Matthew Venn » improvisation

Barcelona Jams

matthew venn — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 07:59:36 +0000

Here are some of the jams I recorded with other musicians in Parc Cuidad in Barcelona. I think they’re great!

French/Spanish Jam

Dark Flamenco

Getup!

French Styles

Seb and Guims Jam

matthew venn — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 11:53:18 +0000

mmm mm audiophonic treats for your ears! Seb on the guitar and Guims on the bottle!

Paris jams with rap, scat and braaap!

matthew venn — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:36:25 +0000

Outside the pompidou centre, by the canal and in the park. I reckon I had about 50 people listening/joining in outside the pompidou centre – fat!

French English rap connection

matthew venn — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:59:08 +0000

here is a first cut of a collaboration between me and Jlight AKA John. John is just starting a business selling his and other people’s instrumentals: http://topinstru.fr/

my morning practice

matthew venn — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:43:26 +0000

Since I last wrote about my morning practice, I’ve stopped practicing Aikido, and started Chi Gong. Also, I’ve added some floor work to build my core strength and to stretch after moving.

meditation – see what comes up
meditation on my breath, still my mind
state my intentions, know why I’m practicing
Chi Gong
Freeform Wing Tsun
Wing Tsun forms
Pilates and stretching
Meditation – reflect on what I enjoyed and what I am thankful for.

micromattic video

matthew venn — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 11:44:59 +0000

Nikolay and I have been working sonically for 2 years, convinced that eventually we’ll find a fun and exciting way to make live dance music. I think that moment has arrived so I’m very proud to present micromattic’s latest video!

sound and movement performance

matthew venn — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:54:38 +0000

This Friday 14th November I’m performing with Jenny Hill. We’re doing a sound and movement duet – with me creating the sound using my voice and live performance rig.

Jenny Hill and Matthew Venn. Jenny is a dancer and choreographer who has recently been focusing on improvised performance. Her performances are quirky, mercurial and expansive. She creates an imaginative, multi-textural world, drawing on different parts of the psyche. Tonight she is performing with Matthew, an electronic engineer and musician.

Shahar Dor, an internationally acclaimed improvisor from Israel is coming to London. Shahar is known for his character driven and cinematic approach towards the body. He shows a remarkable degree of humour, sensitivity and freedom in the communicative aspects of spontaneous performance. http://www.artness.org/

Kate Hilder. Kate’s performances have an innocent, spacious quality, with unexpected shifts from pedestrian to caricature to the poetic – watching Kate perform is like riding a space hopper through an emotional landscape.

£6 - pay on the door.
Siobhan Davies Studios, 85 St George’s Road, London, SE1 6ER
Nearest Tube: Elephant and Castle (Northern/Bakerloo lines) subway exit 10 for St Georges Road. For more directions see www.siobhandavies.com

Experimental Ambient

matthew venn — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:47:48 +0000

I’ve been invited to play at the Sofia underground festival. I’m working on some more experimental music with my live setup. Check out a 25 minute jam here:

or download here.

Artmospheric 2008 – performance

matthew venn — Tue, 06 May 2008 10:22:28 +0000

Artmospheric was great! I got to meet up with all my Bulgarian friends and also rock the party with my crazy live setup! Hopefully some photos will follow soon… Meanwhile here is a recording of my 4th performance that was mostly solo with some contributions from the audience (voice, bells, recorder, whistle).

I really like this style of performance – very live and improvised. Spontaneous and responsive with the audience.

Comments much appreciated!

short demos from my latest live looping setup…

matthew venn — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:37:37 +0000

micromattic is the name of my latest project with Nikolay (aka microwave). He is mixing and remixing his own material and other artist’s tracks. I’m producing sounds, layers, atmospheres, beats and crazy sounds and we’re mixing them together in a minimalist way (and sometimes maximalist!)

Here are some demo sounds from my end. They are more max than minimal because they are the results of my own practice – not both of us together. You’ll have to wait for that!