Tuesday, July 14, 2026 - 20:00
Bank Vault, Aberystwyth
1 New Street, Aberystwyth, SY23 2AT
Free Admission
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Henry McPherson
Artist | Composer | Improviser and self confessed Moss Enthusiast and Bass Recorder Advocate. Originally from Herefordshire, since 2013 he has lived and worked between Scotland and the north of England.
Artist | Composer | Improviser and self confessed Moss Enthusiast and Bass Recorder Advocate. Originally from Herefordshire, since 2013 he has lived and worked between Scotland and the north of England.
Henry's work is rooted in improvisation as a relational, ecological performance practice. Moving fluidly between composed and improvised sound, text and graphic scores, live performance and installation, he investigates how musical attentiveness reframes relationships between human and more-than-human beings. His works frequently explore the lifeworlds of plants and animals, and the rhythms and cycles of natural phenomena. He is particularly inspired by plant ecologies, forested and oceanic biomes, night and nocturnal atmospheres, and deep geological time.
Two Scoops, No Flake
Are a duo comprising Andrew Leslie Hooker (no-input turntable, Kaoss pad and amplifiers) and Ed Wright (electric violin, effects pedals and modular synthesiser) - stalwart NAWR fans would know them from a previous visit as part of the EyeSkreem Quartet.
Are a duo comprising Andrew Leslie Hooker (no-input turntable, Kaoss pad and amplifiers) and Ed Wright (electric violin, effects pedals and modular synthesiser) - stalwart NAWR fans would know them from a previous visit as part of the EyeSkreem Quartet.
"Improvisation, particularly in this context, feels less like invention ex nihilo and more like attentive navigation. We were not trying to manufacture novelty for its own sake, but to remain open to what the moment suggested. Some passages arrived fully formed, as if simply uncovered, while others unfolded more slowly, shaped by hesitation, and gradual alignment. These traces of process—the fragility, the risk, the occasional rough edge—are not flaws to be corrected but essential parts of the music’s identity.
Ultimately, this project reaffirmed for me that making music is as much about presence as it is about sound. To improvise live with another person is to practise a heightened form of listening, patience, and empathy; where the dreamer and the dream are inseparable one from the other This album stands as a record of that shared attentiveness: two musicians meeting in real time, negotiating the space between intention and accident, and allowing something larger than either of us to briefly come into focus".
Ultimately, this project reaffirmed for me that making music is as much about presence as it is about sound. To improvise live with another person is to practise a heightened form of listening, patience, and empathy; where the dreamer and the dream are inseparable one from the other This album stands as a record of that shared attentiveness: two musicians meeting in real time, negotiating the space between intention and accident, and allowing something larger than either of us to briefly come into focus".
Free Admission, Donations taken
This event is supported by Gwrandewch, Arts Council of Wales, Bank Vault, National Lottery, Ty Cerdd
This event is supported by Gwrandewch, Arts Council of Wales, Bank Vault, National Lottery, Ty Cerdd
