Mark Hewins

Mark Hewins has worked extensively with various Canterbury scene musicians, including Elton Dean and Hugh Hopper.

Homecoming

Homecoming is the three-way collaborative project of visual artist Laure Van Minden, VJ Michelle Brace and trumpeter Chris Dowding. Homecoming album on Bandcamp.

Jörg Hufschmidt

The sound artist Jörg Hufschmidt (Hanover) is known for his experimental/artistic dialogue between painting, sound performance, drawing and music.

Sophie Sleigh-Johnson

Sophie Sleigh-Johnson is a Southend-on-Sea based writer, artist and performer.

Paul Jolly

Photo by Seán Kelly

Paul Jolly is a saxophonist, clarinettist and flutist working within the fields of contemporary improvised since 1969, when he joined the iconic People Band with whom he still performs.

Jasna Jovićević

Jasna Jovićević is a distinguished figure in the Serbian jazz scene, renowned for her versatility as a musician, composer, and artistic researcher. She is a master of multiple instruments, including the saxophone, bass clarinet, flute, and spacedrum. She has a BA in Jazz Saxophone Performance and Teaching from the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest. She furthered her studies with an MA in Music Composition from York University in Toronto and culminated in a Ph.D. in Contemporary Arts and Media from Singidunum University in Belgrade, specializing in transdisciplinary studies.

Ivor Kallin

Ivor Kallin plays viola with the London Improvisers Orchestra, electric violin with Electrio, bass and voice with the Glowering Figs, and hosts a weekly radio show on Resonance FM as Ambrosia Rasputin, and the last time he had his hair cut, it cost 30p.

Emil Karlsen

Emil Karlsen is a Norwegian improvising drummer currently based in the UK. Described as “a real force on the UK improvised music scene”, he’s establishing himself working the span from free improvisation to free jazz. Occupied with the exploring timbral possibilities of the drum kit, he performs with Phil Wachsmann, John Butcher, Phil Durrant and Maggie Nicols to mention some. Apart from being an active performer, he’s central in the revitalisation of the historic Bead Records.

Gwendolyn Kassenaar

Award winning visual artist Gwendolyn Kassenaar (b.1973 Amsterdam) works across painting, drawing and performance. A Chelsea College of Art graduate, she investigates the intersection of sound, body and spirituality.

Charlotte Keeffe

British musician, trumpeter and flugelhorn player Charlotte Keeffe wears her love for free improvisation, jazz and experimental music on her sleeve. Whether performing regularly as a soloist (Sound Brush), or leading a variety of different ensembles, including her Right Here, Right Now Quartet, she carefully carves out spaces for the free movement of ideas and individual expression.