AC Projects is proud and extremely excited to be involved in Tectonics 2014/Glasgow, Ilan Volkov’s radical festival that explores the fertile music world that embraces all things experimental and closely examines the role of the orchestra in this world of the new with the
Part of Counterflows’ ambition is to create opportunities for artists from different disciplines to work together giving them space and time
Grouper play CCA 6th June 2014.
HYPNOSIS DISPLAY is a meditation on contemporary America in sound and image. Portland based musician Grouper (Liz Harris) juxtaposes layers of processed field recording, choral vocal harmony and keyboard in a resonant framework...
We are really pleased to announce that Counterflows 2013 commission - the amazing Lina Lapelyte's Candy Shop has been shortlisted for one of this year's Arts Foundation Awards...
Hugely proud to have been included as one of the PRS Foundation Beyond Borders projects for AC Projects / Counterflows (with our Partner Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival) to commission new work from Evan Parker and Sten Sandell. The full PRS press release is below and congratulations as well to the other seven projects selected.
PRS Foundation Press release : 24th September 2013 Beyond Borders – From Shakespeare to stargazing, this year’s exciting set of projects encompasses a wide range of imaginative musical activity across the UK.
Sublime Frequencies in North and West Africa: The films of Hisham Mayet
The third installment of Counterflows is in a healthy gestation period. We have got some new collaborations and commissions lined up and we will be spreading our activities to new venues around Glasgow...
To kick off the Otoasobi project’s visit to Scotland and a real treat for fans of the Japanese underground music scene over the last 20 years Otomo Yoshihide will...
AC Projects and Café Oto London bring the pioneering Otoasobi Project to Glasgow from Japan for the first time. Working with Sonic Bothy, Sense Scotland and Artlink Central, the project will explore cross cultural approaches in creating innovative opportunities for individuals with learning disabilities.
In association with Cry Parrot, AC Projects presented Nazoranai, Keiji Haino, Stephen O’Malley & Oren Ambarchi with support from Ger Reid on at Stereo on the 10th July at 8pm.
The BBC Scottish Symphony orchestra staged the first Tectonics Glasgow festival on 11 and 12 May 2013, with a line-up which featured Alvin Lucier, Iancu Dumitrescu...
The second year for Counterflows brings a glittering array of artists together to explore music, art and much more...
Counterflows looks to explore opportunities for artists from different disciplines to work together and to examine their methods of creation ...
Lithuanian Lina Lapelyte’s Candy Shop sextet of precisely-pitched harmony vocals might seem sweet on the surface, but after you have given it a listen for a few minutes, you’ll have an earful. With spare synthesiser, theremin, electronics and accordion accompaniment...
Early Songs, Michael Gira, Grouper & Diamond CatalogTaking place across Glasgow, London, and Berlin from 6th-15th April 2012, Counterflows is a new series of festivals exploring international networks of underground music. The Scottish leg of the festival is being brought together by AC Projects.