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Peter Zummo - Zummo with an X

Peter Zummo - Zummo with an X

Minimalist experimental reissue from the regular Arthur Russell collaborator

22 May 2012

An excellent reissue of the out-of-print debut from Peter Zummo dating back to 1981, a long time session musician and collaborator of Arthur Russell’s – who also lends his distinctive cello and baritone stylings throughout. With its feet firmly set in…

Counterflows Festival introduces some premier experimental and folk acts

Counterflows Festival introduces some premier experimental and folk acts

27 Mar 2012

Held across Glasgow, London and Berlin, Counterflows is a glorious stramash of experimental songwriting, clamorous avant-rock, and absurdist improv. In bringing Japan’s great Kazuki Tomokawa to Europe, the organisers have pulled off a real coup. A…

Counterflows festival – Q&A with organiser Alasdair Campbell

Counterflows festival – Q&A with organiser Alasdair Campbell

An experimental music festival, with a focus on songwriting

19 Mar 2012

Why should people come to Counterflows? It is hoped that by opening up the possibilities with a new festival and bringing together, under the festivals banner, new artists, that Counterflows can offer what all culture should, the idea that there are…

Group Inerane / Flower-Corsano Duo - Kinning Park Complex, Glasgow, Fri 2 Dec

Group Inerane / Flower-Corsano Duo - Kinning Park Complex, Glasgow, Fri 2 Dec

Two transcendent groups in a Victorian school turned artists’ studio

9 Dec 2011

This was always going to be special: two of the most transcendent groups on earth in the bohemian environs of a Victorian school building turned artists’ studio. The diverse crowd is not left disappointed. Mick Flower and Chris Corsano mesmerise with a…

Fordell Research Unit - The Illusion of Movement

Fordell Research Unit - The Illusion of Movement

Edinburgh noise auteurs' exercise in metal machine minimalism

7 Dec 2011

(At War With False Noise/Braw Music) Following the textured nuances of his Pjorn 72 label’s Songs For Dying compilation, Edinburgh noise auteur Fraser Burnett joins forces with Muscletusk’s Grant Smith for a relentless exercise in metal machine…

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Popular events

Buenas noches, España
Date	Location
An experimental psychedelic road movie by one of the new Philippine cinema’s youngest and most acclaimed directors. The film addresses the shared history of Spain and the Philippines through the idea of time travel. 'The future of political cinema'. (Phil Coldiron, Moving Image Source). View full details and ticket info
27 Jun 8.30pm Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Philippine New Wave	Filmhouse, Edinburgh

Cryptic Nights: Colour Deaf
Date	Location
Experience an interactive audio-visual pyramid installation, in which the audience influences its environment through live visual feeds and trigger pads. Presented by Cryptic Nights, the event is the work of musician Kayus Bankole, video artist Sisi Lu and producer/visual artist Steven Morrison – aka Colour Deaf. Thursday's event includes a fashion show (with designs from Ciorstaidh Monk) and audience Q&A, while Friday's is followed by an after party with a DJ set from Dandy Riots. View full details
7 Jun–8 Jun Thu & Fri 9pm	CCA, Glasgow

differently, Molussia (anders, Molussien)
Date	Location
Nine short, individually titled reels of colour 16mm film, which are presented in a random order determined before each screening. Drawing on a text by German philosopher Günther Anders, the film is an imaginary documentary about Molussia, a fictional totalitarian country that Anders invented to represent the dystopia of fascism. View full details and ticket info
21 Jun 5.55pm 24 Jun 7.15pm Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: New Perspectives	Filmhouse, Edinburgh

Future My Love
Date	Location
We have the resources to feed everyone, the technology to create clean energy, and the ability to supply everyone with creative, free and comfortable lives: yet we choose not to.' Maja Borg’s poetic ‘experimental documentary’ expands on the themes of her 2007 short film, Ottica Zero, and explores, in the light of global economic collapse, alternatives to monetary capitalism and, in particular, the work of sprightly 93-year-old futurist and social engineer, Jacque Fresco. View full details and ticket info
29 Jun 8.30pm 21 Jun 6.05pm Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Michael Powell Award Competition	Cineworld Fountainpark, Edinburgh

Sun Rings at Riverside
Date	Location
Kronos Quartet headlines the climax of an evening of music and art installations inspired by the architecture and exhibitions of the Riverside Museum, with contemporary space-themed strings. View full details
15 Jul 7.30pm	Riverside Museum, Glasgow