#led bib

[radiophd]

led bib -- iron ore

[burlveneer-music]

Led Bib - It's Morning - new album; now with vocals! (RareNoise)

From the Homeric invocation of ethereal opener “Atom Story,” it becomes stunningly clear that It’s Morning, the latest album from the uncategorizable UK ensemble Led Bib, is meant to take the listener on a journey. The wide-ranging and evocative set is also a testament to the distance the band has travelled on its own evolutionary path. If not the endpoint, it at least sits at a far-flung guidepost along a transformative odyssey undertaken by the eclectic ensemble. Led Bib has long been renowned for its skronky, livewire fusion of exploratory jazz improvisation with the brute force of heavy rock and the labyrinthine architecture of prog. It’s Morning (due out September 27, 2019 via RareNoise Records) retains an identifiable sense of adventure and virtuosity while marking a vast departure from previous recordings, veering into the realm of elusive, poetic narrative and lysergic beauty.

The most immediately apparent change from past Led Bib outings is the addition of vocals, folding the band’s boundary-stretching vocabulary into gorgeous if complex song forms. The band’s core line-up – Holub, bassist Liran Donin, saxophonists Chris Williams and Pete Grogan, and new keyboardist Elliot Galvin – are joined by a pair of gifted vocalists: Sharron Fortnam, a co-founder of the North Sea Radio Orchestra whose intoxicating mezzo soprano has also graced recordings by the noted British prog-punk band Cardiacs; and Jack Hues, best known as frontman for the 80s new wave band Wang Chung. Sharron Fortnam- vocals Chris Williams – alto saxophone Pete Grogan – alto and tenor saxophone Elliot Galvin – keyboards and piano Liran Donin – bass, backing vocals on track 2 Mark Holub – drums Also featuring: Jack Hues – vocals Susanna Gartmayer – bass clarinet Irene Kepl – violin Noid – cello

[markholub]

Nice to see the new Led Bib album on the longlist for two categories for the Bestenliste for the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik.(Grenzgänge and Jazz II). Winner is announced some time in November...

[markholub]

Led Bib UK tour coming up in September!

[markholub]

New Led Bib album is up for pre-order at Bandcamp, check it below:

Hotel Pupik by Led Bib

[markholub]

Just back from a lovely tour with Extempore launching our new album! And, I have just realised that my PhD thesis has found its way online. Should anyone want to read it, it's here: http://dx.doi.org/10.7488/era/5983

Lots of fun stuff coming up, Moers with Led Bib, more gigs with Hans Tschiritsch around Vienna, back at Impulstanz this summer, Led Bib touring in autumn, and some Blueblut action coming up TBA. Will venture to get everything up on the website asap!

[markholub]

Well, it has certainly been an interesting time.....gigs have been VERY quiet, but a few records have come out recently. Two new releases on SLAM are out now. One of Alessandro Vicard’s fiendishly difficult to play music with Perlin Noise

And another with Viola Falb and Bernd Satzinger playing improvised music!

A session I did ages ago for the BBC with Marcus Hamblett and James Holden came out along with a limited edition physical release which is now sold out as I took too long to post about it...anyway, you can take a listen here:

BBC Sessions: Live at Maida Vale by James Holden, Marcus Hamblett and Mark Holub

And now, I even have a few gigs coming up...some which I am still not sure will happen, but some that almost definitely will! And in these strange times, I unearthed an amazing Led Bib set complete with video from 2014, which should be released online shortly...more soon!

[markholub]

Busy times....with a number of new releases coming up....Out this month is Alessandro Vicard’s Perlin Noise, out on SLAM Productions! We will be announcing some shows with that shortly too!

Also coming out on SLAM shortly will be a new improv trio recording with Viola Falb and Bernd Satzinger. Album is out in April(I think), but we are doing a sort of pre-launch (where we will have the CD) in March at the Blue Tomato in Vienna!

A recording I did quite awhile ago for the great BBC programme late junction, with Marcus Hamblett and James Holden is going to be released for record store day...more details soon! Also, there is a new Blueblut record to be released in May...!

AND - here is a little documentary about the latest Led Bib project. We are planning a short tour of cinemas which hopefully we can announce in the next month or so. Stay tuned for more!