HARRY CHRISTELIS QUARTET
Whilst Harry Christelis (guitar and composition) is the ostensible group leader of the quartet, there is a palpably communal sense about the group. Is is a group of explorative contemporary jazz, one of deep musical conversation between all the players. Featuring Christos Stylianides (trumpet), Andrea Di Biase (double bass) and Dave Storey (drums), each draw on their divergent experience and pedigree to colour, shape and delineate the soundworlds evoked. The music brings to mind the Fourth Worlds of Jon Hassell, the oceanic exploration of Miles Davis, the deep space of ECM, and the remote, avant-pop lighthouse scan of late Talk Talk. But these are mere comparisons, the band draws you into an ecosystem you have never visited before – a place you’d want to spend an hour: comfortably unfamiliar, intimately remote, beguilingly melancholic, and distressingly beautiful.
Their 2023 album ‘Nurture the Child / Challenge the Adult’ was recently featured on BBC Radio 3’s ‘2023 Ones To Watch’ show, with the host Kevin Le Gendre describing the music as having a ‘serene beauty’.
“Compelling ambient music pitched somewhere between In A Silent Way-era Miles Davis and late-era Talk Talk” – The Guardian
PEDRO VELASCO
Pedro Velasco is a London-based guitarist from Portugal, who specialises in immersive improvised music. His approach has a clear respect towards jazz traditions, but also a love of expanding these to incorporate elements from folk and electronic music, as well as ambient styles and free improvisation.
His experimental guitar duo album ‘Scribbling’ with fellow guitarist Harry Christelis was met with widespread praise internationally.
‘Straddles the fence between jazz and electronica in a way that is truly ground-breaking’ – Philip Thomas, Fetea Magazine
Doors open 7pm. Music starts 8pm. The venue is mixed seated and standing. Tables are limited and available on a first come first served basis so, if you’d like a seat, we recommend arriving early!
