news archive
May 2008
SonVer's new EP '3 songs' featuring vocalist Lucie Dehli of Elephant Leaf (Belgium) will be released on Saturday 31st May. We'll be showcasing a track from this EP, and Lucie is coming over from Belgium especially to perform 'Safety in Numbness' so please come and join us. We will also be at 93 Feet East on Monday 2nd June at 8pm, as guests of the wonderful Satellites, it's also Free, an entirely different set so we'd love to see you at both!
April 2008
Festival season approaches and SonVer are delighted to be out and about in full AV glory! Come and see us vs Lautrec Music at Latitude and The Green Man festivals, others are awaiting confirmation and we'll keep you posted.
Come along to the Union Chapel on May 31st, we hope to have a very special guest joining us on stage. SonVer have also been confirmed to play 93ft East on Brick Lane on Monday 2nd June. Also on the bill are Satellites and Tallulah Rendall.
March 2008
NEW EP
SonVer will release a new EP featuring Lucie Dehli of Elephant Leaf in May 2008. This will be launched at the Union Chapel gig so please come along and help us celebrate!
February 2008
SonVer have signed to Line Out Records, who will be handling all SonVer releases for the forseeable future.
www.lineoutrecords.com
November 2007
Next gig date is Saturday 1st December @ The Union Chapel in Islington. It's just by Highbury corner, it's incredibly beautiful and we'd love to see you there. Plus, the Union Chapel is FREEEEEEEEE!
Norfolk was great! The music we recorded will contribute to the next EP, which will be available on Disconnected Records in the New Year. Hopefully we'll have some photos up soon...
We're very pleased to be playing some European dates next year, including Lisbon in January and Berlin in May. We hope to be in Belgium in March - we'll keep you posted...
October 2007
SonVer will be taking up residency in a Norfolk mansion recording studio in early November! When we emerge we'll have a brand new album for you - we can't wait!
Put Saturday 1st December, 12 noon down in your diaries now, it's our free lunchtime concert at Union Chapel and we're planning a very cool set to play you...
September 2007
SonVer are proud to be featured on Soundmap!
Soundmap is an innovative new way to experience London.
Download one of their audio walks and get guided through the streets by narrators who know the secrets of their area and enter a world of music, interviews and sound effects. Walks include Camden, Kings Road and Soho, with others added soon.
In other news, SonVer are putting the finishing touches to a new DVD featuring Simon's visuals and some live performances. There are lots of new tracks in the pipeline that will feature in the Autumn live performances, details coming soon...
August 2007
SonVer will be playing live in the Blackout Arts Tent at Shambala Festival on Sunday 26th August, stage time 8.30pm. Work is underway in the studio on several new tracks... to be debuted soon...
Many thanks to everyone for coming along to the Luminaire for the first ever fourpiece SonVer gig - your support is as ever so appreciated!
The Vigil EP featuring the looped cello quartet 'Vigil' and the AudioLounge remix of 'Until the Stones Melt' is now available from our shop
July 2007
LUMINAIRE FLYER HERE!
SonVer will be making their four-piece debut on:
July 25th at The Luminaire, Kilburn, 8pm.
Come along to hear what's been happening recently in the studio, there will be new tracks and reworked live favourites, and the rest of the evening promises to be brilliant, featuring Robert Logan and Cibelle, with Tunng DJing...
Tickets are £7 on the door, or £6 from wegottickets here
SonVer's performance at Shambala Festival in Northampton has been confirmed for Sunday, 26th August 2007, 6pm. SonVer will be presented by Blackout Arts and there will be full AV. Cool!
Thanks to the Chiller Cabinet crew for playing 'Vigil' and 'Minus 30 plus 2' last Friday too...
CHEKHOV
Teatro Vivo presents 'Here But There' - an interpretation of Chekhov's 'The Three Sisters' at the Theatre Museum, Covent Garden, from Wednesday 11th - Saturday 21st July 2007, 7.30pm (no performance Sunday, Monday or Tuesday). The production features sound design and music composed by SonVer, tickets are £5 - £10 and it's a stunning production - go and see it! In amongst the exhibits of the museum, the spirits of a provincial Russian family remain caught in an endless purgatory of dashed hopes and wasted dreams. They long for love, happiness and an answer to the purpose of their existence. But will time run out before they find what they so desperately desire? Follow the characters down corridors and through exhibitions halls as their anguish and joy is played out...
Box Office 0207 943 4713 or visit Teatro Vivo's website...
June 2007
Due to public demand [!] we have added a shop page to the site.
Here you can purchase the new Vigil EP for £3 plus P&P, as well as SonVer's 2005 debut album for a new reduced price of £7 plus P&P.
CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE SHOP
SonVer will be playing live this month on the following dates:
Friday 15th June
The Round Chapel, Hackney, London E5 OLY
Featuring SONVER : THE IRREPRESSIBLES : AARON POOLE : BARRY GENE MURPHY : FRITZ STOLBERG : JO QUIGLEY
TICKETS: £6 advance guestlist
email jamesgmcd@gmail.com to request tickets
£7.50 on the door
Doors: 8pm
Saturday 16th June
Pyramid Arts Centre, Cultural Quarter, Palmyra Sq, Warrington.
Full AV performance presented by Electronic Musik 2007
SonVer onstage at 1.30pm
The Round Chapel will see SonVer performing as a 3-piece, with new guitarist/bassist Ruban Byrne making his live debut alongside Jo and Ben.
Ruban also plays guitar for Indiana and Hush The Many.
April 2007
SonVer's next live appearance will be at The Big Chill House in Kings Cross during the AFTERNOON on Saturday 21St April 2007. The event is curated by Chiller Cabinet plus there will be some excellent DJs - all in all a great way to spend a saturday afternoon! The event runs from 1 - 6pm and SonVer will be on at around 3ish - probably...!
PLUS... Teatro Vivo's 'The Three Sisters' (featuring a score composed and performed by SonVer) is heading to Covent Garden in July for a two week theatre run! Congratulations to Director Sophie Austen and the cast - please see Teatro Vivo's website for ticket details.
Also... SonVer are delighted to be involved in a fourway remix project with Dollboy, Animat and Digitonal - more details soon but sounding good so far...!
March 2007
SonVer have been invited to perform at the opening night of French/Corsican artist Patrick Santoni's exhibition at Red Gate Gallery. As it's a gallery, the set's going to include some new and some improvised material - be lovely to see you there. Entrance is Free, exhibition runs from 7 - 11 with music begining at 8pm.
SonVer are in the process of confirming lots of gigs at the moment including...
SonVer's EP launch gig which will take place at Hedges & Butler on 30th May 2007 (3 Burlington Mews, off Regent Street). SonVer will be presented that night by the remarkable Tesco Disco - they put on superb nights and SonVer are very proud to be holding the EP launch here! This old wine vault's well worth a visit too, totally unique...
Also in pipeline is 93 Feet East, Venn Festival and a very exciting project with a theatre company...
February 2007
SonVer are pleased to announce their live expansion to a five-piece.
'Fade' can be viewed now on www.orphicfilm.nl - hope you enjoy the soundtrack to this brilliant short film. Work is underway on 'Blue Orpheus', a stunning film by Ellen Butler - more news as it comes!
January 2007
Gig dates!
SonVer are delighted to be playing an AV set at the very first film night hosted by Wupadupa at The Grey Horse, Kingston on Friday 16th February. Entry is £4 and there's films, live music from Pink'n'Ruby and others, and our AV set..
SonVer have been booked for The 4th Electronic Musik festival at The Pyramid, Warrington, on Saturday 16th June 2007. Electronic Musik celebrates improvised and experimental music, and SonVer will be performing a full AV set.
EP
SonVer begin recording TOMORROW (bright and early!) - the EP will include 'The Looped Quartet' (still undecided on a name!) , two live recordings and a special Audio Lounge remix of Until The Stones Melt. A digital distribution deal has been agreed with Kudos records for this and the debut album - Ben's just fixing the shop front...
Film
Score completed for Orphic Film's latest film - an abstract dialogue work entitled Fade. Hopefully we'll have some clips to show you soon!
Please have a look at our latest review in 'reviews' from Nemesis2go...
December 2006
http://www.digitonal.com/winter/winterlent.html
A beautiful piece of work from Andrew Dobson - Digitonal - we though't you like to hear something seasonal!
Best wishes for Christmas and the New Year to all SonVer's friends! Thank you so much for your support in 2006, it's been an amazing year for us and we look forward to seeing you in 2007! We've got lots to be getting on with, including the recording of our new EP, the continuation of work (already started!) on our next album, a new soundtrack and a DVD. Watch this space for a special announcement soon - we're expanding!
November 2006
Resonance FM - SonVer will be playing a live session on Wednesday 29th November on Resonance FM Glassshrimp show! Listen between 5 and 6.30 for some special tracks... 104.4fm
The next day we're off to Leeds (New date announced) - Thursday 30th November 2006 @ The Vine, Leeds Headrow, playing with Monmon and Padfoot... then ...
Edinburgh Teviot Union Friday 1st December 2006 - the first full length AV set for a while - we're very excited!
SonVer have been booked to play at Fabric, Smithfield Street, as part of the Metropolis / Futureshorts AV event - a finalised date will be announced as soon as possible...
October 2006
Theatre group Teatro Vivo are performing Chekhov's 'Three Sisters' at Hither Green Library from 31st October - 11th November, featuring Sound Design by SonVer... please see www.teatrovivo.co.uk for more details / tickets. This is a very unusual and innovative performance - believe us we've seen the walk through!
Thursday 28th September
Mailing list - if anyone would like to stay in touch it would be a pleasure to hear from you, please just drop us a quick hello at info@sonver.co.uk. We'd also love to hear from our new friends from the Spitz yesterday as we're having a spot of bother with our paper mailing list... thank you! See you soon, J x
September 2006 GIG NEWS UPDATE!
Due to equally uncontrollable but marvellous circumstances (and a great promoter!) SonVer's live date at the Spitz on the 27th September is now going ahead! SonVer are delighted to be opening Music Orbit's Sound Out series showcase at 8pm, with performances later in the evening by Anomaly and The Monroe Transfer. Tickets are £5 in advance or on the door. As we're at the Spitz there'll be no visuals in this set - just a full blown musical extravaganza instead!
Plans are underway to record the popular looped cello quintet El Cervel. This has been appearing in live sets recently and seems to attract much attention... Each individual cello line is looped live, warts 'n' all, so next time you hear it keep an eye on Jo's feet! Also keep an eye on SonVer's myspace page for additional info and blogs etc...
New gig date ... SonVer have been invited back to Blackheath Halls on Sunday 29th October 2006, presented by The Upstairs Club. We are delighted to come back here, having had such an enjoyable gig earlier this year with The Upstairs club gang.
Friday 3rd November 2006 @ Bush Hall has been postponed to 2007 - SonVer plan to make this one a celebratory homcoming gig following the proposed UK spring tour - more details once dates are finalised.
Friday 1st December 2006 - Edinburgh - this will be a full AV show, and a long set at that! SonVer are preparing a full hours set for this gig, to included some new tracks too. Come along if you're north of the Watford Gap...
August 2006
SonVer are writing and collating new ideas ready for the Autumn gigs - watch this space. The next live performance will be on Sunday 3rd September @ The Spitz with Kroke...
And a huge thanks to the Blackout Arts team at Ashton Court for a most enjoyable festival! New film from Simon accompanied the 30 minute set and the sound and lighting crew deserve a big cheers! SonVer hope to come back to Bristol in the near future...
July 2006
'Until The Stones Melt' on Classic FM! Tune in to The Chiller Cabinet on Classic FM in the early hours of Saturday 29th July to hear a mix of atmospheric instrumental music, with SonVer being broadcast alongside artists such as Brian Eno.
SonVer gigs this month:
Wednesday 12th July @The 12 Bar Club, Denmark St, London
Sunday 23rd July@The Ashton Court Festival, Bristol. [SonVer will be performing in the Blackout Tent at 3.20pm]
SonVer will be debuting two brand new tracks at these shows, including a new version of 'Eyeman Praying', which features field recordings by Andy Rowe of The Slate Pipe Banjo Draggers.
SonVer are also working on material for a new EP, which will include both new, unreleased studio tracks and a live version of album track 'The Bell Tower'.
Details to be announced soon.
Lastly, SonVer have invaded www.livejournal.com. Blog entries by Ben and Jo will be linked to from this page as and when they happen.
SonVer's livejournal can be found here: http://sonver.livejournal.com/
June 2006
Two photos of SonVer's show at Der Anker in Leipzig have been added to the LOOK page. Photos courtesy of www.feindesland.de
May 2006 update 3
A new review of SonVer's debut album [taken from www.diskant.net] has been added to the REVIEWS page.
May 2006 update 2
SonVer have been added to the bill at this year's Ashton Court Festival in Bristol. SonVer will be playing the Blackout Tent at 3pm on Sunday 23rd July.
May 2006
SonVer have been confirmed to play at this year's Wave Gotik Treffen Festival, which takes place from the 2nd - 5th June in Leipzig, Germany. SonVer will be playing at Leipzig's Der Anker venue on Saturday 3rd June. The festival, which features over 200 bands at various venues across the city of Leipzig, will be SonVer's debut European show. SonVer will be playing a pre-Leipzig show 2 days earlier, at Whitechapel Art Gallery in London.
April 2006 [3rd update of the month!]
The site has been updated and given a general redesign. Hope you like it. Any comments regarding the site please email us at: info@sonver.co.uk
April 2006 [2nd update of the month!]
A brand new and as-yet unreleased SonVer demo entitled 'The Road To Masca' is available now to download from the 'LISTEN' page. Another new track entitled 'Satellites' has been added to the SonVer Myspace page.
April 2006
SonVer will be playing on the 9th April for TILT new music at Battersea Arts Centre. Performance time is 7.30pm, come and relax in the bar and enjoy an alternative Sunday evening... Other April performances include Teatro Vivo on the 6th at 7pm, see 'when' for more details.
Tickets are now on sale for the 12th May gig at the Spitz, supporting Celloman (see 'when'). SonVer will be joined at this gig by Hutch on trumpet and Lloyd James [Naevus / Sorrow] on percussion.
Thanks also to Shane et al at Tasty Fanzine for a great night on the 18th March. Lots of new photos will be added shortly to the 'look' page.
And finally... work is underway on a new piece entitled 'Aremo' featuring an audio score comprising stone and rock percussion, with 4 layered cello voices. Still in the early stages but hopefully some of Simon's magic film work will accompany this.
March 2006
'Anonima' (track 1 on the album) has been broadcast worldwide on the British Council's online radio station - Selector Radio. You can listen to the whole show and vote for your favourite tracks here...see show #237. 'Anonima' has also been broadcast during February in America on Afterglow.
TuneTribe - 'SonVer' is now available to purchase by individual track or as a whole album from TuneTribe... many thanks for all the support from the guys here!
SonVer will play next on March 18th in Leeds, Holy Trinity Church, presented by Tasty Fanzine. Tickets are available on the door or through ticketweb. Lots of gigs are being booked so please keep an eye on the 'when' page for more information!
Finally, a huge thank you to our wonderful audience at Blackheath Halls. We felt honoured to play to such a receptive and supportive crowd and we look forward to seeing you all again soon.
February 2006
SonVer will be playing live at The Upstairs Club, Blackheath Concert Halls, on Sunday 26th February - doors 7pm. Thanks to everyone who came along to The Spitz - it was gret to have such a full audience!
Click here if you haven't got your copy of the album yet... and keep an eye on www.myspace.com/sonver for all sorts of extra bits and pieces.
*two photos from our recent show at The Spitz in London have been added to gallery/look page*.
January 2006
SonVer are live at The Spitz, Monday 30th January, onstage at 8pm, free entry, with The Sofa Club and other guests. Join us for a evening of chilled out atmospherica...
SonVer now have a myspace account - please visit www.myspace.com/sonver and join up! We will be posting more photos, information on the instruments, the setup, arrangements and field-recordings too, and it will be a great way to stay in touch. Look forward to seeing you there!
*New audio added to 'listen' page
*Blackheath Concert Hall gig on Feb 26th has been confirmed
November 2005
SonVer's debut album is now available exclusively through this site at £10.00 (plus p & p)!
SonVer completed their live show schedule for 2005 with two successful shows in 7 days, at Greenwich Picturehouse and The Cafe Consort @The Royal Albert Hall. At the latter, Ben and Jo were joined onstage for 5 tracks by cellist Pippa Milner-Jones, and for the encore by Hutch on trumpet.
*Three photos from the Greenwich gig have now been added to the gallery*
SonVer will be taking bookings now for 2006, please email info@sonver.co.uk with any enquiries.
October 2005
SonVer's music has been used as soundtrack to 'Dogged', a short film by Peep Peep Productions.
The film features three SonVer tracks, 'Until The Stones Melt', 'Big Wheel' and 'Transparent Arms'.
After a post-production delay the album 'SonVer' will be available from November 2005! A full release tour is planned for spring 2006, full dates and venues will be posted shortly.
Work is underway on the first SonVer full audio-visual piece, featuring film and vocals from Mihaela of Pink'n'Ruby. This will be premiered at Greenwich on the 28th October, alongside other live favourites and some new loops...!
September 2005
SonVer have completed work on their debut album. 'SonVer' will be released on Friday 4th November 2005, coinciding with the live date at the Royal Albert Hall.
Produced by SonVer & Mark A Greenwood and mastered at RodOd Studios in Berkshire, the confirmed tracklisting is as follows:
01. Anonima
02. Last Thursday
03. Big Wheel
04. Transparent Arms
05. Until The Stones Melt
06. Khat Show Host
07. Viaje
08. Procession
09. The Bell Tower
Ben and Jo are pleased to announce that SonVer have become a three piece, with film maker/VJ Simon Bryant joining the fold full-time. Simon's contribution will be to create visuals for the live shows [and future DVD releases] which will be produced alongside the music, as opposed to being made *to/for* the music. Simon has contributed films for recent SonVer shows, and with these visuals becoming an integral part of the SonVer live experience, it was agreed all round that Simon should become a full time member.
Information about Simon's previous work will appear on this site shortly.
August 2005
Tracks have been confirmed for SonVer's eponymous debut album. The album will include previously unreleased tracks 'Procession', 'Last Thursday', and 'The Bell Tower', as well as 'Big Wheel' and 'Transparent Arms'. Also on the album will be live favourites 'Until The Stones Melt', 'Khat Show Host' and 'Viaje'.
July 2005
New gig dates confirmed in August are:
Saturday 6th August at The Lark in the Park, 60 Copenhagen Street, Islington, on stage at 7.30pm. Also confirmed is The Ritzy Cinema Bar, Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, on Thursday 18th August. This is a double bill with Forestbrook, music and slide show to begin at 8pm, entry is free!
SonVer at the Royal Albert Hall
SonVer have been confirmed to play at the Cafe Consort of the Royal Albert Hall on Friday 4th November 2005 at 12.30pm. This is a free lunchtime concert and will feature a special DVD from Simon Bryant as part of the set.
June 2005
Thanks to everyone who made it to the gig on Saturday 18th June. SonVer will be spending the next few weeks completing work on their 10 track debut album, with release planned for September 2005.
Tracks confirmed so far include: Until The Stones Melt, Procession, Viaje, The Bell Tower, Kiowa and Memories.
Watch this space for more details, and confirmation of forthcoming August shows.
May 2005
Thanks once again for the support and enthusiasm at the Betsey Trotwood gig! Apologies to anyone who was not able to claim their free CD but hopefully there will be more available at the next gig. Performing without projections (due to venue regulations) was a useful experience, putting the music firmly in the spotlight and showcasing some of Ben's kaleidoscopic off-the-cuff guitar work. The next event on Saturday 18th June will feature a new film compiled for SonVer by Simon Bryant.
Further gigs have been added including Gothaeternal in June, the Ritzy cinema bar in August and The Muse in October.
Work is underway on the collaboration with Coffee Films to produce the first SonVer dvd. CF are creating a short film as a visual response to 'Until The Stones Melt', available later this year.
April 2005
The Ritzy cineam gig was another excellent turnout, so thanks to all. The evening included a set from Forestbrook, with Brona airing some fantastic new material. The SonVer set included a premier of looped cello quintent El Cervel, which was well recieved and will probably be included on future set lists. As ever, Stefan's slide projections were amazing - thank you.
Another big thank you to everyone who supported SonVer during the March live shows, in particular everyone who made it to the 291 and Foundry gigs, which were both great nights with excellent turnouts.
Please keep an eye on the site over the coming weeks as it will be overhauled and updated, with new features and audio made available.
March 2005
SonVer will be playing live at The Foundry on the 30th March 2005, 10pm. The performance will be part of an evening hosted by Forestbrook with experimental and ambient music and projections - doors open at 7pm. Entry is Free!
Gig confirmed on Wednesday 9th March 2005 @ 291 Gallery, 8pm.
The evening will be hosted by 8i8, and the SonVer performance will feature a silent film projection by Amyra B.
February 2005
SonVer EP2 is now on sale. This three track EP features remixes of Until The Stones Melt, Transparent Arms (featuring Malibu George) and the latest track Big Wheel. Click here to buy it at £5 including postage...
January 2005
SonVer in talks with film company:
SonVer are to be providing the sound track for an independent film released later in 2005
