Eddie Prévost

Silver Road presents their 1st show in 2017 in the tank:We are thrilled to annouce that Eddie Prévost and John Butcher will both play in Silver Road's steel tank in Lewisham.Both have worked on a variety of releases in the past and will join us with two thriving Solos and a Duo. Doors 7:30Tickets £6 adv/ £8 on the door John Butcher was born in Brighton, England and has lived in London since the late 1970s. His music ranges through improvisation, his own compositions, multitracked pieces and explorations with feedback and extreme acoustics. Originally a theoretical physicist, he published his Ph.D in 1982 and then left academia for music. He has since collaborated with hundreds of musicians, mostly involved with improvisation - including Derek Bailey, John Stevens, Polwechsel, Gino Robair, Rhodri Davies, Okkyung Lee, Gerry Hemingway, Toshimaru Nakamura, Eddie Prevost, Paul Lovens, Christian Marclay and Andy Moor. Compositions include Penny Wands for reconstructed Futurist Intonarumori, pieces for the Rova and Quasar saxophone quartets, "somethingtobesaid" for the John Butcher Group and Tarab Cuts. In 2011 he was one of three recipients of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Awards for Composers.Edwin Prévost born 22nd June 1942. Known as Eddie. experimental percussionist free-jazz drummer theorist writer educator record producer publisherexperimental percussionist Co-founder in 1965 of the experimental improvisation ensemble AMM.Eddie Prévost plays with immense fire, grace and invention. Founder of the essential AMM, collaborator of the greatest improvisers internationally, since the 60's he has kept a continuous contact with the scene and always manages to invent anew his contribution to "meta-music".