02/09/2026
A must see for fans of improvised music at the Star and Shadow this coming Tuesday when we present one of only two UK appearances from the brilliant improvisational duo of Seijiro Murayama and Jean-Luc Guionnet - their other appearance other being at Cafe OTO in London.
Seijiro Murayama has played with some of Japan’s most renowned noise groups, including Fush*tusha (Keiji Haino) and A.N.P. (K.K. Null). Since relocating to France, his collaborations have extended into dance, theatre and performance, electro acoustic composition and festival curation. Murayama has also formed ongoing partnerships with many extraordinary musicians and composers. Improvisation has always been the major concern for him and his approach is based on attention to space and place, to the energy of the audience and to the quality and perception of silence on various levels.
Jean-Luc Guionnet is a French multi-instrumentalist, composer, philosopher and visual artist and a long term collaborator and fellow traveller with Seijiro in improvisation. Originally an organist, he moved to saxophone as it was 'easier to carry about' and has since been described as one of the 'world's greatest living saxophonists' (The Wire).
With Support from
Harkling
and
Stewart Smith (solo guitar & electronics)
https://www.ticketsource.com/star-and-shadow-cinema/t-aayqdag
