Talk & Concert: Howard Skempton (accordian)

The melodies and chord patterns he uses may be commonplace, familiar, or even ­banal, but once we step into his world, we don’t hear them like that any more. By stripping everything away except what is ­essential, Skempton’s music clears a space for us to hear sound as sound, letting the ­gentle play of pattern seep deeply into our ­consciousness. At this point, simplicity becomes marvellous, complex, astonishingly beautiful. We see familiar objects in a new light, as we’d never seen them before, transformed. (The Guardian)

Skempton      works for accordion

Part of Folkestone New Music’s Music Club.