James Banner’s USINE
Cansu Tanrıkulu – Voice/Electronics
Declan Forde – Piano
James Banner – Bass/Composition
Max Andrzejewski – Drums
TEXTS (with Stephanie Lamprea)
Release Autumn/Winter 2021. A project commissioned by Kulturprojekte Berlin.
Stephanie Lamprea – Soprano
James Banner – Basses and Guitars/Piano/Composition/Electronics
+ guests
Liz Kosack – synths
Anna Webber – saxophone
Michaël Attias – saxophone
Nick Dunston – bass/electronics
+more TBA
Writers: Emma Cheung, Edith K Magak, Healah Riazi, Janyce Denise Glasper, Vaishnavi Singh, Zanta Nkumane
Practically Married
Declan Forde – Piano
James Banner – Bass
From 2018 co-curating a monthly series of jazz and improvised music with guests in Berlin’s Donau115
4 releases available on Bandcamp
Call For Pieces
Since 2020, developing a worldwide network of composers/sound designers/music creators who are interested in creating pieces for solo double bass and/or double bass ensemble. A series of free online workshops exploring the instrument and exploring technical and musical possibilities of the bass, additionally focusing on how material can be interpreted and developed through improvisation (and vice versa), and providing the possibility to co-develop and collaborate on musical/interdisciplinary projects.
Limited run solo tape release
Coming late 2021 (limited run of 25) – 60 minute improvisations (2 x 30 minutes) recorded direct to chrome dioxide (type II) cassette, each presented in a unique 300gsm collage/gouache sleeve. Available via my Bandcamp page only.
Voices of Berlin
Premiere TBC 2022, Berlin. Commissioned through the Elsa Neumann Stipendium.
Stephanie Lamprea – Soprano
Lauren Kinsella – Alto
Lina Nyberg – Alto
James Banner – Bass
+ guests…
as a sideman…
Tilo Weber Quartet: Four Fauns
part of collectives The Arc Project and Northern Composers’ Network
