BLACK BOX SESSION
As part of an artist residency with Black Box Belfast, we explored the fusion of participatory practice into creative processes, still very much a work in progress. One of our original pledges was to deepen knowledge of how to involve residents of Northern Ireland in the creative processes of black artists expressing themselves through their culture. This was achieved by bringing together one of the most sought-after session drummers in Northern Ireland Henrique Franco with multi-instrumentalist, writer, arranger, producer, viewed as one of UK’s finest musicians, Kaidi Tatham. They were actively encouraged to take risks when sketching out what could become of any partnership and collaboration.
“To Dare Is To Do,” was the adopted motto and ethos harnessed throughout this collaboration. Kaidi and Henrique composed a guide track of drums, bass, and keys to be deconstructed, with different elements triggered live for both artists to improvise. The stem is chosen and each musician reacts to that stem in real time.
Drums, bass, and keyboard loops will be extracted from that live performance and added to an ever-growing bank of music content to be utilised within the prototype and eventual Solab digital platform.
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