‘A shape-shifting sound..moves coherently between crisp,
punchy riffing and introspective ambient passages’ - Kevin Le Gendre
Award winning Tyneside trio Archipelago fuse genre blending
post-jazz dreamscapes with alt-rock and improvisation to name a few, taking
inspiration from musicians as diverse as Don Cherry, Morphine and Joni
Mitchell.
Since releasing their debut LP ‘Weightless’ in 2017,
Archipelago have received national airplay (Late Junction, Jazz on 3), been
selected as ambassador artists for the Jazz North ‘Northern Line’ touring
scheme, and received a prestigious 'Peter Whittingham Development Award’ from
Help Musicians UK.
With the support of Help Musicians UK and Cobalt Studios in
Newcastle upon Tyne, they began running ‘BETWEEN WAVES’, a collaborative
residency-gig series for female-identifying artists to make new music with
Archipelago. Highlighting the multifaceted power of improvisation and jazz to
cross genres and open up connections with artists in different modes, BETWEEN
WAVES also celebrates the ever growing northern creative scenes. After
receiving a huge number of applications, Archipelago invited Rosie Frater-Taylor,
a multi-instrumentalist/songwriter, Faith Brackenbury, an
improvisor/violinist/vocalist, Lisette Auton, a disabled writer/spoken word
artist and Fran Bundey, a sound artist/vocal looping musician for their first
edition of BETWEEN WAVES.
Archipelago are now working towards their next release in
2019 and also collaborating as a ‘superband’ with Leeds trio J Frisco after a
commission from Lancaster Jazz Festival. Archipelago have a fast growing
reputation for their honest, engaged musicianship and compelling live
performances
Website: https://archipelago-jam.com/
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