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From the Grooves of Vinyl: A Tribute to Philip Jeck

An evening of film and performance in celebration of the life and work of remarkable composer and artist, Philip Jeck.

www.thebluecoat.org.uk/whatson/philip-jeck-tribute

Sat 16 Nov, 7-11pm

As a tribute to Philip Jeck who died in 2022, the Bluecoat presents an evening of film and performance in celebration of the life and work of this remarkable composer and artist who wrought exquisite sounds from the worn grooves of old records. An internationally renowned pioneer of experimental ‘turntablism’, he brought old record players and vinyl together with electronic effects to create expansive sonic landscapes.

Throughout his career Philip worked with dance and theatre makers, visual artists and musicians and composers across the musical spectrum and toured internationally. Over three decades, his work was released and promoted by the experimental electronic music label, Touch.

Philip also had a long association with the Bluecoat and this special tribute includes screening of a film by Gina Czarnecki of him performing in the intimate surroundings of a friend’s kitchen. There will be the launch of a double CD tribute to Philip collated by Touch, and performances from experimental composers Chandra Shukla (US), Benjamin Duvall and Andrew Hunt (Liverpool) and poets Patricia Farrell and Robert Sheppard. The bar is open till 11pm, with DJ set from Bryan Biggs.

Click here for further information on Touch, its work with Philip and his releases.

Sat 16 Nov, 7-11pm
Doors/Bar 6.30pm
Tickets: £10

Tickets can be booked here

Saturday 16 September 2023 | Doors: 7pm
THIS EVENT HAS SOLD OUT

Touch, Iklectik & Mary Prestidge invite you to “A Tribute to Philip Jeck” at Iklectik, London on 16th September 2023.

7PM Doors

730PM Speakers: Mary Prestidge & Mike Harding

Chris Watson presents ‘Oxmardyke’, his recent collaboration with Jeck

830PM Liverpool Improvisation Collective
[Andrea Buckley, Paula Hampson, Mary Prestidge and Kate Brown]
‘Echoes of Philip’ an ensemble performance with dancers from Liverpool and London.

John Beaumont [Tenor] – Gregorian chant

Storyteller: Bryan O’Connell

9PM Jonathan Raisin
Piano solo. ‘in the absence…’ an improvisation, a memory… half a duet. Jonathan is a composer and improvising musician, based in Liverpool, who played with Philip several times over the last few years.

John Beaumont [Tenor] – Gregorian chant

Storyteller: Doug Gill

945PM Claire M Singer

Timings are approximate

Please join us for our next Hyphen Hub Salon to celebrate the life and legacy of the acclaimed British experimental composer, turntablist, and multimedia artist, Philip Jeck who died last month in Liverpool. The evening will feature special guest performances by artists who worked and collaborated with him.

Featuring: Marina Rosenfeld, Phill Niblock, Ted Riederer, & Zachary Paul who will each pay tribute in their own unique way. 

When: Saturday May 7th 2022
Time: Doors: 6pm

Presented by: Hyphen Hub in partnership with Touch

Tickets: $10 at the door

RSVP to get location: asher@hyphenhub.com

Concert with film makers Michaela Grill and Karl Limieux
performing in Montreal and Philip Jeck in Liverpool.

Philip Jeck / Michaela Grill / Karl Lemieux
June 5th 2021
0:30 (Montreal Time)
Livestream

SUONI PER IL POPOLO
Montreal Canada

https://suoniperilpopolo.org/en/program/2021-06-04-jeck-grill-lemieux

https://suoniperilpopolo.org/en/program

Gavin Bryars’ The Sinking of the Titanic first materialised in 1969 in the form of sketches and text – the musical equivalent of conceptual art – exploring the now well-known tragedy of the ‘unsinkable’ ship. Bryars’ initial inspiration came from a report that the ship’s band was playing a hymn as it went down on 14 April 1912. The ship’s junior radio operator reported that the band never stopped playing, and the piece primarily poses the question of what happened to the music as it was submerged in the ocean.

It wasn’t until 1972 that Bryars created a performance version, which has subsequently been heard around the world. This special production includes archival film images cued to live music by artists Bill Morrison and Laurie Olinder, and vinyl-based samples by turntablist Philip Jeck. The result is a poignant and direct work that still resonates 50 years on.

First performance: Music Now Ensemble conducted by Gavin Bryars, December 1972, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

Watch the documentary ‘Sounds for The Sinking of the Titanic’.

Philip Jeck
Bill Thompson
Mark Van Hoen
Jana Winderen

Tickets

Philip Jeck studied visual arts at Dartington College of Arts in the 1970’s and has been creating sound with record-players since the early 80’s. He has worked with many dance and theatre companies and played with musicians/composers such as Jah Wobble, Steve Lacy, Gavin Bryars, Jaki Liebezeit, David Sylvian, Sidsel Endresen and Bernhard Lang.

Bill Thompson is a video and sound artist living in the UK. He is a self-described throwback to the 60s and enjoys breaking things to hear what they sound like.

Mark Van Hoen (born 1966, London, England) is an electronic music composer and producer.. He has released seminal and influential recordings under his own name as
well as Locust, in additional to a multitude of collaborations with other artists. Pitchfork said, “Musically, Van Hoen belongs to a distinguished family tree. Originally influenced by the likes of Brian Eno and Tangerine Dream, and later presaging both Autechre’s glitch and Boards of Canada’s pastoral IDM.” His relationship with Touch stretches back over 25 years and his recent release “Invisible Threads” has been universally praised, and shows a new approach in a spectral, submersive, almost neo-Classical composition style.

Jana Winderen is an artist educated in Fine Art at Goldsmiths, University of London
with a background in mathematics, chemistry and fish ecology from the University of Oslo. Jana focuses her work around audio environments and ecosystems which are hard
for humans to access, both physically and aurally.

eine audiovisuelle Performance an der Schnittstelle zwischen analog und digital

Wien: VIS Vienna Shorts Festival

Celeste
Hamburgerstraße 18, 1050 Wien,
Sa, 1. Juni 2019
08:30 Uhr
ntry.at/moajobinparsonicluzlivejeckgrilllemieux

Innsbruck: Heart of Noise Festival

Haus der Musik
Universitätsstraße 1, 6020 Innsbruck
Sa, 7. Juni 2019
00:00 Uhr
www.heartofnoise.at/de/2019/line-up/jeck-grill-lemieux/

Organ Reframed: Visions in Meditation
12th October, Union Chapel, London
Doors: 1830 Book here

A special screening of Visions in Meditation by Stan Brakhage with new works composed and performed by Philip Jeck, Sarah Davachi and Dark star plus James McVinnie, London Contemporary Orchestra

Visions in meditation is a culmination of many of Brakhage’s ideas and techniques. Across four films he explores the open landscapes of North America, its open vistas, makeshift shelters and desert landscapes. He also explores autobiographical themes and a non-hierarchical view of mankind in the world. Films one, two and four will be screened in silence as intended each followed by one of our new commissions written in response.  The third film will be screened with its original electronic score by Rick Corrigan.

The three artists (with Sarah Davachi and Dark star plus James McVinnie) will each bring their own unique voice to the evening:

Philip Jeck

Philip Jeck studied visual arts at Dartington College of Arts in the 1970’s and has been creating sound with record-players since the early 80’s. He has released 11 solo albums, including the most recent “Cardinal”, a double vinyl release on Touch and his 2008 record “Sand” which was second in The Wire’s top 50 albums of the year.

Philip also still works as a visual artist, usually incorporating sound and has shown installations at The Bluecoat, Liverpool, Hayward Gallery, London, The Hamburger Bahnhof Gallery, Berlin, ZKM in Karlsruhe and The Shanghai and Liverpool Bienalles. He won the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award for Composers 2009.

“…The impact Jeck makes with his limited means is hugely, billowingly poignant … it evokes a simultaneous sense of persistence and decay, both a profound sadness and a sense of joy.”  – The Wire

www.unionchapel.org.uk/event/12-10-18-organ-reframed-visions-in-meditation/

Kuroshio – Philip Jeck with Karl Lemieux and Michaela Grill

Tuesday, June 12, at 21.30
Teatro Franco Parenti, Milan.

www.electropark.it/it/music/kuroshio

Kuroshio – Philip Jeck with Karl Lemieux and Michaela Grill

5th Feb 2018, 8:00pm

The Arts Centre
Edge Hill University
St Helens Road
Ormskirk
Lancashire
L39 4QP
United Kingdom

Philip Jeck and Jonathan Raisin are revisiting the BBC commission “The Long Wave” previously performed at The Music Room, Philharmonic Hall last year and presenting a new piece they have been working on this year.

www.edgehill.ac.uk/events/2018/02/05/the-long-wave/

Philip Jeck
Yann Novak
Simon Scott
Touch

iklectikartlab.com

On the 18th November, 5pm at the Huddersfield New Music Festival
I am playing live with Michaela Grill, a video artist from Austria
and Karl Limieux, an analogue film maker from Canada both projecting
and manipulating their work live.

http://hcmf.co.uk/event/5-michaela-grill-philip-jeck-karl-lemieux/

we are also at Cafe Oto, London on the 20th November
cafeoto.co.uk/events/philip-jeck-michaela-grill-karl-lemieux/

and on the 22nd November, 9pm in The Box at FACT, Liverpool
It’s worth booking if you are attending as The Box has a limited capacity.
fact.co.uk/whats-on/current/performance-philip-jeck-michaela-grill-and-karl-lemieux.aspx

And on the 30th November, 7.30pm at The Capstone Theatre, Liverpool L6
I am playing some pieces with the wonderful Merseyside Improvisers Orchestra.
ticketquarter.co.uk/Online/philip-jeck