Boing!, by Bex Burch & Leafcutter John

Boing!

by Bex Burch & Leafcutter John

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1.	In the moments 04:40	buy track
2.	Just make it 07:56	buy track
3.	Boing! 08:58	buy track
4.	Acceptance 03:46	buy track
5.	It's gone now 04:23	buy track
6.	Something good that regular thing to do 04:42	buy track
7.	Out of our hands 07:08	buy track

about

Minimalist percussion meets exuberant synths on ‘Boing!’, a first-time pairing of like-minded artists Leafcutter John, “one of the UK’s most fearlessly inventive electronicists” (Time Out London) and “imaginative” (The Wire) composer, percussionist and gyil player Bex Burch.

When a planned meeting in Sheffield was put on hold John and Bex began playing together using Zoom to record weekly improvised sessions during the first lockdown of 2020. The sessions became a regular creative outlet for the two artists and gave rise to ‘Boing!’ which documents John and Bex getting to know each other and helping each other through the lockdown experience.

‘Boing!’ is a celebration of listening and creative freedom from two of the most exciting voices in the jazz+ scene. "I suggested playing over Zoom and that we use the delay as part of the improvisation" Bex describes, taking turns to lead the exchange, whilst enjoying the looseness of “there not being a definite time”, as John puts it.

Lead track “In the moments” traces an entangled journey, moving towards consonance before disintegrating. John produced a video for this track which features a hand drawn collage of animated loops. It explores the idea of two people collaborating at a distance and includes rotoscoped imagery of the two artists dancing.

Further highlights include the pulsing and searching “Just make it”, the expansive soundscape of title track ‘Boing!’, and the frenetic & strange but somehow familiar “Out of our hands”. At times optimistic and sparse and on other occasions tense and enveloping, each piece on ‘Boing!’ takes us deeper into the duo’s world.

‘Boing!’ will be available digitally and in a strictly limited edition of 30 cassette tapes hand-painted by John, and 30 CDs hand-painted by Bex. This direct, hands-on approach to releasing music perfectly reflects the energy that Bex and John channeled into the music.

Leafcutter John is a veteran and pioneer of electronic music with releases on Border Community, Staubgold, and Planet Mu. He is an award winning improviser, producer, and instrument maker and was a key member of Mercury-nominated British jazz pioneers Polar Bear. On ‘Boing!’ he plays a modular synthesiser controlled by self-authored software that he uses to create and manipulate patterns in real time.

Bex Burch is known for a unique fusion of jazz, post punk and minimalism all centered around the sound of the gyil (Dagaare xylophone). Bex formed Vula Viel in 2015. Lauded by Iggy Pop, the trio have performed on BBC 6 Music for Gilles Peterson and across Europe including WOMAD. On ‘Boing!’ Bex can be heard on her self-made augmented gyil, voice, bells, calabash and percussion.

‘Boing!’ is proof of the joyful potential of technology to enable remote and almost simultaneous improvised musical conversations. More importantly this absorbing album celebrates Bex Burch and Leafcutter John and their unique creative collaboration.

‘Boing!’ by Bex Burch & Leafcutter John is released by Vula Viel Records on 29th October 2021, artwork is hand painted individual cassettes by Leafcutter John and CDs by Bex Burch.

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released October 29, 2021

Credits: Gyil, voice, calabash, percussion - Bex Burch
Modular synthesiser, sequencers - Leafcutter John

All Music by Bex Burch & Leafcutter John

Mixed by Bex Burch & Leafcutter John
Mastered by Leafcutter John

Artwork and photos by Leafcutter John
Video by Leafcutter John

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