This is a short video taken by one of the artists involved in the Aftershock Project in Manchester earlier this year. In it, some musicians are composing a song together. A week earlier, most of them had never met. A week later, they had performed that song together on stage in front of a packed [...]
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Backstage, after the gig If you missed it, I’ve spent the last 10 days in Manchester as part of Nitin Sawhney’s Aftershock Project. Aftershock has been going for about 10 years now, and I’ve been involved in the last three events, which were supported by the European Cultural Foundation. The first was in Genoa, Italy [...]
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Another day at Aftershock Day 8 of 10 in Manchester for the Aftershock Project. It’s pretty full on and everyone’s pretty tired – but we have a final set list, and the musicians pretty much know what they’re doing across the board now. Best of all, the gig is sold out. So now it’s just [...]
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Out and about in Manchester Today the Aftershock musicians were given a task that involved them going out into the city and collecting sounds to inspire and incorporate into a new song. Above (L-R) are Marika the percussionist, Roberto the singer, Eoghan (pronounced ‘Owen’) the drummer, Denis the guitarist, singer and electronic noisemaker, and Nick [...]
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Relaxing on the couch while David finishes the album Sitting in an apartment in Manchester, while my roommate David puts the finishing touches on his band’s album before it gets sent off to New York to be mastered tomorrow. Really lovely way to spend an evening (for me at least – David’s stressing a bit…).
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Nitin on the decks Day three of Aftershock culminated in a launch party at Band on the Wall. Matt DJ’d, then Nitin took the stage – a mix of live performance and DJing, with Nicki joining on vocals. Then it was the turn of French rapper Abraxxxas (Gabriel), who played his first gig to a [...]
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Nitin Sawhney with the musicians on day 1 of Aftershock Manchester For the next 10 days, I’m working on the Aftershock Project in Manchester. Composer Nitin Sawhney brings together a diverse bunch of musicians from across Europe to workshop new material, and put on a one-off performance of original music. Lots of video and photos [...]
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Tagged: Aftershock, Manchester, Photo
