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Phantasmagoria

Corey Mwamba presents improvised music blurring the lines between worlds - ancient to future, physical and dream, outer space and inner imaginaries.

Corey Mwamba presents improvised music blurring the lines between worlds.

Led by the indomitable Marshall Allen, we hear a futuristic refashioning of an old myth: The Gordian Knot, a tale stretching back to Alexander the Great, and describing human creativity to overcome a seemingly insurmountable obstacle. Through an ancient-to-future soundscape of flute, shamanic drums, electronic synths and spoken word, this bold quartet unleash an enchanting world of possibility and hope.

In Mexico, the long circular breaths of flautist Camilo Ángeles meet the focused study of Violeta GarcΓ­a’s cello to create an intoxicating atmosphere, blurring the lines between the corporeal and dream worlds. Elsewhere, saxophonist Ayumi Ishito pulls listeners into an interstellar imaginary. Gauzy layers of electronic experimentation bubble and blink like living organisms, whilst a whistling theremin offers a heady backdrop of ambient escape.

Produced by Tej Adeleye
A Reduced Listening production for ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

1 hour

Last on

Sun 18 Feb 2024 00:00

Music Played

  • William Parker & Kidd Jordan

    Duet 1

  • Camilo Ángeles & Violeta GarcΓ­a

    VolcΓ‘n de Bocadillos

  • Zhu Wenbo & Zhu Songjie

    Fragments Song

  • Ayumi Ishito

    Marsh Vocab

  • Colin Webster, Mark Holub, Sofia Salvo & Jan Roder

    Set 2

  • Kaze & Ikue Mori

    Shifting Blocks

  • Satoko Fujii

    One Hundred Dreams, Part One

  • Marcus Wiberg & CΓ©lio Barros

    The First Time

  • NΓΊria AndorrΓ  & Fred Frith

    Make the Prison Tremble and Burn The Roots

  • Marshall Allen

    Der Gordische Knoten / Il Nodo Gordiano

Broadcasts

  • Sun 9 Apr 2023 00:00
  • Sun 18 Feb 2024 00:00