Damo

Damo Suzuki with Zukanican: Phil Lucking (Trumpets), James Pagella (Drums, Percussion), Harry Sumnall (Electronics, Percussion) and Tom Sumnall (Bass)
http://sthelens-connect.net/sthelensmusic/

Zukanican is now getting smaller, two members left the band and now they’re four. Zukanican is the band I performed quite often here (I perform on this small town near Liverpool for already three times) and Liverpool. Manchester to here was so short travel, Promoter team picked me up from very small train station (I forget the name) which just one person at cashier, no cafe or bar just platform and empty waiting room, no taxis no bus…..brought me to the venue.

Front of the venue is pub, through pub to the venue with low stage. I had enough time in awful English November day, so I stayed here and begin to drink Jameson, sound man is preparing,Zukanikan is not arrived yet. In typical English Harvest day dark, wet, rain and wind, people lost way to come here…it’s anyway uncomfortable.

It’s very difficult to perform in front of few audience. It’s easy game in front of huge audience like performance at festival. Anyway, it’s skill to perform for few people. Even you can hear their breath. James told me he might come to ATP…..

Damo Suzuki with Jon Green (Drums), Ben Robson (Guitar), Ben Taylor (Drums), Jay Taylor (Guitar) and Dan Thomas (Bass)
http://www.theroadhouselive.co.uk/

Many times I performed in Night and Day, this time an another venue. Few steps from Night and Day is this venue tonight. Both not so far from Piccadilly Station. I come to Manchester and stay at this area. You can reach by foot everywhere and always people are full up on the street even late in the night. Ben was working at Night and Day before and now moved to Roadhouse. Roadhouse is run by Jon the another drummer. Taylor brother’s have been performed with me. with Jay O performed four or five times in Manchester. He is setting Networks regular sound carrier in Manchester. Came too early, nobody was at the venue.

I took a walk in cold dark November day look for place to eat. I went to Indian just near to the venue. If you are tired and weather is ugly November day, you don’t walk that much to find good place to eat. Also without attending person, not that much fan to go to eat. So, I took easiest way. also quite difficult as stranger. Specially in England. I am not fan of Indian food, but, I eat mainly Indian in England or not well taste Japanese food. Indian I found at first so, I went in. Nice young lady of the venue brought me to Hotel, the same like last few times. Rest a little, it’s just on Piccadilly, few steps from the venue.

Damo Suzuki with Champion Kickboxer, The Tajalli Vortex and Gated Community.

Since couple of years I have good relationship to Jonny the organizer, sound carrier, label man /Free Noise man) and artist. I performed here around half year before. Seems to be Sheffield has good improvisers scene, Gated community is one of them and Jonny’s The Tajalli Vortex. I performed with both already last time. Jonny arranges improvisers event once in a month at this venue. He is now learning arts and he is exciting to draw paint during my performance with Gated Community, he said. Result you can see front site of my website www.damosuzuki.com.

I had quite many time painter(s) drawing darling I’, performing. It’s nice to collaborate with artists. Well, all together three sets today. Many of them I met once or more. Gated Community people are discussing at middle of the venue. I met two Japanese students studying English here. I don’t know if they stayed until performance end. Maybe they just saw sound check.

Martin Archer is the guy with sax who mailed me a couple of years ago and performed with me . Last time he wasn’t there for his performance. He perform with Gated Community today. He also has label. There are many sound carriers parted in three formation. If there are many sound carriers, already warm at sound check.

Damo Suzuki with Frakture Big Band
http://www.magnetliverpool.co.uk/

Liverpool is partner city of Cologne beside San Francisco, Kyoto, Thessaloniki etc… Maybe for this reason I have always sympathy to Liverpool. Also style, how FC Liverpool play with energy attack front is always interesting, as I am a soccer fan. They remain me Borussia Mönchengladbach in their best time.

Phil, the guy organized this performance also sound carrier tonight picked me up from railway station with his bicycle. It was before noon. I don’t no what was wrong, Hotel was too slow to give me a room. They say until 15:00 I don’t have clean room. So, I walk some blocks to my hungry stomach to full spontaneously purpose get full up…this reason you never find better place. I have been in Liverpool for several times so, I know about city center. Liverpool once had population of 880,000, now it’s around 440,000.

There are many constructions, I guess for European culture capital city next year. Hotel is just 5 minutes to walk to the venue, I performed once…called Magnet. Sound check…..countless sound carriers, very tight on the stage tonight. So, we will go on stage separated to some sets. I found an another Phil, the trumpeter, I performed a couple of times, is member of Zukanican. He will perform with me too.

Later I found live material on YouTube, so you can see/feel what was about with your eyes/ears, Here they are….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HtFR6W6lfc

Damo Suzuki with The Pattern Theory and The Window Right: Neil Atkinson (Drums), Anthony Smith (Bass, Keyboards) and Matt Littlewood (Guitar/Laptop)
http://www.brudenellsocialclub.co.uk/

First time since booked not by Jonny, he now don’t organise show more, instead I work together with Chris. About the Window Right, I wrote some times that I like their sound, so tonight I perform with them for 2nd time.

Another young talented band The Pattern Theory will join my set as well. The venue is the same The Brudenell Social Club, has nice ambiente kinda 50’s 60’s look, nice place. Both bands had own sets then we all went on the stage. Pure organic sound.