Collective
Neil Campbell and Static Gallery Present
THE NEIL CAMPBELL COLLECTIVE
Featuring Francesco di Fiore
THE NEIL CAMPBELL COLLECTIVE
Featuring Francesco di Fiore
On Friday 8th May 2009, Liverpool’s Static Gallery will host a rare and special return of the Neil Campbell Collective who will play their first concert in over 6 months, it will feature a 7-piece band of electric cello (Nicole Collarbone), soprano (Anne Taft), classical guitar (Neil Campbell), electronics (Francesco Di Fiore), vocals (Jeff Jepson), bass (Andy Maslivec) and drums (Mark Brocklesby).
The Neil Campbell Collective (NCC) will perform a dramatic and atmospheric set consisting of music from their two critically acclaimed progressive rock albums '3 O'Clock Sky' and 'Particle Theory' along with new (unrecorded) music. The concert will be presented with projected visuals by Valeria Di Matteo.
Also that evening Francesco di Fiore will perform his piece 'Visioni', which is a stunning multimedia work for live piano, electronics and visual design. The piece tells the story of human evolution from the early origins of mankind to the human race's final inevitable self-destruction.
In Summer 2008 Liverpool guitarist and composer Neil Campbell began an artistic exchange with Francesco Di Fiore, a Sicilian concert pianist and composer. Neil travelled to Palermo, Sicily, to participate as a musician in Francesco's composition 'HGW', a 90 minute performance project based on the works of HG Wells featuring visuals, narration, sound design and a large ensemble of Sicilian musicians (The Folka Lab Collective). Later in the year, Liverpool Hope University sponsored a further performance of 'HGW' in Liverpool as part of the 2008 Cornerstone Festival, this time featuring musicians from Neil's band, The Neil Campbell Collective along with visiting musicians from Sicily.
Having felt such a strong musical kinship Neil invited Francesco and his partner, the multimedia artist and musician Valeria Di Matteo, to work with The NCC on a new piece, 'Frankenstein', based on the famous Mary Shelley novel. This piece is to be presented in Sicily and Liverpool later in 2009. The musicians and artists involved in this pan-European project are meeting in early May for intensive rehearsals to develop 'Frankenstein' and, in doing so, have seized the opportunity to play a special concert together.
PERFORMANCE DETAILS:
THE NEIL CAMPBELL COLLECTIVE Featuring Francesco di Fiore
Friday 8th May 2009
Doors 7.30pm, Performance 8.30pm,
Static Gallery, 23 Roscoe Lane, Liverpool L1 9JD
Admission: £6 (TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FROM STATIC GALLERY). NB: those booking tickets in advance of the gig will be rewarded by being sent two new freshly recorded NCC tracks on mp3 via e-mail.
The Neil Campbell Collective (NCC) will perform a dramatic and atmospheric set consisting of music from their two critically acclaimed progressive rock albums '3 O'Clock Sky' and 'Particle Theory' along with new (unrecorded) music. The concert will be presented with projected visuals by Valeria Di Matteo.
Also that evening Francesco di Fiore will perform his piece 'Visioni', which is a stunning multimedia work for live piano, electronics and visual design. The piece tells the story of human evolution from the early origins of mankind to the human race's final inevitable self-destruction.
In Summer 2008 Liverpool guitarist and composer Neil Campbell began an artistic exchange with Francesco Di Fiore, a Sicilian concert pianist and composer. Neil travelled to Palermo, Sicily, to participate as a musician in Francesco's composition 'HGW', a 90 minute performance project based on the works of HG Wells featuring visuals, narration, sound design and a large ensemble of Sicilian musicians (The Folka Lab Collective). Later in the year, Liverpool Hope University sponsored a further performance of 'HGW' in Liverpool as part of the 2008 Cornerstone Festival, this time featuring musicians from Neil's band, The Neil Campbell Collective along with visiting musicians from Sicily.
Having felt such a strong musical kinship Neil invited Francesco and his partner, the multimedia artist and musician Valeria Di Matteo, to work with The NCC on a new piece, 'Frankenstein', based on the famous Mary Shelley novel. This piece is to be presented in Sicily and Liverpool later in 2009. The musicians and artists involved in this pan-European project are meeting in early May for intensive rehearsals to develop 'Frankenstein' and, in doing so, have seized the opportunity to play a special concert together.
PERFORMANCE DETAILS:
THE NEIL CAMPBELL COLLECTIVE Featuring Francesco di Fiore
Friday 8th May 2009
Doors 7.30pm, Performance 8.30pm,
Static Gallery, 23 Roscoe Lane, Liverpool L1 9JD
Admission: £6 (TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FROM STATIC GALLERY). NB: those booking tickets in advance of the gig will be rewarded by being sent two new freshly recorded NCC tracks on mp3 via e-mail.
