Performances & other incidents

Contact: douglas.benford@gmail.com

See also: http://douglasbenford.org.uk

Sound gallery: http://douglassoundgallery.tumblr.com

Bandcamp: https://dbenford.bandcamp.com/music

Further links at bottom of page

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2024

April

- Performances as part of a trio with Benjy Sandler & Julian Woods at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Performances and conduction as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra with conductions by Ashley Wales, Steve Beresford, Faradena Afifi, Gina Fergione, Olga Ksendzovska and a joint one by Douglas Benford & Aurelie Freoua at St Mary’s Old Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

- Trio performance with Nat Catchpole & Dominic Lash at Ad Lib, Open Ealing, Ealing, London, UK

- Duo performance with Sue Lynch at a Lion Heart production event, The Royal Albert pub, New Cross, London, UK

March

- Performances as part of a quartet with Tilly Coulton, Caius Williams & Jamie Coleman at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- The BBC Radio 3 Freeness radio show airs an excerpt of ‘Glancing Blows’ from the Bandcamp album by Douglas Benford, Cath Roberts, Sylvia Hallett and Dominic Lash

- Performances as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra with conductions by Ashley Wales, Steve Beresford, Faradena Afifi/Ivor Kallin, Theo Finkel, Oliver Jarvis and Martin Hackett at St Mary’s Old Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

February

- Attended and performed at the London Improvisation Workshop at the Welsh Chapel, Borough, London, UK. Other performers: Eddie Prevost, Nathan Moore, Emmanuelle Waeckerle, Jessica St Bruno, Kostas Chondros, Ross Lambert, James O’Sullivan, Alan Newcombe, Tom Mills, Helena Paul, Chris Hill and John Bissett.

- The Ambrosia Rasputin radio show on Resonance FM airs an excerpt of ‘Glancing Blows’ from the Bandcamp album by Douglas Benford, Cath Roberts, Sylvia Hallett and Dominic Lash, listen here: https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-ambrosia-rasputin-show-11-feb-2024/

- Performances as part of a duo with Mirie Ya and Multiple Melodicas (w. Steve Beresford, Georgina Brett, Martin Hackett & David Grundy) at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Performances as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra with conductions by Ashley Wales, Steve Beresford, Loz Speyer, George Garford, Jonny Martin and Martin Hackett at St Mary’s Old Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

- Performances as part of a trio with Angharad Davies and Sofia Vaisman-Maturana at Ad Lib, Open Ealing, Ealing, London, UK

January

- Performances as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra with conductions by Ashley Wales, Maggie Nicols, Philipp Wachsmann and Terry Day as part of the tribute to Martin Davidson event at Cafe Oto, Dalston, London, UK

- Public screening of documentary on artist Calum Storrie - ‘Drawing, etc’ - with music by Douglas Benford on the soundtrack, at Cafe Oto, Dalston, London, UK. This documentary is also available for streaming / rental here. This film has also been screened at Tokyo International short festival 2024.

- Performance as part of a quartet with Ecka Mordecai, Sylvia Hallett & Roland Ramanam at Mopomoso, the Vortex, London, UK

- Performed on 3 pieces with the Charlotte Keeffe Quartet Right Here Right Now at Cafe Oto, Dalston, London, UK

- Performances as part of a quartet with Emily Shapiro, N. O. Moore & Clive Bell at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Performance with Clive Bell at the Horse Improvisation Club & Shrike Records takeover event at Iklectik, Waterloo, London, UK

Continued below…

Performances & other incidents

Contact: douglas.benford@gmail.com

See also: http://douglasbenford.org.uk

Sound gallery: http://douglassoundgallery.tumblr.com

Bandcamp: https://dbenford.bandcamp.com/music

Further links at bottom of page

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2023

December

- Performance as part of a trio with Mirie Ya and Chris Hill at the Frank Chickens’ Merry Mini Ura Matsuri, St Mary’s Old Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

- Performance as part of a trio with Chris Hill and James O’Sullivan at Matt Atkins’ 50th birthday event, Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Trio performance with Iris Colomb and Tom Ward at a Lion Heart production event, The Royal Albert pub, New Cross, London, UK

- Performances as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra with conductions by Ashley Wales, Steve Beresford, Faradina Afifi, Charlotte Keeffe, Julien Woods and George Garford at Longfield Hall, Camberwell, London, UK

- The Ambrosia Rasputin radio show on Resonance FM this month had two programmes with pieces involving Douglas Benford aired. Firstly, a performance by Maggie Nicols, Isidora Edwards, Alex Paxton, Hyelim Kim and Douglas Benford, and then also a piece by Mandhira De Sara, John Edwards, Hannah Marshall and Douglas Benford from their bandcamp album, see links below.

November

- Trio performance with Verity Lane and N.O. Moore at Soundhunt (part of Cambridge Jazz Festival), Thrive cafe, Cambridge, UK

- Attended and performed at the London Improvisation Workshop at the Welsh Chapel, Borough, London, UK. Other performers: Eddie Prevost, Nathan Moore, Emmanuelle Waeckerle, Jessica St Bruno, Chris Hill, Ed Lucas and Romuald Wadych.

- Performances as part of a quintet with Maggie Nicols, Alex Paxton, Hyelim Kim and Isidora Edwards at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Performances as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra with conductions by Ashley Wales, Steve Beresford, Faradina Afifi (with poetry by Bettina Schroeder & Roger Huddle), Sue Lynch, Jonny Martin and Benjy Sandler at St Mary’s Old Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

- Duo performance with Dee Byrne at a Lion Heart production event, The Royal Albert pub, New Cross, London, UK

October

- Attended and performed at the London Improvisation Workshop at the Welsh Chapel, Borough, London, UK. Other performers: Eddie Prevost, Nathan Moore, Emmanuelle Waeckerle, John Eyles, Gina Fergione, Jessica St Bruno, Ian Wadley, and Mirei Ya

- Performances as part of a quartet with Emily Shapiro, Sofia Vaisman-Maturana, Abe Mamet, Maya Leigh-Rosenwasser at The Intimate Space, St Mary’s Tower, Hornsey Village, London, UK

- The Ambrosia Rasputin radio show on Resonance FM airs an excerpt of ‘Cascade Study Team’ from the Bandcamp album by Douglas Benford, Emily Shapiro, N.O. Moore and Clive Bell - https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-ambrosia-rasputin-show-15-oct-2023/

- Performances as part of a quartet with Sue Lynch, Dave Fowler and Noah Berrie at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Performances as part of a trio with Verity Lane and Eddie Prevost at Ad Lib, Open Ealing, Ealing, London, UK

- Performances as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra with conductions by Ashley Wales, Steve Beresford, Chris Killick, Olga Ksendzovska, Aurelie Freoua and Martin Hackett at St Mary’s Old Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

September

- Performances as part of a trio with Lucy Strauss and Alan Wilkinson at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Attended and performed three times this month at the London Improvisation Workshop at the Welsh Chapel, Borough, London, UK. Other performers: Eddie Prevost, Nathan Moore, Tilly Coulton, Emmanuelle Waeckerle, John Eyles, Tony Hardy-Bick, Tansy Spinks, Chris Hill, Verity Lane, Noah Berrie, Soeine, Samuele Albani, Alan Newcombe, James O’Sullivan, Ed Shipsey, Ross Lambert, Keisuke Matsui, Ian Wadley, Benjy Sandler, Andrea Bolzoni and Mirie Ya

- Performances as part of quartet with Ariséma Tekle, Robert Finegan & James O’Sullivan at Finch Cafe, London Fields, London, UK

- Performances as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra with conductions by Ashley Wales, Charlotte Keeffe, Olga Ksendzovska, Dee Byrne, Gustavia Clayton Marucci and Phil Minton at St Mary’s New Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

August

- Attended and performed twice this month at the London Improvisation Workshop at the Welsh Chapel, Borough, London, UK. Other performers: Eddie Prevost, Nathan Moore, Noah Berrie, Emmanuelle Waeckerle, Tony Hardy-Bick, Ian Wadley, Chris Hill, Tansy Spinks, Alan Newcombe, Keisuke Matsui, Will Clark, Mirie Ya and Ross Lambert

- Duo performance with Pascal Marzan at a private party celebrating Sylvia Hallet’s birthday

- Performances as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra, with conductions by Steve Beresford, Charlotte Keefe, Noel Taylor, Julian Woods, Ashley Wales, Maggie Nicols, Faradina Afifi, Aurelie Freoua, Rowland Sutherland, Orphy Robinson at Cafe Oto, Dalston, London, UK

July

- Performances as a part of a quartet with Caroline Kraabel, Julia Doyle and Tom Ward at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Keyboard contribution to Jackson Burton & Ash Reid’s performance at an Associates pop group dedication event, Cafe Oto, Dalston, London, UK

- Trio performance with Charlotte Keeffe and Tom Jackson at a Lion Heart production event, The Royal Albert pub, New Cross, London, UK

- Performances as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra with conductions by Ashley Wales, Steve Beresford, Faradena Afifi, Olga Ksendzovska, Martin Hackett and Dave Tucker at St Mary’s New Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

June

- A trailer for a documentary film on artist Calum Storrie, to be released later in 2023, is released, featuring co-compositions and performances by Douglas Benford - https://youtu.be/wRHhQ6ojaT4

- Performances as a part of a quartet with Jamie Coleman, Florence Uniacke and Daniel Thompson at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Performances as part of Confront Recordings’ The Seen twentieth anniversary alongside Regan Bowering, Phil Durrant, Graham MacKeachan, Paul Khimasia Morgan, Cath Roberts, Matt Atkins, Bill Thompson, David Toop and Mark Wastell at Hundred Years gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Attended and performed at the London Improvisation Workshop three times this month at the Welsh Chapel, Borough, London, UK. Other performers: Keisuke Matsui, Noah Berrie, Emmanuelle Waeckerle, Paul Margree, Tony Hardy-Bick, Chris Hill, Alan Newcombe, Tansy Spinks, Ian Wadley and Tom Mills.

- The Ambrosia Rasputin radio show on Resonance FM airs the piece ‘Smashed Dimensions’ by Douglas Benford, Otto Willberg and Phil Durrant (from the bandcamp ‘Stolen Embers’) - https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-ambrosia-rasputin-show-11-june-2023/

- Performances as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra with conductions by Steve Beresford/Faradena Afifi, Adrian Northover, Ashley Wales w. Iris Colomb, Dee Byrne and Julian Woods w. George Garford at St Mary’s New Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

- Performance as a member of Multiple Melodicas alongside Steve Beresford, David Grundy and Georgina Brett at Cafe Oto, Dalston, London, UK

May

- Performances at a celebration of Emily Shapiro's birthday with Emily Suzanne Shapiro, Devon Osamu Tipp, Jo De Hulsters, Sofia Vaisman Maturana and Laura Beardsmore at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Performances with Marks Sanders and Verity Lane as part of ‘Drawn Into Sound’, with graphic scores by Calum Storrie and Livia Garcia at Cafe Oto, Dalston, London, UK

- Performances as a part of a quartet with Sylvia Hallett, Ecka Mordecai and Roland Ramanan at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Attended and performed this month with the London Improvisation Workshop at the Welsh Chapel, Borough, London, UK. Other performers: Eddie Prevost, Tony Hardy-Bick, Lucy Strauss, Chris Hill, Ross Lambert, Verity Lane, Regan Bowering, James O’Sullivan, Mirie Ya, Andrew Ciccone, Noah Berrie and N. O. Moore

- Recording session at the Hundred Years gallery, Hoxton, London, UK with Graham MacKeacham, Keisuke Matsui and Regan Bowering

- Performances as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra with conductions by Steve Beresford, Faradena Afifi, Adrian Northover, Ashley Wales, Olga Ksendzovska, Philip Wachsmann and Aurelie Freoua at St Mary’s New Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

- Performance with Chris Hill, Iris Colomb, Crystal Ma and others at Babble & Squeak, Hundred Years gallery, Hoxton, UK

April

- Performances of Phil Morton’s 50:50 timer project alongside Phil Morton & the Oxford Improvisers (inc Mark Browne, Martin Hackett and others), and London-based improvisers Chris Hill, John Eyles, Iris Colomb, Pat Moochy, Lucky Liguori, Alan Newcombe and others at South Oxford Community Centre, Oxford, UK

- Attended and performed on two occasions this month with the London Improvisation Workshop at the Welsh Chapel, Borough, London, UK. Other performers: Eddie Prevost, David Grundy, John Eyles, Oscar Leyens, Tony Hardy-Bick, Tom Mills, Jordan Muscatello, Lucy Strauss, Emmanuelle Waeckerle, Armin Sturm, Chris Hill, Ross Lambert, Ed Shipsey, Alex Dalchecco, Tansy Spinks, Angus Paget, Faidon Pap, Helen Dimos, Sacha Kahirand and N. O. Moore

- Performances of Phil Morton’s 50:50 timer project alongside Phil Morton, Chris Hill, John Eyles, Ed Shipsey, Iris Colomb, Kostas Chondros, Pat Moochy, Martin Hackett, Lucky Liguori, Theo Finkel, James O’Sullivan, Hywel Jones and Matt Atkins at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Performances as a part of a quartet with David Toop, Regan Bowering and Andrea Bolzoni at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Performance as a member of Multiple Melodicas alongside Steve Beresford, Martin Hackett, David Grundy and Georgina Brett at Water Into Beer, Brockley, London, UK

- Performances as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra with conductions by Steve Beresford, Olga Ksendzovska, Faradena Afifi, Ashley Wales, Martin Hackett and Aurelie Freoua at St Mary’s Old Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

March

- Attended and performed with the London Improvisation Workshop three times this month at the Welsh Chapel, Borough, London, UK. Other performers: Alan Newcombe, Emmanuelle Waeckerle, David Grundy, Chris Hill, Regan Bowering, Jamie Coleman, Ed Shipsey, Lydia Swift, Mirie Ya, Theo Wigens, Helen Dimos, Florence Uniacke, John Eyles, Andrew Ciccone, Noah Berrie, Pat Moonchy, Ian Wradley, Lucky Liguori, Ross Lambert, Tony Hardie-Bick, Oscar Leyens, Jordan Muscatello, Jack Dove, Tansy Spinks, Crystal Ma and Keisuke Matsui

- Performances as a trio with Marjolaine Charbin & Dominic Lash at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- The Ambrosia Rasputin radio show airs the Hundred Years gallery event celebrating Maggie Nicols 75th Birthday including a group piece with Douglas Benford - [see the link above for the complete progamme]

- Performances as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra with conductions by Steve Beresford (w. text by Brian Eley), Faradena Afifi, Dee Byrne, Ashley Wales, Loz Speyer and Aurelie Freoua at St Mary’s New Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

- Lengthy review of three releases (‘Plays LemonMelons’, ‘Taking A Quiet Road’ and a Lonely Impulse Collective piece) by Douglas Benford in the March 2023 issue of the Wire magazine, print edition, by Brian Morton. “Benford quite deliberately goes anywhere…quietly rapt….comfortably absorbed and absorbing”

- Duo performance with Benedict Taylor and group performance with Adrian Northover, Sue Lynch, Adam Bohman, Benedict Taylor, Georgina Brett, Daniel Thompson and Vid Drasler at a Lion Heart production event, The Royal Albert pub, New Cross, London, UK

February

- Performances as a quartet with Steve Noble, Adam Bohman & Dee Byrne at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Performance at Maggie Nichols’ 75th Birthday event and gallery fundraiser with Emmanuelle Waeckerle, Nicky Heinen, Caroline Kraabel, Mark Wastell and Phil Durrant at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK (see YouTube clip above)

- Performances of Phil Morton’s 50:50 timer project alongside Phil Morton, Chris Hill, John Eyles, Regan Bowering, David Grundy, Ed Shipsey, Tom Mills, Kostas Chondros, Pat Moochy, James Malone, Alan Newcombe and others at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- The Ambrosia Rasputin radio show airs the piece ‘Ramparts’ by Douglas Benford, Isadora Edwards and Adrian Northover (from the bandcamp album by them) - [link above for whole radio show]

- Duo performance with Cath Roberts at Boat-Ting, Embankment/Temple, London, UK

- Performances as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra with conductions by David Leahy, Adrian Northover, Dee Byrne, Ashley Wales and Martin Hackett at St Mary’s Old Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

January

- Attended and performed with the London Improvisation Workshop at the Welsh Chapel, Borough, London, UK. Other performers: Eddie Prevost, James O’Sullivan, Tom Mills, Nathan Moore, Ross Lambert, Chris Hill, Alan Newcombe, Emmanuelle Waeckerle and Kostas Chondros

- Performance as a trio with Isidora Edwards and Adrian Northover at the Horse Impro Club, The Glitch, Waterloo, London, UK

- The Ambrosia Rasputin radio show had two different programmes featuring firstly most of the Mopomoso Xmas event included the duo by Andrea Bolzoni and Douglas Benford - https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-ambrosia-rasputin-show-15-jan-2023/ - and secondly most of the Hundred Years gallery winter solstice event including the duo of Verity Lane and Douglas Benford - https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-ambrosia-rasputin-show-22-jan-2023/

- Performances as a quartet with Emily Shapiro, N. O. Moore & Clive Bell at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Recording session at the Hundred Years gallery, Hoxton, London, UK with Graham MacKeacham and Regan Bowering

Continued below…

Performances & other incidents

Contact: douglas.benford@gmail.com

See also: http://douglasbenford.org.uk

Sound gallery: http://douglassoundgallery.tumblr.com

Bandcamp: https://dbenford.bandcamp.com/music

Further links at bottom of page

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2022

December

- Attended and performed with the London Improvisation Workshop twice this month, at the Welsh Chapel, Borough, London, UK. Other performers: Tony Hardie-Bick, Eddie Prevost, N.O. Moore, Tom Mills, Emmanuelle Waeckerle, Regan Bowering, Gaudenz Badrutt, Jordan Muscatello, Aurelie Freoua and David Grundy

- Duo with Verity Lane at a Winter Solstice event at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Private function event at Cafe Oto, Dalston, London, UK which included playing in a quartet with Emmanuelle Waeckerle, Veryan Weston and Gaudenz Badrutt

- Duos with Julian Woods and Andrea Bolzoni at Mopomoso, The Vortex, Dalston, London, UK

- Performances as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra, with conductions by Steve Beresford, Dee Byrne, Noel Taylor, Julian Woods, Ashley Wales & Brian Eley (text), Phil Minton (LIO choir) at Cafe Oto, Dalston, London, UK

November

- Solo piece ‘Zither Memory’ broadcast on the 81 Discovery Avenue show on Bristol-based internet radio station 1020 (link above)

- Performances as a quartet with Verity Lane, Mark Wastell & Colin Webster at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Performances as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra, with conductions by Steve Beresford, Tasos Stamou, Aurelie Freoua, Faradena Afifi, Adrian Northover and Sue Lynch at St Mary’s Old Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

- Performances of Phil Morton’s 50:50 timer project alongside Phil Morton, Chris Hill, Matt Atkins, Ed Lucas, James O’Sullivan, Verity Lane, John Eyles, John Bissett, Ed Shipsey, Tom Mills, Kostas Chondros, Andrew Rowe, Mark Browne, Jonny K Martin, Dave Fowler, Mirie Ya and Arisema Tekle at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

October

- An excerpt from the ‘All Of The Both’ bandcamp release with Sylvia Hallett - broadcast on the Ambrosia Rasputin radio show on Resonance FM (link above)

- The Seen release w. Stewart Lee, Douglas Benford, Jennifer Allum, Mark Wastell, Dominic Lash, Phil Durrant, Harry Broadbent, Bertrand Denzler and Graham McKeachan is broadcast on Dirk Serries’ Netherlands 27 Oct Portmento radio show. (link above)

- Performances as a duo with Adrian Northover at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Performances as a quartet with Khabat Abas, Alan Wilkinson & Tasos Stamou at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Attended and performed with the London Improvisation Workshop, the Welsh Chapel, Borough, London, UK. Other performers: Tony Hardie-Bick, Eddie Prevost, N.O. Moore, Alan Newcombe, Tom Mills, Aitor F H, John Eyles, Kostas Chondros, Chris Hill, Verity Lane, Ed Shipsey, Mirie Ya, Zsofia Lorant, Oscar Leyens, Arisema Tekle and James O'Sullivan

- Performances and conduction as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra, with other conductions by Steve Beresford, Adam Bohman, Faradena Afifi and Ashley Wales at St Mary’s Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

September

- Group performance as part of Martin Vichnick’s 70th birthday event with Kay Grant, Martin Vishnick, Phil Durrant, Rick Jensen and Len Sach at Iklectik, Waterloo, London, UK

- Duo with Sam Andreae at Adam Bohman’s Lionheart evening at the Golden Lion pub, Sydenham, London, UK

- Performances as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra, with conductions by Steve Beresford, Dave Tucker, Aurelie Freoua, Faradina Afifi and Ashley Wales at St Mary’s Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

- Attended and performed with the London Improvisation Workshop, the Welsh Chapel, Borough, London, UK. Other performers inc. Tony Hardie-Bick, Eddie Prevost, N.O. Moore, Alan Newcombe, Keisuke Matsui, Emmanuelle Waeckerle, David O'Connor, John Eyles, Wil Pritchard and James O'Sullivan

August

- Performances as a quartet with John Edwards, Sue Lynch & Benedict Taylor at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Twice attended and performed with the London Improvisation Workshop, the Welsh Chapel, Borough, London, UK. Other performers inc. Tony Hardie-Bick, Eddie Prevost, N.O. Moore, Verity Lane, Mirie Ya, Iris Ederer, Daniel Kordik, Os Car, Paul Margree, Keisuke Matsui, Tom Mills, Jordan Muscatello, Alan Newcombe and Edward Shipsey

- Duo performance with Colin Webster at BRAK, Water Into Beer, Brockley, London, UK

- Performances as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra, with conductions by Steve Beresford (text by Brian Eley), Dee Byrne, Julian Woods, Faradina Afifi and Ashley Wales at St Mary’s Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

July

- Performances as a trio with Isidora Edwards & Adrian Northover, at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Solo performance at Project DivFuse, Clapton, London, UK

June

- Performances as a quartet with Sarah Gail Brand, Hannah Marshall & Daniel Thompson, at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- A piece - from the ‘O to 60’ bandcamp release with Emily Shapiro and Alan Wilkinson (& intro by Adam Bohman) - broadcast on the Ambrosia Rasputin radio show on Resonance FM - https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-ambrosia-rasputin-show-12-june-2022/

- Performances as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra, with a debut conduction by Douglas Benford alongside other conductions by Steve Beresford, Charlotte Hug, Faradina Afifi and Ashley Wales at St Mary’s Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

May

- Performances as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra conducted by Steve Beresford, Dee Byrne, Phil Morton, Brian Eley/Caroline Kraabel, Philipp Wachsmann and Ashley Wales at St Mary’s Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

- Two pieces broadcast on the Ambrosia Rasputin radio show on Resonance FM - one from ‘Infectious Ink’ (w. Calum Storrie) and the other from ‘Ourselves One Day’ by Douglas Benford, Rachel Musson, Lia Mazzari and Ed Lucas - https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-ambrosia-rasputin-show-1-may-2022/

April

- Performances as part of a trio with Sophia Vaisman-Maturana and Meg Morley at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Performances as a part of a quintet with Maggie Nicols, Dominic Lash, Daniel Thompson and Phil Durrant at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Performances as a member of the London Improvisers Orchestra conducted by Steve Beresford, Sue Ferrar, Tasos Stamou, Caroline Kraabel and Ashley Wales at Iklectik, Waterloo, London, UK

March

- Performance as part of trio with Tim Hodgkinson and Kay Grant as part of the Horse Improv Club ‘Horse Box 2’ album release event at Iklectik, Waterloo, London, UK

- Performances as part of the Noisy Women event with Faradini Afifi, Jerry Wigins, Rachel Musson, Sue Ferrar and Steve Beresford at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Performances as a member of the London Improvisers Orchestra, conducted by Dee Byrne, Fara Afifi, Charlotte Keefe, Caroline Kraabel and Ashley Wales at St Mary’s Old Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

February

- Performances as a quartet with Marie Roux, Martin Vishnick & Rachel Musson, at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Pieces scored graphically by artist Calum Storrie, and performed/interpreted by Douglas Benford, played back at the Cello Factory, Waterloo, London, UK (see first few minutes of this - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GP9_yAoSftk)

- Duo with Hannah Marshall at Adam Bohman’s Lionheart evening at the Royal Albert pub, New Cross, London, UK

- Performances as a member of the London Improvisers Orchestra, conducted by Faradena Afifi, Steve Beresford, Ashley Wales and Julian Woods at St Mary’s Old Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

- A duo piece, ‘Away From Here’ by Rachel Musson and Douglas Benford, from the bandcamp album ‘Occasional Duos’ is aired on the Ambrosia Rasputin radio show on Resonance FM - https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-ambrosia-rasputin-show-6-february-2022/

January

- BBC national Radio 3’s Freeness programme aired a piece (‘In The Library Of Romantic Notions’) by Douglas Benford, Hannah Marshall, John Butcher & Mandhira De Saram

- Duos with Sylvia Hallett and Meg Morley at Mopomoso, The Vortex, Dalston, London, UK, also on the Mopomoso YouTube channel. https://youtu.be/nY9vsgUPJqw and https://youtu.be/4KEH0tLN-zM

- Piece, ‘Annual Scenes’, from the Lonely Impulse Collective album ‘One Lonely Year’ broadcast on the Ambrosia Rasputin radio programme on Resonance FM - https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-ambrosia-rasputin-show-23-january-2022/, also on French radio - https://www.radiopanik.org/emissions/indiedrome/indiedrome-du-8-2-2022/

Continued below…

Performances & other accidents

Contact: douglas.benford@gmail.com

See also: http://douglasbenford.org.uk

Sound gallery: http://douglassoundgallery.tumblr.com

Bandcamp: https://dbenford.bandcamp.com/music

Further links at bottom of page

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2021

December

- Performances as a member of the London Improvisers Orchestra, conducted by Tasos Stamou, Faradena Afifi, Sue Lynch, Steve Beresford, Ashley Wales and David Leahy at Cafe Oto, London, UK

November

- Attendance and performance at the London Improvisation Workshop, the Welsh Chapel, Borough, London, UK. Other performers inc. Chris Hill, John Eyles.

- Performances with Phil Minton, Dee Byrne, Dominic Lash and Rowland Sutherland, with additional graphic score by Livia Garcia, at the Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Performances as a member of the London Improvisers Orchestra, conducted by Caroline Kraabel, Maggie Nichols/Faradena Afifi, Steve Beresford, Ashley Wales and Philipp Wachsmann at Iklectik art space, Waterloo, London, UK

October

- Duo performance with Alan Wilkinson as part of Confront Recordings 25th Anniversary celebrations at St Margarets House, Bethnal Green, London, UK

- Performance as a ‘Consort’ at Dominic Lash’s event alongside Angharad Davies, Yoni Silver, Marjolaine Charbaine, Martin Hackett, Phil Durrant, Steve Beresford, Hannah Marshall and many others at Cafe Oto, Dalston, London, UK

- Airing on BBC Radio 3’s Freeness radio programme of ‘For The Sake Of Argument’ by Douglas Benford / Julie Pickard

- Trio performances with Martin Hackett and Sue Lynch at the Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Duo performance with Sylvia Hallett at Project DivFuse, Clapton, London, UK

September

- Performances in differing trios with Steve Beresford, Megan Steinberg and Peter Nagle at the Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Performances as a member of the London Improvisers Orchestra, conducted by Noel Taylor, Steve Beresford, Ashley Wales and Dave Tucker at St Mary’s Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

July

- The Wire magazine website features a playlist of pieces from Douglas Benford’s extensive music catalogue - with comments - https://www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/wire-playlist-douglas-benford

- Broadcast of July’s London Improvisers Orchestra concert on the Ambrosia Rasputin programme on Resonance FM including candid conversation and introductions by Douglas Benford (who also performed, see below) - https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/12pm-ambrosia-130pm/

- Performances as a trio with Alan Wilkinson and Keisuke Matsui at the Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Performances as a member of the London Improvisers Orchestra, conducted by Caroline Kraabel (graphic score), Jackie Walduck, Steve Beresford and Rowland Sutherland at Iklectik art space, Waterloo, London, UK

June

- 3 trio performances to celebrate Douglas Benford’s 60th birthday - ‘0 to 60 in 3 Moves’ - all with Douglas Benford alongside Emily Shapiro, Alan Wilkinson, Angharad Davies, Marjolaine Charbin, Steve Beresford & Mark Wastell. Introductions: Adam Bohman. Cafe Oto, Dalston, London, UK

- Performances as a member of the London Improvisers Orchestra, conducted by Caroline Kraabel, Steve Beresford, Sue Lynch, Adrian Northover, Dave Tucker and Charlotte Keefe at St Mary’s Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

May

- Performance as a member of the London Improvisers Orchestra at Iklectik, Waterloo, London, UK - streamed live: https://youtu.be/pfddokBJhoQ

March

- Two pieces by a quartet and a London Improvisers Orchestra project both with contributions by Douglas Benford were featured on an Ambrosia Rasputin radio show on Resonance FM - https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-ambrosia-rasputin-show-28-march-2021/

- BBC Radio 3’s Freeness show, presented by Corey Mwamba, aired a piece by Douglas Benford, Olivia Moore and Sue Lynch, entitled ‘Maple’

February

- A celebration of John Russell‘s life (John died in January of 2021) on Mopomoso tv - included Douglas Benford’s tribute at around 1hr 50mins in - https://youtu.be/D7E71YLI7X4

- An interview with Ashley Wales on the Ambrosia Rasputin radio show on Resonance FM, included a piece by the LIO that Ashley conducted at the Oto October 2019 (Douglas Benford on glockenspiel) - https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-ambrosia-rasputin-show-21-february-2021/

- Douglas Benford was part of a Zoom online London Improvisers Orchestra performance, which included Maggie Nicols, Charlotte Keefe, Phil Minton, Charlotte Hug, Ivor Kallin, Stephan Barrett, Dee Byrne, Ansuman Biswas and others

January

- Ongoing project: solo pieces by Douglas Benford are being released on the Lonely Impulse Collective Bandcamp for one day only. Other artists featured daily in this cycle series: Martin Visnick, Susanna Ferrar, Emily Shapiro, Georgina Brett, Caroline Kraabel, Steve Beresford, Sofia Vaisman-Maturana, Charlotte Keeffe and Laura Cioffi

2020

December

- The bandcamp release ‘Ceaseless Wonders’ by Douglas Benford, Crystabel Riley, Steve Beresford & Tasos Stamou is reviewed in the Wire magazine

- Two pieces by the trio of Sue Lynch, Olivia Moore and Douglas Benford aired on the Ambrosia Rasputin radio show on Resonance FM. https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-ambrosia-rasputin-show-12-december-2020/

- Private recorded performance as a quartet with Emily Shapiro, Keisuke Matsui and Graham MacKeachan at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

October

- Private recorded live performance as a trio with Sue Lynch and Olivia Moore at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- The London Improvisers Orchestra audio visual project ‘Brevity’ includes 90 seconds of Douglas Benford - with accompanying image - on toy piano (3 mins in): https://vimeo.com/464716844

September

- Piece by Nurth Combine entitled ‘...Nurth?’ - featuring Douglas Benford, Chun-Ting Wang, Steve Noble and Poulomi Desai - broadcast on BBC Radio 3’s Freeness programme

- Private recorded live performance as a trio with Graham MacKeachan and Keisuke Matsui at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- First live pandemic-safe performance as a member of the London Improvisers Orchestra at Iklectik, Waterloo, London, UK

July

- A full page review of Douglas Benford’s releases by Andy Hamilton featured in the July issue of the Wire

- Stewart Lee - comedian and music fan - lists two Douglas Benford duo releases in his July 2 news. https://www.stewartlee.co.uk/2020/07/from-the-metro-lib-elite-desk-of-stewart-lee-covid-19-tour-rescheduling-news-july-2020-stuff/. Stewart also reviewed the Benford & Bohman bandcamp in his Idler magazine article this month - https://www.idler.co.uk/article/stewart-lees-music-column/

June

- Solo online performance as part of iklectik art space (London, UK) Oscillations all day festival

May

- Piece by the London Improvisers Orchestra entitled ‘Hive’ - featuring Douglas Benford and the late Carole Finer - broadcast on BBC Radio 3’s Freeness programme (Full piece details: http://londonimprovisersorchestra.bandcamp.com/track/hive-dedicated-to-carole-finer)

March

- Performance as a part of a quartet with Crystabel Riley, Martin Vishnick & Hyelim Kim at Steve Beresford’s 70th Birthday Event at Cafe Oto, Dalston, London, UK

- Performances as a trio with Otto Willberg and Phil Durrant and a quartet with Ute Kanngeiser, Otto Willberg and Phil Durrant at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Performances as a member of the London Improvisers Orchestra, conducted by Caroline Kraabel w. poet Brian Ely, Adrian Northover, Sue Ferrar, Steve Beresford, Philipp Wachsmann and Ashley Wales at Iklectik, Waterloo, London, UK

February

- Playback presentation of Douglas Benford’s Vancouver city sound collage (2010 field recordings). Mellifera VII event, Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Interview and performance on the Sound Out programme with Carole Finer on Resonance FM. Audio: https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/sound-out-11th-february-2020/

- Performances as a member of the London Improvisers Orchestra, conducted by Caroline Kraabel, Martin Vishnick, Sylvia Hallett, Steve Beresford and Ashley Wales at Iklectik, Waterloo, London, UK

January

- Performance as a ‘Consort’ at Dominic Lash’s birthday event alongside Angharad Davies, Marjolaine Charbaine, Steve Beresford, Hannah Marshall and many others at Cafe Oto, Dalston, London, UK

- Performances as a quartet with Sofia Vaisman Maturana, Neil Metcalfe & Georgina Brett at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

Continued below…

Performances & installation

Contact: douglas.benford@gmail.com

See also: http://douglasbenford.org.uk

Sound gallery: http://douglassoundgallery.tumblr.com

Bandcamp: https://dbenford.bandcamp.com/music

Further links at bottom of page

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2019

December

- Performances as a member of the London Improvisers Orchestra, conducted by Susanna Ferrar, Philipp Wachsmann, David Leahy, Caroline Kraabel, Steve Beresford and Ashley Wales at St Mary’s old church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

November

- Performance as a duo with Adam Bohman at ‘Sounds from the Gardens’, Horniman Museum, Forest Hill, London, UK

- Performances as a quartet with Susanna Ferrar, Rachel Musson and Tom Jackson at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Performance as a duo with Alan Wilkinson at ‘Both And’ gallery show by Calum Storrie & Geoffrey Winston, Burley Fisher Books, Hackney, London, UK

- Performances as a member of the London Improvisers Orchestra, conducted by Alison Blunt, Philipp Wachsmann, Livia Garcia, Caroline Kraabel, Steve Beresford and Ashley Wales at Iklectik, Waterloo, London, UK

October

- ‘Bad Science Fiction’. Acoustic mirror sound installation with Rob Olins, employing a collage of publicly available commercially-source science fiction library sound effects and atmospheres by collated and edited Douglas Benford at ‘Through the Looking Glass / Humanity's Changing View of the Universe’ Lumen Studios group exhibition, Ugly Duck, Tanner Street, Bermondsey, London, UK. [Photos: https://tinyurl.com/Badsciencefiction1 ]

- Performances as a member of the London Improvisers Orchestra, conducted by Hyelim Kim, Jackie Walduck (conducting) & Chloe Cooper (live marbling), Phil Minton, Philipp Wachsmann, Steve Beresford, Dave Tucker and Ashley Wales at Cafe Oto, Dalston, London, UK

September

- Performance as a duo with Alan Wilkinson, alongside Chris Biscoe, Marcio Mattos, Mark Sanders, Gina Southgate, Cara Doyle at Flim Flam, Ryans N16, Stoke Newington, London, UK

- Performances as a quintet with Phoebe Bognár, Crystabel Riley, Tom Wheatley and Daniel Thompson at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Performances as a member of the London Improvisers Orchestra, conducted by Charlotte Hug, Jackie Walduck, Steve Beresford, Tasos Stamou, Dave Tucker and Ashley Wales at St Mary’s Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

August

- Solo performance alongside John Butcher, Benedict Taylor, Daniel Thompson, Yoni Silver, Phil Durrant, Satoko Fukuda, Steve Beresford, Steve Noble and many others at Hundred Years Gallery fundraiser, Hoxton, London, UK

- Performances as a member of the London Improvisers Orchestra, conducted by Caroline Kraabel, Steve Beresford, Sofia Vaisman-Maturana, Dave Tucker, Robert Nettleship and Martin Vishnick at St Mary’s Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

July

- Performances as a member of the London Improvisers Orchestra, conducted by Philipp Wachsmann, Charlotte Keefe, Emily Shapiro, Steve Beresford and Martin Vishnick at Iklectik, Waterloo, London, UK

June

- Performance as a trio with Mandhira De Saram and Steve Beresford at Oscillations solstice festival, Iklectik, Waterloo, London, UK

- Performances as a quartet with Emily Shapiro, Max Eastley and Sue Lynch at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

May

- Performances as a member of the London Improvisers Orchestra, conducted by Caroline Kraabel w. dancer Max Reed, David Jago, Deborah S. Phillips (visuals), Ng Chor Guan, Steve Beresford and David Leahy at Iklectik, Waterloo, London, UK

April

- Performances as a quartet with Dominic Lash, Sylvia Hallett and Cath Roberts at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Performances as a member of the London Improvisers Orchestra, conducted by NG Chor Guan, Ashley Wales, Philipp Wachsmann, Phoebe Bognár, Steve Beresford and David Leahy at St Mary’s church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

March

- Solo performance and interview for Unpredictable live streaming project no 2. Other participants included Blanca Regina, Iris Garrelfs, NG Chor Guan, Steve Beresford & Matthias Kispert at Raven Row gallery, Spitalfields, London, UK. Live broadcast archived on YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZttuYWHGMoE. (Other info: http://www.unpredictable.info/project/unpredictable-radio)

- Performances as a member of the London Improvisers Orchestra, conducted by Emily Shapiro, Sue Lynch, Dee Byrne, Charlotte Keeffe and Sue Ferrar (featuring a film on Antarctica by Cy S Chiang) at Iklectik, Waterloo, London, UK

February

- Performances as a quartet with John Butcher, Hannah Marshall and Mandhira De Saram at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Performances as a member of the London Improvisers Orchestra, conducted by Caroline Kraabel w. Brian Eley, David Ryan, Susanna Ferrar, Philipp Wachsmann & Ashley Wales at Iklectik, Waterloo, London, UK

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2018

December

- Performance as a duo with Marjolaine Charbin at Hundred Years Gallery (Winter Solstice Party), Hoxton, London, UK

November

- Performances as a quartet with Chun-Ting (Refa) Wang, Steve Noble and Poulomi Desai at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Performances as a member of the London Improvisers Orchestra, conducted by Dave Tucker, Steve Beresford, David Leahy, Adrian Northover, Philipp Wachsmann & Caroline Kraabel at Deptford Town Hall, New Cross, London, UK as part of EFG London Jazz Festival

- Performances as a member of the London Improvisers Orchestra, conducted by Dave Tucker, Steve Beresford, David Leahy, Philipp Wachsmann & Ashley Wales at Iklectik, Waterloo, London, UK

October

- ‘Accidents and Atmospheres’. Acoustic mirror sound installation with Rob Olins, employing a retrospective collage of church and environs recordings by Douglas Benford. The Chapel, The House Of St Barnabas, London, UK [Photos: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmpZNvvC]

- Performance / live recording as a duo with Matthew Atkins at Iklectik, Waterloo, London, UK

- Performance as a duo with Alan Wilkinson, Catford Constitutional Club, Catford, London, UK

September

- Performances as a quartet with Caroline Kraabel, Crystabel Riley and Ivor Kallin at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Solo performance alongside Barczewski/McLean, Charlotte Law and Merlin Nova at Reyner Tish Presents event, Grow, Hackney Wick, London, UK

- Performances as a member of the London Improvisers Orchestra, conducted by Caroline Kraabel, Bill Gilliam, Steve Beresford, Pat Thomas, Philipp Wachsmann & Ashley Wales at Iklectik, Waterloo, London, UK

August

- Performance as part of a trio alongside Loz Speyer and Adam Bohman at the Horse Trials event, Iklectik, Waterloo, London, UK

- Performances as a member of the London Improvisers Orchestra alongside guests the Merseyside Improvisers Orchestra, conducted by Ashley Wales, Steve Beresford, Dave Tucker, Adam Bohman & others at Iklectik, Waterloo, London, UK

July

- Performances as part of ‘The Seen’ residency group session for Confront Recordings with Mandhira De Saram, David Toop, Bill Thompson, Rachel Musson, Spencer Grady, Luigi Marino and Mark Wastell at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Performances as a member of the London Improvisers Orchestra, conducted by Caroline Kraabel, Steve Beresford, David Ryan & Ashley Wales at Iklectik, Waterloo, London, UK

June

- Solo performance alongside Iris Garrelfs, Tansy Spinks, David Bloor and Josh Barfoot at ‘Fountain 2017: found object / found sound’ at Candid Arts Trust, Islington, London, UK

- Performances as a quartet with Greta Pistaceci, Charlotte Keeffe and Alan Wilkinson. Hundred Years Gallery, Hackney, London, UK

- Performance as part of ‘The Seen’ residency group session for Confront Recordings with Tom Jackson, Phil Julian, Yoni Silver, Richard Sanderson, Spencer Grady, Dominic Lash and Mark Wastell at Hundred Years Gallery, Hackney, London, UK

May

- Performances as a member of the London Improvisers Orchestra, conducted by Caroline Kraabel, Steve Beresford, Dave Tucker & Philipp Wachsmann at Iklectik, Waterloo, London, UK

- ‘Avian Waves’. Acoustic mirror sound installation with Rob Olins, employing a retrospective collage of international bird recordings by Douglas Benford at Cosmic Perspectives Lumen Studios group exhibition, Ugly Duck, Tanner Street, Bermondsey, London, UK. [Photos: https://flic.kr/s/aHskyKck6F]

April

- Performance as part of ‘The Seen’ residency group session for Confront Recordings with Rupert Clervaux, Phil Durrant, Phil Julian, Sue Lynch, Jennifer Allum and Mark Wastell at Hundred Years Gallery, Hackney, London, UK

- Performances as a quartet with Mandhira de Saram, Hannah Marshall and John Edwards at Hundred Years Gallery, Hackney, London, UK

Continued below....

Performances & installations

Contact: douglas.benford@gmail.com

See also:

http://douglasbenford.org.uk

Sound gallery:

http://douglassoundgallery.tumblr.com

Further links at bottom of page

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2018

March

- Performances as a member of the London Improvisers Orchestra, including conduction by Ashley Wales, Steve Beresford, Caroline Kraabel & at Iklectik, Waterloo, London, UK

February

- Performance as a duo with Clive Bell, at the Horse Improv Club, Ikllectik Arts Lab Space, North Lambeth, London, UK

- Performances as a quartet with Rachel Musson, Ed Lucas and Lia Mazzari at Hundred Years Gallery, 13 Pearson St, Hackney, London, UK

January

- Interview and performance on the Ambrosia Rasputin radio show on Resonance FM. Audio: https://m.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-ambrosia-rasputin-show-28th-january-2018/

2017

December

- ‘The Seen’ recording session for Confront Recordings. Hackney, London, UK. Personnel: Stewart Lee, Douglas Benford, Jennifer Allum, Mark Wastell, Phil Durrant, Bertrand Denzler, Dominic Lash, Henry Broadbent, Phil Julian, Graham MacKeachan

- Performances as a duo and quartet with Julie Pickard, Ross Lambert & Yoni Silver at Hundred Years Gallery, 13 Pearson St, Hackney, London, UK

- Performances as a member of the London Improvisers Orchestra, conducted by Ashley Wales, Steve Beresford, Dave Tucker & others at Iklectik, Waterloo, London, UK

October

- Performance as a member of the London Improvisers Orchestra, conducted by Ashley Wales, Caroline Kraabel & others at Iklectik, Waterloo, London, UK

- Performances as a quartet with Crystabel Riley, Tasos Stamou & Steve Beresford at Hundred Years Gallery, 13 Pearson St, Hackney, London, UK

September

- Performance as part of ‘Gates’ project by Bill Thompson, alongside Blanca Regina, Artur Vidal, Billy Steiger, Marjolaine Charbin, Yoni Silver, John Butcher, Phil Durrant, Richard Sanderson, Sylvia Hallett, James L Malone, Crystabel Riley, Sue Lynch, Edward Lucas and others. The Great Hall, Goldsmiths College, New Cross, London, UK. [Photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/whiteemotion/sets/72157688079222166/]

July

- Performances as a trio & quartet with Sarah Gail Brand, Alex Ward & Benedict Taylor at Hundred Years Gallery, 13 Pearson St, Hackney, London, UK

- Duo and quartet performances with Rie Nakajima, Sue Lynch and Adam Bohman. Iklectik’s Sonic Waterloo festival at Granby Place, Lower Marsh, Waterloo, London, UK

June

- Solo performance alongside John Butcher, Ute Kanngeisser, Andie Brown, Phil Julian and Oliver Barrett. Solo:Duo:Trio event at Oto Project Space, Cafe Oto, Dalston, London, UK

May

- Performances as a quartet with Jem Finer, Georgina Brett and James Malone at Hundred Years Gallery, 13 Pearson St, Hackney, London, UK

- Performance with Iris Garrelfs, Amy Cutler & Edmund Hardy, alongside Helen Frosi, Alison Blunt, Mark Harwood, Sylvia Hallett and others. Liar Lyre event at Remaking Nature, Wellcome Collection, Euston, London, UK

April

- Performances as a quartet with Mark Browne, Sylvia Hallett and James Malone at Hundred Years Gallery, 13 Pearson St, Hackney, London, UK

March

- Performances as a duo with Adam Bohman and a quartet with Steve Noble, Ute Kangiesser and Adam Bohman at Hundred Years Gallery, 13 Pearson St, Hackney, London, UK

February

- ‘Light As A Wave Form’. Acoustic mirror sound installation with Rob Olins, employing a retrospective collage of solo performances by Douglas Benford. Lumen Studios group exhibition, Ugly Duck, Tanner Street, Bermondsey, London, UK https://flic.kr/s/aHskU6Xe8M

January

- Performances as a quartet with John Edwards, Jennifer Allum and Mandhira de Saram at Hundred Years Gallery, 13 Pearson St, Hackney, London, UK

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2016

December

- Performances as a trio with Georgina Brett & Sue Lynch, and with Eduard Solaz & Adam Bohman, at Iklectik and the Horse Improv Club New Years Eve event at I'Klectik Arts Lab / Cafe, North Lambeth, London, UK

November

- Performance as a duo with Clive Bell, alongside work and films by Richard Thomas, Angharad Davies, Rhodri Davies, Helen Petts, Aura Satz, Jenn Kirby, Swansea Laptop Orchestra & others. GWYL NAWR festival, Volcano theatre, The Iceland Building, 27-29 High St, Swansea, Wales, UK. Review: http://www.asiw.co.uk/reviews/nawr-festival-volcano-swansea

- Performances (duos & quartet) with Rachel Musson, Daniel Thompson & Clive Bell at Hundred Years Gallery, 13 Pearson St, Hackney, London, UK

- Performance as a member of a live soundtrack ensemble for visuals directed by Karel Doing alongside Blanca Regina, Steve Beresford, Anna Homler, Jack Goldstein & Mandhira De Saram at Strange Umbrellas event at Rays Jazz Cafe, Foyles bookshop, 107 Charing Cross Rd, London, UK

October

- Performance as a duo with Sue Lynch at the Horse Improv Club, I'Klectik Arts Lab / Cafe, North Lambeth, London, UK

September

- Performances (duos & quartet) with Sylvia Hallett, David Toop & Billy Steiger at Hundred Years Gallery, 13 Pearson St, Hackney, London, UK

August

- ‘Acoustic Allotment’ installation with Rob Olins in the garden at I'klectik arts cafe, North Lambeth, London, UK. http://soundyard.tumblr.com/programme2016 https://flic.kr/s/aHskEKqYVi

July

- Forest of Dean installation with Rob Olins. The ‘Commodity’ show, The Garden Cafe gallery, Forest Of Dean, Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, UK. Featured on BBC Radio Gloucester. https://flic.kr/s/aHskEv5Fx6

- ‘The Sounds Of Osterley Park’ installation with Rob Olins at the National Trust’s Osterley Park & House, Jersey Rd, Isleworth, London, UK. Part of Isleworth Art Trail. http://osterleyparksounds.tumblr.com/

June

- Performances (solo & quintet) with Manuela Barczewski, Marie Roux, Charlotte Law & Su Au at Hundred Years Gallery, 13 Pearson St, Hackney, London, UK

- Solo performance, Keam’s Yard on the seafront, Whistable Biennnale, Whistable, Kent, UK

April

- Performances (trio & quintet) with Marcello Magliocchi, Matthias Boss, Sue Lynch & Adrian Northover at Hundred Years Gallery, 13 Pearson St, Hackney, London, UK

February

- Performances (duos & quartet) with Max Eastley, Richard Sanderson & Steve Beresford at Hundred Years Gallery, 13 Pearson St, Hackney, London, UK

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2015

December

- Performance as a duo with David W Stockard at the Horse Improv Club Christmas special, I'Klectik Arts Lab / Cafe, North Lambeth, London, UK

November

- Performances (duos & quartet) with Marjolaine Charbin, Poulomi Desai & Artur Vidal at Hundred Years Gallery, 13 Pearson St, Hackney, London, UK

October

- Solo performance at the Potting Shed, Full Stop Cafe, Brick Lane, Bethnal Green, London, UK

September

- Performances (duos & quartet) with Angharad Davies, Matt Davis & Phil Durrant at Hundred Years Gallery, 13 Pearson St, Hackney, London, UK

- ‘Kitchen Reflections’ installation with Rob Olins at I'klectik arts cafe, North Lambeth, London, UK. Included solo performances by Douglas Benford, Sue Lynch, Steve Beresford, Manuela Barczewski & Tim Parkinson. http://kitchenreflections.tumblr.com/

July

- Performance as a player in a harmonium group - other players included Aine O'Dwyer, Blanca Regina, Daniel Gorman, Jack Goldstein, Poulomi Desai, Raed Yassin, Ranjana Ghatak, Rushabh Malde, Simran (Reshma) Patel, Artur Vidal and Steve Beresford - performing the piece ‘Space Breath Time’ by artist Joe Namy. The Front Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank, London, UK. [Photos: https://flic.kr/s/aHskgvfrHv]

June

- Performances (duos & quartet) with Sue Lynch, Jem Finer & John Bisset at Hundred Years Gallery, 13 Pearson St, Hackney, London, UK

- Solo performance at the Oscillations summer solstice series, I'Klectik Arts Lab / Cafe, North Lambeth, London, UK

- Performance as a duo with Beibei Wang at the Terry Day gallery show series, I'Klectik Arts Lab / Cafe, North Lambeth, London, UK

April

- Performances (duos & quartet) with Jennifer Allum, Lina Lapelyte, Adam Bohman & Aleks Kolkowski at Hundred Years Gallery, 13 Pearson St, Hackney, London, UK [photos: http://bit.ly/1ehJI0Z]

- Field recording contribution to Janek Schaefer’s online Foundsoundscape project alongside Brian Eno, Chris Watson & many others. http://www.foundsoundscape.com/. Full artist list & notes: http://foundsoundscape.com/notes.html

March

- Installation with Rob Olins as part of the Lumen art collective, at St John On Bethnal Green church, London, UK.

February

- Performance as a duo with Jack Goldstein at the Horse Improv Club, the Doghouse pub, Kennington, London, UK (curated by Sue Lynch & Adam Bohman)

- Performance (duos & quartet) with Manuela Barczewski, Blanca Regina & Steve Beresford. LemonMelon [publishers] collaboration event, Hundred Years Gallery, 13 Pearson St, Hackney, London, UK

January

- Performance with Tamar Yoseloff at the Festival Of Sound: The Sound Of English Poetry Symposium, Cripps Court, Magdalene Cottage, Cambridge, UK

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2014

December

- Installation with Rob Olins as part of the Lumen art collective, at The Crypt gallery, Euston Road, London, UK. Solo performance on opening night; also part of group performance with Steve Beresford, Poulomi Desai and Clive Bell

October

- Performance as a duo with Steve Beresford at the Horse Improv Club, the Rose & Crown pub, Southwark, London, UK (curated by Sue Lynch & Adam Bohman)

September to November

- ‘Sound of Memories’ installation with Rob Olins, at Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Broad Street, Birmingham, UK

September

- Archive video presentation at Angharad Davies’ Sneak Preview salon event, Bounds Green, London, UK

June

- Performance with Blanca Regina at Biddle Bros, Clapton, London, UK

May to June

- Sound mirror installation (church and cathedral field recordings) plus prints (Swansea images), including talk mid-May, with Rob Olins & Lee Berwick at the Curwen gallery, London W1, UK

May

- Performance as part of toy orchestra alongside Steve Beresford, Adam Bohman, John White, Blanca Regina, Simon Underwood, Poulomi Desai, Matthias Kispert, Moshi Honen, Terry Day, Sharon Gal, Jack Goldstein, Tasos Stamou & Fabz at Strange Umbrellas No 4 event, the Tin Tabernacle, Kilburn, London, UK

March

- Performance as a trio with Angharad Davies and Tamar Yoseloff at the Horse Improv Club, the Doghouse pub, Kennington, London, UK (curated by Adam Bohman)

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2013

December

- Performance with Angharad Davies at Sprawl Unplugged, GV gallery, Marylebone, London, UK

October to November

- ‘Soundmirrors’ installation with Rob Olins, in the riverside gallery, Watermans Art Centre, Brentford, London, UK

September

- ‘House Of Mirrors’ Installation with Rob Olins - as part of ‘Sensation - Festival Of The Senses’ - in Centre Square, High Chelmer Shopping Centre, Chelmsford, Essex, UK

July

- Extracts of field recordings from ‘House Of Mirrors’ at Jaywick Martello Tower featured on the Framework radio show (broadcast on Resonance FM and other radio stations worldwide, as well as a podcast)

May to July

- ‘House Of Mirrors’ Installation with Rob Olins at Jaywick Martello Tower, The Promenade, Belsize Avenue, Jaywick, Nr Clacton-On-Sea, Essex, UK

May

- Performance with Lina Lapelyte at Power Lunches, Dalston, London, UK

January to April

- Installation with Rob Olins at The Royal British Society Of Sculptors, South Kensington, London, UK

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2012

December

- Performance with Tamar Yoseloff at the Saison Poetry Library, Royal Festival Hall, London, UK

November

- Performance solo and with Matt Davis, at ReSound/SVA, Brunel Goods Shed, Stroud, Gloucs, UK

- ‘House of Mirrors’ installation with Rob Olins at SVA, Brunel Goods Shed, Stroud, Gloucs, UK

October

- Performance with Tamar Yoseloff at the Horse Improv Club, Horse Inn, Lambeth, London, UK (curated by Adam Bohman)

- September to November

- ‘House of Mirrors’ Installation with Rob Olins, at the Mission Gallery, Swansea, Wales, UK; Supported by the Arts Council and featured on BBC Radio Wales Art Show

June

- Performance at the Docking Station, Brentford, London, UK

- ‘Formerly’ poetry book launch performance with Tamar Yoseloff at the Poetry Cafe, Covent Garden, London, UK

March

- Hour-long radio piece featured as part of ‘Boredcast’, AV Festival, Newcastle (curated by Vicki Bennett)

February

- Excerpts of Vancouver collage, from the August Arts Gallery installation, featured on the Framework radio show (broadcast on Resonance FM and other radio stations worldwide, as well as podcast).

January to February

- Installation (and talk) with Rob Olins at August Arts Gallery, Shoreditch, London, UK

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2011

September

- Performance with Kaffe Matthews, Dalston, London, UK, curated by Simon Whetham / Soundfjord gallery

June

- Contribution essay piece to ‘The Book Of Guilty Pleasures’, ed. by Song-Ming Ang & Kim Cascone

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2010

September

- Vocal piece ‘Museum Piece’, commissioned by Musicity; aired on BBC Radio 3 Late Junction

August

- Performance tour, solo, and with Lina Lapelyte, of Lithuania; various venues

June

- Graphic scores, performed at Whitechapel Art Gallery (with. Aleks Kolkowski / Leon Michener, inspired by Xenakis)

January

- Performance at Battersea Art Centre, London, UK (curated by Adam Bohman)

- Performer as part of Jem Finer’s ‘Longplayer Live’, Trinity Buoy Wharf, London, UK

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2009

October

- Performance at Arnolfini, Bristol, UK (curated by Simon Whetham)

September

- Performance at Louch art event, Bloomsbury, London, UK

- Performer as part of Jem Finer’s ‘Long-player’ Live, Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London, UK (featured on BBC London)

August

- Performance at the Foundry, Shoreditch, London, UK

July

- London Science Museum solo performances (support to live performance of Brian Eno’s ‘Apollo’ by Icebreaker). Interviewed also on BBC6 Music radio

June

- Performance in collaboration with Lina Lapelyte (alongside Invisible Bees) Bacon Street Project space, Brick Lane, London, UK

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2008

November

- Performance (alongside the Invisible Bees), at Bacon Street Project space, Brick Lane, London, UK

October

- Performance (alongside Sebastien Roux, Beddoes) at Cafe OTO, Dalston, London, UK

- Live electronic set as 'SI-CUT.DB’ with visuals by DFUSE at Teatro Oi Casa Grande, Rua Afranio de Mello Franco 290, Leblon, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

July

- Performance (alongside Alexander Wendt, Janek Schaefer) at '108 Pieces Demolition’ event, LABAN Creekside, London, SE8 3DZ, UK

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2007

November

- Douglas Benford & Rod Thomas (Bright Light Bright Light) recording, composing & live collaborations at The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm/Camden, London, UK & ICA, The Mall, London, UK

October

- Live electronic set as 'SI-CUT.DB’ (alongside Aleks Kolkowski, Akira Rebelais, Stephen Mathieu) at Sparte 4 theatre, Saarbrucken, Germany

June

- Live electronic sets as 'SI-CUT.DB’ collaboration with Iris Garrelfs (Alongside Max Eastley, Thomas Koner, DJ Sniff, Keir Neringer, Ekkehard Ehlers, Brian Duffy, David Lacey & Fergus Kelly) at Sprawl 'Interplay’ events, at:

- STEIM at Bimhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands

     - The Spitz, Old Spitalfields Market, London, UK

     - Cube Microplex, Dove St. South, Bristol, UK

     - Darklight Festival, Temple Bar, Dublin, Ireland

May

- Live performance using Mathieu Briand’s 'Spiral’ installation (alongside Mathieu Briand, Charlie Dark, Sarah Washington + Xentos 'Fray’ Bentos. UBS Weekend, Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, London, UK

- Live electronic set as 'SI-CUT.DB’ at Burst Couch at Futuresonic festival, Manchester, UK

April

- Live electronic set as 'SI-CUT.DB’ (Alongside Enrico Glerean + Lina Lapelyte, For Barry Guy (Carina Thoren + John Chantler) at Event Gallery, Hackney, London, UK

March

- Live electronic set as 'SI-CUT.DB’ at Qwartz Pro-Art Awards, Paris, France

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2006

November

- Live electronic set as 'SI-CUT.DB’ (alongside Stephan Mathieu, Freeform, Mapstation) at TRANSIT 06 festival, Chiasso, Switzerland

September

- Live electronic set as 'SI-CUT.DB’ at New Forms festival, Vancouver, Canada

May

- Live electronic sets as 'SI-CUT.DB’ at Sirkus bar & SmekkleysaSM/BadTaste Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland

March

- Live electronic set as 'SI-CUT.DB’ (alongside Leafcutter John, Iris Garrelfs) at Lovebytes festival, Sheffield, UK

January

- Live electronic set as 'SI-CUT.DB’ (alongside Pan Sonic, Taylor Deupree, Richard Chartier) at The Sage, Gateshead, Newcastle, UK

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2005

December

- Live electronic set as 'SI-CUT.DB’ at Tallinn, Estonia

- Live electronic set as 'SI-CUT.DB’ (alongside Frank Bretschneider, Sebastien Roux) at 'e-life 2005’ festival, Madrid, Spain

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** For older biographies and listings see archived website page links:

http://www.douglasbenford.co.uk/page7/page7.html

http://www.douglasbenford.co.uk/page1/page1.html

For Sprawl events - current and past - all curated and produced with Iris Garrelfs - see list at:

http://www.sprawl.org.uk/EventFrame.htm