Monthly Archives: May 2013

4thirtythree + Gus Garside / Annie Kerr

Stuart Revill: guitar / loops / percussion
Tim Rancelant: sax / spoken word / percussion
Chris Parfitt: piano / sax/ flute / loops / percussion / voice


4thirtythree create instant compositions out of loops, snatches of spoken word and whatever else comes off the tops of their heads. Their debut album Switch was described as “refreshingly free of cliché, proudly non-idiomatic and actually kind of fun” by Daniel Spicer in Jazzwise magazine. Here’s a track from it…

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Guitarist Stu Revill, one of the founders of Safehouse, is moving permanently to Vancouver shortly after this gig, so it looks to be a special one, not least as it’s within Safehouse that the band came together and evolved. While it’s not their last hurrah – there are plans to record and gig in the future – there may be a tangible ‘end of an era’ feel to the evening!

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Gus Garside: double bass
Annie Kerr: violin

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The Wildcard Quartet
At the end of every Safehouse open session four members are picked at random to form a one-off quartet to play at the show at the end of the month. This is them.