Full of Noises at Liverpool Light Night
Taking place on Friday 14th May, Full of Noises presented an evening of exciting new music taking place at Liverpool’s unique open air venue, the Rockscape. Co-produced by Glenn Boulter and Liverpool Biennial as part of the Light Night, this free event brought together cutting edge music from Liverpool and beyond. The night featured performances from the a.P.A.t.T. Orchestra, Noise Club, Aurelie and a Dj set from Andrew Ellis (Samizdat).
Rockscape: Commissioned by Liverpool Biennial International 08 and created by Japanese architects Atelier Bow-Wow, Rockscape is Liverpool’s newest and most diverse performance space. Rockscape has transformed a derelict city centre site into a unique venue for music and performance, taking its inspiration from the sandstone that (as much as the music) forms the bedrock of the city, and marries rocky topography with the classical form of the ancient Greek theatre.
The a.P.A.t.T. Orchestra is a musical ensemble of indeterminate size and instrumental content. An inclusive group for musicians of any background, the orchestra was formed to make traditionally ‘high-brow’ music more accessible to a wider audience. The orchestra performs time and space-specific music, including new work by local composers, and utilises the architecture of each venue as a compositional and performance tool. The a.P.A.t.T. Orchestra has performed works by John Cage, Steve Reich and Terry Riley, among others
Noise Club: Formed in 2003 by three guys who met at a kung fu club, Noise Club is Liverpool’s longest-running and most experimental noise group. Straddling the divide between stage performance and interactive intervention, the group creates dynamic soundscapes using homemade electronics, specially-constructed sonic sculptures, found objects, toys, plants, and even smells. Noise Club have played in a wide variety of unusual locations, from underground tunnels and public baths to shopping centres and public gardens, as well as more conventional stage performances. There is always a highly visual and dramatic element to the group’s performances, with an emphasis on interactivity, creating a total sensory experience.
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Aurelie is an improvising music collective that formed in 2001, recording and releasing their first album ‘Desde Que Naci’ on Swim Records in 2003. Since then, they have regularly appeared in arts centres, music venues, theatres and other unusual places including a football ground, a corporate bank and Kurt Schwitters’ Merzbarn. Recent projects include performing their Barrow AFC inspired opera ‘An Unorthodox 1-2′ at the Royal Opera House Linbury Theatre and support slots with Volcano the Bear and Anti-Pop Consortium.
Samizdat: Andrew Ellis, a.k.a. Samizdat, has acted as a conduit for new and interesting music in Liverpool for the past five years. He has booked early shows for exciting emerging acts such as Foals and Deerhunter as well as acts from the independent music canon such as Liars and Charles Hayward, making Samizdat a hub for independent international acts in the north-west. In addition to independent music based events Andrew runs Samizdat Records (a vinyl-only record label), a regular music documentary night at art house cinema FACT, and can also be seen playing records at Blue (Collar) Mondays and various nights across Liverpool.