Live Music – The Al Swainger Q*tet Biophosmos – Friday 4th October 2019

Al Swaigner Q*tet Biophosmos: Doors open 7.30 pm – Concert 8 pm

Tickets £12 on the door, £10 on line, £7 on line Concession (student/unwaged/income support)

Al Swainger is a musician who happens to be a bassist. He is also a composer, improviser, producer, digital artist and FX enthusiast. His eclectic tastes have led to making music in a wide variety of genres over the years with literally hundreds of musicians. Covering ground from pop to progressive rock, traditional to modern jazz and world music to fully improvised soundsculpture, Al is always keen to explore new musical territory. Currently he is focusing his unique style on twin passion projects Pointless Beauty & Biophosmos.

Biophosmos is a four piece jazz ensemble featuring extensive use of modern technology to take the art form in a unique and daring new direction.

​​​The repertoire for their first outing is currently based around the compositions of Chick Corea but re-imagined for a new 21^st century ​ear. ​A ​melodic soundscape of Latin, fusion & ambience guaranteed to surprise and delight.​

​​“..the birth of a new layer of fusion… live sound design and live soundscape composition…beautifully and artfully intermixed with straight ahead jazz and improvisational mastery” – Julian Pinn

​​Al Swainger – Bass, FX & Ableton / Jon Clark – Drums

Tom Berge – Keys / Joe Northwood – Sax & FX