ONGAKU: enjoy sound 25-02-2003

JOHN BUTCHER (saxophones) RHODRI DAVIES (harp)

ORACLE OF BEAUTY: TOM CHANT (saxophone) SEYMOUR WRIGHT (saxophone)

TOM PERCHARD (trumpet) JOHN LELY (drum machines/turntables)

NOISE FLAMENCO: TAKEHIRO NISHIDE (everyday objects)

ROMUALD WADYCH (once-a-week objects)

Following the massive success of Joe McPhee's UK debut last month, ongaku: enjoy_sound brings the long-standing collaboration of John Butcher and Rhodri Davies to 291 Gallery in February. Butcher and Davies first met in Chris Burn's ensemble, and as a duo, recorded Angels on EMANEM, released in 2000.

"One of the central figures in Europe's avant-garde music scene" San Francisco Bay Guardian

"If Butcher's approach to the saxophone is a bit idiosyncratic, then Davies' approach to the harp is downright revolutionary" Nils Jacobson

The Cinematic Orchestra's Tom Chant will also appear with group formed out of several meetings between the various musicians in Tokyo last year, although this will be the first performance in this combination. He is joined by Seymour Wright and John Lely, who appeared at Ongaku last November, and Tom Perchard on trumpet. We also welcome Polish/Japanese duo Noise Flamenco, celebrating their recent debut release "London Boys" on TwoThousandAnd.