Upset The Rhythm presents… Alison Cotton + Stereocilia
Friday 5 April St Pancras Old Church, Pancras Road, King's Cross, NW1 1UL
Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/Hc9626d08025
ALISON COTTON is a viola player based in London working in composition and improvisation. Her debut album ’All Is Quiet at the Ancient Theatre’ was released in 2018 firstly on cassette on Bloxham Tapes, followed by a vinyl release on Cardinal Fuzz (UK) and Feeding Tube (USA). In July 2019 her longform piece, ‘Behind the Spiderweb Gates’ was released on the Australian label, Longform Editions. As well as the viola, she uses an array of other instruments (her voice, harmonium, percussion, recorder, omnichord, shruti box and piano) to create long, haunting folk drones. Cotton’s recent album ‘The Portrait You Painted of Me’, is a 6-track record – her first for Rocket Recordings. This will be followed up in March with ‘Engelchen’, an album reflecting on the intrepid Cook sisters whose efforts helped refugees escape Nazi-occupied Europe in the 1930s. It’s a celebration of the human spirit, one that reflects a universality in its narrative which transcends the boundaries of history and impacts very urgently on our daily lives. Whatever attempts may be made to tell this story, it’s hard to imagine one that resonates deeper than ‘Engelchen’. https://alisoncotton-uk.bandcamp.com STEREOCILIA is Bristol, UK based guitarist and composer, John Scott. John uses his guitar, analog synths and live looping techniques to create dense, rich layers of sound. Over the past 10 years John has performed all over the UK and Europe. in the past he has shared a stage with acts including Ben Frost, William Baskinski, Gnod, Nadja, Daniel Lanois, Noveller, White Hills, Acid Mothers Temple, Josef Van Wissem, Mick Turner (The Dirty Three) and performed in three of Rhys Chatham’s guitar Orchestras. He has also presented work for live radio broadcasts and regularly composes for Short Film, including the Channel 4 award winning documentary, 'The Boy With The 8-Hour Heart.' Stereocilia has released several albums and EP’s on UK independent labels, Drone Rock Records, Low Point, Champion Version, Weird Beard, and his own imprint, Echoic Memory. His 5th album “Crystalline” released in April 2023 was his third release for Brighton based label, Drone Rock Records. https://stereocilia.bandcamp.com/music