Guitars and Other Machines at the The Capstone Theatre Liverpool

On Friday 21st February, The Capstone is delighted to present Guitars and Other Machines. This exciting collaboration sees our very own outstanding classical guitarist and composer Neil Campbell joined by acclaimed electric guitarist Carlo Bowry and electronic composer and producer Gordon Ross.

Audiences at this very special performance will not only experience solo sets, in which the performers use delays and loop machines to build intricate layered compositions, but also classical guitar collide with experimental electronica and progressive rock.

The evening is also set to include a new arrangement of Philip Glass's beautiful Metamorphosis and an innovative original version of Steve Reich's multiple guitar classic Electric Counterpoint performed on classical guitar alongside spectacular projected visuals.

So join us at The Capstone for a night of creative compositions, inventive configurations and tradition with a twist.

"Two of my favourite Minimalist pieces given a fresh perspective. Deviating from its piano origins with a distinctive blend of fluid fingerpicking and wistful electric swells, Campbell and Bowry's guitar-driven Metamorphosis is a seductively mournful version of a timeless and hypnotic piece. As for Acoustic Counterpoint, it stands comparison with Pat Metheny's defining execution of Reich's thrilling composition and that's a significant achievement in itself." Tim Bowness, No-Man/Burning Shed.

“Neil Campbell is an outstanding guitarist whose originality of thought makes him far more than just another gifted purveyor of finger acrobatics.” Paul Fowles, Classical Guitar magazine.

Neil Campbell (Classical Guitar/Electronics) has been described by Classical Guitar Magazine as “an outstanding guitarist whose originality of thought makes him far more than just another gifted purveyor of finger acrobatics”. His recent work includes collaborations with Yes vocalist Jon Anderson, electronic musician DJ Yousef and Sense of Sound Singers.

Carlo Bowry (Electric Guitar/Electronics) has astonished audiences across Europe as the guitar ace for the Muffin Men and The Wizards of Twiddly, collaborating with Jimmy Carl Black (Mothers of Invention), Mike Keneally, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Ike Willis, Arthur Brown, Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra's 10:10 Ensemble and Canterbury music legend Kevin Ayers along the way. Carlo teaches guitar at The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) and Liverpool University.

Gordon Ross (Electronics/Production) has commissioned new work from Steve Reich, Sir John Taverner and James McMillan and worked with Ian McCulloch, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, MTV, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and many others as well as performing at festivals across the UK in recent years.

Performance Details

Guitars and Other Machines
Friday 21st February 2014
Starts: 7:30pm
Tickets: £10.00/£8.00 concessions

Tickets are available by calling TicketQuarter Box Office on 0844 8000 410* or in person at TicketQuarter Box Office, Queen Square, Liverpool, L1 1RJ or online at www.thecapstonetheatre.com. No booking fees.

Venue Information
The Capstone Theatre
Shaw Street
Liverpool
L6 1HP

The Bulbs Light Up The Capstone With New Album Launch

On Friday 21st June the Capstone Theatre will play host to the brand new album launch of the new group Bulbs. Hailing from Liverpool, UK, Bulbs are Joey Zeb (drums), Andy Maslivec (bass), Neil Campbell (guitar) and Marty Snape (electronics).

The Bulbs launches its eagerly awaited debut album with an hour long performance (+ support) which will feature the projection of an entrancing new film specially created by artist Sonny Phillips to accompany the album.

Over a year in the making Bulbs new album ‘On’ is a 12 track tour-de-force of cyclical time signatures, electronic textures, dark conceptual speech samples and prog melodic-ism. The album will be performed in its entirety at the launch event.

Bulbs is both a musical concept and a real band which aims to marry adventurous music-making with information and sound samples chosen to challenge the audience to look around them at the world in which they are living. It aims to ‘switch on listeners like light bulbs’ to question conventional wisdom and corporate media propaganda.

As a virtuoso solo guitarist Neil Campbell expands the scope of his already densely textured compositions with various loops, delays and other electronic effects, making his classical guitar sound like a multi-timbral guitar orchestra. His various collaborations and his concept performance pieces such as ‘Ghost Stories: A Night Opera’, ‘Frankenstein’ with The Neil Campbell Collective and Sense of Sound Singers and ‘Inventioning’, a new composition being developing with Jon Anderson (Yes), have earned him a reputation for musical ambitiousness and innovation.

For Bulbs he has teamed up with Andy Maslivec, bass player from The Neil Campbell Collective, Joey Zeb, session percussionist and drummer with legendary underground Liverpool dub institution The Zeb and Marty Snape (The Mighty Zeb / The Hat Band).
Joey, a founder member of Zeb, has his roots in prog dub. He has sessioned on various reggae, rock, folk projects and met Neil during the highly respected N F I electronic improv sessions. He is currently playing with proggers Gorp and dub hop outfit The Corinthians.

"Wild and wonderful music"
Jon Anderson (Yes vocalist)

"Like Mike Oldfield before him, Neil Campbell is an outstanding guitarist whose originality of thought makes him far more than just another gifted purveyor of finger acrobatics."
Paul Fowles (Classical Guitar Magazine)

More information can be found on www.bulbsmusic.com

LISTING INFORMATION

Bulbs ‘On’ Album Launch
Friday 21ST June 2013
7.30pm
Tickets: £5 (CD’s also available for sale on the night)

VENUE INFORMATION

The Capstone Theatre
Shaw Street,
Liverpool
L6 1HP

HOW TO BOOK

In person: TicketQuarter, Mersey Travel Centre, Queen Square, Liverpool, L1 1RG.
Ticket Quarter Box Office: 0844 8000 410*or online at www.thecapstonetheatre.com*
*Subject to booking fee.

Neil Campbell & Friends Perform at St George's Concert Room

Neil Campbell and Friends Perform at St George's Concert Room

Neil Campbell, Liverpool’s most sought-after guitar virtuoso is to perform a very special one-off concert in the stunning surroundings of the St George’s Hall Concert Room on Friday 30th November.  Neil who has previously been known as a solo performer will be joined on stage with some very special friends, who he has collaborated with in recent years, Nicole Collarbone, Anne Taft, Perri Alleyne-Hughes and Carlo Bowry.

The one-off concert will include new guitar duo performances with ace electric guitarist Carlo Bowry (Wizards of Twiddly/Muffin Men); excerpts from the recently toured haunting and beautiful composition 'Ghost Stories: A Night Opera' featuring Liverpool soprano Anne Taft and performed with stunning visuals by Shaun Taft; songs composed with Sense of Sound Singers musical director Perri Alleyne-Hughes from their recent Perri & Neil album titled Then;  cello and guitar duets with Nicole Collarbone with tracks taken from their album Fall and the Liverpool premiere of Neil's four movement composition 'Private Collection', which features vocals by Perri Alleyne-Hughes and Anne Taft.

Liverpool based composer and classical guitarist Neil Campbell has been a mainstay on the Liverpool music scene as a solo guitarist for many years, with an ever-growing fan base, he is remembered for his unique style and passion for his work, mesmerising audiences with his original music and talent. As well as performing a series of duets, audiences will also hear the very best of Neil’s solo work to end the evening.

Classical Guitarist Neil Campbell says: “Having started my musical life as a solo classical guitarist and composer, in more recent years my raison d'être in music making has been about artistic collaboration and all the wonderful unexpected creative results that musicians working together can produce. Performing this concert in the glorious Concert Room of St George's Hall allows me the rare opportunity to bring together in one evening so many of these wonderful collaborations, whilst helping to showcase the awesome talents of my co-musicians.”

Don’t miss one night of outstanding original music, performed in beautiful surroundings by some of Liverpool’s most talented performers.

LISTING DETAILS 

Neil Campbell and Friends In Concert

St George’s Concert Room, William Brown Street, Liverpool

Date: Friday 30 November

Doors - 7.00pm, Performance - 8.00pm

Tickets: All seats £12.50

How to Book:

Box Office: 0844 8000 410* Online at www.ticketquarter.co.uk*

or in person at TicketQuarter, Queens Square, Liverpool*

*Subject to booking fee.