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Live Recording Released

01 Dec 2024

Live At FuseS

A live recording from the show on 1st December 2023

One year on from the only live performance of The Argent Grub to date, a recording of that show has been released on Bandcamp. It includes an 8 page full colour PDF of photographs and words about the event AND the PDF programme from the event created by shi Blank.

Live At FUSE on Bandcamp

Turning The Argent Grub into a live music experience started back in May 2022 with a grant from Bradford Producing Hub to start to explore ways to turn my work into a live music performance.

At the same time I was hanging out with a group of people that simply wanted to be able to play music together. By June 2023 I’d realised that a live band would be the most fun, so with a few people that were willing to give it a go, we set aside 8 weeks in October and November to just get together and play.

We would meet at FUSE and use The Argent Grub’s Field Recordings tracks as something to start with, and take it from there. Not all of the players would consider themselves ‘musicians’, and they all had busy lives, so the ask was to only come to as many sessions as they were able or wanted to.

We also pencilled in a possible performance date at the end of the 8 week period, but emphasised there was no obligation to do that. We could see how we felt later.

And so, on the 1st December 2023 at FUSE Art Space, as part of a wider evening of music under the banner of Cyclic Sounds, The Argent Grub played live.

Thanks to the performers:

  • shi Blank :: Bass, Glockenspiel, Piano
  • Alice Gilmour :: Violin, Percussion
  • Liz Narey :: Guitar, Vocals
  • Julie Longden :: Guitar, Vocals
  • Simon East :: Drums, Sound
  • sound artist and composer working in the field of interactive installations and performances.
  • The Collector :: Samples, Keyboard
  • David Carpenter (The Argent Grub): Guitar, Vocals

Recorded live at FUSE Art Space, Rawson Road, Bradford on 1st December 2023. Mixed and mastered at Juliusstrasse Studios in Bradford by The Argent Grub (Nov 2024).

THANKS

  • shi Blank for creating the programme zine
  • Martin Singleton for taking the pictures
  • Simon East for the recordings
  • Lukas Hornby for the support and the use of the space at FUSE
  • Stephen Tetley for support behind the bar!
  • Jeremy Lewis for sound engineering duties on the night
  • All the performers, and everyone that turned up to practice
  • LJK
  • Anyone who has ever made a linux audio plugin

CREDITS Created using Free Software including, Ardour, GIMP, Debian, and plugins from Robin Gareus, Michael Willis, LSP, Calf.

The field recording for Chittaranjan was recorded at Chittaranjan Colony, Kolkata, India via Locusonus

Datetime: 2021-04-13 21:55:04IST

Thanks to: Stream operator: Sukanta Majumdar