As exploration is an intrinsic characteristic of free improvisation, improvising musicians tend to perform in a variety of places as part of their experimentation with different acoustics. John Butcher and his collaborators have given concerts in numerous different spaces. Some of these are indicatively listed below presented in categories.
Bluecoat Arts Centre "is Liverpool’s creative hub, the Bluecoat showcases talent across visual art, music, dance, live art and literature" (written on their main page - link provided below) John Butcher, Gino Robair and Phil Durrant have performed in this space.
Sources / More about Bluecoat Arts Centre:
http://www.thebluecoat.org.uk/content/about-us
Tolbooth in Scotland is located in the old town of Stirlingand is a venue for live music and the arts.
Sources / More about Tolbooth:
http://tolbooth.stirling.gov.uk/tolbooth/abouttolbooth.htm
SuperDeluxe is an Art Gallery and performance space in Japan that hosted Ftarri Festival in 2010. Japanese artists and John Butcher's collaborators Otomo Yoshihide and Toshimaru Nakamura perform there regularly.
Sources / More about SuperDeluxe:
https://www.super-deluxe.com/news/
http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/making-the-scene
Arthouse Nexus is a venue in Saalfelden, Austria that hosts the Saalfelden Jazz Festival.
Sources / More about Arthouse Nexus:
http://www.kunsthausnexus.com/dasnexus.php
Zuidpool Theatre in Antwerp, Belgium Zuidpool is a venue that "works with material from a wide variety of eras, traditions and media. It examines material from the early 21st century to see what possibilities it throws up." (written on their main page - link provided below) It hosts the Free Music Festival.
Sources / More about Zuidpool Theatre:
http://www.zuidpool.be/en/page/40/about-theater-zuidpool
Joan Miro Foundation is an art space in Barcelona, Spain that focuses on contemporary art. John Butcher and John Edwards have performed in this space.
Sources / More about Joan Miro Foundation:
http://www.fundaciomiro-bcn.org/fundaciojoanmiro.php?idioma=2
Instants Chavirés in Paris "is a music venue conceived as a laboratory for improvised, experimental and noise music." (written on their main page - link provided below) John Butcher, John Edwards and Toshimaru Nakamura have performed in this space.
Sources / More about Instants Chavirés:
http://www.instantschavires.com/?lang=en
CHURCHES
There are many churches that have been transformed into performance spaces and host concerts of different types of music. Free improvising musicians favour this type of places due to their interesting, generally reverberant acoustics. A few of them are listed below indicatively:
St. John at Hackney
http://www.stjohnathackney.org.uk/
Oya Stone Mountain
John Butcher's album Cavern with Nightlife contains two recordings of performances that took place inside the enormous and hollow Oya Stone Mountain in Japan.
Scotland and Orkneys
As part of the project Resonant Spaces, John Butcher and Akio Suzuki toured around Scotland and the Orkneys in order to perform in sites with extraordinary acoustics. These sites were a cave, an oil tank, a stone circle monument, an industrial ice house, an old reservoir and a mausoleum.
Sources / More about the sites and the project:
http://arika.org.uk/resonant-spaces/where/?
Oberhausen Gazometer
In 2006 John Butcher played for Resonance FM (run by the London Musician's Collective) inside the giant gazometer in Oberhausen.
Sources / More about the Gazometer:
http://www.gasometer.de/en/
Medieval Vaults of Southampton
John Butcher's largest site-specific work was organised in the Medieval Vaults of Southampton which are constructed from stone and originate between the 12th and 14th centuries.
Sources / More about the project and the Vaults
http://www.bangthebore.org/borum/discussion/37/bang-the-bore-ix-southampton-28.02.2011.-john-butcher-alvin-lucier-southampton-medieval-vaults/p1
Ulrichsberg
The Contest of More Pleasures was a project that took place in Ulrichsberg and involved John Butcher's trio The Contest of Pleasures performing in different places in this small town. Such places were: "a weaving factory, forest, cafe, waste disposal dump, stone quarry, tunnel, etc." Jean-Léon Pallandre and Laurent Sassi were responsible for the microphones, the recordings and diffusion.
Sources / More about the Project:
http://www.vudunoeuf.asso.fr/contest/morecontest.html
Click here to learn more about John Butcher's site-specific works.
CLUBS / CAFES / THEATRES /ART CENTRES
In this category some of the more standard performance spaces are listed:
In this category some of the more standard performance spaces are listed:
Cafe Oto is a performance space dedicated to new and improvised music that is generally not characterised as mainstream. It has hosted the LMC Festival of Experimental Music.
Sources / More about Cafe Oto:
Vortex Jazz Club "is a volunteer-led, not-for-profit organization, based in the heart of Dalston providing a platform for music outside of the mainstream, including jazz, improvised and experimental music." (written on their main page - link provided below) Fete Quaqua has been hosted in Vortex.
Sources / More about Vortex Jazz Club:
The Network Theatre "is a black box studio, with configurable stage and seating. We have modern lighting and sound installations, and a full range of facilities" (written on their main page - link provided below). John Butcher, Eddie Prevost and John Edwards have given concerts in this venue.
Sources / More about Network Theatre:
Sources / More about Bluecoat Arts Centre:
http://www.thebluecoat.org.uk/content/about-us
Tolbooth in Scotland is located in the old town of Stirlingand is a venue for live music and the arts.
Sources / More about Tolbooth:
http://tolbooth.stirling.gov.uk/tolbooth/abouttolbooth.htm
SuperDeluxe is an Art Gallery and performance space in Japan that hosted Ftarri Festival in 2010. Japanese artists and John Butcher's collaborators Otomo Yoshihide and Toshimaru Nakamura perform there regularly.
Sources / More about SuperDeluxe:
https://www.super-deluxe.com/news/
http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/making-the-scene
Arthouse Nexus is a venue in Saalfelden, Austria that hosts the Saalfelden Jazz Festival.
Sources / More about Arthouse Nexus:
http://www.kunsthausnexus.com/dasnexus.php
Zuidpool Theatre in Antwerp, Belgium Zuidpool is a venue that "works with material from a wide variety of eras, traditions and media. It examines material from the early 21st century to see what possibilities it throws up." (written on their main page - link provided below) It hosts the Free Music Festival.
Sources / More about Zuidpool Theatre:
http://www.zuidpool.be/en/page/40/about-theater-zuidpool
Joan Miro Foundation is an art space in Barcelona, Spain that focuses on contemporary art. John Butcher and John Edwards have performed in this space.
Sources / More about Joan Miro Foundation:
http://www.fundaciomiro-bcn.org/fundaciojoanmiro.php?idioma=2
Instants Chavirés in Paris "is a music venue conceived as a laboratory for improvised, experimental and noise music." (written on their main page - link provided below) John Butcher, John Edwards and Toshimaru Nakamura have performed in this space.
Sources / More about Instants Chavirés:
http://www.instantschavires.com/?lang=en
CHURCHES
There are many churches that have been transformed into performance spaces and host concerts of different types of music. Free improvising musicians favour this type of places due to their interesting, generally reverberant acoustics. A few of them are listed below indicatively:
St. John at Hackney
http://www.stjohnathackney.org.uk/
St. Michel and All Angels
St. Gilles in the Fields
Oya Stone Mountain
John Butcher's album Cavern with Nightlife contains two recordings of performances that took place inside the enormous and hollow Oya Stone Mountain in Japan.
Scotland and Orkneys
As part of the project Resonant Spaces, John Butcher and Akio Suzuki toured around Scotland and the Orkneys in order to perform in sites with extraordinary acoustics. These sites were a cave, an oil tank, a stone circle monument, an industrial ice house, an old reservoir and a mausoleum.
Sources / More about the sites and the project:
http://arika.org.uk/resonant-spaces/where/?
Oberhausen Gazometer
In 2006 John Butcher played for Resonance FM (run by the London Musician's Collective) inside the giant gazometer in Oberhausen.
Sources / More about the Gazometer:
http://www.gasometer.de/en/
Medieval Vaults of Southampton
John Butcher's largest site-specific work was organised in the Medieval Vaults of Southampton which are constructed from stone and originate between the 12th and 14th centuries.
Sources / More about the project and the Vaults
http://www.bangthebore.org/borum/discussion/37/bang-the-bore-ix-southampton-28.02.2011.-john-butcher-alvin-lucier-southampton-medieval-vaults/p1
Ulrichsberg
The Contest of More Pleasures was a project that took place in Ulrichsberg and involved John Butcher's trio The Contest of Pleasures performing in different places in this small town. Such places were: "a weaving factory, forest, cafe, waste disposal dump, stone quarry, tunnel, etc." Jean-Léon Pallandre and Laurent Sassi were responsible for the microphones, the recordings and diffusion.
Sources / More about the Project:
http://www.vudunoeuf.asso.fr/contest/morecontest.html
Click here to learn more about John Butcher's site-specific works.
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