Experimental & free improvised music
"Free improvised music is derived from free jazz, but differs by having no prearranged tunes, chord sequences or tempos. Instruments may move away from their traditional roles. Interaction is continuous and vital. Groups can be any collection of instruments, voices and sound sources." - Steve Beresford
"Free Improvisation is a grassroots and community-driven practice of inclusive, spontaneous music-making. For over 70 years, experimental communities of improvisers have come together across the world to explore and make together, negotiating musical and social interactions through vibrant, spontaneous play. Free improvisers come from all kinds of genre backgrounds, disciplines, and life experiences. Many of them enjoy working with unusual or uncommon instruments, objects, using their voices, or their bodies, as well as more conventional instrumental playing. The techniques of free improvisation - active listening, accepting what emerges, and exploratory sound making - have been used within teaching, within health and wellbeing initiatives, and even applied within business contexts." - Dr Henry McPherson
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Faradena was first introduced to Free Improvised music at a regular workshop run by long term pioneer Eddie Prevost. During lockdown she started working with Maggie Nicols, Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra (GIO) and Steve Beresford on Zoom. Her debut gig in this style of music was on Zoom and at GIO's 2020 annual international festival online. From conversations with Maggie about inclusion and helping make music more diverse and an attractive place for women musicians, Faradena founded The Noisy Women. The Noisy People Project became a long-term project as an exploration into the social demographics or spontaneous creativity across the arts. As a long time, viola player, Faradena has co-founded along with Benedict Taylor an all viola playing improvising group called Aviolanche, making its debut in November 2024.