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Bela Emerson live from October 2010
Bela takes a break from her manic live schedule for a few months - she'll be back in Autumn 2010
In the meantime, you can hear her here (visit shop & music), on her YouTube channel and as a guest on various other recent recordings: Nick Pynn's Times-acclaimed Colours of the Night, The Damned's smashing So Who’s Paranoid?, Ergo Phizmiz's epic Faust Cycle and Philippe Petit & friends’s beautifulSilk-Screened.
There'll be updates here periodically, on new film collaborations with Tereza Buskova (website & YouTube) an upcoming live DVD and some currently-secret new musical collaborations…
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13th February '10: Bela Emerson's final Brighton performance! (...till Autumn '10)
Bela Emerson plays her last pre-sabbatical show in Brighton on Saturday 13th February at the beautiful Unitarian Church. This will be very special, especially as Bela will not perform in Brighton again until the autumn. Booking now: www.meltingvinyl.co.uk
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[reciprocess : +/vs.] compilation nominated for Qwartz 2010 award
Philippe Petit (BiP_HOp)’s collaborative compilation, originally released as an accompaniment to The Wire magazine in March ’09, has been nominated for Best Compilation of the Year category of the prestigious Qwartz Electronic Music Awards.The compilation features Petit’s collaborations with a wide variety of musicians, including Bela Emerson, Douglas Benford, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Lydia Lunch, & Simon Fisher Turner.Voting is still open; hear all the nominations at Qwartz Electronic Music Awards - Qwartz 6 - Compilation
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BBC Radio 3's Late Junction 22nd December '09
Viv's track Billy (with Bela Emerson on cello) is broadcast on Late Junction on 22nd December & can be listened to on BBC iplayer till the 28th: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00pdk37 The track is taken from Viv's album Sea Shells Listening: www.myspace.com/vole & www.radioviv.com/shop/shop.html
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Marianna Harlotta & the Contessa's New Year's Eve recital
Soprano Marianna Harlotta with her accompanist, the Contessa Bela Bella, on cello, will be giving a very special New Year’s Eve recital in the charming town of Lewes to usher in the new decade, at the All Saints Centre, as part of Floss and Tann’s Congress of Wonders. See live page for more details!
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Bela Emerson exclusive track released: The Sound Projector magazine November '09
John Wills (Pumajaw, ex-Loop)'s remix of Laurasia's Meeting Kate makes its only public appearance - though it’s often on repeat-play at the Emerson household - this month on The Sound Projector's compilation English Wildlife. Buy the magazine (www.thesoundprojector.com/outlets) & download the album!
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Bela Emerso & Carlos Vera (US) at Coachwerks, 20th October ‘09
Hot on the heels of their packed-out show at Amiens Nuit Blanche, Bela & Carlos perform their only UK date, in Brighton on Tuesday 20th. Using cello, effects, canvas and paintbrushes, they will create an improvised intermedia performance that has already been described as ‘spellbinding’. The evening opens with a live music/visuals set from Kopek (www.myspace.com/kopekmusic) & an enchanting storytelling performance from Say Bon.
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Bela Emerson’s Movietronica, 19th October ’09, at the Roxy, Borough
The acclaimed live soundtrack-to-film programme comes to London this month, at what Time Out London has called ‘one of London’s top five cinemas’: the Roxy, on Borough High Street. This event, organised by 7 Inch Cinema and Electric Sheep, also features shorts, and a DJ set from Warp’s Bibio.