EarthBall + Charles Hayward & Nathan Greywater

EARTHBALL are an avant/noise/rock wrecking ball of a band from Nanaimo, Canada. Rooted in total improvisation, free expression, and a deeply psychedelic sensibility, EarthBall operate on pure instinct. They hurtle onwards in a combustion of spontaneous composition, shooting from the hip, as they fall out of the sky ablaze. The group encompass Isabel Ford (vocals, bass), John Brennan (drums, percussion), Jeremy Van Wyke (vocals, guitar, trumpet), Kellan Maclaughlin (guitar, talkbox), and Liam Murphy (saxophone). Each member brings a rich and varied musical history, with past and present projects including Shearing Pinx, Plan Your Future, Kamikaze Nurse, Eschatons, and Psychedelic Dirt. Collectively and individually, they have collaborated with artists such as Deerhoof, Raven Chacon, Chris Corsano, and William Hooker, deepening the band’s exploratory reach and collective language.

Since forming in 2021, EarthBall have released six cassettes and three fervently received LPs on Upset The Rhythm, including November’s widely acclaimed Outside Over There. Their latest release, Actual Earth Music - Volume 3 & 4 (out June 26th), follows the first instalment in the series and captures two mind-quaking highlights from last winter’s European tour. This is EarthBall plunging to full fathom five, transforming into something rich and strange - channeling the fleeting moment as it fractures, erupts, and dissolves into the unknown. Actual Earth Music - Volume 3 & 4 marks another ascent in EarthBall’s ever-expanding, totemic discography, an ecstatic storm of raw immediacy and unfiltered expression. EarthBall came, conjured and opened the portal! Blink and it’s gone. What was that? Actual Earth Music!

https://upsettherhythm.bandcamp.com/album/outside-over-there

CLASSIC FORM MORF is an experimental duo featuring avant-garde drumming legend Charles Hayward, electric bassist/sound artist Nathan Greywater and two radios. The project specialises in wild, improvised live sets where the duo plays alongside and against live broadcasts from classical music and talk radio stations. Charles Hayward is a founding member of the experimental rock groups This Heat and Camberwell Now. Since the late 80's he has concentrated on solo projects and collaborations including Massacre (with Bill Laswell and Fred Frith), Monkey Puzzle Trio, Albert Newton (with Pat Thomas and John Edwards) and This Is Not This Heat which toured the UK, Europe, USA and Japan between 2016-2019 performing expanded versions of This Heat’s oeuvre to unfaltering critical acclaim. Hayward’s latest group, Abstract Concrete, formed from London players from a diversity of European underground scenes, released its self-titled debut album in November 2023. Nathan Greywater has been on the London experimental and improv scene for over a decade now, initially as an electronic musician with Harmergeddon, and more recently focussing on electric bass. He currently runs the free-improv open mic night, Skronk as well as playing in Joe Plastic and engineering for acts such as Abstract Concrete,Jaw Harp and Meat Strap.

https://linktr.ee/charleshayward