BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:70@bishopshouse.org.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240921T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240921T220000 DTSTAMP:20240716T172604Z URL:https://bishopshouse.org.uk/events/thomas-dalzell-lives-as-omens-phosp hene-pefkin/ SUMMARY:THOMAS DALZELL / LIVES AS OMENS + PHOSPHENE + PEFKIN DESCRIPTION:Thomas Dalzell/Lives as omens cut his teeth as a singer/synth p layer in various post punk bands\, around Edinburgh in the late 1970s/earl y 80s. He's also played saxophone in a diverse range of ensembles\, from 1 950s style r&\;b\, jazz and Scottish traditional fusion.\n\nHe's been p erforming as Lives as omens since 2010 and occasionally as jazzhandstemaze pamman. He released his debut solo album Chymical Garden of Delights (on K omponist) in 2021. A collection of stories\, some ancient\, some more rece nt\, recorded between 2010 and 2020.\n\nHe's currently recording a new alb um\, produced by John Cavanagh\, which features Gayle Brogan on vocals and John Cavanagh on VCS 3 amongst others.\n\nPhosphene\n\nJohn Cavanagh bega n recording as Phosphene in 2000\, a solo project with a constant openness towards collaborations. The fourth full-length Phosphene album\, The Ambe r Time Machine was recently released on Sonido Polifonico Records of Sheff ield and features guests including Gayle Brogan (Pefkin\, Burd Ellen\, Joh n's cohort in Electroscope)\, John Clark/Debukas (bis)\, Finland's Sonic T emple Assassins\, members of the Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra and more.\n \nPhosphene's live shows across time\, though not great in number\, have i ncluded an exhibition guest performance amidst an 8-bit projected flock of birds at Dundee Contemporary Arts\, a show in a church in Cheltenham with Charles Hayward (one of Cavanagh's musical heroes) and\, for this special appearance in Sheffield\, the Phosphene show will feature a film homage t o Vincent Price\, Roger Corman and The Raven.\n\nPhosphene's sound was des cribed by Terrascope's Phil McMullen as “something which approaches the levels of texture found in a Rimsky-Korsakov (with his colour/hearing syna esthesia)\, or a Debussy”. Oliver Postgate deemed Phosphene “Evocative \, occasionally disturbing”!\n\nCavanagh is known for his long-standing work as a voiceover artist and radio presenter. In addition\, he wrote one of the first books in Bloomsbury's 33-1/3rd series on classic albums: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (on Pink Floyd's debut) is now available in It alian\, Spanish and Chinese... plus the original in English! John also pro duces records and occasionally operates a record label\, with releases inc luding albums by Delia Derbyshire and Ron Geesin.\n\nJohn Cavanagh's websi te:\nhttp://www.johncavanagh.co.uk/\n\nhttps://phosphenejohncavanagh.bandc amp.com/album/the-amber-time-machine\n\nPhysical release on Sonido Polifon ico Records\, SP 039 in very limited edition box set form\nPefkin\n\nGayle Brogan performs solo under the name Pefkin\, creating slowly-unfolding\, ritualistic hymnals that draw heavily on the landscape and natural world\, using violin\, electronics\, voice and field recordings. She has released albums internationally on labels such as Morc\, Wild Silence\, Digitalis and Sonido Polifonico. She is also one half of innovative folk duo Burd El len\, a third of psychedelic electric folk trio Meadowsilver\, and has col laborated with cult Irish singer-songwriter Alison O'Donnell\, modular syn th composer Jonathan Sharp\, and Irish collective United Bible Studies. Ga yle has performed across the UK and Europe\, including Fano Free Folk Fest ival in Denmark as well as Cambridge\, Sidmouth\, Leigh and Moseley Folk F estivals in recent years. She co-promotes a highly respected series of sel l-out gigs in a Tudor museum in Sheffield.\nPefkin emerged after the retro -futuristic psych / electronic duo Electroscope went into hibernation in 2 000. Her first solo show was supporting Pram in spring of that year. Influ enced by Nico\, Hood\, Movietone and Syd Barrett\, she created a fragmenta ry\, more stripped-down version of Electroscope’s bedroom psychedelia bu t retreated from live performance in 2001. Pefkin has released over 10 alb ums on labels such as Morc\, Wild Silence\, Reverb Worship\, Digitalis\, P seudoarcana and Siren Wire as well as several sold-out lathe cuts on Sonid o Polifonico. Pefkin returned to live performance in 2013 and has played a cross the UK and Europe\, including Fano Free Folk Festival and Woolf II i n 2019.\n\nHer sound comprises a mesmerising and enigmatic layering of voc als\, violin\, analogue synth\, zither\, psaltery\, harp\, guitar\, found objects and field recordings. She records at home in Sheffield.\n\nPefkin ’s music has received comparisons to Coil\, Popul Vuh and Nico.\n\nSpook ed-out twilight listening that is both unsettling and compelling\, drawing you into a private world. (Ed Pinsent / Sound Projector)\n\nSomething aki n to what it must have been like hearing Nico's 'Marble Index' when it was released\; alien yet curiously familiar\, beautiful yet stark\, hypnotic yet troubling. (Grey Malkin / Active Listener)\n\nPresented by Sonido Poli fonico\n\nTICKETS: https://www.wegottickets.com/event/626229 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://bishopshouse.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2 024/07/thomas-dalzell.jpeg LOCATION:Bishops' House\, \, GEO:0.000000;0.000000 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=\, ;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TI TLE=Bishops' House:geo:0.000000,0.000000 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240331T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR