LayLow presents: Fractus

Welcome to LayLow, brand new night for jazz and more at @therumshack.

Take your shoes off, stretch your legs out on the cosy floor sitting and immerse yourself in music

LayLow PRESENTS: FRACTUS


Fractus explore the nexus between jazz and classical music. Uplifting highs and soft
melancholic lows, fractus balance evocative melodies with group improvisation and
bittersweet ambiances. Their debut EP, releasing 14th July, focuses on the passage of
time and the human connection to the natural world. Tracks like Plastic Vortex and Smog
explore the impact of pollution and climate change, whilst Harbour and Sifting Tides look
inwards at the past and future.

The band is led by Mark Hendry, a bassplayer and composer whose passion for jazz and
classical music has allowed him to write for orchestras and perform throughout Europe.
His journey into film scoring has brought a cinematic quality to fractus. Mark’s music takes
a lot of inspiration from nature, which was highlighted in his 2018 work The Endangered
Species Suite; five pieces inspired by different endangered animals for jazz ensemble and
string orchestra.


Irini Arabatzi - Vocals
Bernadette Kellermann - Violin 
Matt Carmichael - Saxophone 
Mark Hendry - Double Bass 
Alan Benzie - Piano 
Greg Irons - Drums 

Doors: 8.00 pm
Curfew: 11.30 pm

student: £6
standard: £9
door: £13