performances/events
2024
26/10/24 Burkhard Beins 60 Trio Sowari 20. Ausland, Berlin. Sextet with Andrea Neumann, Burkhard Beins, Chris Abrahams, Josten Myburgh, Matt Davis, Tizia Zimmermann + Trio Sowari.
29/8/24 Summer Noise. L'Étoile Studio, Bristol.
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2-4/8/24 Supernormal festival. Trio with Mark Sanders and Rachel Musson.
25/7/24 Duo with Matthew Grigg + Josh Sinton and Dominic Lash + quartet. L'Étoile Studio, Bristol.
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3/6/24 Duo with Rachel Musson, + Matthew Grigg/Robin Foster/Luigi Marino + Evo Ethel. Cafe Kino, Bristol.
4/6/24 Duo with Matthew Grigg + Burkhard Beins and Luigi Marino + quartet. L'Étoile Studio, Bristol.
3/5/24 Trio with Matthew Grigg and Dali de Saint Paul + Trio Sowari + sextet. Cafe Kino, Bristol.
2/3/24 Trio with Dave Birchal and Luigi Marino. The Cube, Bristol.
28/1/24 Martin Davison Memorial Concert, Cafe Oto and The Vortex, London. LIO and quartet with Phil Minton, Kay Grant and Caroline Kraabel.
2023
21/12/23 Quartet with Phil Minton, Audrey Chen, Luigi Marino; and Phil's Feral Choir. Cafe Oto, London.
22/11/23 Trumpet solo. L'Étoile Studio, Bristol.
7/8/23 with Taku Unami and Masahiko Okura, three solos + trio. Nakano Zero Audio Visual Hall, Tokyo, Japan.
25.7.23 Duo with Joel Stern. Make It Up Club, Melbourne, Aus.
Review https://beat.com.au/make-it-up-club-25-years-of-avant-garde-improv-is-worth-celebrating/
3.7.23 SWIG. Cafe Kino, Bristol.
21.6.23 Trio with Phil Minton and Luigi Marino + Michael Thieke quartet. Shift, Cardiff.
17.4.23. Quartet with Phil Minton, Audrey Chen, Henrik Nørstebø. Cafe Kino, Bristol.
5.3.23 Trio with Phil Minton and Luigi Marino. Friendly Records, Bristol.
2022
21.12.22 Duo with Phil MInton. Voice/trumpet. Cafe Kino, Bristol.
1.12.22 Somerset Film 25th Anniversary, Bridgwater, EM solo.
8.10.22 RAW festival Highbridge, Somerset. EM solo.
25.6.22 Duo with Matthew Grigg, Cube Cinema, Bristol.
Review: https://toughsell.co.uk/august-2022#Review3
6.4.22 Duo with Matthew Grigg, Strange Brew, Bristol.
13.4.22 CD launch for Nodosus - John Butcher, Angharad Davies, Dominic Lash, Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga, Matt Davis. Iklektik, London.
2020
25.6.20 - Electromagnetic solo for Iklectik, London. Live stream.
26.2.20 - mattdaviEsmattdavi_s. Duo with Matt Davies. The Sound Cupboard, Bristol.
8.2.20 - trumpet solo. Cafe Kino, Bristol.
2019
7.11.19 - Dominic Lash - bass solo, Melanie Clifford - film/sound, Constanza Brncic + Matt Davis - dance + electromagnetics. St Paul’s Crypt, Southville, Bristol.
17.10.19 - Matt Davis / Matthew Grigg. Cafe Kino, Bristol, UK
29.9.19 - Mark Wastell / Matt Davis / Luigi Marino. Iklectik, London.
1.9.19 - Foam. Centrespace Gallery, Bristol, group show.
31.7.19 - Electromagnetic solo. The Sound Cupboard, Bristol.
15.3.19 - Bertrand Denzler / Dominic Lash (duo), Matt Davis (solo), Seth Cooke (solo). Cafe Kino, Bristol.
2018
14.11.18 - Maria Chavez / Bluff / Bell Lungs. BEEF, Brunswick Club, Bristol.
18.5.18 - w/ Matthew Grigg, Dom Lash. Cafe Kino.
31.3.18 - Matt Davis / Matthew Grigg. Salt Cafe, Bristol, UK
1.4.18 - Everyone is Very Happy and Not Confused. Hamilton House, Bristol, group show.
2017
12.12.17 - JOHN BUTCHER / ANGHARAD DAVIES / MATT DAVIS / DOMINIC LASH / DIMITRA LAZARIDOU-CHATZIGOGA. Cafe Oto, London.
25.11.17 - The Seen, Hundred Years Gallery, London.
20.10.17 - The Seen. Xposed Club, Cheltenham.
12.10.17 - Consorts West (Matt Davis, MG, Tim Hill, Dominic Lash, Nick Malcolm, Helen Papaioannou) – 12th October. St Paul’s, Bristol UK.
7.10.17 - Matt Davis / MG / Dominic Lash + Jason Kahn / Christian Wolfarth. Cafe Kino, Bristol UK.
29.8.17 - Matt Davis / Dominic Lash / Hannah Marshall + Rebecca Sneddon / Matthew Grigg. House concert.
30.7.17 - Matt Davis + Burkhard Beins: electro-magnetics and live electronics. West Germany venue, Berlin.
28-30.7.17 - NNOI FESTIVAL. Brandenberg, Germany. http://www.nnoi.de.
21.07.17 - BEEF & non-identical present: BURKHARD BEINS, MATT DAVIS and STEPHEN CORNFORD
http://www.beefbristol.org/portfolio/burkhard-beins-matt-davis-stephen-cornford
30.06.17 - BAD TRACKING, HOWARD JACQUES (frame + floor percussion) + MATT DAVIS (trumpet + preparations), TONE ARM, COPPER SOUNDS. BEEF, The Brunswick Club, Bristol, United Kingdom
24.06.17 - Sunrise Sun Ra Day, The Cube, Bristol.
2016
17.12.16 - Hundred Years Gallery. Butcher, Lash, Davis + Davies, Lazaridou-Chatzigoga + BLDDL-C.
24.09.16 - A five hour presentation from Confront Recordings to celebrate the labels twentieth anniversary. Solo. Hundred Years Gallery, London.
16.07.16 - The Exchange, Princes St, Penzance. Daniel Bennett, Seth Cooke, Emlow.
20-21.04.16 New perspectives Theatre. with Dominic Lash and Angharad Davies.
15.02.16 Barcelona. Nuno Rebello, Tom Chant, Matt Davis.
2015
30.10.15 Barcelona. Matt Davis, Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga, Ferran Fages, Constanza Brncic
28.10.15 Barcelona. Nuno Rebello, Tom Chant, Matt Davis
27.10.15 Barcelona. Nuno Rebello, Constanza Brncic, Matt Davis
11.10.15 RE/WOT #3. CONSTANZA BRNCIC :: dance, JENNIFER ALLUM, DIMITRA LAZARIDOU-CHATZIGOGA :: zither.
8.10.15 BANG THE BORE, Café Kino, Bristol. GILLES AUBRY & ROB MILLIS: JEWEL OF THE EAR, GRETA PISTACECI, MATT DAVIS
27.09.15 - HUNDRED YEARS GALLEY, London. Angharad Davies / Matt Davis / Douglas Benford / Phil Durrant.
Barcelona:
26.05.15 - Matt Davis - trumpeta, Tom Chant - saxos, Ferran Fages - guitarra acustica? Lali Barriere - objectos amplificados? Nuria Andorra - percussion, Angel Faraldo - no input mixer.
27.05.15 - Nuno Rebello - guitar, Matt Davis - trumpeta, Tom Chant - saxos.
30.05.15 - Jose Vincente Espinosa Paredes - vibes, Matt Davis - trompeta, Tom Chant - saxos
16.05.15 - RE/WOT #2: MATT DAVIS, RIE NAKAJIMA, TOM MUDD, UTE KANNGIESSER, DIMITRA LAZARIDOU-CHATZIGOGA.
2014
19.12.14 - EMLOW. Paul Church, Nr. Penzance, Cornwall
20th April to 20th June - Totems and Surface Plots - An exhibition of photographic pieces by Matt Davis. 105 Kenwyn St, Truro TR1 3BX.
25.6.14 - Angharad Davies + Emlow at CAZ. CAZ project space, The Basement, The Exchange, Princes Street, Penzance, Cornwall.
16.4.14 - Eddie Prevost - percussion, Matt Davis - trumpet + Jennifer Allum - violin, Seymour Wright - saxophone, Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga - zither. Recital Room, Goldsmiths University of London.
7.2.14 - 'Under the Influence' at CAST. EMLOW + electromagnetics solo.
2013
21st September - Suspended Sentences. Turners Warehouse, the Coombe, Newlyn, TR18 5HS
Sat 31st August - MEANTIME GALLERY, Cheltenham. electromagnetics solo
5th September - ISA talk, St Gluvias Church Hall, Penryn. ISA
19th-28th July 2013 - Penryn Arts Festival.
Friday/Saturday 7th/8th June 2013
CAZ Resound
Resound is an annual exploration of the sonic arts initiated and managed by SVA (sva.org.uk) and CAZ. The festival showcases a diverse range of exciting & innovative regional/national/international sound and performance art from established and emergent artists and was hosted by the Acorn theatre in Penzance.
Friday 24 May - Resound presents as part of the SVA Site Festval:
Anvil & Stirrup, Robert Curvengen, and Matt Davis.
17th – Saturday 20th April - OPEN PROVOCATION FESTIVAL
Polruan Village Hall, Cornwall, PL23 1PF.
31st March - Miss Havisham presents......freely improvised and notated music at Old Cholmeley Boys Club. With Alan Tomlinson - trombone, Ute Kanngiesser - cello, Tania Chen - piano & objects, David Ryan - clarinets, Terry Day - bamboo pipes, Matt Davis - trumpet. 68 Boleyn Road, Dalston, London N16 8JG.
2nd April - With John Butcher and Dominic Lash. Arch1, London E16.
Warsaw, Poland
20th Feb Eufemia. With Ksawery Wojcinski (bass) + Gamid Ibadullajev (perc).
21st Feb Galeria Praca. Electromagnetics.
22nd Feb Centre for Contemporary Arts Zamek Ujazdowski. Solo.
19th January - with Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga, Angharad Davies, Phil Durrant. Goldsmiths College, London, 7pm.
2012
2nd December - duo with Phil Minton + Federico Reuben, Dominick Allen, Rob Gawthrop.
7pm - Zed Shed, Penryn.
24th November - SVA (Stroud), with Douglas Benford and an installation by Rob Ollins.
7th July - solo/trio with Rob Gawthrop and Dominick Allen. As part of ‘Square Eyes - Bologna': the launch of the 'Resource' artist led archive, and artist videos at ‘Square Eyes - Bologna’: a screening of artists’ videos selected by Carol Sabbadini Duran from Bologna, Italy and CAZ of Work by South West based artists. CAZ project space. All day gig 6pm.
13th July - duo with Rhodri Davies (harp/trumpet); Morden Tower, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
14th July - hauskonzert,solo electromagnetics/light bulbs/fly catcher. + mystery act (richard dawson and sarah sullivan)
25th March - solo at Polruan village hall, Cornwall - plus Robert Curgenven and Pimmon (aka Paul Gough) solos.
22nd March - MaerzMusik 2012, Berghain, Berlin - with Zeitkratzer, playing with COLUMN ONE and a new piece by Elliott Sharp.
15th March - School of Noises, Jacobs Ladder, Falmouth, Cornwall - duo with Rob Gawthrop.
18th Feb - Cafe Oto, London, with Alfredo Costa Monteiro + Jason Khan solo.
2nd Feb - CAZ Exchange Gallery Basement, Penzance, with Jason Khan and Robert Curgenven, three solos and a trio.
http://cazart.drupalgardens.com/
2011
26th November - with Zeitkratzer, Darmstadt Deutsche Ensemble Akademie, playing ‘Xenakis Alive’ by Reinhold Friedl.
15th October - with Zeitkratzer, Rome and Reggio Emilia, playing ‘Metal Machine Music’.
5th October, Burrell Theatre, Truro, with Stella Squadroni - “Paper cages, mother” (dance).
1st October - School of Noises at Jacobs Ladder, Falmouth. with Roger Mills - processed trumpet and field recordings, Robert Curgenven - turntables & dubplates + Rob Gawthrop – percussion, strings & things
10th September - with Lee Patterson, Angahard Davies and Patrick Farmer. Part of the ‘Fold’ project by Lee Patterson, in Kings Wood, Ashford, Kent.
12th August - Exchange Gallery, Penzance, Cornwall. As part of the ‘Urban Silence’ exhibition. Solo, + Robert Curgenven solo.
6-7th August - Holifair festival, Gweek, Cornwall. With School of Noises.
21st July - School of Noises at Jacobs Ladder, Falmouth. Solo + Oliver Scott + Philip Reeder.
4th May - with Angharad Davies, The Poly, Falmouth.
10th April - Teatro Forte, Csoa, Forte Prenestino, Rome, ‘Paper Cages, Mother!’ with Stella Squadroni (dance/choreography/direction).
26th March -Resound Falmouth Festival. With Robert Curgenven.
10th March - with Jean-Luc Guionnet - church organ and Robert Curgenven - turntables/dubplates. All Saints church, Falmouth.
8th March - with Jean-Luc Guionnet - sax. Performance Centre, Falmouth University.
5th/6th March - As Alike As Trees Festival. With Ute Kanngiesser and Jennifer Allum
2010
3rd December - duo with Mark Wastell, Cafe Oto, London.
28th October - solo performance of pieces by Wolff, Cage and Chris Burn (amongst others), plus solo improvisation. Zed Shed, Penryn, Cornwall. 7pm.
10th July - ‘fugitve field’, with Stella Squadroni (dance). Zed Shed, Penryn, Cornwall.
2009
3rd October - with Zeitkratzer, pieces by Tenney and Lucier, Luxembourg.
6th June - Zurich, with Zeitkratzer, playing Volksmusik.
26th June - Cafe Oto, with ‘the Seen’.
14th May - Marseille, with Zeitkratzer, playing pieces by Morton Feldman and William Bennet.
7th Feb - Cafe Oto, Compost and Height birthday celebration with Lee Patterson and Ben drew
19th Feb - Cafe Oto, with Mark Wastell, Phil Durrant (synthesizer, laptop), Phil Julian (maschine), Dominic Lash (contrabass), Paul Abbott (electronics).
2008
6th Nov - Cafe Oto with Jezz Riley and others.
12th Nov - Cafe Oto with Patrick Farmer and Angharad Davies
19th Nov - Zaragoza, Spain, with Zeitkratzer.
30th Oct - Rays Jazz Shop, solo.
previous main gigs, events and festivals
2007 LMC festival (London), in duo with Robin Hayward
2007 Safehouse festival, Poole, with Mark Wastell
2007 Freedom of the City, Bechir Saade and Matt Milton
2006 Melbourne Festival, Nottinghamshire, with David Reid, Keith Rowe, Graham Halliwell, Ben Drew, Rhodri Davies and Lee Patterson
2006 LMC festival (London) in a large group Anode/Cathode with Otomo Yoshide
2006 Hastings Field
2006 LMC presents three solos (and a trio) Keith Rowe, Sean Meehan, Matt Davis. October Gallery, London.
2006 ‘De los márgenes’, dance/music performance with La Sospechosa dance company: Constanza Brncic, Carme Torrent, and Oriol Blanch Centre de Creació l´ Animal a l´ Esquena, Celrà, Cataluña, Spain.
2005-6 ‘De los márgenes’, dance/music performance with La Sospechosa dance company: Constanza Brncic, Carme Torrent and Oriol Blanch, at L´Estruch (Sabadell). Premiered at ca l´Estruch, Sabadell, Cataluña, Spain, November 2006.
2004 Ongaku sound 5 trumpet solos: Beckett, Coleman, Davis, Gonzalez, Torres
2004 Field series 2
2003 Japan tour with the group Broken Consort (Rhodri Davies and Mark Wastell)
2003 Field series 1
2002 Fruits de Mhere (France), with I Treni Inerti
2002 Freedom of the City, with Mark Wastell
2002 England tour with Mark Wastell
2002 2:13 Athens
2001 Oro Molido, Madrid
2001 no-signal Fylkingen, Stockholm
2001 Nits de Musics, Fundacion Miro, Barcelona, with I Treni Inerti
2001 Metronom, Barcelona, with Broken Consort, and an installation with Sim Portway.