Salon#3 photos
Posted on | June 4, 2010 | No Comments
Some photos from Salon numero 3, 24th May.
Sorry there’s no video this time – camera FAIL. Next time we’ll document it as fully as possible.
Salon #3 24th May
Posted on | May 12, 2010 | No Comments
The Salon 24th May
Cardiff Arts Institute
8pm – Midnight
Doors 7.30
All tickets £1
The Salon is a multi-faceted mix of music and media presented to you by Creative Sound and Music students from the University of Wales, Newport. Read more
Salon #2 Video
Posted on | April 16, 2010 | 1 Comment
A 10 minute snapshot of the evening -- my apologies for the sound, it’s unfortunately all from the tiny camera mic
Salon#2
Posted on | April 15, 2010 | No Comments
Salon #2 Monday 15th March
Posted on | February 18, 2010 | No Comments
Music, media, experiements and ideas mk2!
The first Salon event at Buffalo bar in Cardiff was a delectable evening of top notch musical exploration and the second Salon event promises more ideas, sound, performances and social banter
It will be held at the Cardiff Arts Institute on Monday 15th March 2010, kicking off at about 8 o’clock.
More info to follow as and when things are set.
Salon #1 video
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No. 2 (9th November 2009)
Posted on | November 20, 2009 | No Comments
I may have turned up late to this due to some rubbish navigation and very Welsh driving…both on my part.
Anyway.
What was a brilliant idea proved to be a brilliant night filled with an eclectic mix of music. First up were Martyn and Lewis hidden in a dark corner wowing us with their heavy beats and melodic scratching (with some interesting scratch sounds) combination which proved to be an awesome 10 minutes or so. It reminded me of the Goldberg Variations (JS Bach) with the slightly different version of the intro throughout the set.
Up next was Bryn with the beginnings of his guitar orchestra. I felt a Philip Glass influence with the play around a single idea and chord and it had a nice folky feel to it which gave a good contrast from the stuff we’d heard just before. It was a good start to what will be an exciting project, I look forward to hearing more.
Third was Ian Williams with his playful, folky, Jack Penate-esque acoustic guitar and vocal set. The playfulness of the tunes put everyone in an excellent mood, especially with the track about his trip to Amsterdam. This was a brilliantly simple set showing that, used correctly (which this was), less is more.
In complete contrast to the previous sets, Your Big Idea (featuring Aimee) took to the stage complete with an apparently radioactive guitar and flatcaps. What followed was a complete contrast to the music we’d heard before and possibly the heaviest and most energetic set. With Aimee jumping around the stage to the hyper power rock, Your Big Idea proved to be a force not to be reckoned with musically.
The final set was provided by Oscar Later (Louis Derry) bringing back the electro with his epic house/rave track. He successfully turned the venue into a club with the majority of people wanting to have a dance. The track was a continuous one with a lot of different elements, samples and sounds and the influences were clear throughout. Derry certainly provided a quality end to a quality night.
Sight of the night goes to Matt Lovett for successfully manoeuvring 3 drinks from the bar, closely followed by Nic Finch teaching a few second years how to do “the robot dance.”
See you all next time!
No. 1 (9th November 2009)
Posted on | November 9, 2009 | 2 Comments
Tonight marks the first of (hopefully) many exciting gigs taking place at the Buffalo Bar in Cardiff. Creative Sound and Music will be taking over the venue with help from Computer Games Design and Interactive Media students.
Steve Fraser will be playing a mix of minimal techno, tech house and a more ambient track but won’t be performing and instead playing them from a cd.
Aimee Lee will be performing as part of the only band to be playing. Your Big Idea are a pop-punk/hardcore rock band whose influences are “all over the place” including bands such as The Lawrence Arms, Fugazi, Tool, The Fall Of Troy, Have Heart, Blink-182, Dream Theatre, Pixies, Minor Threat and Propagandhi. In the words of Aimee they’re “pretty fucking brilliant” so great things are expected from this four piece.
Guy Evans, who sent me a massive list of influences, will be playing us a mix of music he’s made within the past 15 years including different styles like drum & bass, dub, acoustic, electronic and broken beat. Those of us who have heard his music know he’s an awesome musician so his set promises to be brilliant. He also mentioned he may do a DJ set so with any luck that’ll be going ahead.
Louis Derry will be performing as Oscar Later. Influenced by artists such as Basement Jaxx, Coldcut and Fatboy Slim, we will be hearing an electronic set as he plays his second Buffalo Bar gig this year.
Martyn Kinnear and Lewis Williams will be performing an electronic set (influences being High Contrast, Chase & Status and Skream). Martyn will be doing live sequencing whilst Lewis scratches decks. Having just released an album on iTunes (search Martyn K) this promises to be a good set.
Ian Williams hasn’t let on what he’s performing but has told me he plays children’s guitars, enjoys Come Dine With Me (don’t we all) and is influence by Marmite….so we’ll either love him or hate him, I’m sure it’ll be the former.
Bryn Roberts sent me this link…http://ibrince.wordpress.com/ and will be using this evening to try out his five piece guitar orchestra and the basis for a new type of composition. The link explains all….and it sounds like an awesome idea.
Third year Kass Sheppard will also be performing but we don’t know what so until this evening, he will remain a mystery.
The evening should start at around 7/7.30 so make sure you head down for what promises to be a great night 