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Capitol Spaces

Capitol Spaces is the united title of three art spaces in Capitol Centre: Shift, Sull and Rug. We have live events, exhibitions and studio spaces.

04/10/2025

Wales Experimental Music Alliance (WEMA) talks going on today in St John's Church in Canton. Come and hear more from the group and get involved. Followed by Richard Bowers installation The Tower of Destruction. Free entry before 6pm.

16/05/2025

Sunday 2:30pm-4pm

South Wales Improvisors

Indeterminate scored work, visual or text scored improvised performances at Turner House.

Graphic/ text score performance produced by Rob Smith in response to the Theatre of Objects exhibition at The Turner House.

A series of South Wales Improvisor performances at The Turner House.

15/05/2025

David Birchall, Kelly Jayne Jones, and Richard Harrison

An evening of free improvisation & experimental sound

Saturday 17th May 7pm

Sadly Cowboy Builder are unable to perform on Saturday.

Instead, their place will be filled by South Wales Improvisors Martin Chitty, Jake A Griffiths & Jon Ruddick

David Birchall, Kelly Jayne Jones, and Richard Harrison will be performing solo, duo & trio.

Kelly Jayne Jones is a Manchester based artist making work that combines performance, installation, and sound. She began working in experimental concrete music, and her practice has expanded to include dance, gesture, sonic drawings, stone sculpture, and film.

David Birchall is a guitarist, free improviser, composer, guitar teacher, and organiser living in Manchester.

Richard Harrison lives in Manchester and first came to prominence drumming in the farm-punk group Mudhutters. He is now probably best known for playing in Spaceheads with Andy Diagram, but a varied career since the late 70s has seen him play with both Derek Bailey and Nico amongst a multitude of others. billyjowoodharrison

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The Turner House gallery, Plymouth Rd, Penarth CF64 3DH.

22/04/2025

New dates for free sessions: EXPLORING SOUND + SYNTHESIS

Book in advance.

Next week: Thursdays 1st May

+ Thursday 12th June & Thursday 3rd July

All sessions 6:00pm - 8:00pm Basement, Capitol Shopping Centre, Cardiff CF10

Explore and experiment with analog synthesizers and FX.
A hands-on group workshop run by .

Sculpt and manipulate sound in time and space.
Learn about the inner workings of electronic sound.
No experience or equipment required, limited spaces.

Email [email protected] to book!

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28/03/2025

Saturday 17th May 7pm

The Turner House gallery, Plymouth Rd, Penarth CF64 3DH.

SHIFT & The Turner House present:

David Birchall, Kelly Jayne Jones and Richard Harrison + Cowboy Builder

Part of a series of performances showcasing the best experimental music and sound art from Wales & around the world.

David Birchall, Kelly Jayne Jones and Richard Harrison

Kelly Jayne Jones is a Manchester based artist making work that combines performance, installation and sound. She began working in experimental concrete music and her practice has expanded to include dance, gesture, sonic drawings, stone sculpture and film.

David Birchall is a guitarist, free improviser, composer, guitar teacher and organiser living in Manchester.

Richard Harrison lives in Manchester and first came to prominence drumming in the farm-punk group Mudhutters. He is now probably best known for playing in Spaceheads with Andy Diagram but a varied career since the late 70s has seen him play with both Derek Bailey and Nico amongst a multitude of others.

Cowboy Builder

Cowboy Builder may have been secretly trading for longer under misleading handles and fake names. Mutated 2020's misremembering of folk w/ dub damage. Elements of noise and improvisation. Beats with half the hits missing. .builder

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22/03/2025

Sunday 23rd March 2:30pm Free event.

South Wales Improvisors

Indeterminate scored work, visual or text scored improvised performances at Turner House.

Graphic/ text score performance produced by Richard McReynolds in response to the Wholefoods collective exhibition at The Turner House.

The 1st in a series of South Wales Improvisor performances at The Turner House.

19/03/2025

Saturday 10th May 7pm

The Turner House gallery, Plymouth Rd, Penarth CF64 3DH.

Part of a series of performances showcasing the best experimental music and sound art from Wales & around the world.

Ute Wassermann & Joke Lanz + Celyn of Gwent

Joke Lanz & Ute Wassermann

Joke Lanz (turntable) and Ute Wassermann (voice + objects) have been performing as a duo at international festivals since 2016. Their performance takes the audience on a rollercoaster of vocal, physical and electronic actions. A tour de force of technoid rhythms, cartoonish scraps of speech, twisted melodic fragments, stop-and-go grooves and loops. Their legendary concert at the Konfrontationen festival in Nickelsdorf (2019) was recorded by ORF and released on the Klanggalerie label in 2021. The CD Half Dead Half Alive was longlisted for the 2021 German Record Critics' Award.

Celyn of Gwent

Celyn of Gwent is an artist creating at the intersection between popular music and the sonic avant-garde, integrating influences from electronica and the traditional music of the British Isles. Amongst their songs, they weave spoken word poetry and field recording. A q***r bard for the anthropocene age.

Celyn of Gwent’s debut album ‘Dying & Rising’ is due for release Autumn 2025 - Supported by Help Musicians Next Level Fund.

Celyn music and sound design has been presented with organisations including The Royal Ballet, Wales Millenium Centre, The National Theatre of Great Britain, S4C (Hansh), Roundhouse, Stereo (Glasgow), Duckie, Pleasance, SPILL, Corsica Studios, Iklectik, The Yard, The Cube (Bristol), Dalston Superstore, and Rough Trade.

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18/03/2025

Friday 4th April 7:30pm

SHIFT - This performance will take place at NoFit State Circus, Four Elms Road, Cardiff CF24 1LE.

Raymond McDonald & Jer Reid, Duo.

+ Chris parfitt, Rob Smith, Liz Exell, Trio.

Raymond MacDonald is a saxophonist, composer and psychologist who has released over 60 CDs, toured and broadcast worldwide and has composed music for film, television, theatre, radio and art installations. He is a founding member of the Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra and his unique approach of combining music and psychology and incorporating other artistic disciplines has been used to develop collaborative projects and ongoing working relationships around the world.

Jer Reid is a freelance musician, sound engineer and dramaturge based in Glasgow. He has and does play in bands, dawson, sumshapes, Painted X-Ray, God Is My co-Pilot, and improvising ensembles, Una MacGlone, Luke Sutherland, Raymond MacDonald, Rafe Fitzpatrick, Tony Bevan etc and with Lisa Fannen in their spoken word and guitar duo Claquer. Jer organises gigs and tours; runs Gruff Wit Records; for 6 years has run the open (now twice) monthly improvising sessions for the Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra called GIOdynamics.

Chris parfitt, Rob Smith, Liz Exell.

The trio of improvisors have played regularly as part of the South Wales Improvisers. The trio recently made their live debut in Bristol.

Rob Smith - soprano Sax / flutes
Liz Exell - percussion / objects
Chris Parfitt - alto Sax/ flute

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NoFit State Circus Four Elms Road, Cardiff CF24 1LE

11/03/2025

Free session: EXPLORING SOUND + SYNTHESIS

Thursday 20th March

6:00pm - 8:00pm Basement, Capitol Shopping Centre, Cardiff CF10

Explore and experiment with analog synthesizers and FX.
A hands-on group workshop run by .

Sculpt and manipulate sound in time and space.
Learn about the inner workings of electronic sound.
No experience or equipment required, limited spaces.

Email [email protected] to book!

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