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Photographs by Alan Taylor |
The Planet Sound Archive SPECTRUMS OF SOUND MONDAY NOVEMBER 28th 2005 7pm THE VICTORIA HALL, HANLEY On Monday the 28th of November 2005, The Victoria Hall played host to the Planet Sound feature show, "Spectrums of Sound". Hosted by local favourite Sam Plank, the event was a celebration of all the work done by Planet Sound Community Arts, and the biggest showcase event to date. The show opened with the participants of "Madula" - the drumming and dance project of Newcastle Community High School. The participants performed an original musical arrangement based around several African pieces together with a dance routine composed entirely by the participants themselves. The show followed by peformances from the groups involved in the Access All Areas project. These groups worked on the residential programme during the summer of 2006 to create performance pieces unique to the Spectrums of Sound showcase, with all material developed from ideas by the group participants. The Barnados group performed their piece "Its not the way to go", based around the theme of ASBO's featuring elements of dance, drama, music technology and MC skills. The group was joined by special guest the Dubdadda. The Burton Waterside Juniors performed a piece featuring a mixture of arabic vocals, music technology, dance and west african percussion. The piece was inspired by a the poem ‘Silence In Our Screams’ by Benjamin Zephaniah. The group was joined by special guest Reem Kelani. The Meir/CCP group showcased their piece that involved the group singing in Bellarussian - based on experiences of the summer programme where they worked with young people from Bellarussia as part of their residency. In addition to the vocals, the group had music technology and dance elements in their piece. After the interval it was the turn of the CHINA Theatre company to perform an abridged version of their latest production "Princess in Boots : A tale of Power and Prejudice". Featuring many elements of a traditional fairy tale - the production aims to question people's views of beauty and how those views affect everyone. The Planet Sound Drumschool then took to the stage together with special guest "The Trent Vale Poet". The drumschool performed an original piece "In between times", mixing the sounds of Stoke On Trent with West African percussion, and finished their performance with a piece based around the traditional West African song "Djole". For the finale of the showcase, the artists of Planet Sound took to the stage, joined by Reem Kelani, Dubdadda and master drummer Jahman Sillah to play two original pieces written by Planet Sound. The first piece, "Sounds like Rain" was based around sampling technology with all the sounds in the piece relating to rain in some way. The second piece "Monday" continued the ethos of joining African percussion with music from Stoke On Trent to produce a new sound. The original music was the first time the artists of Planet Sound have been commissioned to write original pieces and signals the start of a new project. Planet Sound Community Arts wish to thank all of you who came to our showcase and made our first show at the Victoria Hall a great success with a vibrant atmosphere. We would also like to thank everyone who worked so hard to make the show happen, from the artists to the youth leaders to the participants who put in a fantastic effort to perform to a public audience for the first time. If you would like to be kept up to date with all our showcase plans and future performance dates, click here to email us and be added to the newsletter. If you have any comments about the showcase or want to know any more information about any of the projects involved, click here to email us. You can see a gallery from the showcase by clicking here. To download the show poster click here. Related links Barnados.co.uk / www.make-some-noise.com Jahman Sillah - rhythmmaker / Reem Kelani / Dubdadda |
     
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