*** Douglas Benford - ‘For Now’ on Confront Recordings, CD *** http://www.confrontrecordings.com/douglas-benford-for-now
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES & INSTALLATION:
* 24/10/18. Douglas Benford and Matt Atkins - live recording session. 8pm. £5. Iklectik, ‘Old Paradise Yard’, 20 Carlisle Lane, London, SE1 7LG, UK (corner of Royal Street). http://iklectikartlab.com/matthew-atkins-douglas-benford/
* 26/10/18 opening party/private view. ** RSVP required, use Eventbrite link below **. 7pm. Acoustic mirror sound installation with Rob Olins. The Chapel, The House Of St Barnabas, 1 Greek Street, Soho Square, London, W1D 4NQ, UK. (Installation runs from 22/10/18 to mid Nov. 2018). https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-house-of-st-barnabas-autumn-art-party-tickets-50848876358. https://hosb.org.uk/
* 4/11/18. Douglas Benford performing as a member of the London Improvisers Orchestra. 8pm. £7/£5. Iklectik, 'Old Paradise Yard’, 20 Carlisle Lane, London, SE1 7LG, UK (corner of Royal Street). http://www.londonimprovisersorchestra.co.uk/
* 16/11/18. Douglas Benford performing as a member of the London Improvisers Orchestra. 7.30pm. Deptford Town Hall, Goldsmiths, New Cross Rd, New Cross Rd, London, SE14 6AF, UK. https://efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk/events/the-london-improvisers-orchestra
* 25/11/18. Douglas Benford, Chun-Ting (Refa) Wang, Steve Noble and Poulomi Desai. 3.30pm. £5 donation. Hundred Years Gallery, 13 Pearson St, Hoxton, London, E2 8JD, UK. http://hundredyearsgallery.co.uk/noble-wang-desai-benford/
* Douglas Benford interviewed on the Improvisor podcast at the Horse Festival at Iklectik, alongside Dave Petts, John Butcher, Mark Sanders and others, February 2018. https://soundcloud.com/the-improvisor/podcast-the-iklectik-horse-festival-2018 https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/improvisor/id1046446958?mt=2
* THE SEEN recording release. Stewart Lee, Mark Wastell, Douglas Benford, Jennifer Allum, Harry Broadbent, Bertrand Denzler, Phil Durrant, Phil Julian, Dominic Lash and Graham McKeachan. https://trestlerec.bandcamp.com/album/one-day-band-session-12 Featured on The Wire magazine’s Below The Radar 27 download compilation, track 9: https://www.thewire.co.uk/audio/btr/below-the-radar-27
* Douglas Benford interviewed and performing on the Ambrosia Rasputin Show on Resonance FM, January 2018. Audio: https://m.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-ambrosia-rasputin-show-28th-january-2018/
* Live quartet album with Sylvia Hallet, Mark Browne and James Malone: https://crushtime.bandcamp.com/album/the-voluptuousness-of-hearing
* Live duo track with David W. Stockard on the Horse Improvisation Club compilation album: https://iklectik.bandcamp.com/album/horse-box-vol-1
* Live solo track on Whitstable Biennale compilation album: https://divacontemporary.bandcamp.com/album/whitstable-2016-live-on-the-beach-v-2
RECENT WORK LIST: http://dbenfordworks.tumblr.com/
SOUND GALLERY: http://douglassoundgallery.tumblr.com
BIOGRAPHY: ‘As a composer and sound artist, I have been involved in various audio genres since the late 1980s, performing at many institutions/venues in the UK (Bristol’s Arnolfini, London’s Science Museum, Cafe Oto, Tate Modern, The Roundhouse, ICA and Glasgow’s CCA), festivals worldwide (Mutek, Synch, Transmediale) and had installation work in numerous UK galleries (Inc. London, Swansea, Gloucestershire and Essex). After numerous electronica releases in my ‘si-cut.db’ guise, in the past decade I have focused on acoustic improvisation and installations, using field recordings, classical instruments, vocals and children’s toys. As well as playing with the London Improvisers Orchestra and Confront Recordings / Mark Wastell’s The Seen collective, my regular collaborators include Blanca Regina, poet Tamar Yoseloff, Angharad Davies, Lina Lapelyte, Steve Beresford, Adam Bohman, Clive Bell, Sue Lynch, sculptor Rob Olins, as well as - in the past - pop group Saint Etienne, Jem Finer (The Pogues), Momus, Rod Thomas (Bright Light Bright Light), Scanner, Stephan Mathieu and Andrew Weatherall. I am also co-curator with Iris Garrelfs, since 1996, of Sprawl audio events in London.’
THE SOCIAL MEDIAS & OTHER LINKS:
* Soundcloud collection: http://soundcloud.com/douglasbenfordlive/sets/works-by-me
* Twitter: http://twitter.com/douglasbenford
* Sound gallery: http://douglassoundgallery.tumblr.com/
* Kitchen Reflections project: http://kitchenreflections.tumblr.com/
* Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Benford
* Facebook official page: https://www.facebook.com/Benford.official
* Sprawl: http://www.sprawl.org.uk/
* [2004-2007] official archive site: https://web.archive.org/web/20071016184317/http://www.douglasbenford.co.uk/
DISCOGRAPHIES: **** MOST OF THESE RELEASES ARE AVAILABLE FROM ME FOR PURCHASE; WRITE WITH YOUR REQUIREMENTS, EMAIL ADDRESS ABOVE.
* Discog Discography: http://www.discogs.com/artist/115028-Douglas-Benford
* Original archived discography by Eric Frans: http://tinyurl.com/archiveddbenford
INSTALLATION WORK WITH SCULPTOR ROB OLINS - PHOTO ALBUMS:
* Wales, Swansea, Mission Gallery, 2012: https://flic.kr/s/aHsjCfaxQo
* Gloucestershire, Stroud, Brunel Goods Shed, (plus performance with Matt Davis), 2012: https://flic.kr/s/aHsjCPr8q2
* Essex, Jaywick Martello Tower, 2013: https://flic.kr/s/aHsjF8M75U
* London, Brentford, Watermans Art Centre, 2013: https://flic.kr/s/aHsjLhujhi
* Birmingham, Repertory Theatre, 2014: https://flic.kr/s/aHsk2R33HJ
* London, Euston, Crypt Gallery (plus performances with Clive Bell, Poulomi Desai & Steve Beresford), 2014: https://flic.kr/s/aHsk4243ax
* London, Bethnal Green, St John’s Church, 2015: https://flic.kr/s/aHsk5Qsood
* London, Iklectik Art Lab, (plus performances with Sue Lynch, Manuela Barczewski, Tim Parkinson & Steve Beresford), 2015: https://flic.kr/s/aHskkDjD19. See also http://kitchenreflections.tumblr.com/]
* London, National Trust’s Osterley Park, 2016: https://flic.kr/s/aHskB3xiWq
* Gloucestershire, Forest Of Dean, 2016: https://flic.kr/s/aHskEv5Fx6
* London, Iklectik Art Lab garden, 2016: https://flic.kr/s/aHskEKqYVi
* London, Lumen group show, Ugly Duck space, 2017: https://flic.kr/s/aHskU6Xe8M
* London, Lumen group show, Ugly Duck space, 2018: https://flic.kr/s/aHskyKck6F
* AV Festival Boredcast 2012, audio stream: https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/45719
* Brentford Recycling Action Group [Treasurer: Douglas Benford]: http://bragonline.org.uk/
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