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Tomek Glazik is a Polish saxophonist, improviser, composer, sound engineer, and producer based in London. Originally from the small town of Cekcyn in western Poland, he has been active on the music scene since 1997. Glazik is known for his dynamic and expressive playing, specializing in high-energy improvised music that bridges free jazz and noise, while also exploring a wide range of electronic music.
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Marilza comes from a musical family in Brazil, her father played classical guitar and her grandfather was a maestro and music teacher. From an early age she got involved with music: bossa nova and Brazilian popular music.
At an early age she got involved with music: bossa nova
and Brazilian popular music.
Becoming involved in improvised music after moving to Europe, she has worked with many exponents of its artists such as Adrian Northover, Jim Dvorak, Terry Day, Phil Minton and Marcio Mattos.
Kay Grant is a vocalist and improviser now relocated from London to Bristol, once tipped by TimeOut as “one of our finest free thinking virtuosos”. Using the voice as an instrumental component permeates her performance and underscores a commitment to the joy of ensemble playing. Her free approach is informed by an open-eared and open-armed path spanning styles and genres.
Stephen Grew has been touring nationally and internationally as a soloist and in group situations full time for 30 years and developing his music for almost 45 years.
Matthew Grigg is a Bristol-based musician active across free musics. Drawing on intuitive technique, close listening, signal noise & feedback, he has collaborated extensively with artists such as Tina Hitchens, Colin Webster, Charlotte Keefe & Dominic Lash.
Martin Hackett is a member of Oxford Improvisers and the Muzzix collective in Lille, France. He has been playing improvised music of one sort or another for as long as he can remember, for the past thirty years largely devoted to an obsessive exploration of the Korg MS10 synthesiser.
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Sylvia Hallett is a multi-instrumentalist and composer. Her work grew out of the London Musicians Collective, where she played in a trio with Lol Coxhill and Susannah Ferrar, and was a regular contributor on NATO records with British Summer Time Ends.
George Haslam (born 22 February 1939, Preston, UK) is an English avant-garde jazz saxophonist. Haslam’s horns of choice are the baritone saxophone and the tárogató. Voted in the top twenty All Time World Greatest Baritone Saxists in Japanese Encyclopaedia of Jazz.
Based in the South of England, Hearn is one of Britain’s most vibrant musicians on the creative music scene today.
Oliver Heron is a pianist, improviser and composer based in London. He originally studied jazz at Guildhall but later gravitated towards experimental music, and studied contemporary composition with Laurence Crane and Bára Gísladóttir.