So we are currently in the midst of tying up the last bits of the line-up of collaborators for The Summer Experiment 2009. Much like the music in The Summer Experiment, everything else is done ‘as-and-when’ during the short summer time frame. This method of working keeps things as exciting as possible, we could have easily ended up with no collaborators a week before the live performances….

As with everything in The Summer Experiment, it has the potential to fail in a big way!

Luckily this year we have the pleasure of performing alongside various other artists, musicians, poets and more from the cutting edge of the Belfast arts scene. Just ‘officially’ announced today are Signals Under Tests a Belfast based guitar and live electronics duet. I’m really looking forward to hearing their new material at the performances!

Outside our habits of roping in poor unsuspecting artists to collaborate with us, several new audio experiments have been posted on the websites. These have taken the form of clips and cuts from improvised experiments and composed ‘demo’ material. Most of the posted audio is taken from collaborative experiments, usually taking the form of 2 members discussing an idea or playing with some sounds, recording the result and posting it online. There is no extensive process behind the clips, they are not rehearsed in a studio for weeks or delicately composed with a pencil and manuscript paper. But they are mediated nuggets of sonic fury unleashed from our sound making devices with the final performances always in mind. Keep listening and you will hear bits of older audio re-appearing in a new form, tied into composed material or re-applied for group improvisation at the live experiments….

More coming soon!

Cav@TSE