More live audio; forthcoming gigs
Our next gig is also as part of Tuesdays Post, on Tuesday 15th July. Details here.
Os, July 2014
Videos from David's Music gig
Darkroom at David's Books and Music 15/3/2014 part 1 from Andrew Ostler on Vimeo.
Darkroom at David's Books and Music 15/3/2014 part 2 from Andrew Ostler on Vimeo.
Audio and video from The Barbican
Darkroom at The Barbican 15/8/2013 on Vimeo.
Solo performance by Andrew Ostler of Darkroom, at
the London Music Hackspace Performance Night, part of
Hack The Barbican 2013.
http://musichackspace.org/
http://hackthebarbican.org/
https://www.facebook.com/events/201356546697193/
Andrew Ostler at The Barbican 15/8/2013 on Vimeo.
Os, August 2013
Hack The Barbican
Os, August 2013
Video from the London Loopfest
Darkroom at the London Live-looping Festival 2013 from Andrew Ostler on Vimeo.
Os, July 2013
London Live-looping Festival 2013
Videos from Tuesdays Post
Darkroom at The Paradise Bar 5/2/2013 on Vimeo.
Our second set at the Tuesdays Post gig at The Paradise Bar, 5th February 2013, for which we were joined by Georgina Brett:
Darkroom and Georgina Brett at The Paradise Bar 5/2/2013 on Vimeo.
Os, February 2013
Late 2012 gig videos
Darkroom at Troyganic Cafe 8/11/2012 from Andrew Ostler on Vimeo.
Os from Darkroom at Troyganic 13/12/2012 from Andrew Ostler on Vimeo.
Os, February 2013
Videos from three recent gigs
You can also see the gigs in their pages in our Gigograph: here, here and here.
Os, October 2012
Three upcoming London gigs
Os, September 2012
An actual Darkroom gig - with vocals
We played as a duo for about 30 minutes, and were then joined on stage by gig organiser and vocal loop artist Georgina Brett. We videoed the whole lot, and the videos are below. Enjoy!
Darkroom at Tuesdays Post 7/8/12 part 1 from Andrew Ostler on Vimeo.
Darkroom at Tuesdays Post 7/8/12 part 2 from Andrew Ostler on Vimeo.
Darkroom at Tuesdays Post 7/8/12 part 3 feat. Georgina Brett from Andrew Ostler on Vimeo.
Os, August 2012
Improvizone returns
There are seven videos from this gig, the first of which is below.
Improvizone #34 part 1 from Andrew Ostler on Vimeo.
Os, August 2012Köln Loopfest - official video
Darkroom at the Köln Loopfest 2011 (official video/desk audio) from Andrew Ostler on Vimeo.
Os, May 2011
Köln Loopfest - video and photos
Darkroom at the Köln Loopfest 2011 from Andrew Ostler on Vimeo.
My photos of the weekend. There are plenty more on Facebook from the various performers.
Os, April 2011
Darkroom to play 2nd International Köln Loopfest
Os and Mike will be joined by Andrew Booker on electronic drums.
Os, March 2011
Lots of Improvizone videos
Os, November 2010
Back to CB2
Do join us if you can.
Os, April 2010
Video from last two Improvizone gigs
Os, April 2010
Improvizone gigs
* Wed 03 March 2010 - last.fm event
* Wed 31 March 2010 - last.fm event
* Wed 21 April 2010 - last.fm event
and all are taking place at The Plough, E17.
Watch www.improvizone.com/gigs.php for updates, for example details of the other musicians playing.
Os, January 2010
Video from July 1st Improvizone gig
Os, July 2009
Video from The Antwerp Loopfest
Darkroom at The
Antwerp Loopfest 2009 from Andrew Ostler on
Vimeo.
Watch in HD and comment on the Vimeo page.
The gig was not without its problems - e.g. our
monitoring going a bit, well, broken between the
sound check and the gig - but we came away happy with
the result.
Os, June 2009
Video from May 20th Improvizone gig
Video from April 8th Improvizone gig
Loads of video from last gig
Os, April 2009
Upcoming gigs March-July 2009
* Wed 25 March 2009
* Wed 08 April 2009
* Wed 29 April 2009
* Wed 20 May 2009
* Wed 10 June 2009 (Mike only)
* Wed 01 July 2009
Os, March 2009
Darkroom to play at the Antwerp Loopfest
It's official - we're off to Antwerp this May to play at the Antwerp Loopfest. Or, to give it its full title, the EUROPEAN LIVE LOOPING FESTIVAL ‘09 ANTWERP MAY 30.
The official festival site is here.
Once more we'll be joined by drummer Andrew Booker. Apparently the whole festival is going to be recorded, so watch out for details on that sometime after May 30th, I guess.
See you there!
Os, March 2009
Video from last gig
Improvizone #20 - the first 40 minutes from Andrew Ostler on Vimeo.
The remaining videos are linked from the gig page. I've ordered a larger memory stick for the camcorder, so next time there should be even more to enjoy/wade through.
Os, Feb 2009
Gig coming up in February
Read more here.Improvizone returns to The Plough in Walthamstow on Thursday 05 February 2009 for the first gig of this year. The players will be the familiar quartet of Plough regulars, namely Michael Bearpark (guitar), Os (keyboard/laptop), Nick Cottam (bass) & Andrew Booker (electronic drums).
Facebook event page here.
Last.fm event page here.
Os, Jan 2009
Improvizone at Switch - video
Improvizone at Switch, October 7th 2008 from Andrew Ostler on Vimeo.
os, Oct 2008
Improvizone at the Woodford Festival
More info on the event page on Facebook or the Improvizone site.
os, Sept 2008
Forthcoming gigs
- 23rd May 2008 at The Design Museum, London. Mike can't make it sadly. Playing will be myself (Os), Andrew Booker and Steve Lawson.
- 28th May 2008 at Ember, London. Ember, against all our expectations, has re-opened after the fire that cancelled our residency earlier this year. It'll be Mike & myself, plus Andrew Booker and Simon Laffy - a repeat of the line-up at our last Ember gig.
- 4th June 2008 at The Plough, Walthamstow. It'll be Mike & myself, plus Andrew Booker and Nick Cottam.
os, May 2008
The Dragon's Ball
We were billed as 'lo-fi dreamy techno' (!) The theory was we'd play drones with percussion... but to me, the venue didn't seem right for that, and it's definitely not what came out. Haven't heard the recording back yet - but towards the end, I remember picking up on something Os played and thinking "no echo & maximum fuzz". Darkroom go ambient metal?
The fuzzulator helped make this work: www.demeteramps.com/products/accessories/fuz1.html Small but flexible, it handles vintage, gargly non-linear as well as brutal, bright & focussed with compressed lows. Varying the guitar's volume & tone does something useful as well, and given I typically use a volume pedal after the fuzz, there's a whole range of tones to explore even without echo. Somehow last Wednesday I rediscovered this!
Audio & video to follow...
Mike, March 2008
Update: Andy has written about the gig on the Improvizone blog.
Croydon gig, Feb 27th
As for the Norwich Loopfest, we'll be joined by Andrew Booker on electronic drums.
Next Ember gig(s?) cancelled
Sadly we have to report that the forthcoming gig at Ember on January 16th has been cancelled, due to the venue being closed after a serious fire on the premises.
Stay tuned for updates - quite possibly the next couple of gigs in January and February will also be cancelled, or moved to a new venue.
os, Jan 2008