News Archive 2012
27 November 2012
We had a very SPATIAL guest last night, Dada Ali, aka Daevid Allen at Sonic Rituals #2!
A member of audience uploaded some video footages here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFUO_DwO2Ak
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ0fb3w2HGo
Yumi will be on tour in Japan from 7 Dec to 25 Dec, as solo, with Mammal Machine, with Yumi Hara Cawkwell-Tempered Band etc.
Details are here or in Japanese
The Artaud Beats Japan Tour 2012 Archive Box of Complete Recordings (8CDRs + 4 DVDRs, limited edition of 50 copies, numbered) will be available during Yumi's Japan tour in December, and can be dispatched worldwide in January. 8000JPY or 67GBP, if you order with The Artaud Beats T-shirt, 10000JPY or 83GBP. Please email Yumi yumi'at'yumiharacawkwell.co.uk to order.
15 November 2012
Sonic Rituals #2 will take place at Servant Jazz Quarters in Dalston, London, on 26 Nov. Geoff Leigh and Mark Hewins (Soft Heap, Canterbury Family, Gong etc) will join Yumi Hara Cawkwell and Guy Harries, and live drawings by Valerie Pezeron.
22 October 2012
!!VENUE CHANGE!! The firest SONIC RITUALS on 29 Oct is now at Cakey Muto, a lovely cake shop with fully licenced bar located on Chatsworth Road, East London street du jour, and celebrating the 1st anniversary on the day!!
Yumi Hara Cawkwell, Guy Harries, Graham Dunning (electronics), Illi Adato (perc, electronics), Emily Shapiro (cl), Valerie Pezeron (live illustration)
Yumi & Guy will also be performing at OUT OF THE CAGE, John Cage festival at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance on Fri 26 Oct, 14.00-16.00, 17.15-19.30 at Room G73, with two grand pianos!!
15 October 2012
Yumi & Guy Harries will be hosting SONIC RITUALS live performance series.
We are excited to have a number of great guest performers!
29 October at Cakey Muto: Graham Dunning (electronics), Illi Adato (perc, electronics), Emily Shapiro (cl), Valerie Pezeron (live illustration)
26 November at Servant Jazz Quarters: Geoff Leigh (fl, vo, electronics), Valerie Pezeron (live illustration) and more TBC
26 September 2012
A small quantity of the Limited Edition CDR Nodutgang. Bodo 28.10.11, Live at Nodutgang Festival, Bodo, Norway is now available, following the response from the listeners of 'Sonic Rituals', Clear Spot at Resonance FM on 24 September. Please contact us.
Guy Harries and Yumi hosted the show and invited Chris Cutler as the first guest. We performed a 'Sonic Ritual' improvisation set using household objects and toy instruments.
13 September 2012
Yumi & Guy Harries will be performing at 'At Home with the Ludskis #6' at RIO Cinema, Dalston, London on 22 September. They will be on at the very beginning for a 10-minutes set, then 6-minutes glammed-up set later on.
Yumi's December Japan tour dates are almost fixed now, including Mammal Machine Kyushu 3 days, Bar Isshee 3 Days of Christmas Special, reworking of prog classics performance, performance of pieces from solo CD 'Statement Heels' with Tatsuya Yoshida(d), Atsushi Asano(b) and Natsuki Kido(g), and improvised music sessions. Visit Gig Dates page for detalis.
23 August 2012
Japanese language magazine EURO ROCK PRESS vol 54 will be on sale on 31 August and there will be The Artaud Beats (Geoff Leigh: flute, voice, electronics, Yumi Hara Cawkwell: keyboard, voice, Chris Cutler: drums, John Greaves: bass, voice) interview and reviews of Limited Edition CDR Nodutgang. Bodo 28.10.11 and gig in Tokorozawa. To coincide this, the Limited Edition CDR Nodutgang. Bodo 28.10.11, Live at Nodutgang Festival, Bodo, Norway will be available exclusively at WORLD DISQUE in Mejiro, Tokyo. The CDR was previously available only during the Japan tour and was sold out. Listen sample tracks here
17 July 2012
Yumi & Guy Harries will present SOUND RITUALS, a radio progrmme at Resonance 104.4FM on Monday 24th September 2012, 8-9pm British time. You can also listen over the internet worldwide. The progrmme is developped from recent Sound Rituals performances by Yumi & Guy, and will involve guests to perform with them.
They will also be hosting SOUND RITUALS live performance series at Servant Jazz Quarters on 29 October and 26 November.
5 July 2012
The Artaud Beats (Geoff Leigh: flute, voice, electronics, Yumi Hara Cawkwell: keyboard, voice, Chris Cutler: drums, John Greaves: bass, voice) Japan Tour and Yumi solo Japan tour have successfully been completed. Thank you very much for the people who attended the gigs and workshops, helped organising events, and musicians who performed together.
The Artaud Beats YouTube playlist
Please visit our facebook page for more photos and video links updates.
15 May 2012
Yumi & Guy Harries will be performing at Electromania on Friday 18th May, 9pm,
Restaurant-Music Club Kolonada, v. Kudirkos st, 22, Druskininkai, Lithuania. The event is part of contemporary music festival DruskoManija'12, and this year's theme is 'Electro-Acoustic Archaic'.
11 May 2012
Flyer for 28th May gig designed by Yumi, photo by Koichi Yokoyama:
Yumi & Guy will be performing 3x shortsets at RIO Cinema, Dalston on late night Saturday 12 May:
18 April 2012
Yumi & Guy Harries will be performing on 18 May 2012 at Druskomanija 2012, in Druskininkai, Lithuania. Yumi's piece was performed there last year, and this time Yumi is participating as a performer.
Yumi and friends from Kansai area in Japan will be performing in London and Paris.
28 May at Servant Jazz Quarters, London
Yumi & Guy Harries, Seth Ayyaz, Yoshinori Motoki, Rabito Arimoto, Decalco Marie, Tsuneo ogura Servant Jazz Quarters 8pm, £5
1&2 June Butô Festival at Espace Culturel Bertin Poirée (ECBP), Paris: Yumi, Yoshinori Motoki, Rabito Arimoto, Decalco Marie, Tsuneo ogura
The Artaud Beats will be performing in Japan in June. The lineup of the band: Geoff Leigh (flute, voice, electronics), Yumi Hara Cawkwell (keyboard, voice), Chris Cutler (drums), John Greaves (bass, voice). Please visit our facebook page
Artaud Beats Japan Tour dates:
Fri 8 June, Toyohashi, House of Crazy (Improvised music workshop)
19.30
3500yen adv, 4000yen door, 2500yen student
Nakamura Building B1F, Matsuba-cho 1-26-2, Toyohashi-shi, Aichi-ken, 440-0897, JAPAN
0532-55-9000 crazy921‘at’crocus.ocn.ne.jp http://www1.ocn.ne.jp/~hofcrazy/index.htm
Sat 9 June, Oumi Hachiman, Sakedelic Space Shuyukan
Open: 16.30 Start: 17.00
5500yen adv, 6000yen door (with 1 drink)
After-show party with members of audience: 20.00
3000yen (food and soft drink incl) (reservation required)
Naka 21, Suwai-cho, Oumi-Hachiman-shi, Shiga, 523-0862, JAPAN
TEL 0748-32-2054 http://www.shuyukan.com/sakedelic/
Sun 10 June, Oumi Hachiman, Sakedelic Space Shuyukan (Improvised music workshop)
Open: 13.30, Start: 14.00, End 17.00 approx
4000yen (with 1 drink) (reservation required)
Naka 21, Suwai-cho, Oumi-Hachiman-shi, Shiga, 523-0862, JAPAN
TEL 0748-32-2054 http://www.shuyukan.com/sakedelic/
Mon 11 June, Fukuoka, Space Terra
with support: monstermovie
19.30
4000yen adv, 4500yen door, 2500yen student
Momota Building B1F, Kego 2-19-9, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka-shi, 812-0023, JAPAN
TEL 092-732-3101 spaceterra1‘at’ybb.ne.jp http://www.spaceterra.net/
Tue 12 June, Oita, At Hall
Open: 19.00 Start: 19.30
4000yen adv, 4500yen door, 2500yen student
Ichii-Kaihatsu Buiding 3F, Chuo-cho 2-6-4, Oita-shi, 870-0035, JAPAN
TEL 097-535-2567 info‘at’athall.com http://www.athall.com/
Wed 13 June, Kobe, Big Apple
with support: theremin unit “and_more..”, Tanzaku (Reiko Imanishi+Saori Kojima)
19.30
4000yen adv, 4500yen door
Toa Hights B1F, Yamamotodori 3-14-14, Chuo-ku, Kobe-shi, 650-0003, JAPAN
TEL 078-251-7049 big-apple‘at’i.bekkoame.ne.jp http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/i/big-apple/
Thu 14 June, Nagoya, Tokuzo
Open: 18.00 Start: 19.00
3800yen adv, 4300yen door
Blue Star Building 2F, Imaike 1-6-8, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya-shi, 464-0850, JAPAN
TEL 052-733-3709 info‘at’tokuzo.com http://www.tokuzo.com/
Fri 15 June, Tokorozawa, MOJO
with support: Noise no Tomo, Rocks
Open: 19.00 Start: 20.00
3800yen adv, 4300yen door
T.ing Building 201, Higashisumiyoshi 7-9, Tokorozawa-shi, Saitama-ken, 359-1124, JAPAN
TEL 04-2923-3323 toiawase‘at’mojo-m.com http://www.mojo-m.com/
Sat 16 June, Tokyo Ogikubo Rooster (Improvised music workshop+performance)
Workshop Open: 14.00 Start: 14.30
Performance Open: 18.00, Start: 18.30
Workshop participants 9000-16500yen (with soft drink and light lunch)(fee varies depend on the number of participants)(reservation required)
Performance entry 4000yen
Inoue Building B1F, Ogikubo 5-16-15, Suginami-ku, Tokyo, 167-0051, JAPAN
Enquiry and booking: andomew‘at’nifty.com Venue website: http://ogikubo-rooster.com/main/index.html
Sun 17 June, Tokyo, Bar Isshee (special gig and party) (SOLD OUT)
20.00
6000yen adv, 7000yen door (with free drink until 30 min after performance end)
Kusuhara Building 4F, Udagawa-cho 33-13, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0042, JAPAN
080-3289-6913 barisshee‘at’keh.biglobe.ne.jp http://www.bloc.jp/barisshee/
Yumi's other dates in Japan (visit Japanese page for details):
21 June Fukuoka Hakozaki Suizokukan Kissashitsu, with Takei Tsuneo
22 June Tokyo Shinokubo Earthdom, Kootown Presents Kootown Improvise Festival 2012
23 June Tokyo Vocal Workshop (venue TBC)
24 June Osaka Bamboo Club, with Yasuyuki Tanaka, Declaco Marie and more
27 June Kyoto Urban Guild, with Tamaki (Makiko Izumo+Taiqui), Hi-chan(from Kitsune no Yomeiri)
30 June Tokyo Nanahari, with Kenichi Matsumoto
1 July Tokyo Koenji U.F.O.Club, with Mammal Machine, NON BAND