USINE
Cansu Tanrıkulu – Voice/Electronics
Declan Forde – Piano
James Banner – Bass/Electronics
Max Andrzejewski – Drums
solo
Digital release March 11th 2022 with limited run of 18 tapes. Tapes feature 2 x 30 minute unique improvisations recorded direct to chrome dioxide (type II) cassette, each presented in a unique 300gsm collage/gouache sleeve. Purchasing a tape includes a digital album download. Available via my Bandcamp page only.
class-work
Borage (Megan Jowett / James Banner)
Machair Duo
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.
as a sideman…
Tilo Weber Quartet: Four Fauns
part of collectives The Arc Project and Northern Composers’ Network
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