Tuesday, November 10, 2026 - 12:00
Bank Vault, Aberystwyth
1 New Street, Aberystwyth, SY23 2AT
Free Admission, donations accepted
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An evening of acoustic experimentation from Chriss Parfitt, Ash Cooke and Charlie Beresford.
The three of them "doing the distance" from as far as the North, South and East of Aberystwyth as Wales will allow.
Free entry,donations taken
Ash Cooke - Bangor
Ash is an internationally recognised improvising guitarist and artist from North Wales. Initially making his name in the 90’s Welsh band Derrero Ash has spent the last 20 years steadily building a reputation as an experimental musician and visual artist.
Ash is an internationally recognised improvising guitarist and artist from North Wales. Initially making his name in the 90’s Welsh band Derrero Ash has spent the last 20 years steadily building a reputation as an experimental musician and visual artist.
Chris Parfitt - Bridgend
Founder of South Wales Improvisers and mover and shaker of many experimental musical happenings in Cardiff and the South Wales M4 corridor. Chris is a free-form improviser using a variety of acoustic instruments. Noteherder & McCloud / Nil / PSANCK / Nine Stones / 4Thirtythree / Barrow Boys / New Interpretations Orchestra / Improvisers Ensemble @improvisersensembleie5902 / Noteherder / I'm Doctor Buoyant.
Founder of South Wales Improvisers and mover and shaker of many experimental musical happenings in Cardiff and the South Wales M4 corridor. Chris is a free-form improviser using a variety of acoustic instruments. Noteherder & McCloud / Nil / PSANCK / Nine Stones / 4Thirtythree / Barrow Boys / New Interpretations Orchestra / Improvisers Ensemble @improvisersensembleie5902 / Noteherder / I'm Doctor Buoyant.
Charlie Beresford - way out East
As well as his solo work Charlie is a founding member of Fourth Page alongside Carolyn Hume (piano) and Paul May (drums). One third of the trio Bashford Harries Beresford a trio consisting of James Bashford on drums, Tim Harries on bass and Charlie on guitar and vocals. With the viola player Wei-Ya Lin and pianist Alen Ilijic they formed the Vienna based music collective ‘The Loving Observer’. They have made recordings with the Austrian trumpet player Franz Hautzinger. He forms the other half of a number of duos along side lap steel player Peter Marsh, French composer Christian Vasseur, bass player and composer Tim Harries and cellist Sonia Hammond.
Ian Mann wrote: “Beresford has helped to pioneer a particularly distinctive, and very British, brand of free improvisation that draws inspiration from the landscape and from elements of folk music. The emphasis is on beauty and the creation of atmospheres and moods rather than the sound, fury and bluster of much freely improvised music. It’s an interesting and innovative niche that has drawn a considerable amount of critical acclaim……”
As well as his solo work Charlie is a founding member of Fourth Page alongside Carolyn Hume (piano) and Paul May (drums). One third of the trio Bashford Harries Beresford a trio consisting of James Bashford on drums, Tim Harries on bass and Charlie on guitar and vocals. With the viola player Wei-Ya Lin and pianist Alen Ilijic they formed the Vienna based music collective ‘The Loving Observer’. They have made recordings with the Austrian trumpet player Franz Hautzinger. He forms the other half of a number of duos along side lap steel player Peter Marsh, French composer Christian Vasseur, bass player and composer Tim Harries and cellist Sonia Hammond.
Ian Mann wrote: “Beresford has helped to pioneer a particularly distinctive, and very British, brand of free improvisation that draws inspiration from the landscape and from elements of folk music. The emphasis is on beauty and the creation of atmospheres and moods rather than the sound, fury and bluster of much freely improvised music. It’s an interesting and innovative niche that has drawn a considerable amount of critical acclaim……”
Supported by Ty Cerdd, Arts Council of Wales, The Bank Vault, Gwrandewch, National Lottery
