Doors 7:45 PM, Music 8:30 PM – 2 set(s) of music
Line-up:
Dave Smith – Drums
Robin Finker – Clarinet
Simon Jermyn – Bass Guitar
Sylvaine Helary – Flute
Tom Challenger – Tenor Saxophone
Johnny Brierley – Double Bass
About
Smiodair is an international trio, which reunites three leading improvisers that share a long musical history. Between them they have worked extensively with icons and innovators including Robert Plant, Jim Black, Vincent Courtois and John Zorn.
Playing original music composed by each member of the group, this trio constantly weaves in and out of improvisation. The word Smiodair is from the Irish language, and refers to fragments or small broken pieces, analogous to the band’s treatment of musical materials, thus creating an exciting musical narrative where thunderous grooves collide with dreamlike sonic landscapes.
For this evening the trio will be joined by French flute virtuoso Sylvaine Helary, in addition to renowned London based musicians, tenor saxophonist Tom Challenger and bassist Johnny Brierley.
Smiodair shares a complex web of history with these incredible improvisers in that Robin and Sylvaine are a duo called Bize and Dave, Robin, Tom and Johnny have a longstanding collaboration under the name Outhouse.
This evening will see all of these musicians reunited in various combinations for two sets of composed and improvised music.