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Publication

Counterflows on Paper 2021

Counterflows on Paper is a collection of specially commissioned pieces spanning text, poetry, illustration and comics, collated into a limited edition Zine. Spanning a wild range of topics across its 30 pages, the Zine was edited by Joel White, designed by Oliver Pitt and printed and bound in Glasgow by Good Press. The Zine also […]

Max Syedtollan

Max Syedtollan & Music Space

Podcast

Edward George on Kuduro – Episode 3: Kuduro International

Kuduro is the electronic dance music of a generation born and raised during Angola’s traumatic and protracted civil war. It started life on Angola’s margins, in the clubs and ghettos of the nation’s capital, Luanda, before being co-opted by the government to become the official sound of post-war Angola. In this the final episode, Edward […]

Podcast

Edward George on Kuduro – Episode 2: Fight the Power: Kuduro’s Hip Hop Connections

Kuduro is the electronic dance music of a generation born and raised during Angola’s traumatic and protracted civil war. It started life on Angola’s margins, in the clubs and ghettos of the nation’s capital, Luanda, before being co-opted by the government to become the state sanctioned sound of post-war Angola. In this second episode, broadcaster […]

Interview

In Conversation: Petronn Sphene and Sunik Kim

Petronn Sphene and Sunik Kim both performed amazing sets at Counterflows 2022, spilling their overflowing, amorphous sounds off the Glue Factory walls on the Friday and Saturday nights of the festival. After performing, they met for the first time and found they both had a rapport and equal fascination with each others work. We decided […]

Interview

In Conversation: Brighde Chaimbeul, Vasco Alves and Alasdair Campbell

At Counterflows 2022’s opening night we brought together a series of projects combining artists from different musical backgrounds and approaches to their work. After a series of zoom meetings, Brighde Chaimbeul and Vasco Alves came together for two days of rehearsal and exploration of their two different approaches to the pipes in Glasgow. For the […]

Podcast

Park Jiha and Roy Claire Potter in conversation — ‘Emotion in the commons’

South Korean musician Park Jiha joined English artist and writer Roy Claire Potter for an improvised collaboration for Counterflows 2022. They were initially brought together by BBC Radio 3’s Late Junction in 2020, where they met in Maida Vale for the first time. Despite the language barrier the combination worked seamlessly, with Roy editing together […]

Podcast

[Ahmed] and the legacy of Ahmed Abdul-Malik

The writer and broadcaster Edward George explores the multiple resonances, versions and iterations of the jazz ensemble [Ahmed] and the inspiration behind them, Ahmed Abdul-Malik. In what was an experimental take on the live ‘in conversation’, Edward took to the stage at Glasgow’s community central halls to develop his theory around the strangeness of jazz […]

Music Publication

Counterflows on Paper 2022

Music Publication

Multiple Artists

Ghost Tunes Album & Publication