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Review of 23.02.2023 on Bristol 24/7
As with all their music, elements of pure rock mingled with electronic discipline and the vital waywardness of jazz to make a splendidly flexible fusion style all of their own. this was another of Bristol’s musical treasures Covid 19 had …
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Review of 30.03.2018 on Bristol 24/7
“Given Jake McMurchie’s ongoing obsession with obscure science and cosmology it’s somehow appropriate that, like a wandering comet, his futuristic Michelson Morley project appears every couple of years, shines for a brief period and then sadly drifts off to obscurity. …
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4 star review in Jazzwise magazine
“Michelson Morley’s spacious, menacing avant jazztronica … With Michelson Morley, jazz in the age of the electroacoustic loop is in safe hands.” **** Selwyn Harris, Jazzwise magazine, July 2016 Read in full
Rehearsals
Not sure what the fish thought of it…
We will be at Manchester Jazz Festival 2016
Very pleased that we will be part of the Manchester Jazz Festival this year, which is running with the theme of “Rethink Jazz”. We will be playing at the Hobgoblin Festival Pavilion on Sunday 24 July at 5pm. More info …
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gravitational waves and album 2 both detected
Michelson Morley signs to Babel Label
We are very pleased to announce that our second album will be released in Spring of 2016 on Babel Label. With a working title of “Strange Courage” the album features some material honed during last year’s tour promoting our first …
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Photos from our recent gig at the Kings Head in Cirencester
Photos courtesy Steve Fearn and Brewery Jazz
What people have said about Michelson Morley
“It’s like being run down by a rubber fire engine, piloted by the lovechild of Jan Garbarek and Roger Waters. With Roland Kirk clanging the bell.” Steve Kibble, friend of Marsden Jazz Festival Paul Bream, Schmazz/Jazz North East “When I started …
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album 2 in progress
Michelson Morley, augmented by guitar maestro dan messore, has returned to the studio to being work on its second studio album. We’re back in Jim Barr’s Bristol-based J and J Studio and have recorded a full album’s worth of music …
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Taking Off feature in September Jazzwise
Michelson Morley is featured in this month’s edition of Jazzwise magazine in a Taking Off feature…
Video from Live at The Cube
Review of our launch at The Cube
“… the confident fearlessness of the players seeming capable of taking things afresh every time.” Bristol 24/7 Read in full
Loop the Loop
Creative adventures inspired by books: A series of events, providing high quality participatory arts experiences to St Ives library visitors (including One Stop Shop). This two week project is designed to highlight the library’s strength as a hub for cultural …
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Collaboration with film-maker Jo Mayes
We’ve been working with experimental film-maker Jo Mayes who has taken our music and used it to produce 3 short studies, as well as a short film to accompany Cross-stream roundtrip time (featured on the homepage). Jo Mayes is a …
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Jazz Services touring support
We’re very happy to be able to announce that Jazz Services have chosen us for touring support from their National Touring Support Scheme for our tour in April/May/June. Thanks to Anne, John, Chris at Jazz Services support and all on …
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Interview with Marlbank
I was recently interview by the excellent online music magazine Marlbank. Here’s the interview in full…
Broadcast on Radio 3’s Late Junction
Nick Luscombe played Cross-stream Roundtrip Time on Late Junction last night. Our first broadcast on national radio! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03h3tfy