Hladowski & Joynes + Dead Rat Orchestra + Tom James Scott/Henry Butcher

Event information

An evening of reassembled folk music with the shamanic power of Dead Rat Orchestra, C Joynes and Stephanie Hladowski's stripped back presentation of songs from the Cecil Sharp House archive and Tom James Scott's collaboration with film make Henry Butcher.

C JOYNES & STEPHANIE HLADOWSKI

The duo of singer Stephanie Hladowski and guitarist C Joynes was formed in 2011. Following a collaborative Late Junction Session broadcast on BBC Radio 3 they recorded ‘The Wild Wild Berry’ (Bo’Weavil Recordings), an album of traditional English songs and tunes arranged from field recordings selected from the library at Cecil Sharp House.

On its release in Sept 2012, ‘The Wild Wild Berry’ received extensive critical acclaim (MOJO: Top 5 Folk Albums 2012; FOLK ROOTS: Editor’s Choice Album Of The Year 2012; UNCUT: 8/10)

Stephanie Hladowski has previously contributed to recordings by acts such as A Hawk And A Hacksaw, The Family Elan, and free-folk ensemble Scatter, as well as numerous vocals for dub label Inspirational Sound. Under her own name, she released a solo e.p ‘The High High Nest’ (Singing Knives Records) in 2008.

C Joynes has released 5 albums to date, issued by the likes of BO' WEAVIL, THE GREAT POP SUPPLEMENT and IMMUNE, as well as various singles, e.ps and compilation tracks through labels including Rough Trade and Tompkins Square. He has recorded live broadcast sessions for Andy Kershaw and Late Junction on BBC Radio 3.

Both performers have played extensively across the UK and Europe, sharing bills with performers including: Shirley Collins, Alasdair Roberts, A Hawk And A Hacksaw, Jack Rose, Josephine Foster, James Blackshaw, Sir Richard Bishop and Steffan Basho-Junghans.

“In young hands as capable as these, English folk has little danger of dying on the vine” - Rob Young, Uncut Magazine (8/10)


DEAD RAT ORCHESTRA

Dead Rat Orchestra have become the slow burning backwater of British music; perpetually hovering on the fringes of distinct scenes, yet never fully on-board, they remain their own mutable paradigm. They perform with violins, harmoniums, logs, axes and pigeon flutes; folly snow-boxes, semi-strung guitars, home-wired glitchers and record player clunks; they use organ pipes like hunting horns, which are overblown like great whales; and with shards of metal, cast to the floor in shimmering joy.

For nearly a decade Dead Rat Orchestra have effortlessly remained the most original and unconventional live act around, both challenging the traditional concert setting and bringing a powerful and innovative performance aesthetic to their music whilst never falling into the trappings of novelty. Over the past two years they have performed or collaborated with the likes of Baby Dee, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Marc Almond, Eric Chenaux, David Tibet, A Silver Mt Zion, Natural Snow Buildings, Sandro Perri, Trembling Bells and many others.

HENRY BUTCHER & TOM JAMES SCOTT

Henry Butcher is a filmmaker from Croydon, London. He works in film, video and animation. His interests are diverse and include both traditional and experimental approaches. He works with scripted narrative, or constructs improvised, often surreal narratives using his own ‘home made’, or found footage.

Henry first became associated with Scott (previously a member of Liberez) last year through a piece co-produced with filmmaker Tanya Morozova. The response to Librerez’s MyMadnessOffends became an experimental short film, made entirely from salvaged 16mm footage of fire engine testing from the late 1960s.

With this latest collaboration Henry is looking to create an interdependent piece of work, responding to Tom’s ‘organic, atmospheric and patient sound.’

Tom James Scott is an instrumentalist, composer, and improviser currently residing in Barrow-in-Furness, England.

Since 2007's 'Red Deer', Scott's solo releases to date have seen a switch between guitar, piano, and keyboard as their focal point (often with the addition of bowed objects and strings, field recording and electronics). United by a preoccupation with modern composition, traditional music, improvisation and song, Scott's recorded work also draws inspiration from visual and literary sources, often citing a now largely archaic form of dialect particular to his home county of Cumbria.

Scott has released music both solo and collaboratively on the labels Alter, Carnivals, Bo'Weavil Recordings and Night-People.

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