Pan Pan presents a special double header featuring John Bidulph and Zyggurat, two acts that combine electronic exploration and live instrumentation to create vivid soundscapes, evocative of the natural world and man made structures.
John Biddulph
Electro-acoustic multi-instrumentalist John Biddulph makes soundscapes inspired by the natural world and heritage sites in the UK and beyond as well as calling on his jazz influenced past alongside Courtney Pine and Django Bates and The Grand Union Orchestra and experiences of world music with Salamat and Nazakat Ali Khan and world famous tabla player Raj Sahota.
John has performed in major venues throughout the UK and in mainland European cities including Athens, Berlin, andin Iceland (exploring the Icelandic Sagas in sound). He has been described in the media as ‘creating washes of sound giving way to beautifully crafted themes that transport the listener into otherworldly realms’. Hear sounds inspired by witch marks in caves, stone circles, and underground labyrinths in some of his recordings available on Bandcamp - bandcamp.com/handmadesound his most recent album, 5 Places to Bathe available on limited edition cassette explores well-being and mental health.
John’s music using electronic sounds mixed with saxes, bass clarinet, waterphone, Luminist Garden, and field recordings has resulted in invitations to play festivals and major venues in the UK and mainland Europe. John balances his music activities with his daytime clinical work as a consultant in the field of autism.
https://handmadesound.bandcamp.com/
Zyggurat
Zyggurat is an electronic music project by Pete Grimshaw on modular synthesizer with Nathan England-Jones on drums. The band have received acclaim for their skilful and spontaneous modular synth performances, drawing special praise for the sonic interplay between the synth work and the organic flow of the drums.
Following their self titled LP in 2022 and Mini CD release on Clay Pipe Music in June 2023, their second full length album 'HIDE ● SEEK' was released via Old Technology in October 2023. The album is a collection of improvisations featuring Sam Wooster on trumpet / fx and Xhosa Cole on tenor sax and flutes.
https://zyggurat.bandcamp.com/