Lawrence Casserley - Improviser

Last changed 10 March, 2000

Improvisation has always been present in Casserley's work, from his early student experiments on organ, piano or percussion to his latest work with real time computer processing. Key events along the way are:

1966

Los Inchaukrästis No 1 - Percussion solo, improvised within a defined structural outline.

1970 onwards

Work with the RCM Experimental Music Group

1972

Dodman Point - Live electronics and light.

1972 onwards

Hydra

Work with sound poets

1974

Hydrangea - Voices, Instruments and Light

1984

Tube Sculpture - Giant PanPipes

1985 onwards

Work with Electroacoustic Cabaret

1989 onwards

Collaborative work in Colourscape

1994

Lip Lap Lop Lup - live processing - 1994 Colourscape Music Festival

1995

Barry Guy's "Gaia" - LJCO - 1995 Colourscape Music Festival

1995 onwards

Development of Signal Processing Instrument

1996

Work at STEIM, Amsterdam and BEC, Bonn; Performances with Barry Guy, Alan Tomlinson, Vanessa Mackness, Simon Desorgher and Johannes Bergmark

1997

Project, 'The Emancipation of the Technology' at STEIM

Performances and Recordings with Evan Parker, Barry Guy, Rainer Bürck, Roland Graeter, Richard Durrant, Simon Desorgher, Noel Akchoté, Joel Ryan

CD - 'Solar Wind' with Evan Parker

1998

Performances with Evan Parker, John Palmer, Melvyn Poore, Paul Lytton, Electro-Acoustic Ensemble

1999

Performances with Evan Parker, Melvyn Poore, Paul Lytton, Carol Morgan, Simon Desorgher, Alan Tomlinson, Agusti Fernandez, Joel Ryan, Electro-Acoustic Ensemble

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