UPAJ
Presenting an evening of improvised music with a keen focus on traditional instruments, cross-cultural dialogue and creative collaboration.
Entry: £5
Pergola (8 pm)
Pergola is the shared sonic musings of Cara Stacey (piano, vocals, bow) and Sarathy Korwar (tabla, drums, percussion, electronics). From South Africa and India respectively, the duo explores instruments such as the tabla and umrhubhe (mouthbow) in an electro-acoustic and improvisatory context. What results is a unique blend of idiomatic and free improvisations with traditional instruments. Like a pergola, the duo creates sounds that define space in a minimal way.
Jam (9 onwards)
The way the jam works is anyone who wants to play puts their name down on a piece of paper that in turn goes into a hat (if someone remembers to bring one). Anywhere between 2-4 names are randomly picked from the hat and those people get to play together for between 5-10 mins. Once everyone has played the jam opens up completely to anyone that wants to share the stage.
Upaj (oo-paj: in hindi it means to improvise) is a night run by Sarathy Korwar and I’klectik that aims to showcase experimental music and create an inclusive space for artists from different backgrounds to come together and feel comfortable playing music spontaneously.
The night hopes to connect like-minded artists and serve as a platform to further collaborations and music-making.
While the focus is on traditional musics, everyone is invited to share the space equally, from guitarists to guzheng players, poets to percussionists, bagpipers to balafon players, fiddlers to…..
