Tortoise: Beacons Of Ancestorship
Sonic pioneers Tortoise will return to the UK for a special one off performance at the Royal Albert Hall as part of the London Jazz Festival 2009. On Sunday November 22nd on the closing day of the Jazz Festival, Tortoise will perform material from their much acclaimed latest album Beacons of Ancestorship.
Beacons of Ancestorship is the sixth album from Tortoise and features their first new material in five years, featuring nods to techno, punk, electro, lo-fi noise, cut-up beats, heavily processed synths, and mournful, elegiac dirges.
Supporting and collaborating on the night are seminal electronic pioneers Cluster, the duo of Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Moebius, who have been a key influence for musicians such as David Bowie and Brian Eno since their beginnings in Berlin in 1970.
They return to London following the release of Qua, their first studio album in over a decade, earlier this year. Legend has it that Tortoise and Cluster first met in an elevator in Athens – leading to this historic collaboration during the London Jazz Festival.
Taking influence from Tortoise, Trouble Tune is a specially curated afternoon of free live music and visuals exploring the territories between jazz and experimental music. From 3pm on the day, The Clore Ballroom at the Royal Festival Hall will be transformed into a meeting ground for live collaboration between musicians, DJs and visual artists.
This special afternoon will feature a 60-minute DJ set by ‘Appleblim’ (Laurie Osborne), one of the most respected names in UK dubstep; a special collaboration between dubstep multi-instrumentalist Bass Clef (Ralph Cumbers) and a collective of live musicians led by Shabaka Hutchings and Jason Yarde; live dubstep artist Geiom (Kamal Joory); Matt Yee King performing with a piece of computer software which uses live-coding to generate music; plus live visuals by the Tilt Collective.
TORTOISE – London Jazz Festival 2009
WITH SUPPORT FROM CLUSTER
Sunday 22 November 2008
Royal Festival Hall
7.30pm
Tickets £20, £17.50 visit South Bank centre.
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