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02 April 2010
The Man With a Hyena

Friday 9th April, 21.00

Heliogabal
Calle Ramon y Cajal 80
Barcelona
€4.50

The Man With a Hyena is:

Tom Chant, saxophones
Dani Dominguez, drums
Javier Garcia, double bass

16 March 2010
IED8

IED8 at Robadors 23
C/Robadors 23, Barcelona, 08001
Monday 22nd March
20.30
Price: I couldn't tell you. Sorry.

IED8 is:
Pope, trompeta
Tom Chant, soprano saxophone
Olga Ábalos, alto saxophone
Albert Cirera, tenor saxophone
Alfons Muñoz, barítono saxophone
Pablo Rega, guitarra
Javier García, contrabajo
Dani Domínguez, batería

17 January 2010
Pocketbook of Lightning

I'll be playing two concerts as the guest of Pocketbook of Lightning, the Portuguese duo of Marco Franco (drums) and Nuno Rebelo (guitar) in Portalegre and Faro, Portugal.

19 February
23.30
Portalegre Jazz Festival
Centro de Artes do Espectáculo de Portalegre
Praça da República nº39
7300-109 Portalegre

20 February
21.30
Teatro das Figuras
Horta das Figuras, Estrada Nacional 125,
8005-518 Faro

16 January 2010
3 in Barcelona

26 January

Tom Chant (reeds)/Javier Garcia (contrabajo)

20:00
TePeKaLeSOUND
Av Josep Tarradellas 44
08901
L’Hospitalet

21 february

IED8
(Pope, trompeta; Tom Chant, soprano saxophone; Olga Ábalos, alto saxophone; Albert Cirera, tenor saxophone; Alfons Muñoz, barítono saxophone; Pablo Rega, guitarra; Javier García, contrabajo; Dani Domínguez, batería)

28 February

Fran Bartlett (cello)/Tom Chant (reeds)/ Marc Egea (hurdy gurdy)/ Javier Garcia (contrabajo)

Both the above February concerts take place at:

Heliogabal
C/ Ramón y Cajal, 80
Barcelona

20 November 2009
JUMBO!

Marseille Figs have released Jumbo and the Long Goodbye EP. 5 new songs featuring special guests John Edwards, Jem Finer, Andrew Rankin, Paul Seacroft, Darryl Hunt and the Jumbo Chorale.

Available in 12" Vinyl, CD and MP3.

Listen here.

Buy it here:
iTunes
Rough Trade
or Cargo

05 June 2009
Decentred

Decentred is the new record by myself, Angharad Davies, Benedict Drew and John Edwards on the Another Timbre record label. On it are improvisations and realisations of scores by John Cage and Michael Pisaro.

The launch is at the unnamed music festival run by Another Timbre label boss Simon Reynell on Thursday 11th June. Details below.

the unnamed music festival

the unnamed music festival
11th to 13th June 2009, London & Leeds

thursday 11th june
cafe oto, ashwin street, london E8 3DL

tom chant / angharad davies / benedict drew / john edwards
rhodri davies / lee patterson / louisa martin / lucio capece
sebastian lexer / aleks kolkowski

friday 12th june
cafe oto, ashwin street, london E8 3DL

keith rowe / martin küchen / seymour wright
bechir saade / clive bell / matt milton
jamie coleman / paul abbott / ute kanngiesser / grundik kasyansky

saturday 13th june
seven artspace, harrogate road, leeds, LS7 3PD

keith rowe / martin küchen / seymour wright
jez riley french / patrick farmer

all concerts start at 8pm prompt

festival pass - £18
day ticket - £10

20 April 2008
Club Hipersons at the Cafè Teatre Llantiol

I'll be playing a solo saxophone set followed by a duet with accordion and piano player Baldo at the Café Teatre Llantiol in Barcelona on Sunday 20th of April.

Santi Balmes of the band Love of Lesbian will be doing his thing too.

Sunday 20th of April, doors 19.30
Club Hipersons at the Cafè Teatre Llantiol
C/ Riereta 7
Barcelona
€6 entry

More info on the night here, and on Hipersons here.

09 March 2008
Marseille Figs in the USA

Marseille Figs will be playing our first US dates on the 13th, 15th and 18th of March. Thursday 13th and Saturday 15th will be supporting the Pogues at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia and the Roseland Ballroom in New York respectively. The 18th is just the Figs at the Parkside Lounge, NY.

Tuesday 18th March, 8.30pm
Parkside Lounge
317 E. Houston Street
New York

22 February 2008
That Mysterious Forest Below London Bridge

Eddie Prévost's Matchless Recordings has just released the CD That Mysterious Forest Below London Bridge. It was recorded live in concert at Shunt Lounge in the caverns and arches beneath London Bridge railway station in November 2006. It costs only £7 if you buy it at the Matchless Recordings website.

There are three tracks by three different groups. Here's the track listing:

1. Chant_Lambert_Lexer_Milton_09/11/06 (21.09)

Tom Chant soprano and tenor saxophones — Ross Lambert guitar
Sebastian Lexer piano and laptop — Matt Milton violin

2. Coleman_Wastell_Wright_09/11/06 (21.45)

Jamie Coleman trumpet — Mark Wastell Indian harmonium
Seymour Wright alto saxophone

3. AMM_09/11/06 (25.34)
Eddie Prévost percussion — John Tilbury piano

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