Filthy Lucre: Lost In The Nameless
11th July, Bussey Building, Peckham
Photo by Dimitri Djuric
Photos by Dmitri Djuric, taken for We Break Strings
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Filthy Lucre returned to Peckham to explore shining cities and urban decay, ruinlust and abandonment, suburbs, utopias and the towns they built to change.
The Clash – London Calling [Geoff Clapham, singer] Fausto Romitelli – Lost (UK premiere) [Lore Lixenberg, soprano] Arcade Fire – Sprawl I (Flatland) Steve Reich – Electric Counterpoint [Rob Luft, guitar] With a new film by Paul Vernon. Luke Newman & Cecil B Demented [poets] – New Works with Emma-Jean Thackray [composer] Emma-Jean Thackray – New Work Aaron Parker [composer] – New Work Gil Scott-Heron – Home Is Where The Hatred Is Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie XX – I'm New Here [Luke Newman, poet] Saul Williams – Twice The First Time [Cecil B Demented, poet] Arcade Fire – Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) DJ Napper and Ilghazi |
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Hilary Glover, PlanetHugill.com
'Forums like Filthy Lucre are essential to music, providing a home for new works and experimentation, and allowing composers and performers a chance to grow. Everything I heard had some interesting ideas in it and brought a new look at the lives of people living in this city. ' Our surveyed audience members 'I used to go to classical music concerts, many years ago, as a student. I got sick of attending events playing only the music of dead composers - wonderful though they were. I resolved to go to concerts of new music but could find none. The radio told me I didn't like new music. I am delighted to find the situation is now changing and it's easier to find LIVING composers.' ‘even though I've never seen this genre live I didn't really notice it as 'out of my comfort zone' because of the over-arching theme.’ ‘Without such a tight-knit theme it might have been very confusing having such different genres juxtaposed, but it hung together so well.’ 'the event had a very lively, young and creative feel, very exciting.’ |
Thom Andrewes – The Biting Point, We Break Strings
Ed Henderson – Bastard Assignments
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Photos by Nick Rutter