RELEASES & RECORDING PROJECTS
Benedict Taylor / Hannah Marshall / Caius Williams / Andrew Lisle (live)
Free Improvisation. Debut performance of the quartet of Benedict Taylor, Hannah Marshall, Caius Williams, and Andrew Lisle. Recorded live at GRAIN Residency at Avalon Cafe - London, in March 2024. Video: www.youtube.com/@GrainResidency
Released June 12, 2024 - Benedict Taylor: Viola, Hannah Marshall: Cello, Caius Williams: Double Bass, Andrew Lisle: Percussion. Recorded by Harry Murdoch and mixed by Caius Williams. GRAIN is programmed by Caius Williams and is produced with the help of Theodora Laird, Tom Challenger, Theo Guttenplan, and Joanna Ward.
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Free Improvisation. A Giovanni La Rovere Session at Iklectik Art Lab London from September 2023 with John Butcher - Saxohones, Mark Sanders - Drums & Steve Beresford - Piano / Objects. Mixed by John Butcher. Mastered by Jeff Ardron, St Austral Sound.
Thanks to Isa Ferri and Eduard Solaz. Sleeve artwork by John Trice
Produced by Mark Davies & John Trice - Shrike Records. Released April 28th 2024.
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Fluid Fixations - John Butcher + 13
Intuitive composition. John Butcher was Commissioned by Huddersfield Contemporary Music festival 2021. The ensemble was : dieb13 ~ turntables, Liz Allbee ~ trumpet, Sophie Agnel ~ piano, Hannah Marshall ~ cello, Angharad Davies ~ violin, Pat Thomas ~ electronics, Mark Sanders ~ percussion, John Edwards ~ double bass, Ståle Liavik Solberg ~ drums, Matthias Müller ~ trombone, Isabelle Duthois ~ voice, clarinet, Pascal Niggenkemper ~ double bass, Aleksander Kolkowski ~ stroh viola, musical saw, John Butcher ~ saxophones, recordings, composition. Released 1st February 2024 by Weight of Wax.
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Coincidences 2 - Music of the Spheres - by Michael Oliva
An expanding composition project by composer and electronic musician Michael Oliva, who has created a rich tapestry using sounds of the Tanpura, romanticism and contemporary electronics. Describing 'Co-incidences' as a "sculpture viewed from radically different angles". Coincidences 2 is 'A meditation on the Solar System, Harmony, Light and the Passing of Life' for a performance as part of Orkney Science Festival 2023. Released on Bandcamp.
Sense of ourHum - Solo collection of ambient drone pieces
A series of eight 20 minute ambient drone tracks, each focussing on certain tones and their consequent overtones and harmonics.
These tracks are meant to be played at a slightly lower volume than usual and are designed for sleep, work, activity and meditation.
'Cello, Violin, Auto harp, Humming and Mixing by Hannah Marshall. Released in 2023 through Soundcloud.
The Recent Past - Alex Ward Items 6 & 7
Compositions & improvisation. ITEM 6: Alex Ward Clarinet, Hannah Marshall Cello, Andrew Lisle Drums, Otto Willberg Double Bass, Benedict Taylor Viola, Charlotte Keeke Trumpet, Flugelhorn. ITEM 7: Alex Ward Electric Guitar, Cath Roberts Baritone Sax, Sarah Gail Brand Trombone, Andrew Lisle Drums, Otto Willberg Double Bass, Charlotte Keefe Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Rachel Musson Tenor Sax.Recorded live at Cafe Oto, London 5th July 2022 by Billy Steiger. Mixed and mastered by Alex Ward at Stowaway Studios, London. Photography by Dawid Laskowski. Sleeve artwork by John Trice. All compositions by Alex Ward (PRS). Released September 18, 2023 by Shrike Records.
31 : Live at The Finch cafe
with David Birchall - Dirar Kalash - Kareem Samara - Hannah Marshall - Otto Willberg
Free Improvisation. A very memorable second set recorded live at Cafe Finch, London on 31st May 2022. David Birchall: guitar, Dirar Kalash: guitar, Hannah Marshall: cello, Kareem Samara: oud, Otto Willberg: double bass. Recorded by David Birchall. Cover/poster by Dirar Kalash
Incarnata - Dan Am
Song. It was a pleasure to record for this maverick singer. This is part of larger body of work that is in fruition and progress.
Released September 1, 2022.
Tanpura with ... Hannah - Michael Oliva
Electronics & Improvisation. Part of a series exploring the inner world of strings. Guest musicians improvise to a track based around the classical Indian drone instrument, the Tanpura. Each brings their own personality and narrative to the mix - the same sculpture viewed from radically different angles. Credits: Hannah Marshall - cello, Michael Oliva - electronics. Many thanks to Dave Pape for his extraordinary field recording from the Tiger Hill Temple in Darjeeling, India, available at freesound.org. Released March 2, 2022
Little Dark / Dawning / Sites / Notions - Solo & Field Recordings
Four tracks using field recordings of London and surrounding partly industrialised and open countryside in essex, nightwalks, conversations, inside and outside buildings, public places, and cello playing based on simple approaches to rhythm and drones. The tracks were made during and after a short course in field recording and sound design at Goldsmiths. Played recorded and mixed by Hannah Marshall. Released February 2022
Spanner in the Poetry Machine
Free Improvisation. Recorded live at the Hundred Years gallery, Hoxton, London, UK. February 2019.
credits. All music composed and played by Mandhira de Saram, Hannah Marshall, John Butcher and Douglas Benford.
Recorded by Douglas Benford. Released January 18, 2022
Breach
Free Improvisation - 37 mins. John Butcher - saxophones, John Edwards - double bass, Dominic Lash - electric guitar, Hannah Marshall - cello. Released on bass player Dominic Lash's label - Spoonhunt, from a concert on the 8th December 2021 at Iklectik Art Lab London - recorded by Jeff Ardron. Mixed and Mastered by Dominic Lash. Released on the 4th March 2022.
Talk
The first outing for a composition project by Hannah Marshall, focussing on melody and rhythm. All the parts are interchangeable between instruments. Bass - John Edwards, Drums - Mark Sanders, Cello - Hannah Marshall, Engineer - Dave Hunt, Composed material - Hannah Marshall, Mixed by Dave Hunt & Hannah Marshall, Recorded in London UK - 2018, Cover design & drawing - Hannah Marshall. Released July 24, 2021 on Bandcamp.
Live at The New Wave of Jazz festival 2020
Free Improvisation. Hannan Marshall : Cello, Dirk Serries : Acoustic guitar, Otto Willberg : Double bass.
“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance”
A New Wave of Jazz : 'A haven for the free and wilful. featuring music that originates from a fascination for free improvisation and modern minimal music. Performed at A New Wave Of Jazz festival, February 8th 2020 at Hundred Years Gallery (London, UK). Recorded and mixed by Martin Clarke. Mastered by Dirk Serries. Photography by Shaun Cullen. Released April 20, 2021
Horse Box 2 - Collection of The Horse Improv Club recordings - Shrike records.
Free Improvisation. This collection brings together some of the best music from Horse Improv Club, recorded over the last four years. Some of the finest improvisers from across London, the UK, Europe - and wider - coming together to create unique pieces of work. Music that will never be recreated - but can be heard again on these recordings.
All tracks recorded and mastered by Jeff Ardron of St Austral Sound except for track 8 CD1 recorded by Philipp Wachsmann.
Collages by Adam Bohman. Special thanks to Eduard and Isa at Iklectik Arts Lab. Released September 14, 2021
Distinctions - Consorts - Dominic Lash
...to explore the possibilities of combining sustained-tone music, improvisation, and the relationship between acoustic and amplified sound.” Douglas Benford - harmonium/percussion, Steve Beresford - electronics, Marjolaine Charbin - piano, Chris Cundy - bass clarinet, Seth Cooke - steel sink/metal detector, Angharad Davies - viola, Phil Durrant - modular synth, Matthew Grigg - guitar/amplifier, Bruno Guastalla - cello, Martin Hackett - Korg MS10, Tim Hill - baritone saxophone, Tina Hitchens - flute, Sarah Hughes - zither, Mark Langford - bass clarinet, Dominic Lash - double bass, Yvonna Magda - violin, Hannah Marshall - cello, Helen Papaioannou - baritone saxophone, Yoni Silver - bass clarinet, Alex Ward - clarinet/amplifier, Recorded live at Café Oto by Shaun Crook, mixed by Dominic Lash. Mastered by Phil Julian, sleeve by Matthew Grigg. Released June 1, 2021.
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Alexander Hawkins Togetherness Music - For Sixteen Musicians - Evan Parker + Riot Ensemble
Compositonal Improvisation. Alexander Hawkins: Piano, Composition, Evan Parker: Soprano Saxophone, Aaron Holloway-Nahum: Conductor, Rachel Musson: Flute, Tenor Saxophone, Percy Pursglove: Trumpet, James Arben: Flute, Bass Clarinet, Neil Charles: Double Bass, Mark Sanders: Drums, Percussion, Matthew Wright: Electronics, Benedict Taylor: Viola, Hannah Marshall: Cello + RIOT Ensemble. Rec July 30, 2020 at Challow Park Studios, Oxfordshire, UK by Will Biggs. Assistant engineer: James Towler. Mixed and mastered September 2020, London, UK, by Alex Bonney. Cover art and graphic design: Jonas Schoder. Linernotes: James Fei. Produced by Alexander Hawkins and Intakt Records. Released January 15, 2021
A previous discussion about making an object - Halftone
Free Improvisation. Halftone explore the conventions and boundaries of their traditional instruments through unconventional techniques. Caitlin Alais Callahan (double bass), Tina Hitchens (flute), Yvonna Magda (violin), and Hannah Marshall (cello) translocate from the solo virtuosic tradition to enter a more exploratory, irreverent and collectively-driven realm. Recorded and mixed by Nick Earle in Bristol, January 2019. Album artwork by Hannah Marshall. Album design work by Matthew Grigg, with huge thanks and In memory of Keith Tippett, with love.
Released November 6, 2020
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Karantan Tapes - Compilation
Improvisation. Karantän Tapes: Musician 1, records a 3 minutes improvised solo and sends it to another musician of her/his choice anywhere in the world. Musician 2 turns the recording into a duo by adding an overdub. The new duo is then sent to a third musician that completes the recording by turning it into a trio. Tracks include music from 24 musicians, created during the 'covid' crisis/madness. #7 Felicia Nielsen - piano
Sam Andreae - penny whistle @ Bow Bridge, Lea Navigation (A12 underpass), Hannah Marshall - cello. Released April 13, 2020
People I have never met - Solo & Field recordings.
A 20 minute track comprising a collage of recordings of instruments made by primary school children from discarded objects that was originally made for an exhibition at Norden Farm Centre for the Arts UK, collected field recordings made between 2017-2019 in London, Berlin & the mountains of northern India, valley dogs, people practicing at an open window, children singing, railway works & solo cello pizzed harmonics improvisations, and some other bits and pieces. Cover photo by Hannah Marshall. Released June 9, 2020.
Diatribes + Hannah Marshall in Bern.
12 minute improvisation. Compost and Height promotes experimental sound and composition practices.
Cyril Bondi - Bass Drum, Performer, Hannah Marshall - Cello, D'incise - Computer, Mastered by Christian Weber. Released May 6, 2020.
Clouds - Solo recordings for Takoroku
Cello sound/pizz layers. 'Beautiful, spare and sensitive home recordings by cellist Hannah Marshall, who has treated us to so many special moments as a player at OTO over the years'. Recordings made in a friends spare room on a half and full size cellos with re-tuned strings, not far from an open window on a quiet row of back gardens. In some of the gaps you will hear the chair creak, the rain fall, the children at near by child-minders house. The slap and fall of strings, on fingers on wood.In memory of Beth Hardisty. Rest In Peace. Released November 11, 2021
Octargai - Tim Hodgkinson
Live performance recorded 26/1/20 at Cafe Oto & by Cafe Oto, with Angharad Davies & Mayah Kadish violins, Hannah Marshall cello, Yoni Silver piano, Sarah Brand & Alex Paxton trombones, Tim Hodgkinson clarinet & conducting, Gwen Reed & Otto Willberg basses, Mark Sanders & Chris Cutler percussions. Released December 1, 2020.
Crossings
A rhythm composition project led by Pianist and composer Veryan Weston. The music is complex and structurally very intricate with many parts that suddenly come together and change as quickly. "..a stunningly effective study in time and contrast, mirrored in an even subtler fashion on the aptly titled “Kalimba Setting”. Marc Medwin - AUGUST 2020 | THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD. - Veryan Weston- keystation with Hannah Marshall - cello & Mark Sanders - percussion. Rehearsed and recording was made possible through and AC Grant. Release on Hi4head Records July 30th 2020.
Fete Qua Qua 2009
A release of 2009's annual celebration of improvised music run by the late great guitarist John Russell- Fete Qua Qua. 2009's edition of the frestival involved these players: Jean Bordé, bass, John Butcher, saxophones, Luo Chao-yun, pipa, Lol Coxhill, saxophone, Satoko Fukuda, violin, Shabaka Hutchings, saxophone and clarinet, Henry Lowther, trumpet, Hannah Marshall, cello, John Russell, guitar, Angelika Sheridan, flutes, Pat Thomas, keyboards, Sabu Toyozumi, percussion, Ute Völker, accordion. Released July 7th 2020 by Weekertoft.
I Went This Way - Rachel Musson
Musson debuts her ambitious compositions, incorporating spoken word and daring instrumental experimentation, alongside eight other accomplished musicians. Debbie Sanders - Voice, Sarah Farmer - Violin, Richard Scott - Viola, Hannah Marshall - Cello, Xhosa Cole -Flute and Tenor Sax, Lee Griffiths - Alto Sax, Rachel Musson - Tenor Sax, Chris Mapp - Bass, Mark Sanders - Drums.
Recorded by James Dunn at Cafe Oto, June 19, 2019. Mixed and mastered by Jeremy Loucas at Sear Sound, New York City. Cover image by Rachel Musson Graphic design by Sergio Vezzali
Who Am I? - Alexia Chellun
Songs. Evolving from a spontaneous 30 minute recording session in London and two days of additional recording and mixing in the USA, Who Am I? embodies Chellun’s introspective artistry and her song-writing exhibits a unique melodic pop sensibility combined with lyrical themes that examine the human race, consciousness, and awareness. All songs written by Alexia Chellun. Recorded by Anthony Leung at The Crypt Studio, London. Mixed and mastered by Ken Rose at MYWarpedHalo Studios, Chicago Illinois USA. Produced by Alexia Chellun / Ken Rose. Cello by Hannah Marshall, London. Violin / Viola by Molly Thomas, Alabama USA. Released February 14, 2019
Interpretations of Beauty - Paul Dunmall Nonet
A large group improvisation of strings, percussion, flutes and reeds convened by Paul Dunmall with Paul Dunmall-soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, clarinet, alto flute, penny whistle, Neil Metcalfe-flute, Trevor Taylor-marimba, vibraphone, percussion, Philip Gibbs-guitar, Hannah Marshall-cello, Sarah Farmer-violin, Theo May-viola, violin, Alison Blunt-violin, John Edwards-double bass. Released 2019 by FMR.
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Warmm - Sounds of Dalston
Music performance as a social document: This recording showcases the players' interactions not only with combinations of each other, but also with the ambient sound captured in real time from outside the venue. The recording’s post production became an investigation into the sonic transactions which resulted and are presented here. Alan Wilkinson (reeds), Lee Boyd Allatson (drum set), John Russell (guitar), Hannah Marshall (cello), Pascal Marzan (guitar) and the sounds of Dalston. Recorded at Cafe Oto's Project Space, Dalston, London. UK. 8.30pm, Friday 12th October, 2018. Recording concept, capture and mix: Lee Boyd Allatson. Released January 14, 2019
Live at Long Ashton Church - Halftone
Halftone explore the conventions and boundaries of their traditional instruments through unconventional techniques. A group comprising string players and flute, all with so-called classical backgrounds, Halftone presented a precious, precarious sensibility that could as much delicate as explosive. Performers: Caitlin Alais Callahan (double bass), Hannah Marshall (cello), Tina Hitchens (flute), Yvonna Magda (violin). Recorded by: Daniel Kesby. Released November 28, 2017.
Dialogues with Strings
The Duo of saxophonist Trevor Watts (Moire Music) & Pianist Veryan Weston has a long and inspiring musical depth to it, so to be included in an invitation to join this duo alongside Violinist Alison Blunt, a long term musical collaborator was exciting. This record is the result and was also part of a recording for BBC Radio 3. Recorded at Café Oto in London on April 23rd 2017 by James Dunn. Mixed and Mastered at ARC Studios, Hastings. UK. by Trevor Watts. Photograph by Mark French. Cover Design: Małgorzata Lipińska. Executive Producer: Maciej Karłowski Released by Fundacja Słucha on October 12th 2017.
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Apocolypse jazz Unit Live - Crashland - 3 live performances.
Run by musician, writer, artist and support worker Rick Jenson, The Apocalypse Jazz Unit is connect to Rick's musical output and it was a pleasure and scream to be part of these live events. Members: Rick Jensen: Tenor sax/clarinet/guitar, Jordan Muscatello: bass, Si Paton: Bass/viola, Simon Gajewski: Drums/percussion, Arnold Lane: drums/percussion, Hywel Jones: Trombone/Euphonium, Paul Shearsmith: Trumpet/Baliphone/etc, Alain Man: Keys, Dave O’Connor: saxes/flute, Sebastian Sterkowicz: Bass clarinet, Luciano Cocco: drums, Thomas Tronich: Alto Sax, Massimo Magee: Alto Sax. Past members and guests: Alan Wilkinson, Michele Paccagnella, Stephan Barrett, Toti Valente, Carlo Natoli, Hannah Marshall, Rachel Musson, Rebecca Gleave, Carlos Ferrao, Peter Marsh, Jair-Rohm Parker Wells, Martin Clarke, Tom Bush, Klaus Bru, Keith Pinnock, and more.
Channel - the Discovery Festival London 2017
Hannah played with 'Barrel' at this festival convened by guitarust John Russell at Ye Olde Rose and Crown Walthamstow. There are simply far too many musicians playing to mention all. Here are some: Mopomoso Workshop Group, Mark Browne, saxophone, Ian McGowan, trumpet, Sonic Pleasure, objects, Stefan Keune, alto saxophone, Steve Noble, percussion, Paul G. Smyth, piano, South Leicestershire Improvisers Ensemble, Jim Dvorak, trumpet, Kay Grant, voice, Armorel Weston, voice, Marcio Mattos, bass, Dave Tucker, bass, Claude Deppa, trumpet, Rachel Musson, sax, Mark Sanders, drums, Viv Corringham, voice, Alex Ward, clarinet, Recorded by Tim Fletcher, Edited and designed by Paul G. Smyth, Mastered by Spud at Guerrilla Sound Studios, Dublin, Ireland. David Menestres' Top 10 Albums of 2018 — The Free Jazz Collective. Released July 4, 2018
South Kino - Duo with Dominic Lash
Free Improvisation. Dominic Lash - double bass, Hannah Marshall - cello. Tracks 1 and 2 recorded Southville, Bristol, 19th February 2015, track 3 recorded Cafe Kino, Bristol, 16th July 2016. Mixed and mastered by Dominic Lash. Released May 20, 2018
The Vultures - Three Mothers part 2
The second part of The Vultures Album featuring songs and Lead Vocals by Ben Etchells. Violins - Andy Tsao & Kate Coggins, Cello - Hannah Marshall, Bass - Justine Cartier, Drums - Joan Gaddea. "A world that’s right, a place to be back in again, last and right, their Serge Gainsbourg influenced story-telling and that lush baroque beauty in their rock ‘n roll." - organ - Music - Art - Underculture. Released April 14th 2017 by Ciao Ketchup. Won Best Alternative Act on the Exposure Music Awards 2013/2014
Alexander Hawkins - Unit(e)
Tracks 8-12: James Arben - flute, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, Dylan Bates - violin, Neil Charles - double bass, Stephen Davis - drums, percussion, Otto Fischer - guitar, Alexander Hawkins - piano, conductor, Laura Jurd - trumpet, Julie Kjaer - flute, alto flute, alto saxophone, bass clarinet, Nick Malcolm - trumpet, flugelhorn, Hannah Marshall - ‘cello, Percy Pursglove - trumpet, double bass, Alex Ward - clarinet, Matthew Wright - live electronics. Recorded at Livingston Studio, London January 10-11 2017. Engineered by Benedic Lamdin. Mixed/mastered by Alex Bonney. Design - John Chantler. All tracks composed by Alexander Hawkins, except 'For The People' (Jerome Cooper) and '[T]each', '[K]now' text by Otto Fischer.
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Caroline Kraabel - Last 1 & Last 2
Two versions of Kraabel's composition built around a recording of Robert Wyatt singing Kraabel's song. LAST1 for large ensemble, directed and conducted by Kraabel; LAST2 for quartet (plus the recording)LAST1: Caroline Kraabel (composer, conductor), Veryan Weston (piano) Philipp Wachsmann (viola), Hannah Marshall (cello), Neil Metcalfe (flute), Alex Ward (clarinet), Tom Ward (bass clarinet), Jackie Walduck (vibes) Roland Ramanan (trumpet), Caroline Hall (trombone), David Jago (trombone), Sue Lynch (tenor sax), Cath Roberts (baritone sax), Seth Bennett (double bass), Guillaume Viltard (double bass), Mark Sanders (percussion). Released May 2, 2020 by Emanem.
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Humanoise Tutti - Creative Sources
A gathering of international improvising musicians over 3 days in Wiesbaden. These tutti's from Humanoise Festival #28 expose a captivating process of collective musicianship, where the musicians find themselves in service to something far greater than the sum of their parts. With Korhan Erel – electronics, Elena Margarita Kakaliagou – french horn, Jonas Kocher – accordion, Hannah Marshall – cello, Dirk Marwedel – extended saxophone, Theo Nabicht – contrabass clarinet, Ulrich Phillipp – double bass, Ernesto Rodrigues - viola, Wolfgang Schliemann – drums, Nicolas Souchal – trumpet. Recorded by Harald Christ July 1st-3rd 2016, Kunsthaus Wiesbaden. Graphic design by Carlos Santos. Production by Ernesto Rodrigues. Released June 2, 2022.
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Chris Cundy - Gustav Lost
Compositions. Chris Cundy - bass clarinet & contrabass clarinet, Fyfe Dangerfield - piano, Mat Martin - guitar, Hannah Marshall - cello, Dominic Lash double bass, Mark Sanders - drums and percussion. Additional percussion on Following Hazel played by Stuart Wilding. All music written and produced by Chris Cundy. Recorded and engineered by James Towler at Wincraft Studios, Gloucestershire UK on 2nd and 3rd June 2015. Additional recordings were made during July of 2015 at Nailsworth and Bristol. Mixed by Mike Cross and Chris Cundy. Mastered by Mike Cross. Cover artwork by Chris Cundy. Released December 1, 2016
Abhra - Abhra
Abhra – Sanskrit word for the atmosphere, the emptiness - was commissioned by the Centre International des Musiques Nomades and the Festival Détours de Babel in Grenoble, France, in 2014. Six improvisers (from France, Italy, Irlande and England), mix their own cultures and their common interest for sound matters, around texts written by Henry David Thoreau.
Julien Pontvianne (Fr) / tenor saxophone, clarinet, composition, Lauren Kinsella (Ir) / voice, Francesco Diodati (It) / guitar, Hannah Marshall (En) / cello, Alexandre Herer (Fr) / keyboard, Matteo Bortone (It) / bass. Released March 2016 by Onze Heures Onzes.
HST - Second Mix - Released by Unpredictable
One of the many recorded documents in the Terry Day Archive. Please check out other stuff here: https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/shop/category/terry-day-archives/ Credits: Hannah Marshall / cello, Satoko Fukuda / violin, Terry Day / percussion, bamboo reed flutes. Recorded at London School of Sound. Mixed and Mastered by AJ Pillette.
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A Broad Margin - Haste
Free Improvisation. NYC based saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock, London pianist Veryan Weston and cellist Hannah Marshall come together to mutate chamber music with fluent virtuosity. At once expansive and fleeting, the trio interweave and interject each other at a dizzying pace.
Ingrid Laubrock / saxophone, Veryan Weston / piano, Hannah Marshall / cello. Recorded live at Cafe OTO on Thursday 9th October by Mark Jasper. Mixed by John Chantler. Mastered by Andreas [LUPO] Lubich at Calyx, Berlin. Released by Otoroku Downloads.
Live at Bristol Hum - Halftone
First performance at The Bristol Hum in the Edwardian Cloakroom, July 2016. All pieces are part-composed, part-improvised.
credits: Tina Hitchens - flute, Yvonna Magda - violin, Hannah Marshall - Cello, Caitlin Alais Callahan - Double Bass. Released July 1, 2016
Projected / Entities / Removal - Alex Ward Trios & Sextet
Composition & improvisation. ALEX WARD: clarinet (tracks 1 &3), electric guitar (track 3), direction, HANNAH MARSHALL: cello (tracks 2 & 3), OLIE BRICE: double bass (tracks 2 & 3), RACHEL MUSSON: tenor sax (tracks 1 & 3), STEVE NOBLE: drums (tracks 1 & 3), TOM JACKSON: clarinet and bass clarinet (tracks 2 & 3). All compositions by Alex Ward (PRS). Released November 2, 2015 by Copepod.
Three Mothers part 1 - The Vultures
Songs and Lead Vocals by Ben Etchells. Violins - Andy Tsao & Kate Coggins, Cello - Hannah Marshall, Bass - Justine Cartier, Drums - Joan Gaddea. 'The Vultures are an evenly split male/female sextet whose members descended on London from five countries spanning three continents...... weave, push drift and uplift in uneven measures. The band bonded over a shared belief that rock’n’roll has become stiflingly dull. The Vultures are “anything but, eschewing guitars, synths and digitalism in favour of intense in-the-flesh performance”. Steve Janes - With Guitars Music Magazine. Released February 9th 2015 by Ciao Ketchup.
Glass Shelves And Floor - Alex Ward Quintet
All compositions by Alex Ward (PRS). From left to right in the stereo spread, the musicians are:
ALEX WARD: clarinet and amplifier, HANNAH MARSHALL: cello, OLIE BRICE: double bass, RACHEL MUSSON: tenor sax, TOM JACKSON: clarinet and bass clarinet. "Every single member commits wholeheartedly, as though steered into change by an omnipotent force that hangs over them all. As a result, the colours are always bright and the images are always vivid, intensified by dedication en masse" Jack Chuter - ATTN Magazine. Released 2015
I Look at You - Paul Dunmall Quintet - FMR
Free Improvisation. With Paul Dunmall, Philip Gibbs, Alison Blunt, Neil Metcalfe & Hannah Marshall. A joyous music filled recording at Birmingham Conservatoire. Released 2015 by FMR
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Tuning Out - Jon Rose, HM, Veryan Weston
Free Improvisation. Recordings from a tour of the UK supported by Sound and Music, visiting churches that house tracker action organs, offering the possibility of microtonal playing through mechanistic control of the air-flow. Veryan Weston - organs, Hannah Marshall - Cello, Jon Rose - Violins. "The dogs Bollocks.....A unique aural experience filled with microtonality, inspired playing, extraordinary aesthetic affinities and real focus" - ReR Review. Released 2015.
Severance Pay - Dead Days Beyond Help
All music written by Dead Days Beyond Help (PRS); Alex Ward: guitar; Jem Doulton: drums
Additional instruments: Viola on The Chain, Letters and The Last Thaw: Benedict Taylor, Cello on The Chain, Letters and The Last Thaw: Hannah Marshall, Clarinet, alto sax and keyboards on Letters: Alex Ward. Recorded and mixed by Alex Ward at Audio Underground and Stowaway Studios, November 2012-May 2013. Released 2014.
Akrostik - Pierette Ensemble
Original compositions and improvisation. Danish-English sextet, co-led by saxophonist/flautist Julie Kjaer and pianist Signe Bisgaard, with Alison Blunt: violin; Hannah Marshall: cello; Pernille Bevort: tenor saxophone and bass clarinet; Julie Kjear: alto saxophone, flute, bass flute; Signe Bisgaard: piano; Lisbeth Dier: percussion; Jon Anderson: additional cello (2, 6). "Brooding and melodic, pulsating and a-rrhythmic in turn, these eight pieces combine like a series of poems inspired by landscapes both real and imagined" Ian Patterson - All About Jazz. Released 2014
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The Game Face - Dead Days Beyond Help
The second Dead Days album I was lucky enough to contribute to. Dead Days Beyond Help is: Alex Ward: guitars, vocals, keyboards on 7 & 11, alto saxes on 4. Jem Doulton: drums, piano on 9. With special guests: Jess Hannar: violins on 1, 4, 7 & 11. Hannah Marshall: cellos on 1, 4, 7 & 11. Ian Smith: trumpets on 4. Released February 1, 2013 by Copepod.
Nothing Can bring Back The Hour - Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker
I joined an array of musicians to help realise the sound world for this record. "Thoroughly remarkable and unique"– Maverick.
Folkroom Records. Released October 1st 2014
Fever to the Form EP - Nick Mulvey
I worked with talented guitarist and song writer Nick Mulvey to help find sounds and instrumental ideas for his first releases, and was recorded for tracks B1 & B2 of this EP. Label - Communion records. Released June 19th 2013
Live at The Latest - Kate Daisy Grant
Live album of KDG's Songs with Kate Daisy Grant - Vocals, keyboards, toys and objects, Nick Pynn - Violin, organ and objects, Ken Rose - Junk percussion & Hannah Marshall - Cello & Musical Saw. Released 2012
Tulse Hill - Solo
Solo release put together from recordings made and collected between 2009 - 2012.
"The improvisations unfold naturally and organically, as simple repetitions branch out in small increments, like a suite of minimalist solo compositions" - Eyes for Ears Blogspot. Released by Linear Obsessional 2012
All There, Ever Out - Alexander Hawkins Ensemble
Alexander Hawkins - Piano & Hammond organ, Dominic Lash - Bass, Hannah Marshall - Cello, Javier Carmona - Drums & percussion, Otto Fischer - Electric Guitar, Orphy Robinson - Marimba + Guest Kit Downes - Hammond organ.
"it marks them out as one of the most vividly distinctive in contemporary jazz" - Tim Owen 2012
Recorded at Pinewood Studios 2012. Released by Babel.
Watt - Alter Egos
Trumpet – Ian Smith, Cello – Hannah Marshall, Drums, Percussion – Stephen Flinn. "Their impressive synergy and the richness of the musical ideas they squeezed out during their spontaneous improvisational sessions are collected in this fine record" - Vito Camarretta
Released by Creative Sources. Recorded on 30th June, 2012 in London, England.
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Live at Artactes - Barrel
Second Album by Barrel : Alison Blunt - Violin, Ivor Kallin - Viola, Hannah Marshall - 'Cello.
Released by Idyllic Noise in 2013. The recording is of a single performance at the Austrian Festival of original and improvised music Artactes in 2012.
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Again - The Shoreditch Trio - Live in Bruxelles
Gianni Mimmo - Saxophones, Hannah Marshall - 'Cello, Nicola Guazzaloca - Piano. Live at Air-Odeon studio in Bruxelles during the 2010 Belgian tour, recorded and mastered by Michel Huon.
"A mastery of unidiomatic improvisation" Jazz word - Ken Waxman.
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Muddy Road Season - Mark Morgan
Songs. Being involved in indie record Label 'Telescopic Baby' through Ken Rose (Hero Jnr) and Livingston Studios in London meant that I worked with songwriters including Mark Morgan. Released 2011
Tony Marsh Quartet Improvisations
Free Improvisation. Percussion – Tony Marsh, Cello – Hannah Marshall, Flute – Neil Metcalfe, Violin – Alison Blunt.
Music By – Blunt*, Marshall*, Metcalfe*, Marsh*. Producer [CD Production By] – Evan Parker, Martin Davidson
Illustration [Illustrations] – Rina Donnersmarck, Photography By [Photograph] – Caroline Forbes, Recorded By [Recording] – Adam Skeaping. Recorded at St. Peter's, Whitstable 11th August 2010.
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Haste - Veryan Weston - Ingrid Laubrock - Hannah Marshall
Free Improvisation. "a resoundingly superb album." - The Squids Ear.
"The sleeve notes of Haste relate this music to ritual and even shamanistic activity. And there is a truth in that; free improvisation is, after all, an experience shared by performers and audience and has the power to cleanse and restore" - Jazzwise review Duncan Heining. Released by Emanem 9th Feb 2011
lio leo leon - London Improvisers Orchestra
Free Improvisation. The whole of the performance at the 2010 Freedom of the City festival by the 38-strong LIO. Conductions by Alison Blunt, Steve Beresford (featuring guest Leon Michener), Philipp Wachsmann, Caroline Kraabel, and Dave Tucker (featuring guest Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith), were interspersed with free improvisations. Released 2011.
Kate Daisy Grant - Kate Daisy Grant
Songs. An artist that I first heard around 2002 and went on to perform regularly with for the next 10 years. Playing for this record was an inspiring, involving and important experience. Released 2010 by Telescopic Baby. Songs by Kate Daisy Grant.
The Shoreditch Concert
Nicola Guazzaloca, Hannah Marshall, Gianni Mimmo, Leila Adu.
Free Improvisation. A beautiful document of time working with incredible Italian musicians. This is a live recording of a concert in 2009, October the 30th at St. Leonards’s Shoreditch Church, London, UK.
Music : H.Marshall, N.Guazzaloca, G.Mimmo, L.Adu. Liner note : Dario Palermo. Cover painting : Toti Scialoja
Production : Gianni Mimmo for Amirani Records.
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Sol 6
Composition/songs/improvisation. Luc Ex- ac. bass, Veryan Weston -piano/voice, Mandy Drummond - viola/voice, Hannah Marshall - cello/voice, Ingrid Laubrock -saxophone/voice, Tony Buck - drums/percussion.
Sol6 combine composed and tightly rehearsed pieces with related improvisations that link and reflect the composed material. This is a tradition which Luc and Veryan have helped develop in previous projects and groups like Roof and 4Walls. The music has been recorded live at the Bimhuis Amsterdam in the sping of 2009. Mixed and mastered by the Zlaya Hadzich. Released January 1st 2009.
Gratuitous Abuse - Barrel
Free Improvisation. Alison Blunt - Violin/voice, Hannah Marshall Cello/voice, Ivor Kallin Viola/voice. Gratuitous Abuse was in the Wire Magazine's annual critic’s choice list of improv’ releases. “Decades of instrumental practice along and against the tradition blended inside an inter-mutual jargon that takes something from the classic and the absurd in equal doses. Heterogeneous composites causing inflammatory euphoria.” – Massimo Ricci, Touching Extremes. Released 2009
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No Now Is So - Alexander Hawkins Ensemble
Structured improvisation/free jazz. Recorded 19/5/2008; first released 2009. Javier Carmona - drums, percussion, Otto Fischer - electric guitar, Alexander Hawkins - piano, Dominic Lash - double bass, Hannah Marshall - 'cello, Orphy Robinson - steel pan. All compositions by Alexander Hawkins, except #4 (Wadada Leo Smith), #9 (Sun Ra), #1/5/7/10 (Carmona/Fisher/Hawkins/Lash/Marshall/Robinson). Released in 2009 by FMR.
Access Denied! - Dead Days Beyond Help
Improvisational, experimental, compositional rock. All pieces written by Alex Ward (PRS). Dead Days Beyond Help are - Alex Ward: guitars, keyboards, vocals. Jem Doulton: drums. Special guests on tracks 5 & 9 - Hannah Laurens: violins; Hannah Marshall: cellos. Released 2009 by Copepod.
Night of the Long Spoons - Soup
Songs. Soup existed between 2005-2008, playing pubs, clubs, theatres and park benches. In august 2008 we made this record in 3 days, just in time to launch it at the Vortex in London, before our beloved band-mate and great friend Jim Marcovitch died at the tender age of 34 of non-hodgkins lymphoma. Miss you and love you Jim. Jim Marcovitch- Accordian/vocals, Hannah Marshall- Cello/vocals, Ben Glasstone- Guitar & Ukelele/vocals. Recorded at Escapade Music Studio London. Mastered at Skye Mastering. Spoon photographs by Alex and Jim Marcovitch. Band Photos by Tim Kane. CD design by Helen Fuchs. Thank you to Jenny Pidgeon. October 10, 2008
Unlocked - Trio of Uncertainty
Free improvisation. Veryan Weston - Piano, Satoko Fukuda - Violin, Hannah Marshall - 'Cello.
'...what is truly special about it is the spontaneity with which their imaginations, held back by no technical limitations, coalesce and separate, interweave and interject, with the musical momentum constantly thrown from one player to another to produce 'chamber music' in the truest and most contemporary sense'. From Sleeve notes by Richard Barrett. Released in 2007 by Emanem.
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Separately & Together - London Improvisoers orchestra - Glasgow Improvisers orchestra
Large group improvisation. For the 2007 FREEDOM OF THE CITY festival, Evan Parker invited the Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra to perform both by itself and with the London Improvisers Orchestra. The result was a concert in three parts: the LIO alone; the GIO alone; and the two combined. That concert is heard complete on these two CDs in the order of performance. 'This concert certainly did create a unique environment as well as a lot of very fine music. It can now be relived, or newly experienced if you had the misfortune not to be there' - Martin Davidson (2007)
2006 Duos - Terry Day
Free improvisation. Being asked to play by Terry, and for that duo to end up on a record was very special. Thank you Martin Davidson - Rest well. Recorded at Red Rose, London. Edited, mastered, design by Martin Davidson - Enamem. Pipe [Bamboo Pipes], Voice, Performer [Toy Amplifier With Echo, Shaken Plastic Bottle Of Water] – Terry Day. Recorded By – Sebastian Lexer (tracks: 1), Tim Fletcher (tracks: 2 to 5). Duos w/ Charlotte Hug, Phil Minton, Rhodri Davies, Hannah Marshall, John Russell. Released 2007 by Emanem.
Held on the Tips of Fingers - Polar Bear
I play on one track - Fluffy (I want you), in which I don't think I'm audible. But still, I'm in there!!
This was the group's break-though album, leading to Polar Bear being shortlisted for the Mercury Music Prize in 2005. The album shows a distillation of the group's sound, with the enchanting compositions moving between hushed incantations and wild, swirling improvisations. Released March 21, 2005 by Babel.
Frequently Asked Questions - Tram
Brief but truly lovely lo-fi / no-fi / acoustic rock band, existing from late nineties to early noughties a duo of Paul Anderson & Nick Avery. Collaborators include: Ida Akesson (piano, keyboards) Fiona Brice (violin, piano) John Frennet (bass) Bill Lloyd (piano) Hannah Marshall (cello) Clive Painter (production, guitar, bass, harmonium, piano, clarinet, percussion) Ian Painter (bass) John Parish (production, slide guitar) Martine Roberts (production, bass, vocals) Ian Watson (trumpet). Released 2000 by Setanta.
Rocks & Wraiths - Natasha Barrett
I took part in the recording of track 3 - 'Imago' with clarinettist Ben Harlan (Burning Bush & ZRI) while we were at college together, when Natasha Barrett studying at City University, needed musicians to realise her electronic compositions. Released 1997.