Marks by chance just after I had is an almost timeless poetic response to the finished working on Waves. I had always known 6 MUSIC - LISTINGS #18 | SEPT 2016 #18 | SEPT 2016 MUSIC - LISTINGS 7 MUSIC through which a man must steer the in the streets, a folk club for local many friends, fans and family and Official launch night of new album good ship Burden Of Responsibility artistes and more, with an emphasis now it’s time to celebrate! Featuring ‘Broken Beautiful’. 9pm £10 on her treacherous, unpredictable on participation. See website for full very specials guests Chris Cundy, LISTINGS SUN 11TH passage. They are Welsh. 8:30pm Free listings! Cuddlesquad and a DJ set by Neil Arthur. 8pm £6adv from Trading Tannara theprincealbertstroud.co.uk stroudfolkfestival.co.uk Post/£8otd Tannara’s music is a collection of tunes unit2studio.com and songs, most from Scotland, some ALE HOUSE BLACK BOOK CAFÉ SAT 10TH SAT 10TH ST LUKES THERAPY CENTRE SVA self-penned and occasionally drawing from traditions across the globe. 9pm The Schmoozenbergs The Happy Few + Brothers CHRIST CHURCH NAILSWORTH THURS 1ST SAT 24TH FRI 16TH FRI 2ND/9TH/16TH/23RD/30TH £10 Dynamic gyspy jazz and swing band Following the path led by Alabama Leon Daye Open Mic Night Transmission John Street Social Club playing the music of Django Reinhardt Shakes and Jack White via the spirit SUN 18TH WEDS 14TH and Stéphane Grappelli. 8:30pm Free of the Doors, the Happy Few’s unique Patrick and Ali Yana use Gongs, John Street Social is a series of weekly Acoustic rock originals and covers Black Book’s popular Open Mic night! Bristol Ensemble Madison Violet from stalwart of the scene. 8:30pm You know the drill…7:30-10.30pm Free take on soul/rock music uses heavy Spoken Word, Crystal Singing Friday night club socials hosted Award winning, multi-instrumentalist, Free and you can bring your own booze! SAT 17TH rhythm and dark atmosphere.