CRY BLANK IS PAUL CHI, KEVIN KERMACK AND... WHO KNOWS!

STOP PRESS: Cry Blank guests on Tuesday 30th March 2004 at the Komedia include Jim Black (guitar/effects), Alistair Strachan (trumpet), Alice C (cello) and Franta (flutes) - an extraordinary group of improvisation artists!

A SONG IS BORN

Q Did you write these songs?

Paul. No, nobody wrote these songs.

ALBUM: YOU'RE ONE OF US

All songs created in the moment for Healthy Concerts' I AM THE SONG series:
22 September, 20 October & 17 November 1999 - Paul Chi, Paul Chenour, Wendy Halsted

Q Do you begin with a chord sequence or a theme or...?

Paul. Nothing, but there is something.

Q What's that?

Paul. The way I feel, fleeting thoughts, my body, my breathe, the touch of the keys and strings?

To freely oscillate between playful and restful states, exploring and celebrating the inner and outer conditions of movement and stillness, sound and silence, light and dark.

KoKoMoDo

Q Who's in KoKoMoDo?

Kevin. The members are fluid and flexible

Q What's the idea?

Kevin. Controlled improvisation based on ritual and magic rhythms, typically from Brazil, Cuba, Haiti etc. My percussion is almost exclusively wood and metal.

KEVIN KERMACK

I am currently a member of Vole and Leader of the Tropical Underground (TU played some spectacularly successful dates at last years Fringe). Previously I was a Percussionist and producer on SVEK records in Sweden, and in house drummer for the Finnish label Midnite Sun. Before that I was a product of the Out Rock and Improv scenes in Wellington, New Zealand and Sydney Australia before moving to Tokyo and then the UK.

"I would argue that my natural songs are safe and sane, and I always ensure that my audience is free to come and go as they please!!!" Paul Chi

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