Half The Sky to play Cafe Oto

L-R: Yumi Hara, Dagmar Krause, Chloe Herington, Chris Cutler, Mitsuru Nasuno, Wataru, Miwazu

Totally delighted that Half The Sky have been confirmed to play Cafe Oto on June 22nd. Our first London show! We will be playing Lindsay Cooper's music from Henry Cow and News From Babel, premiering some tracks.

Tickets are likely to go pretty fast so speedy booking is advised. That can be done HERE!

Half The Sky - France & Japan

I recently had the honour of playing bassoon and soprano sax in Half the Sky at Rock In Opposition in Carmaux. Such a privilege to share a stage with Chris Cutler and Dagmar Krause as well as the rest of the band and what a challenge and joy to play Lindsay Cooper's music!

Our next dates will be Nov 30th-Dec 2nd in Tokyo.

VÄLVĒ & other news

Lots has been happening. Firstly, many thanks to A Sweet Niche and to all who came down to Servant Jazz Quarters last night - what a fun evening! Here's a little glimpse of what we did, courtesy of Kunal of Chaos Theory...

Pretty sounds from @chloeherington's VÄLVĒ last night #electronica #music #harp #saxophone… https://t.co/RsKk9VIpdr

— Chaos Theory (@Chaos_Theory_) July 26, 2016

The next VÄLVĒ gig will be 3rd August at New River Studios - it'll be a slightly different set as no Elen on harp so I'll be trying out some new stuff that I'm working on at the moment.

Knifeworld action is also in full swing. We've recently played the o2, Night of The Prog (in a beautiful Amphitheatre in Germany!) and Festival 23 in Sheffield - next stops are Supernormal and ArcTangent.

Practise is well underway for Half The Sky with Chris Cutler, Dagmar Krause and Yumi Hara - my goodness Linday Cooper's writing is complicated!!!!! Such an honour though and I'm learning so much. Can't wait for RIO!

Next up, some writing and recording for a NecroDeathMort track, more practise, more writing and then a much needed little holiday in France....