Nice Setting and Omniversal Hum present Will Guthrie, Kyhaal Vocalists with Strings, Yunzero

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Nice Setting and Omniversal Hum present the improvising virtuoso Will Guthrie with support from Kyhaal Vocalists with Strings and Yunzero.  

Will Guthrie is an Australian drummer / percussionist living in France. He plays solo using different combinations of drums, percussion, amplification and electronics, and leads the contemporary percussion / gamelan group ENSEMBLE NIST-NAH. His music has been released on labels such as Black Truffle, Editions Mego, Ipecac, Erstwhile, Clean Feed, Gaffer Records, Hasana Editions, 23five, iDEAL and his own label Antboy Music.

As a dedicated grassroots and DIY concert organiser, while still a student in Melbourne Guthrie (alongside Ren Walters) established the weekly concert series ‘Improvised Tuesdays’, now known as the Make It Up Club, Australia’s longest running performance series for improvised and experimental music. On moving to Nantes, Guthrie joined the collective CABLE#, curating and organising regular concerts and an annual festival.

Guthrie has released over 50 Albums, as both soloist and in collaboration, on labels such as his own Antboy Music, and also Black Truffle, Editions Mego, Gaffer Records, Ideal, Ipacac and Clean Feed. He has performed at countless venues and festivals all over the world including Lieu Unique (Nantes), Cafe Oto (London), Berghain (Berlin), Super Deluxe (Tokyo), SPRING Performing Arts Festival (Utrecht), Meta House (Phnom Penh), MONA FONA (Hobart), Suoni Per Il Popolo (Montreal), Lampo (Chicago), Oct Loft Jazz Happening (Shenzhen) and the Geometry Of Now (Moscow).

Regular collaborators past and present include Oren Ambarchi, James Rushford, Jean-Luc Guionnet, Sarah Hennies, Mark Fell, Roscoe Mitchell, Anthony Pateras, Chulki Hong, Jérôme Noetinger, Keith Rowe, David Maranha, Ava Mendoza, the film maker Hangjun Lee and choreographer/dancer Mette Ingvartsen.

Yunzero (Jim Sellars) is a producer & video artist, performing multi-genre'd music to a unique video compilation. 'Butterfly DNA' - their latest album - was released on Kansas-based label West Mineral Ltd.

Khyaal Vocalists with Strings move between avante-garde textures to rich harmonies that transcend language. Through deep listening, Khyaal creates an intimate space for exploring the colours of the voice as an instrument of raw expression.

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