roger turner drumset and percussion
TURNER PLAYS CANOPUS DRUMS
THE SWIPE TRIO
chris biscoe----alto, soprano saxophones
kazuhisa uchihashi ---- guitar and daxophone
rt ---- drumset and percussion
we played our first concert in the cafe oto, london, at the end of 2022, from which a cd has been released on Innocent Records, Japan. the band played a short tour in october 2023, starting here in london and then over to mainland europe. it's a trio negotiating the acoustic--electric minefield with a certain sense of danger and skill.
GATU
christoph gallio --- soprano, alto and c-melody saxophones
rt ---drumset and percussion
a new duo formed when CG had a residency in london 2022. we have a CD released on HatHut: "You can blackmail me later". We toured in Europe in May 2024, and will work again in November. It's a duo that can navigate sophistication with a certain raw disrespect. Very refreshing indeed!!!
THE MARBLES
dirk marwedel ---- extended saxophones
uli boettcher ----- electronics
rt -----drums
a tight, sound-aware trio that plays with a fluid openness that can only coming from a real sense of the enjoyment of the moment.
it's a pleasure to work with. we played a short tour in germany 2024, and expect more in 2025. live recordings have been made and --who knows yet--a cd to produced.
tim hodgkinson--- horizontal guitar, electronics, and clarinet
rt --- drumset and percussion
where do you want to go ?
let the konks take you......
NAIL
alexander frangenheim --- double bass
michel doneda --- soprano saxophone
rt --drumset, percussion
the trio was formed somewhere in the midst of the covid years, and has played two tours of germany, austria, switzerland, and france, from which a cd "live in ulrichsberg" was released. whilst being acutely aware of nuance, it's a band that manages to subvert easy comfort.
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THE CROAKS ---- martin kuchen, martin klapper, rt. we played in april 2018 in norway, sweden, and after covid in poland. a cd ---"one of the best bears" ---was released featuring mr klapper's great sensitised wall of sound and mr kuchen's vibrant crow-squawk. a special band indeed.
THE DUO: always up for something special, the duo has lived for 40 years or so, having performed across the u.s.a. and canada a few times, and throughout europe often. a sensitised dynamic of auditory mischief, at once a celebration and a fight.
SANSIMINTU --- a quartet with massimo simonini (theremin), eugenio sanna (electric guitar), pm (singing), rt (drums, etc.). we played at the angelica festival and look to the future.
THE SEA TRIO
masahiko satoh ---piano
otomo yoshihide--- electric guitar
rt----- drumset, percussion
this trio has worked in tokyo since 2015. we released a cd "live at hall egg farm" for doubt records, recorded at the legendary saito san's concert hall. masahiko satoh played and recorded with nearly all the eminent new york jazz musicians of the late 70's and 80's. otomo plays guitar in this trio, and it can all fire with a real sense of musical danger. the band played a short tour of europe in april-may 2023. a double cd on CONFRONT has been released may 2024 "THE SEA TRIO LIVE IN MUNICH AND BONN".
VARIOUS JAPANESE MUSICIANS in both Europe and Japan:
working in japan has become a central and essential part of my musical life.
the last couple of tours i have made focus on duo performances, which i find is the most interesting and demanding approach to making improvised music.
this year -- 2025---i played two stunning gigs with seiichi yamamoto, the great guitarist from the infamous "boredoms" band ( see them on youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHWtJQ4wbnY ) in the legendary punk club soto in kyoto, and then in the equally legendary bears club in osaka. there has to be a cd coming out from one or both of these gigs. seiichi is great to make music with
it's a beautiful and ultra vivid duo whose music can go anywhere.
i also continued the work with ken ikeda, in the hako gallery in tokyo. we first worked together when ken was living for a couple of years in london, and then in tokyo where we recorded a live cd for the ftarri label: " an asura in spring". ken's playing is incredibly creative within a subtle and unobtrusive palate, a combination that offers me a very clean and clear sense of freedom to work with. for me it's like nothing else i do
including makigami (voice, theremin, pocket trumpet, etc.)
we performed recently in the Tectonics Festival, Glasgow.
with ken ikeda (computer and electronics)
we have a duo which last played in tokyo august 2023. a cd on the ftarri label will be released soon.