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LIFEM 2010 on The Wire

Miguel Santos — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:19:32 +0000

LIFEM 2010 dates and programme announced

Miguel Santos — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:42:24 +0000

03 – 07 November 2010

Terry Riley, Talvin Singh, George Brooks

[USA/UK] [London Premiere] [75th anniversary celebration of Terry Riley]

Wim Mertens

[Belgium] [UK Premiere]

Pascal Comelade

[France] [Rare UK Performance, Only UK Performance This Year]

Gavin Bryars

[UK] [Only UK Performance This Year]

Svjata Vatra

[Estonia/Ukraine] [UK Premiere]

Fernanda Takai

[Brazil] [UK Premiere]

Hortus Musicus

[Estonia] [UK Premiere] [75th anniversary celebration of Arvo Pärt and Giya Kancheli]

Building on last year’s inaugural festival, the London International Festival of Exploratory Music (LIFEM) continues its musical journey with exciting exploratory sounds from all over the world. It begins by celebrating the 75th birthday of composer Terry Riley, the father of American minimalism. Terry takes the stage with Mercury Music award-winning tabla player and multi-instrumentist Talvin Singh and progressive saxophonist George Brooks, on what is a rare visit to Europe. The festival ends with the oldest active early music group in Europe, Hortus Musicus, from Estonia. They celebrate two more 75th birthdays: those of Estonian Arvo Pärt and Georgian Giya Kancheli. In between comes the UK premiere of Flemish Belgium minimalist composer Wim Mertens, a rare UK performance by French Catalan musician Pascal Comelade, the only UK performance of UK composer Gavin Bryars, the UK premiere of Estonian power folk band Svjata Vatra and the UK premiere of Brazilian singer Fernanda Takai, best known as the vocalist of Brazilian super group Pato Fu.

LIFEM on the live concert highlights of 2009 for MusicalCriticism.com

Miguel Santos — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:27:29 +0000

The London International Festival of Exploratory Music (LIFEM) which took place in London at Kings Place in November was amongst the live concert highlights of 2009 for MusicalCriticism.com (the new source for concert and opera reviews, articles and interviews on the web).

more DJ Scotch Egg live at LIFEM, 07nov09

Miguel Santos — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:11:12 +0000

Devil Man is a new collaboration project between DJ Scotch Egg and Dokkebi Q – live at LIFEM: London International Festival of Exploratory Music, 07nov09

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LIFEM 09 ad on Kings Place TV sets

Miguel Santos — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:23:38 +0000

LIFEM on BBC Radio 3

Miguel Santos — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:54:51 +0000

BBC Radio 3 Late Junction plugged the festival and played tracks by artists performing in the festival.

some changes in LIFEM’s music programme

Miguel Santos — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:32:43 +0000

Due to unforeseen circumstances Mabrouk Band (Israel), Shira U’tfila (Serbia) and Madame Mim (Brazil) will be unable to perform at London International Festival of Exploratory Music this November. However, we are delighted to announce that Les Yeux Noirs (France), Monster Ceilidh Band (UK) and Daniel Peixoto (ex-Montage, Brazil) will be their replacements, in what is a rare UK performance by the French gypsy/klezmer virtuoso ensemble, the London premiere of Newcastle’s happy energetic non-stop danceable Ceilidh band, and the European premiere of the shockingly sexy electro-punk solo project by the Brazilian MTV outrageous superstar.

Below is the full updated music programme:

Wednesday, 04 November 09

UK minimalist avant chamber pop
19:45 – 20:30	Jenni Roditi (UK)	Kings Place – Hall 1	Buy Tickets Here
21:00 – 21:45	Andrew Poppy (UK)	Kings Place – Hall 1	Buy Tickets Here

Thursday, 05 November 09

Inuk snow songs, ice folk and throat singing
19:45 – 20:30	Nive Nielsen (Greenland)	Kings Place – Hall 1	Buy Tickets Here
21:00 – 21:45	Tanya Tagaq (Canada)	Kings Place – Hall 1	Buy Tickets Here

Friday, 06 November 09

Old and new world music touching approaches
18:30 – 19:15	Lorcán Mac Mathúna (Ireland)	[UK premiere]	Kings Place – Hall 1	Buy Tickets Here
19:45 – 20:30	Tri a Tolia (Turkey/Iraq/Belgium)	[UK premiere]	Kings Place – Hall 1	Buy Tickets Here
21:00 – 21:45	Lonely China Day (China)	[European premiere]	Kings Place – Hall 1	Buy Tickets Here

The newest exotic electro latin sounds from Brazil
18:45 – 19:30	Coletivo Rádio Cipó (Brazil)	[European premiere]	Kings Place – Hall 2	Buy Tickets Here
20:00 – 20:45	Daniel Peixoto (Brazil)	[European premiere]	Kings Place – Hall 2	Buy Tickets Here
21:15 – 22:00	Da Cruz (Brazil)		Kings Place – Hall 2	Buy Tickets Here

Saturday, 07 November 09

A night of Gypsy, Ceilidh and old Klezmer wedding music
18:30 – 19:15	Les Yeux Noirs (France)		Kings Place – Hall 1	Buy Tickets Here
19:45 – 20:30	Monster Ceilidh Band (UK)	[London premiere]	Kings Place – Hall 1	Buy Tickets Here
21:00 – 21:45	Cukunft (Poland)	[UK premiere]	Kings Place – Hall 1	Buy Tickets Here

Sonore presents a night of exquisite organic electronica from Japan
18:45 – 19:30	Midori Hirano (Japan)	Kings Place – Hall 2	Buy Tickets Here
20:00 – 20:45	Oorutaichi (Japan)	Kings Place – Hall 2	Buy Tickets Here
21:15 – 22:00	DJ Scotch Egg (Japan)	Kings Place – Hall 2	Buy Tickets Here

LIFEM jingle on Resonance FM

Miguel Santos — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:06:54 +0000

LIFEM on Jungle Drums

Miguel Santos — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:10:05 +0000

LIFEM on Leros

Miguel Santos — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:30:08 +0000

The newest exotic electro latin sounds from Brazil
18:45 – 19:30	Coletivo Rádio Cipó (Brazil)	[European premiere]	Kings Place – Hall 2	Buy Tickets Here
20:00 – 20:45	Madame Mim (Brazil)		Kings Place – Hall 2	Buy Tickets Here
21:15 – 22:00	Da Cruz (Brazil)		Kings Place – Hall 2	Buy Tickets Here