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ROCK TRIO (EYE MUSICiseries)
Setup
Guitar | Baritone Saxophone | Drums
Setlist
Chaponner, Ka's Green Notebook, Stay There, Suite [4/3], Duodecimal, Fork Crime, Gaol Bird, COS WE CAN,
Marionette, Choked Dog, Black Tango (on Sevens), Eye Music 2, Bananagirl, Flirt with Pascal, 24 Note Waltz.
Recordings
Eye Music II (2012) Recorded in London by Grant Leslie. Mastered by Jaime Gomez Arellano at Orgone Studios.
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Eye Music (2009) Recorded at The Eden Project Studios. Engineered by Jimi Marshall. Mastered by John Webber at Blue Pro Mastering.
ACOUSTIC/ELECTRONICS QUARTET
Setup
Laptop (Max MSP) | Saxophones | Latin Percussion | Guitars
Double Bass played by Antione Ollivier (2008) Electric Bass played by David Chong (2007)
Setlist Highlights
The Map's Crease, How You Like Them Apples? Marionette, Little Trick, Stay There, Another Fine Day Inside, As If.
Recordings
Cardiff Easter Sessions (2008)
Recorded at The Atrium, Cardiff and engineered by Jimi Marshall
ORIGINAL QUINTET
Setup
Vox | Guitar | Guitar | Alto Saxophone
Bass – Jimi Marshall / David Chong
Drums – Joe Davis / Tom Howarth
RecordingsPrimal Lullaby (2000)
Elevator Poetry (2001)
The Small Album (2004)
The first two were done in-house but The Small Album was engineered and co-mixed by Jake Ashworth Jones.
JALEO
Instrumentation
Oboe - Anna Oliver | Soprano Saxophone - Ellie Steemson | Percussion – Caz Wolfson & Joley Cragg
Double Bass - Mercedes Carroll
| Piano - Edward Pick
Sound Engineer – Oliver Sellwood
Performance
Guildhall, London (2011),as part of the New Music Festival
Video by Markus Kinch
A SMILE IN THE DESERT
Instrumentation
Alto Sax 1 – Oliver Sellwood | Alto Sax 2 – Ellie Steemson
Guitar 1 – Arthur Carabot | Guitar 2 - Jon Mitchell
Drums 1 – Maxwell Hallett
| Drums 2 – Ben Handysides
Sound Engineer – Keir Cooper
Recording
Vortex Jazz Club, Dalston, London (2011)
RUBBLE
Instrumentation
Oboe – Anna Durance | Clarinet – Natalie Noonan-Smith | Saxophones – Frasier Patterson | Percussion – Ben Handysides
Drums – Maxwell Hallett
| Laptop/Glockenspiel – Kieran Morris | Marimba/Timpani – Caz Wolfson | Harp – Elen Evans
Guitar 1 – Keir Cooper | Guitar 2 – Duncan Green | Violin – Emily Hall | Violoncello – Jon Cottle | Double Bass – Antoine Ollivier
Conductor – Ben Oliver | Sound Engineer – Jimi Marshall
Recording
Coombehurst Studio, Kingston, London (2009)
AN ALLEGORY WITH VENUS AND CUPID
Instrumentation
Flute | Oboe | Clarinet | Bassoon | Snare Drum | Violin | Viola | Violoncello | Double Bass
(from the London Chamber Orchestra)
Conductor – Gregory Rose
Recording
St John's, Smith Square, London (2009)
ONKYO
Instrumentation
Alto Saxophone – Oliver Sellwood | Piano – Ben Oliver | Laptop – Keir Cooper
Recording
Sussex University, Brighton (2007)
WE HAVE WON
Personnel
Grace Sellwood – Lighting Design | Keir Cooper – Guitar
Ben Handysides – Drums | Zoe Gilmour - Cello
Dancers
Chloe Hunter | Georgie Hay | Grace Sellwood | Lottie Selwyn
Choreographed by Grace Sellwood and Georgie Hay (Black Gecko Dance)
Vdeo from a performance at The Place.
FLEUVE
Personnel
Ciaran Cunningham – Lighting Design | Elen Evans – Harp | Antoinne Ollivier – Double Bass/Percussion
Keir Cooper – Guitar/Drums | Oliver Sellwood– Laptop/Percussion
Dancers
Georgie Hay | Lucy Teed | Dolly Dewhurst-Marks | Gerwyn Clegg | Sammy Cotton | Hannah Martin
Choreographed by Grace Sellwood
First performed in Chichester (2009). Future dates to be announced...
4X6
Personnel
Ciaran Cunningham – Lighting Design | Lucy Fowell – Cello
Dancers
Georgie Hay | Grace Sellwood | Dolly Dewhurst-Marks | Tim Sant | Karla Henry
Katie Voss | Holly Blakey
Choreographed by Grace Sellwood
Performed in Roehampton (2008)
DON QUIJOTE (work-in-progress)
Credits
Devised and performed by Ultimo Comboio
Anton Coimbra | Tom Frankland | Keir Cooper | Pete Holdway
Instrumentation
Guitar (hammer-on technique)
Touring in 2012 - includng Ipswich PULSE festival
In this case, A Sweet Niche are involved in every aspect of the
theatre piece: concept, performace, image making and music.
FREE TIME RADICAL
Credits
Devised and performed by The Frequency D'ici (Tom Frankland, Sébastien Lawson & Jamie Wood)
Video by Magali Charrier
Instrumentation
Guitars | Electric Bass | Cello | Alto Saxophone | Baritone Saxophone
Harp |
Drum Set | Beatbox | Bodysounds
Performance
The Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh (Aug 2011) | Touring in 2012
Recordings
London/Gunfactory – Free Time Radical: Original Music by A Sweet Niche (2011)
Recorded in house, and drums at The Gunfactory, London. Mastered by Barry Gardner, London.
CDs available to buy from us. Email contact us via our facebook page or
by writing to
info@asweetniche.co.uk for delivery by post.
THE LOVE OF KING DAVID AND FAIR BETHSABE
Credits
Written by George Peele (1588) and Directed by Tom Frankland
Instrumentation
Alto Saxophones | Guitars | Laptop | Floor Tom
Performance
Shakespeare's Globe, Read Not Dead season (May 2011)
HÖGELSUND
Credits
Alisa Tretau – Konzept, Text, Regie | Nils Erhard – Konzept, Co-Autor | Theresa Reiwer – Dramaturgie, Videoregie
Instrumentation
Guitar | Cello | Clarinet | Bicycle Wheel
Performance
Berlin Fringe Theatre Festival (February 2011)
ROCKBOTTOM RISERS
Credits
Sekani Doram – Director | Rebecca Brannen – Producer | David Stoddart – ScriptScore
Sound design | Alto saxophone | Cymbals | Guitar
MIxed at De Lane Lea Studios, Soho, London.
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BIOGRAPHIES
Keir has performed and written for London based artist and performer. Previous clients include the Natural History Museum, Science Museum and Edinburgh Art Festival. He is currently making a new work inspired by Don Quixote, to be playing in the summer.
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Duncan is a founding member and co-writer for the group. He lives and works in Cornwall. Graduating with a degree in sound engineering from Glamorgan University in 2008, he is mainly a guitarist, however, he has worked more on the drums in recent years including for the Rock Trio's first EYE MUSIC album. Guitar, Drums, Percussion, |
Oliver is a founding member of |
MUSICIANS AND COLLABORATORS
Ben Handysides
Max Hallett
Arthur Carabott
Jon Mitchell
Ellie Steemson
Grace Sellwood
Último Comboio
Jimi Marshall
David Chong
Antoine Ollivier
Elen Evans
Caz Wolfson
Magali Charrier
Tom Frankland
Sébastien Lawson
Jamie Wood
Nils Erhard
Joe Davis
Tom Howarth
Ben Oliver
Anna Durance
Tom Gebhart
Kieran Morris
Jon Cottle
Alex Eichenberger
Emily Hall
Natalie Noonan-Smith
Fraiser Patterson
Lucy Fowell
Hannah Philip
Jake Ashworth-Jones
Matt Brealey
Dickon Knowles
Sekani Doram
Ed Risbey
Tom Norfolk
A Sweet Niche formed as a band in 1999 under another name with
Jimi Marshall on bass and Joe Davis on drums. Initially the sound
was close to favourites like Radiohead and Gomez and various
eras of The Beatles but went through a micro-evolution that turned
into the collective that exists today.
We are currently performing Eye Music II in the rock trio, and devising
a new fringe theatre production of Don Quijote with Último Comboio,
soon to be touring.
Performance highlights:
Shakespeare's Globe,
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre
National Gallery
St John's Smith Square
The Place, Kings Cross
Recognition:
Graham Fitkin Award for LCO New:Explore competition 08/09
3rd Place at L.A CineGear Film Festival for Best Film 08
If you are a: musician/band/venue/dance company/
film-maker/artist/other and would like to talk about
collaboration or booking, please contact us using
the details below.
asweetniche@gmail.com
Web
www.facebook.com/pages/A-Sweet-Niche
www.myspace.com/asweetniche
OLD NEWS
Have you got yours yet? Preview here & order here
Album Lauch at The Miller on December 7th. old news
22nd May 2012 - Be there for high-energy Avant-Rock soup, 7pm start
16th April 2012 - Beautiful words from our sound engineer for the EMII recording
thank you Grant!
12th April 2012 – We have entered our musical adolescence!
19th March 2012 – Our new Don Quijote goes into development at The Old Vic Tunnels for two weeks
before appearing at Camden People's Theatre: Sprint Festival.
9th March 2012 – We Have Won, Live (Edit): The Place, Kings Cross.
7th December 2011 – A full live video of Fork Crime, from Eye Music II
7th December 2011 – Ka's Green Notebook / Duodecimal
1st December 2011 – Playing in the centre. 7:30pm with some other bands. Click here.
10th October 2011 – Playing Oxjam. 6pm at the THE WINDMILL this Sunday.
Here is full line up
8th September 2011 – Preview and/or buy our new recording here.
11th August 2011 – Back at the Eden Project as session musicians for
Sam Smit.
3rd August 2011 – Come to the Pleasance Courtyard at 1pm daily.
You can buy the soundtrack as well.
23rd July 2011 – The Rock Trio play at the FARM: Dalston from 9pm.
4th July 2011 – Jaleo premiered at the Guildhall in ten days.
13th June 2011 – Roebuck Pub, Borough, on 8th July. HEAR OUR ROCK BAND's first new outing!
27th May 2011 – A brand new tab and a new 10 minute rock track for you...
12th April 2011 – A new commission/performance for Read Not Dead at The Globe.
21st February 2011 – Comissioned to write the original score for new 70 minute show playing at the
Edinburgh Festival this August, Free Time Radical by the award-winning company named above.
Instrumentation – Guitar | Cello | Clarinet | Bicycle Wheel
21st Febuary 2011 – Meanwhile, above is the theme for the imaginary fishing island in the show Högelsund
by DAS BERLINER ZIMMER being performed in Berlin from Wed. 23rd February
21st Feb 2011 – Oliver is performing with The Workers Union Ensemble in Jamm,
on Wednesday 23rd February. New collaborations by composers and scientists.
25th January 2011 – A busy few months ahead...
5th November 2010 – It's happening...
“…SERIOUS MUSICAL SKILLS ON DISPLAY...”
Emailed critique of EYE MUSIC from Derek Walmsley, reviews editor of THE WIRE.
“AWESOME NICHE!!!”
Ben Perowsky: New York City drummer and musician
19th October 2010 – Some nice words...
5th October 2010 – Ben Handysides has very foolishly confirmed to take the drum challenge on
Eye Music 2. HOORAH FOR US!!! (oh dear for him). Expect great things folks.
5th October 2010 – New piece: Flirt with Pascal, explained in structure for your curiosity as a sneak
prelude before we unleash the new sounds upon you.
23rd August 2010 – Nine new pieces written for Eye Music 2, ready to practice up. Swimming pool and a nice sunny
break in Madrid town, in very good company.
16th August 2010 – Heard this and laughed heartily. An itunes gem!
15th August 2010 – Start of week two in Spain. Seven pieces written so only two to go! 24 Note Waltz contains a chord
progression which makes me blubber like a l'il baby. [Keir]
10th August 2010 – End of day 4. All tracks have been develpoed conceptually and some
are finished. The studio owner has the same toilet patterns as oliver – a little freaky.
8th August 2010 – Currently in the Madrid Studio
writing for Eye Music 2.
First two days a success. 2 more weeks to go!
12 April 2010 – It’s our birthday! I'd never have guessed we’d be doing these sorts of things
when we were 4.
What a bizarre journey! Now for synchronised dancing…
15th February 2010 – EYE MUSIC released. Click here to download.
10th February 2010 – Fleuve is set for London tour this spring. Find out more here.
Photo: Ciaran Cunningham