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PERFORMANCE Sonic Vistas peforming at Mayor of London's Liberty Festival, 26th of July 2015 Photo by Mark Walker  Sonic Vistas peforming at Mayor of London's Liberty Festival, 26th of July 2015 Photo by Troi Lee The performance with projected visuals & use of AMT was a totally live audio-visual show by a deaf rapper, disabled & severely physically disabled musicians, for an audience of deaf, disabled & non-disabled people at Mayor of London's Liberty Festival 2015 on the 26th of July. Part of that performance was captured by Channel 4 and shown as part of their National Paralympic Day programme aired on Saturday 2nd of August 2015. In addition, the 'flavour' of the day and the performance, together with reactions from the band and others associated with the project, has been captured by artist and filmmaker Simon Puriņš in his short film 'We Are Sonic Vistas'. 'WE ARE SONIC VISTAS' Film by Simon Puriņš https://youtu.be/NQ0_YwfHYXM  |
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ARTWORKS/ VIDEOS - with rehearsal 'scratch' recordings Sonic Vistas rehearsing at Drake Music, East London, July 2015 Photo by Gary Day Ivan Riches created 5 artwork projections (now videos), incorporating imagery and text influenced through the development of lyrics and new music using AMT. Sonic Vistas performers/ musicians are: Howard Jacques, Kris Halpin, Ivan Riches, MC Geezer, Mik Scarlet, Rosie Vachat and Sophie Partridge. 'AMT' https://youtu.be/WAAqBFeXvQw 'DO IT' http://youtu.be/hjtx1UfwJEQ 'NIGHT TRAIN HOME' http://youtu.be/-lWBB2Y5uyg 'POWER TO THE PEOPLE' https://youtu.be/jlpIdHWHGd0 'WITHOUT US' http://youtu.be/D1WSP-6sgdA |
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| Sonic Vistas are continuing as a band and are trying to raise funds for a professional recording of all 5 songs to create an EP Technical support: Gary Day, Ben Sellers, Dave Mathews, James Williams and Snooks from SubPac and Mi.Mu gloves Special thanks to: Anna Jeronymides, Jenny Maskell and Phoebe Osborne Project partners: Drake Music, Mayor of London's Liberty Festival 2015, Disability Arts Online, Deaf Rave and Age Exchange |
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| More information about the Sonic Vistas project: Huffington Post – 'Sonic Vistas rocking out for all' by Mik Scarlet http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/mik-scarlet/sonic-vistas-rocking-out-for-all_b_7855916.html Disability Arts Online - Sonic Vistas Blog by Ivan Riches http://www.disabilityartsonline.org.uk/ivan-riches-sonic-vistas Drake Music, News, Sonic Vistas at Liberty Festival http://www.drakemusic.org/news/sonic-vistas-at-liberty-festival/ Disability Arts Online - Review of the London Liberty Festival 2015 by Colin Hambrook http://www.disabilityartsonline.org.uk/editorial-blog?item=2576 |
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All Visual Artwork & Film Coypright © Ivan Riches 2015 |
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