Winter Events November To December
As we go into a weekend that features Jazzie B and Noise of Art founder Ben Osborne playing Camden Crossfade, here’s a round up of some forthcoming Noise of Art related events, including Friday 10 December, when Richard Norris (The Grid/ Beyond The Wizard’s Sleeve, Group Mind), Chris Coco (Melodica/ The Chill Out Tent), Ben Osborne (Noise of Art) play Woodbridge Festival.
Also coming up this week, Ben Osborne plays Camden Crossfade on Wednesday 24 November, and Thursday 25 November, when he is joined by Chapter and Verse (Hawley Wharf, Camden Market, London, NW1 8AA.Free 1pm-7pm).
Meanwhile our friends at the Czech Centre in London are returning on Friday 26 November with Vision of Sound III at Rich Mix. This year’s line-up includes DJ FVLCRVM (Slovakia), the Zabelov Group (Czech Republic), Žagar AV Experience (Hungary) and DJ Nano PUNK(Poland) accompanied with visuals by Neonm3.
Sunday 28th November
Jazzie B (Soul II Soul) & Ben Osborne (Noise of Art)
Camden Crossfade (Sunday Special),
Hawley Wharf, Waterside Halls, Camden Market, Chalk Farm Rd, London, NW1 8AA. Free 1pm-7pm
Recalling a long tradition of Sunday daytime events in Camden, Jazzie B (Soul II Soul) and Ben Osborneplay Camden Crossfade at Hawley Wharf, Camden Market’s new canal side complex of bars, gourmet street food outlets, seven screen Curzon cinema and boutique stalls.
Jazzie B, Camden’s Grammy award-winning music legend, needs little introduction. His band,Soul II Soul, started spreading their positive vibes and funki dred sounds in the late1980, synthesising London’s sound system and breakbeat culture with hip-hop, house and deep R&B. Classic tracks such as Keep On Movin’ and Back to Life (However Do You Want Me), still feature on club soundtracks today, with the latter receiving a Grammy. Jazzy’s scored a triplet of Top 3 LPs and 11 Top 40 singles. An icon on his home turf, Jazzie’s equally revered internationally; when the late James Brown was awarded a Lifetime Achievement award, he would only accept it if Jazzie presented it to him
Described as a “polymath” by Time Out, Ben Osborne is a DJ, award-winning creative producer, writer, musician and radio presenter. He is the founder of cross-platform art project Noise of Art (“a cathedral of sound” – The Guardian) which pioneered late night music events in galleries in London and connects “music with the arts, film and other visual media” (M magazine).
Camden Crossfade sees daytime DJ sets every Wednesday to Sunday throughout November and December with music icons such as Jazzie B of Soul II Soul, Eddie Pillar, founder of Acid Jazz and The Modcast, Judge Jules, former stalwart of Kiss FM and Radio 1, Fat Tony of Trade fame, Ben Osborne, founder of Noise of Art, and many other new and familiar faces take to the decks.
Sunday music events in Camden Market go back to legendary club events such as Gilles Peterson and Patrick Forge’s Talking Loud sessions at Dingwalls in the 1980s and further back to jazz afternoons in the 1970s.
Friday 3 December
The Victorian Christmas
Saxmundham, Suffolk 4-8pm
DJ Ben Osborne performs Noise of Art’s Tide Mill Out project, DJing music made entirely by the machinery of the working Tide Mill in Woodbridge Suffolk.
There has been a mill on the site of the Woodbridge Tide Mill for over 800 years and the current mill was built in the 18th Century. Tide Mill Out plays the 300 year old building as a light art and music instrument, to create artful club visuals and sounds reminiscent of drum bass, hip hop, grime and techno out of the building’s ancient machinery. Uniting the sounds of Suffolk’s industrial past with the sounds of now
Noise of Art’s ‘Tide Mill Out’ is a live audio-visual work created from the internal workings of the Tide Mill, projected onto the outside of the building and then transformed into a touring live light art and music show.
Saxmundham is the first time the touring version has been seen anywhere and the project is a collaboration between First Light Lowestoft, Saxmundham Art Station and Woodbridge Festival of Art and Music.
The new work is the continuation of a theme started in 2010, when Noise of Art presented Ben Osborne’s ‘OUTSIDE IN’ at the National Portrait Gallery; an immersive installation that projected the exterior of the building into the centre of the Gallery.
The project is conceived by Ben Osborne, who created the music, and is a cross platform collaboration with visual artist Myogenic and 3D designer Richard Winstanley.
Ben Osborne is an award winning creative producer, DJ, cross platform artist, and founder of Noise of Art, a collective connecting “music with the arts, film and other visual media” (M Magazine). He tours internationally and has pioneered ideas across creative boundaries, including late night music events at galleries and theatres in London and immersive music, film and art events. He’s appeared on the top of an exploding BT Tower and created immersive events for stars such as Sir Paul McCartney, at places such as Southbank Centre, Latitude, Glastonbury and The Tate.
Myogenic, aka Jim Horsfield, has performed across the globe at prestigious places such as Sydney Opera House and The British Library. He was visual programmer The Big Chill Festival and has toured extensively with Beardyman, Jon Hopkins, Future Loop Foundation and Global Communication. He’s also VJ’d for the likes of Phil Hartnol (Orbital), Tom Middleton and Gilles Peterson and made documentaries for Fatboy Slim, Madness and Pete Tong. He jointly designed and runs ‘Geminate’, an interactive digital arts installation.
Richard Winstanley is a 3D media visualiser, animator and photographer, who works across a wide range of industries, including Architecture, VR, product design and live events. He combines artistic creativity with software know-how to produce work that isn’t only technically accurate, but also beautiful. Richard has created a Virtual 3D Tide Mill making the installation and building available to people unable to attend the event in person.
Wednesday 1st / Thursday 2nd December
DJ Ben Osborne
Hawley Wharf, Waterside Halls, Camden Market, Chalk Farm Rd, London, NW1 8AA. Free 1pm-7pm
Described as a “polymath” by Time Out, Ben Osborne is a DJ, award-winning producer, writer, music journalist and radio presenter.
He is the founder of cross-platform art project Noise of Art (“a cathedral of sound” – The Guardian) which pioneered late night music events in galleries in London and connects “music with the arts, film and other visual media” (M magazine).
3pm to 6pm
Wednesday 8th / Thursday 09th December
DJ Ben Osborne
Hawley Wharf, Waterside Halls, Camden Market, Chalk Farm Rd, London, NW1 8AA. Free 1pm-7pm
Described as a “polymath” by Time Out, Ben Osborne is a DJ, award-winning producer, writer, music journalist and radio presenter.
He is the founder of cross-platform art project Noise of Art (“a cathedral of sound” – The Guardian) which pioneered late night music events in galleries in London and connects “music with the arts, film and other visual media” (M magazine).
3pm to 6pm
Friday 10 December
The Chill Out Tent LIVE with Richard Norris (The Grid/ Beyond The Wizard’s Sleeve), Chris Coco (Melodica/ The Chill Out Tent), Ben Osborne (Noise of Art), The Community Hall, Woodbridge. IP12 4AU
Woodbridge Festival plays host to The Chill Out Tent’s first proper live event with special guest Richard Norris.
Richard is best known as a member of electronic dance band The Grid, who scored six Top 40 UK Singles Chart hits, including the million-selling “Swamp Thing”, which reached no.3 in the UK charts and was Top Ten in 10 countries.
Richard’s other acts include Beyond The Wizard’s Sleeve, with Erol Alkan, while his career has seen him work with artists Bryan Ferry (Roxy Music), Marc Almond, Joe Strummer and the Pet Shop Boys.
During the lockdown he’s released a string of successful ambient works around his Group Mind online community, and his show tonight will reflect some of this work, as well as new, as yet unheard, more dance floor orientated music. He’s also back in the studio with The Grid with rumours of a new release in 2022.
The Chill Out Tent is a new Balearic gathering formed by DJ and producer Chris Coco during the first lockdown. Since inception it’s held monthly online live broadcasts and become an international sensation, with in the know followers watching live broadcasts from Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads – and California. It will hold its first full live show in a venue in Woodbridge.
Chris Coco is an international DJ and producer, writer and radio presenter who’s DJed on every continent except Antarctica. He’s played all the major clubs in Ibiza, and at major festivals; including Glastonbury, Roskilde, Big Chill and Bestival. He was opening DJ for Robbie Williams’ world tour and there are few DJs who have his breadth of musical knowledge and obsession with finding the perfect track.
Ben Osborne is described as a “polymath” by Time Out. He’s an award winning creative producer, and founder of Noise of Art (“an actual Cathedral of Sound” The Guardian) and DJs internationally at festivals and clubs, including Glastonbury, Sonar, Chateau Perché, MAMA Paris, Big Chill and Latitude. He’s also a journalist and author and has presented his own shows on Xfm, NME Radio and Slack City Radio. A groundbreaking music and arts activist, he pioneered such things as late night music in galleries in London, immersive film exeriences, and silent music and electronic music events in clubs, festival and theatres.
The night will follow current pandemic guidelines.
Wednesday 15th / Thursday 16th December
DJ Ben Osborne
Hawley Wharf, Waterside Halls, Camden Market, Chalk Farm Rd, London, NW1 8AA. Free 1pm-7pm
Described as a “polymath” by Time Out, Ben Osborne is a DJ, award-winning producer, writer, music journalist and radio presenter.
He is the founder of cross-platform art project Noise of Art (“a cathedral of sound” – The Guardian) which pioneered late night music events in galleries in London and connects “music with the arts, film and other visual media” (M magazine).
1pm to 6pm
Saturday December 18th
The Boathouse Christmas Party
Whisstocks Square, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 1FP
Wednesday 22nd / Thursday 23rd December
DJ Ben Osborne
Hawley Wharf, Waterside Halls, Camden Market, Chalk Farm Rd, London, NW1 8AA. Free 1pm-7pm
Described as a “polymath” by Time Out, Ben Osborne is a DJ, award-winning producer, writer, music journalist and radio presenter.
He is the founder of cross-platform art project Noise of Art (“a cathedral of sound” – The Guardian) which pioneered late night music events in galleries in London and connects “music with the arts, film and other visual media” (M magazine).
1pm to 6pm
Thursday 30th December
DJ Ben Osborne
Hawley Wharf, Waterside Halls, Camden Market, Chalk Farm Rd, London, NW1 8AA. Free 1pm-7pm
Described as a “polymath” by Time Out, Ben Osborne is a DJ, award-winning producer, writer, music journalist and radio presenter.
He is the founder of cross-platform art project Noise of Art (“a cathedral of sound” – The Guardian) which pioneered late night music events in galleries in London and connects “music with the arts, film and other visual media” (M magazine).
1pm to 7pm
New Year’s Eve, The Boathouse Kitchen and Bar, Woodbridge
31st December
Tickets £15 Bar and Music (including your first drink), £75 including six course Gourmet Meal and a £99 Luxury Meal.
DJ Ben Osborne and Guests
Founder of Noise of Art and Woodbridge Festival, DJ Ben Osborne and friends gather by the river to see in what will hopefully be another bumper year of music and the arts in Woodbridge and Suffolk. Food, music, drinks and location will make this a perfect vantage point to see in 2022, with the venues glass walls and terraces ensuring that everyone will get beautiful views to the river. Final plans have yet to be announced, so while there are no plans to recreate either the Fish Friendly Fireworks night or Tide Mill Out projections of earlier this winter, but the odd projection might well light-up the evening too.
