Minton - Turner
Wednesday 12th Ocober
Phil Minton - voice
Roger Turner - drums and percussion
Formed in london in 1981, the duo has worked frequently throughout the U.S.A and Canada; performed in Australia, and made numerous club / festival tours in Europe and the U.K. Concert and festival performances include the Purcell room and the I.C.A London; Taklos Festival Zurich; Grenoble International Music Festival; St Etienne new music festival; Lisbon Gulbenkian Festival Of New British Music; Glasgow International Jazz Festival; Du Maurier International Jazz Festival Vancouver; Novi-Saad Jazz Festival ; Fruits De Mhere Festival France; Kongsberg Festival Norway etc.etc...
Recordings: ammo, dadada (leo records), drainage ( double cd on emanem)
Reviews:
Vocalist Phil Minton and percussionist Turner are like tonal micro-surgeons, working with material which fanciful high-tech orchestrations have tended to leave for scrap. Relics of primitive folk musics meet with the expressive, exploratory tendencies of the avant garde. The two mix and match their references with such skill as to play havoc with time and space. A remarkably subtle improvising partnership which is always a joy. Music which combines passion and conviction with detail and adventure, they conjure, subvert and reconcile deep, half recognised responses in their listeners.
Photography: Johnny Bates.