CRAM at Cafe Oto

This summer CRAM will be spending some time at Cafe Oto and Cafe Oto Project Space.

SAVE THE DATES:

22nd of May
19th of June
17th of July
31st of July

There will be music, merch, drinks, chats AND ALL THE REST OF IT.

CRAM at ARCH 1 - 20/03/2018 DO NOT MISS

Following a busy winter of concerts, festival planning & recently broadcasting with BBC Radio 3, we are thrilled to smash into the springtime with a return to East London's brilliant venue Arch 1.  

This proves to be a big one!!!

A night of groupings large and small, all in the wonderful setting and acoustic of this super venue. An international affair featuring some incredible artists, both London residents and touring guests:  

Matthias Boss - violin
Marcello Magliocchi - drums / percussions
Adrian Northover - saxophones
Tom Jackson - Clarinets
Mareske Okamoto - cello/bass
Benedict Taylor - Viola

Arch 1, London.  West Ham station 5 minutes (Underground & DLR) Star Lane DRL 2 minutes  Doors 8pm, £7

https://www.facebook.com/events/189472948479130/

CRAM & Squib SMASH IT on BBC Radio 3 Hear and Now

It's super to announce the broadcast and link to CRAM / Squib collaboration 'BAGGAGE' recorded for BBC Radio 3 Hear & Now back in December 2017, live at The Old Dentist London.

The show was on Saturday the 3rd of March 2018 and is getting great to support.  Thanks to all for listening.

BAGGAGE was the collaboration between CRAM & Squib Box, curated by Benedict Taylor, Neil Luck, Chihiro Ono, Adam de la Cour & Federico Reuben.

Featuring The Two Bennys, Improvisation by Sarah Gail Brand & Steve Beresford and a new version of Beethoven Violin Concerto LIKE NO OTHER.

Featuring:

Sarah Gail Brand (trombone)
Steve Beresford (live electronics)
Chihiro Ono (solo violin)
Benedict Taylor (viola & megaphone, penny whistle & voice)
Gaia Blandina (cello)
Samuel Rice (double bass)
Adam de la Cour (voice, tap)
Federico Reuben (live electronics)
Laonikos Psimikakis-Chalkokondylis (shakuhachi & guitar)
Neil Luck (tabletop objects & voice)
Neil Georgeson (organ)
Mary Ann Hushlak (voice)

Check out the show on iPlayer for some time here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09tmhvc

Keep an eye out for footage.....

TWO DUOS: CRAM at Hundred Years Gallery - 11/02/2018

CRAM presents a late afternoon concert comprised of two fabulous duos made up of some of the most exciting players on the London scene.

We are thrilled to return to Hundred Years Gallery to kick start a busy CRAM agenda for 2018.

It's the first of many upcoming concerts and releases and proves to be an exciting afternoon.

TWO DUOS: John Edwards & Daniel Thompson + Alex Ward & Benedict Taylor.

Come and join us for music, coffee, beer, food, chats, merch and the rest!

Doors at 3.30, music at 4pm.

http://hundredyearsgallery.co.uk/cram-2-duos/

https://www.facebook.com/events/391582541302076/

Get prepped for 2018...

There's a batch of new releases, collaborations and concerts in the pipeline for the New Year.

Keep up on info here, twitter & facebook for happenings of 2018...

CRAM, Squib Box and the BBC!

Huge thanks to all the great artists, crowd, BBC Radio 3 team, promoters, co-curators, who all contributed to such a great night of BAGGAGE at the marvellous venue The Dentist recently.

What a time we had!

If you missed the madness and the music, keep your eyes/ears open for news of our broadcast on Hear and Now in the new year....

WHO DOESN'T LOVE A 1.5 YEAR WEB HIATUS............

CRAM - FriForma Residency Ljubljana, day 2 set 4 - Closing Octet

Just when you thought you were out, they pulled you back in...

All musicians regroup and raise the roof, after a mind bending two days performing and recording, to round up CRAM - FriForma Residency 2016 with this hugely exciting closing octet.

A host of outcast virtuoso slightly delirious angels, wail goodnight in one marvellous last hurrah...

https://vimeo.com/163783394

CRAM - FriForma Residency Ljubljana, day 2 set 3 - Taylor / Grom Duo

The bowed strings come together in a beautiful, bombastic duel between new friends. New horizons are discovered and real sweat is dripped in this duo from Tomaz Grom & Benedict Taylor. 

https://vimeo.com/163781340

CRAM - FriForma Residency Ljubljana, day 2 set 2 - Ward / Resnik / Jackson Trio

The eagerly awaited Reeds Trio create another world of clarinets and sax. Take all the things that you thought brilliant reed players should be getting up to and cast them aside. It's rewritten here by Alex Ward, Cene Resnik & Tom Jackson

https://vimeo.com/162930006

CRAM - FriForma Residency Ljubljana, day 2 set 1 - Drasler / Thomspson / Drasler Trio

Stunning percussive & 'stringy' trio AND Dan Thompson in a brothers sandwich... Serious subtlety and ears like elephants in this magical trio from Vid Drasler, Daniel Thompson & Jost Drasler

https://vimeo.com/162927697

CRAM - FriForma Residency Ljubljana, day 1 set 4 - Ward / Drasler / Grom

I'll take your brain to another dimension... pay close attentions. Better believe it.

Smashing out the 4th set of day one of CRAM/FriForma mini fest we have the monstrously ace Alex Ward, Jost Drasler & Tomaz Grom

https://vimeo.com/162028316

CRAM - FriForma Residency Ljubljana, day 1 set 3 - Resnik / Thompson / Taylor Trio

These sets flip zones like unlucky lottery tickets!

Incredible spontaneous chamber music from Cene Resnik, Daniel Thompson & Benedict Taylor. With giant elephant ears loving the silence as much as the big bang, this trio marches calmly into a new world of unseen dialogues.

https://vimeo.com/162025900

CRAM - FriForma Residency Ljubljana, day 1 set 2 - Jackson / Drasler Duo

Phenomenal duo from Tom Jackson & Vid Drasler.

This will blow away your cobwebs, wash away earwax and send you home crying for one more hit.

https://vimeo.com/161228855

CRAM - FriForma Residency Ljubljana, day 1 set 1 - Opening Octet

The wonderful moment when 8 musicians who've just met get together to make such wonderful art spontaneously. Can there be a better opening conversation between people...

Top guns of the Slovenian & UK improvised music scene come together to make their manifesto for the CRAM - FriForma Residency in this outstanding opening octet. 

https://vimeo.com/161220565

Amazing Slovenian residency as CRAM headed to Ljubljana to collaborate with FriForma

An incredible time was had during FriForma - CRAM Residency in Ljubljana. Wonderful music was created by 8 outstanding artists. During a packed 48 hours we had 2 concerts and a superb recording session. New friendships emerged (very very quickly) and unbelievable dialogues & musical relationships ensued. From that such beautiful music was created.

Huge thanks to our incredible players: Cene Resnik, Tom Jackson, Tomaz Grom, Daniel Thompson, Vid Drasler, Benedict Taylor, Jost Drasler & Alex Ward. A bunch of musical magicians, beautiful lunatics, wonderful wandering minstrels! 

An enormous call out to Laszlo Juhasz & Nataša Serec and of course their great work with Kud Mezra / FriForma. Without the vision of Natasa & Laszlo, none of these events could ever have happened.

A super international collaboration...just beginning...watch this space, there will be more..........

CRAM Festival 2015

CRAM Festival 2015

CRAM Festival: Three days of improvised music

CRAM Records are thrilled to be putting on a 3 day spectacular at Hundred Years Gallery, over the August Bank Holiday - 29th, 30th, 31st. 

With a packed lineup of all kinds of superb artists, it makes for a wonderful summer holiday weekend of music making. Yet again we can't keep away from our collaborators at Hundred Years Gallery for it's fine setting, space, food & drink, people and continued support. 

3 days - 18 sets - 32 musicians

Day one - Saturday 29th August

Afternoon - 3pm

Steve Beresford​ & Sarah Gail Brand 

Tom Jackson 

Stephen Crowe​ &  Benedict Taylor

Evening - 7.30pm

Kay Grant​ & Matt Chilton​

John Bisset​ & Ivor Kallin 

Terry Day​, Steve Beresford & David Leahy​

Day 2 - Sunday 30th August 

Afternoon - 3pm

Neil Metcalfe, Mark Sanders​ & Daniel Thompson​ 

Benedict Taylor 

Olie Brice & Tom Challenger​

Evening - 7.30

Edward Lucas​ 

Jennifer Allum​ & Eddie Prévost 

Adam Bohman, Sue Lynch​ & Adrian Northover

Day 3 - Monday 31st August

Afternoon - 3pm

Ashley John Long​ & Guillaume Viltard​ 

Daniel Thompson 

Hannah Marshall​ & Roland Ramanan​

Evening - 7.30

Matt Davison, Tom Jackson & Ashley John Long 

Sibyl Madrigal​ & Alex Ward​ 

Graham Dunning​ & Colin Webster​

Hundred Years Gallery

13 Pearson Street 

London 

E2 8JD

(2 mins from Hoxton Station)

Entry: £6 one concert (afternoon or evening), £9 one day pass, £18 one festival / 3 day pass.

Colin Webster & Graham Dunning - Live at Hundred Years Gallery

Thrilled to have the live duo of Graham Dunning & Colin Webster as new additions to CRAM.

The first in the series of releases featuring live music recorded at the superb Hundred Years Gallery.

Lots more to follow…..

Pick up a copy at the Gallery along with all other CRAM releases.

Download a copy here:

https://cramrecords.bandcamp.com/album/colin-webster-graham-dunning-live-at-hundred-years-gallery

CRAM at Hundred Years Gallery - 26/10/2014, 3pm

CRAM is thrilled to have it's next outing at the pioneering Hundred Years Gallery.

The 26th of October will feature a concert spread over the late afternoon and into the autumnal evening. It will be comprised of three fabulous duos made up of some of the most exciting players on the London scene.

Daniel Thompson (guitar)
Steve Noble (percussion)

Lawrence Upton (voice/spoken word)
Benedict Taylor (viola)


Colin Webster (reeds)
Graham Dunning (turntables)

Live Recording - Ed Lucas

With the space, art, bar, coffee, food and people this venue is a super place for catching a relaxed afternoon gig.

There will be records on sale from CRAM Records alongside the artists individual merchandise. Bring a good sized bag to collect some cd gems!

Doors 3pm
Music 3.30pm

Entrance £5+ (suggested donation)

http://www.hundredyearsgallery.com/cram-records-present/