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Jez riley French

field recordings / improvised / intuitive music

About Me

‘ENGRAVED GLASS’ label releases / limited editions….to purchase any of the following please send me a message (paypal is accepted also)....................................................... ............................................................ ............................................................ .............. NEW TITLES: 'FIELD RECORDINGS VOLUME 21' features recordings of sluice gates, fence plates, tables, river life, jetty etc. £6 inc. p&p
for a review please visit: http://www.bagatellen.com/archives/reviews/001896.html...... ............................................................ ..'GENERATOR PIECES' features site-specific intuitive compositions based on recordings of the Generator projects gallery building, Dundee 2007. £6 inc p&p
for a review please visit: http://www.bagatellen.com/archives/reviews/001896.html...... ............................................................ ..'TWO EVENTS' features two long intuitive compositions recorded in east & west yorkshire - performed using field recordings, zithers, shells, church flower stand, clear input methods....£6
............................................................ ............................................................ ..................................... CATALOGUE: CHURCH FLOWER STAND 4....RECORDED @ HOLY TRINITY, LEEDS....£3 FIELD RECORDINGS VOLUME 20....RECORDED IN YORKSHIRE & GERMANY....£5 IME / IAS (with Toshi Nakamura, the female, Gisele Bone, Amy Todman, Tamaru & Mark Wastell)....very limited edition....£8 .......... IME 2006....LIVE RECORDINGS OF INTUITIVE PERFORMANCES....£5 .......... 20MINS MINI-CD COMBINING FIELD RECORDINGS OF FROGS & GUITAR....£3 .......... IME RED (with Chris Gladwin & Espen Jensen)....£5 ........................................ BRZESKA - CLEAR INPUT VOLUME 2....£5 ............................................................ IME COMPILED....various artists who have performed at IME events....£5 .......................................................... BRZESKA THAN CAPRA....'MAYBE EVERYTHING YOU HOPE....'DOUBLE CD - ONE OF LOOP BASED GUITAR & ONE OF CLEAR INPUT RECORDINGS....£8 ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ .................all other cd-r's are now sold out....................The music I make comes through improvisation although for many years I have preferred the term ‘intuitive’. I make use of: guzheng, zithers, guitars, piano, cello, shamisen, bells, music boxes, dulcitone, xylophone, clear input methods, inside methods, contact mics, field recordings....I also photograph & draw things. …………………………………………………… …………………………………………………… …………………………………………………… ……………….I mainly perform under my own name: Jez riley French….but I also occasionally perform under the following project names: IME (intuitive music ensemble / events ) SUDEK (for field recordings, private & small scale work) BRZESKA (often involving loop based performances) FURISODE (for work with elements of noise forms) TRISTESSE (personal project for gallery performances) MISSHAPEN LODGE (improvising band working with conventional rock forms – stretching them, breaking them, easing them back into place)Recent collaborations have involved: Angharad Davies, Rhodri Davies, Lee Patterson, Daniel Jones, Okkyung Lee, Martin Archer, Pamelia Kurstin, Ivan Palacky, Toshi Nakamura……………………………………………⠀¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â €¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â €¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦.I also run concerts here in the north of the UK: SEEDS & BRIDGES….a concert series in Hull - hand made evenings of special performances. ....please have a look at www.myspace.com/seedsandbridges............................. ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ ....................

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/7/2006
Band Website: JezrileyFrench.blogspot.com/
Band Members: Jez riley French.I also occasionaly perform solo as sudek / brzeska / Furisode / Tristesse, as ime (ensemble) - in various duets / groupings. ime (intuitive music ensemble) performances sometimes involve musicians & artists i've not met before.I also am involved with 'the female' (who rarely performs in public these days).Misshapen lodge is a band - using conventional / contemporary rock forms in a somewhat experimental manner
Influences: things that inspire me....influence is not the right word for the work of others that I hear, see etc....but it is the inspired feeling that is an influence....: music: the music that's around us, takemitsu (especially his film music), arvo part, bill evans, harold budd, otomo yoshihide, ami yoshide, Nick Drake, popol vuh, cocteau twins, delius, finzi, 7hertz, taku sugimoto, toshimaru nakamura, rubbra, kancheli, gamelan, japanese, vietnamese, balinese, korean, chinese, bulgarian, french, charles mingus, colleen, nika soup & saya source, reiko kudo, herbert howells, bernard herrmann, tavener, lou harrison, colin mcphee, walter leigh, vaughan williams, off-site recordings, so much....so much.... Labels I like/respect: artist owned cd-r labels, improvised music from Japan, Amorfon, Lucky Kitchen, ECM, 4AD (not so keen on the last couple of years though), Cherry music (check out 'on drawing' for some amazing field recordings), FMN sound factory, Hibari music, off site, & so many more.films of Ozu, Miyazaki are much watched these daysbooks/writing: neruda, cummings, japanese short storiesgood food, calm, creativeness, exploration.
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Record Label: engraved glass - www.myspace.com/engravedglass
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

cherry music (Japan) review

cherry music (Japan) sent me a copy of their 'in drawing' cd awhile ago & I wrote a review of it....you can read it on their web-site at: http://cherrymusic.info/ it is a really good collection of...
Posted by Jez riley French on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 12:22:00 PST

NEW CD-R available

for those who are interested: I've just finished a new cd-r of field recordings. this will be a limited edition cd-r with handmade/folded sleeve on my 'engraved glass' label (myspace page coming soon...
Posted by Jez riley French on Sun, 14 May 2006 08:55:00 PST

cd's you should check out

a few choice recent listens that you should check out: 1) Varo & Tin Pan Alley - from Taiwan & a nice, fresh & uncluttered take on the post-rock ethic. Have a look for thier website on goo...
Posted by Jez riley French on Fri, 28 Apr 2006 06:19:00 PST

ime music confusion

there is another 'imemusic' on myspace & we are talking to each other about this. I have no connection to this other entity who I believe are an agency for guitar/indie rock bands & are fairly...
Posted by Jez riley French on Mon, 24 Apr 2006 12:40:00 PST

music recently & forthcoming

recently: concerts with: 7hertz in Leeds & Hull (always a pleasure - looking forward to next one hopefully in Leeds when we will play - literally - Holy trinity). Lee Patterson in Hull (2 hours ...
Posted by Jez riley French on Mon, 24 Apr 2006 12:38:00 PST