Unpredictable Series presents:

Syd Kemp + Tom Furse + Gamaliel Traynor + Jessica Roch 

Miriam de Boer-Salmón + Blanca Regina + Benedict Taylor

Visuals by Pierre Bouvier Patron

Unpredictable Series presents an evening that showcases new voices and diverse approaches in sound and visual art through unexpected combinations. Two sets where for the first time, these musicians will play together, bringing their own special style to create an ephemeral universe.

The first set presents Mexican-Dutch violinist Miriam de Boer Salmon, Blanca Regina – voice and electronics – and Benedict Taylor on viola.

The second set, co-curated by musician and producer Syd Kemp, will bring together Gamaliel Traynor on cello, Syd Kemp on bass, multi instreumentalist Jessica Roch and Tom Furse on synthesiser. Pierre Bouvier Patron will create both analogue and digital visuals in response to the musicians’ improvisations.

This is a rare opportunity to witness innovative musical exploration in an intimate setting—an essential event for fans of experimental and boundary-pushing art.

 BIOGS

Syd Kemp

Syd Kemp is a London-based musician, producer, and engineer, best known as a member of Ulrika Spacek and for collaborations with artists including Thurston Moore, Caroline, Kahil El’Zabar, Valentina Magaletti, and Crack Cloud. Based at the Total Refreshment Centre, he works as a producer and engineer. As a touring artist and engineer, Syd has performed globally, earning recognition for his dynamic musicianship and innovative production style.

https://www.sydkemp.com/

 

Tom Furse

Tom Furse is a multidisciplinary artist, AI specialist, synthesist and former member of The Horrors.

https://www.tomfurse.com/

 

Gamaliel Traynor

Gamaliel is a producer, writer, string arranger and cellist based in south london. He divides his time working with artists such as TEXAS, Fat White Family, Mica Levi, Jazmin Bean, TAAHLIAH, and performing cello in a range of different styles from experimental electronic to classical.

https://www.discogs.com/artist/7116261-Gamaliel-Traynor

 

Jessica Roch

Jessica Roch is a London-based composer, multi-instrumentalist and improviser. She writes music for film, games and installations and co-runs The London Ambient Orchestra. Her solo work blends ambient and electronic textures with elements of minimalism, folk, jazz and experimental music. Her work Pandemonium: Music for Parakeets is currently being exhibited at The Design Museum.

https://www.jessicarochmusic.com/

 

Pierre Bouvier Patron

Pierre Bouvier Patron is a visual artist based in London. He is currently working with different media, such as digital video and film, exploring the boundaries between them and creating moving image works, performances and installations. He has developed various practices and skills in experimental film, expanded cinema, and documentary films.
He is involved in video screenings and video performances, solo or in collaboration. His work has been shown in France, Spain, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Germany, etc.

https://www.studiopierre.art

 

Miriam den Boer-Salmón

Miriam den Boer-Salmón is a violinist and creator based in Amsterdam. Her multicultural background reflects in a love for diversity, for ever-changing perspectives on society and reality, which shows in her musical ventures. With improvisation at its core, she is constantly exploring musicking cultures, combining worlds in her unique language through both written and improvised music, including influences from folklore to new contemporary music and curious collaborations across disciplines, searching for the sounds’ physicality, shape and colour.

Current projects are Mediterranean prog folk band Ell Sol&los Saturnos, improvisational strings duo FAUCES with Amanda Irarrazabal, free jazz duo Salmon/Škorić with drummer Aleksandar Škorić and electro-acoustic performance with Dimitra Kousteridou and dancer Maria Mavridou.

https://linktr.ee/miriamdenboersalmon

 

Blanca Regina

Blanca Regina is an innovative artist, designer and performer who works with spontaneous composition systems to create multimedia landscapes using voice, objects, electronics, and visuals.

She has produced three albums with Steve Beresford under her label “Unpredictable Series,” including “What Blue” (2020), “Duets with Blanca Regina, Spontaneous Music” (2019), and “Art of Improvisers” (2017) as well as installations, films and visual art projects.

Recent collaborations include Peter Cusack, Matt Black, DFuse, Matthias Kispert, Laetitia Sadier, Steve Beresford and Leafcutter John. Her work has been supported by Arts Council England, Sound & Music, BMC, Francis Chagrin Award, Amexcid, Photo-España, and Garage Cube.

www.blancaregina.com | www.unpredictable.info

 

Benedict Taylor

Benedict Taylor is a solo violist, violinist & composer, working in improvised and new music. As an improviser he likes to play and record with many super people, and over the years has worked with; Keith Tippett, Evan Parker, Terry Day, Lauren Kinsella, Lawrence Upton, Alex Ward, Cath Roberts, Tom Jackson, Renee Baker, Paul Dunmall, Jean-Michel Van Schouwburg, Dirk Serries, Steve Beresford, Angharad Davies, amongst others. He has an annual ongoing series of solo string albums, investigating the viola and violin in all manner of ways.

https://benedicttaylor.bandcamp.com/