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Age: 43
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City: Glasgow
State: Scotland
Country: UK
Signup Date: 11/23/2006

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Monday, September 28, 2009 
Future Pilot AKA are delighted to continue their association with the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Music Festival after last year's 'Music Like A Vitamin' concert event and this year have curated 'Cafe Improv' at Glasgow CCA.

'Café Improv' is an exciting fusion of music, dance and film curated by Indo-Caledonian Pop Artist Sushil K Dade (Future Pilot AKA).The event will include a screening of Touch The Sound profiling Evelyn Glennie and Fred Frith interspersed with performances and taster workshops by Polyphony, Raymond MacDonald, Dance House and Ensemble Thing, culminating in the world premiere of the InReach composition.

Full details on the links below.This is a FREE event but does require booking.Hope you can make it along and pass it on...

Sushil K x


Café Improv @ CCA Sunday 4 October 2009

2:00pm - 7:00pm: FREE (ticketed)

Venue: CCA 4 (cinema) / CCA 5 / Clubroom / Creative Lab

Ages: ALL

'Café Improv' is an exciting fusion of music, dance and film curated by Indo-Caledonian Pop Artist Sushil K Dade (Future Pilot AKA).The event will include a screening of Touch The Sound profiling Evelyn Glennie and Fred Frith interspersed with performances and taster workshops by Polyphony, Raymond MacDonald, Dance House and Ensemble Thing, culminating in the world premiere of the InReach composition.

2pm CCA 4 Cinema - Mad For Dance
Dance House are delighted to open the Mental Health Arts & Film Festival Café Improv event with a screening of Mad for Dance, a series of five short illuminating and inspiring films which demonstrate the restorative benefits that dance brings to people with mental health issues. This intimate collection of stories follows five individuals, all of whom have a history of mental distress. From social anxiety disorder to severe depression, and from bi-polar disorder to bulimia, the subjects of each film honestly share their stories, explaining how different types of dance help them cope day-to-day and in their communication with others. The forms of dance highlighted include Improvisation, Flamenco, Modern Jive, Belly Dance and Street Dance and we are very happy to welcome Emma Connor and Gary Champion, two of the featured dancers to join us for a Q+A after the screening. This will be followed by a short taster workshop

Mad for Dance was funded by Arts Council England and is part of the acclaimed Mad for..... series which has previously included Mad for Music, Mad for Poetry and Mad for Arts.

2.45pm Creative Lab Space - Dance House Workshop

3.00pm Club Room - Polyphony taster workshop

A Music Improvisation Workshop led by Saxophonist and Professor of Music Psychology and Improvisation Raymond MacDonald. Polyphony is a music mental health project based at Gartnavel Royal Hospital, part of the charity Common Wheel. This is an opportunity to get involved in improvised music in an informal environment and take part in whatever capacity you fancy. The session is open to everybody (no experience necessary) to drop in and play, listen or talk (Bring your own Instruments).

4.15pm CCA 4 Cinema - Touch the Sound Directed by Thomas Riedelsheimer (Cert PG)

Sushil K Dade introduces his feel good film, Touch the Sound (A Sound Journey with Evelyn Glennie). Profiling the meeting of two great minds and performers from the world of improvised music...master percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie, who is profoundly deaf, and guitarist Fred Frith's breathtaking improvisations are captured in glorious technicolour taking you on a unique journey of sounds and emotions and follows Evelyn's remarkable story through California, New York, England and her native Scotland. For Evelyn, sound is palpable and rhythm is the basis of everything. Without vibration, there is nothing. From silence to music, sound is felt through every sense in our bodies.

6pm CCA 5 - InReach

World premier performance of InReach, a compelling new composition by John De Simone in collaboration with Polyphony and Ensemble Thing. InReach explores the relationship between new music and community music practice in a major new piece featuring Glasgow’s Ensemble Thing. Breaking down barriers between genres, musical ideas for InReach were germinated in Polyphony workshops, funnelled by De Simone into a compelling new composition which combines Polyphony’s rock, classical and improvising musicians with Ensemble Thing’s driving post-minimalist sound.
Polyphony is a music mental health project based at Gartnavel Royal Hospital, part of the charity Common Wheel. The InReach project was funded by the Magnus Magnusson Award.

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http://cca-glasgow.com/index.cfm?page=236B7D10-868E-4F86-A306909B378E5655&eventid=10021DC7-16EA-DD3D-402717146766A59A



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Thursday, December 04, 2008 

 

Dear Music Lovers,

 

It is with great excitment that I have the pleasure to curate a major celebration marking the 250th anniversary of the birth of  Robert Burns. This celebration will be a Burns Night , but with a twist , injecting the energy of Jamaican dub music, food and culture. A diverse range of artists will be involved including Sly & Robbie , Edwyn Collins, Karine Polwart plus the debut of the Orange Juice Dub Arkestra who will perform a 'dub suite' of classic Orange Juice material. I thank the forward thinking programming of Artistic Director Donald Shaw for allowing this opportunity. Jah bless.

 

Sushil K Dade / Bandleader   'Orange Juice Dub Arkestra'

 

Jamaican Burns Night with Sly & Robbie, Edward II and Orange Juice Dub Arkestra

Sunday 25th January 2009, 8.30pm Old Fruitmarket :

Robert Burns never went to Jamaica – but he would have done, if the 1786 Kilmarnock Edition of his poems, published to pay for his one-way passage, hadn't become a bestseller. In tribute to this turning-point in his career, and the many themes his work shares with Jamaican music, we celebrate this 250th Burns Night with a unique mini-carnival of Scottish and reggae sounds, sights and tastes.

Arriving direct from Kingston are Sly & Robbie, the legendary rhythm/production team who've presided over Jamaican music since 1975, and their Taxi Gang band. Alongside lovers-rock artist Bitty McLean the Riddim Twins' guests include Sharon Shannon, Edwyn Collins and Karine Polwart, performing specially-created versions of classic Burns songs.

The night's musical curator, Sushil K Dade, will host with his all-star Future Pilot Dub Arkestra and will perform 'dub' versions of music by Edwyn Collins' iconic Glasgow group Orange Juice.

Newly-reformed folk/reggae pioneers Edward II and the Calypso Steel Band complete the bill, with Jamaican food also included.

More details at http://www.celticconnections.com/whatson/

Also look out for the official debut of The Burns Unit feat. King Creosote, Future Pilot AKA, Emma Pollock, Karine Polwart, MC Soom T, Kim Edgar, Michael Johnston and Mattie Faulds at this year's Celtic Connections playing Glasgow's ABC 1 on Friday January 16th.

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Friday, October 10, 2008 

Category: Music
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    • It's a real thrill to be included on the Optimo (Espacio) collection that is being released on the fabulous Domino imprint on October 27th. The Future Pilot AKA track is sandwiched between Duke Ellington and Mulatu Astatke.Perfect! Also on the album are tracks from Raymond Scott, Lee Hazelwood, Eno ...full tracklisting below and a link to the Domino website.

  • 01. Chris Watson - No Man's Land (Extract)
  • 02. Nurse With Wound - Funeral Music For Perez Prado
  • 03. Coil - A Cold Cell In Bangkok (exclusive mix by Peter Christopherson)
  • 04. Tuxedomoon - In A Manner Of Speaking
  • 05. Eden Ahbez - La Mer
  • 06. Raymond Scott - Sleepy Time
  • 07. Cluster - Sowiesoso
  • 08. Eno, Moebius and Roedelius - Broken Head
  • 09. Arthur Russell - This Is How We Walk On The Moon
  • 10. Damon - Don't You Feel Me?
  • 11. Karen Dalton - Something On Your Mind
  • 12. Duke Ellington - Moonbow
  • 13. Future Pilot AKA - Terry Bina
  • 14. Mulatu Astatke - Yègellé Tezeta
  • 15. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Nashville Blues
  • 16. Lee Hazlewood - Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On
  • 17. Wall Of Voodoo - Ring Of Fire
  • 18. Chris And Cosey - Sweet Surprise
  • 19. The Lady Vanishes - Sleepwalk

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  • On Sleepwalk, Glasgow's legendary Optimo, or to give the club its full name, Optimo (Espacio), takes you out from the subterranean possibilities of the nightclub into some deep, deep, inner space.

    Now celebrating over ten years of running the UK's hippest club, DJs Twitch and Wilkes have presided over a night that's let loose a wild party of incendiary live performances and an unclassifiable mix of underground sounds and styles. In the tradition of all the best clubs, Optimo's energy comes from a direct two-way conversation between the booth and the dancefloor, as well as sweat pouring from the walls and smiles from the faces you'll inevitably encounter a degree of musical education. The only way of describing the music you'll hear at Optimo is Optimo music.

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    Saturday, September 13, 2008 

    Future Pilot AKA Vs Concerto Caledonia  featuring Alasdair Roberts & Duglas T Stewart will perform as part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival 2008 on World Mental Health Day, Friday 10th October at ABC 1, Glasgow. Full details below...

    Music Like A Vitamin - A Concert over Two Evenings:

    Friday 10 Oct 08 06:30PM ABC, Glasgow

    We've invited, over two consecutive evenings, some of Scotland's best known and loved musicians to play together. Performing both individually and together, they are sure to create two very special and unique nights. Eager to explore personal and emotional relationships between music, mental health, creativity and recovery all the artists involved are committed to generously contributing to the festival and its aims.  

    Vitamin A (Thurs 9): Guitarist Rod Jones (Idlewild) has invited fellow musicians Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub), Sons and Daughters and Twilight Sad to perform individual sets and collaborate as part of a not to be missed and perhaps never to be seen again 'supergroup' with special guests. Weaving in themes from our film events, expect Joy Division or Johnny Cash numbers as part of the mix.

     
               

    Vitamin B (Fri 10): From the collective minds of Burnsong collaborators Sushil K Dade (Future Pilot AKA) and Emma Pollock comes our second evening. Inspired by a set of unique musical connections tonight's lineup features Fence Collective artist Kenny Anderson (King Creosote), Delgados founding member Emma Pollock, a new sonic experiment from Future Pilot AKA V Concerto Caledonia featuring Duglas T Stewart (BMX Bandits) and Alasdair Roberts, Jenny Reeve's Strike the Colours, Proto-Robofolk sextet The Phantom Band and Edinburgh based singer-songwriter Kim Edgar. Anticipate solo sets, collaborations, Daniel Johnston covers and some yet to be conceived surprises…
     
         

    Local indie hero Duglas T Stewart will MC both gigs.

    Tickets: £3 (so go and buy both nights for just £6!)
    Each night is jam-packed so we'll be kicking off at 6.45pm sharp

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    Booking: ABC Hotline 0844 847 2363 , www.abcglasgow.com
    In person at the ABC Box Office (cash only/no booking fee)

    www.mhfestival.com

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    Thursday, August 07, 2008 
     

    Ltd Edition Transparent Red 7" Vinyl feat.

    Daniel Johnston & Buzzcocks cover versions.

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    Future Pilot AKA / Concerto Caledonia  014

    A Future Pilot | Devil Town
    AA Concerto Caledonia | Walking the Cow
    AAA Concerto Caledonia | Boredom

    FUTURE PILOT AKA perform Daniel Johnston..s DEVIL TOWN
    (Sushil K Dade/James Kirk/Kim Fowley/Francis MacDonald)

    I first heard Duglas T Stewart sing this song at a BMX Bandits souncheck circa 1992 and was intrigued...the haunting melody stuck in my head and in a parallel universe decided to create a tape loop using some rehearsal drum beats (performed by Francis MacDonald -Teenage FC/BMX Bandits) on my 1/4 inch machine and marry them with the melody. I soon found myself in a vocal booth (2 metres square and with nowhere to escape!) recording with American 'nut-rocker' Kim Fowley and his exotic dentistry laying down the improv/vocal track on my 4-track circa 1994.The tapes were gathering dust until circa 1996 when my favourite Scottish guitarist, James Kirk (Orange Juice/Memphis), laid down the dub guitar track during one of his regular visits around that time to my home studio for a late night dark rum and coke session. Circe 2005 I got round to hearing the original Daniel Johnston version which blew my mind.Respect is due to soulful vision and artistry of Daniel Johnston and it is with the greatest of respect that I offer the fruits of our sonic experiments which I  recently unearthed, by chance finding the original tapes in my garage and mastering a cassette mix straight to transparent red vinyl no chaser.Thank you Duglas for passing on the song in the old fashioned folk tradition and for unknowingly inspiring this release.Thank you also to master Anurudh Shivkumar Dade for visualising the music through your artwork.And who better to share this split 7" than with Scottish early music punks Concerto Caledonia.

    (Sushil K. Dade)


    CONCERTO CALEDONIA perform Daniel Johnston..s WALKING THE COW
     I first came across Daniel Johnston and Walking the Cow on the Songs in the Key of Z CD, compiled by WFMU's maverick hero Irwin Chusid. The juxtaposition of such a beautiful song and haunting vocal, with the lo-fi production from a dodgy cassette recorder, took my breath away.Concerto Caledonia had a tour coming up, so as a break from all the early music we were dishing up, we played along with Daniel's original recording as part of our set, while the audience looked on bemused. We then recorded our parts in the wonderful acoustic of a stone-vaulted16th century church in the wilds of eastern Scotland - a special song needed a special setting. I was delighted when Daniel's brother Dick Johnston generously gave us permission to release the results, which you can now own on this beautiful red vinyl.

    CONCERTO CALEDONIA perform Buzzcocks BOREDOM
    When I was growing up in Glasgow, the poster for Buzzcocks' Spiral Scratch EP appeared one day, pasted onto a deserted shop window across the road. I'd heard the record on John Peel's radio show, and the combination of simplicity, fun, seriousness and intelligence got me right away. And Buzzcocks seemed to me to be the real thing. The Clash and the Pistols had fashion designers, financial backing and arrogance: Buzzcocks had the local Oxfam shop and their wits, and they didn't mind looking vulnerable. Then years later Private Eye ran a spoof ad, satirising all those opera singers who were making dreadful crossover records: 'Kiri sings the Sex Pistols' it said.
    Somehow these two things connected in my head, and the idea came of asking one of Britain's best-loved operatic sopranos, Lisa Milne MBE, to sing the iconic song Boredom from Spiral Scratch. But none of that operatic wobbly nonsense: she had to sing it in her own broad Aberdeenshire accent, a bit like the bastard daughter of Howard Devoto and Andy Stewart. Lisa threw herself at this idea with total conviction and yes, she really does shout 'get yir haund oot o ma troosers' in the last verse. The job of playing the famous Pete Shelley guitar solo went to wooden flute virtuoso Chris Norman, recorded in a kitchen in Montreal one sunny Saturday afternoon. By a strange coincidence, it was at Chris's kitchen table in Baltimore that I wrote the arrangement for Walking the Cow ...

    (David McGuinness, Concerto Caledonia)

    More Info:
    www.myspace.com/futurepilotaka                  
    www.concal.org
    7 inch, red vinyl  4,00 €  + postage
    AVAILABLE NOW FROM: www.aufgeladenundbereit.com
     
     
     
     
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    Saturday, June 07, 2008 

    Music Lovers!

    I'll be doing a short set feat. some Indian electronica/SFX at the Arches in Glasgow in collaboration with songwriter Kim Edgar this coming Thursday. Kim and I previously collaborated in the Burnsong Project and Kim's latest album 'Butterflies & Broken Glass' features the track 'Majesty of Decay' which we co-wrote together in the Songhouse.

    The Arches event marks the start of Refugee Week Scotland, and celebrates the contribution made to Scottish culture by people from across the globe, Scotland United II will be raising funds for the Refugee Survival Trust Destitution Fund and Scottish Detainee Visitors.Full details/line up below:

    Ankur Productions presents

    Scotland UNITED

    Thursday 12 June 2008

    7pm doors (7.30pm start) (18+)
    £8 / £5 (conc) - proceeds go to Scottish Detainee Visitors and the Refugee Survival Trust (Destitution Fund)

    Book Tickets

    Featuring:

    Moishe's Bagel
    Tigerstyle & Dhol Infusion
    Mungo's Hi Fi
    Bigg Taj & Loki
    Future Pilot AKA Vs Kim Edgar
    Senzala Scotland Capoeira
    Zuba BASSA Beat
    Jenn Butterworth
    Eilidh's Daily Ukulele Ceilidh
    and much much more….

     

     

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    Monday, April 28, 2008 

    I'll be playing a short tour of Scotland starting this week with King Creosote, Karine Polwart, Emma Pollock, Michael Johnson, MC Soom T, Kim Edgar and Mattie Faulds.

    The repertoire will consist of tracks we co-wrote together whilst living together for a week on a collaborative project, the Burnsong Songhouse, in 2007.

    The tour dates are:

    2 May  St.Andrews,The Byre

    3 May  Mussleburgh, Brunton Theatre

    4 May  Langholm, Buccleuch Centre

    5 May  Newcastle, The Sage

    9 May  Inverness, Eden Court

    10 May East Renfrewshire, Eastwood Theatre

    11 May Perth, Perth Theatre

    12 May Aberdeen, Music Hall

    Please note King Creosote will only be playing on dates May 2nd-5th

     



     

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    Sunday, April 20, 2008 

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    Music Lovers!

    I'm really looking forward to DJing and meeting up with friends at the Last Ever Triptych Party on Sunday 27th April at The Arches, Glasgow.

    What a line up! Candi Staton, Derrick May, Gilles Peterson, Fourtet, 1990s, Aidan Moffat & Bill Wells, The Fence Collective, The Parsonage, Skeletons & The Kings Of All Cities, Found, Kitchen Cynics, Harri, Andrew Divine, JD Twitch, JG Wilkes, Chris "Beans" Geddes, Mungo'S Hi-Fi, Pastels DJs, Sushil K Dade, Kinky Afro, Paul Cawley, David Shrigley, Norman Blake, Gerard Love, Sace

    Sushil K Dade www.futurepilotaka.com    www.triptychfestival.co.uk

     

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    Saturday, December 22, 2007 

    Category: Music

    Sushil K Dade has been commisioned to write a Christmas carol inspired by the city of Glasgow to be performed at Oran Mor on Christmas Eve.The title of the carol ,'Under A Celestial Sky', took it's inspiration from Alasdair Gray's large scale painting at Oran Mor under which the carol will be performed. Future Pilot AKA will be joined by The Sirens Of Titan Choir and conducter Paddy Cunneen.Other artists/writers involved in this event include author Suhayl Saadi, celebrated novelist Bernard MacLaverty, Liz Lochhead , Denise Mina, Archie Fisher while Stewart Porter and Dave Anderson will read works by George Galloway and Sanjeev Kohli.

    Christmas Eve, 6-8pm, Oran Mor, top of Byres Road, Glasgow

    £10, including mince pies and mulled wine, 08700 600 100, or on door on the evening.

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    Saturday, September 29, 2007 

    Music Lovers!

    Split 7" 4 Track EP with St.Deluxe out now on white vinyl on the German Aufgeladen Und Beriet imprint. Featuring 'Festival of Lights' with Damo Suzuki and remix by St.Deluxe. Future Pilot AKA remix St.Deluxe's 'Crystal'  plus 7" features their original too.For more info check out:

    http://www.aufgeladenundbereit.com/cms/front_content.php?idcat=4&lang=1

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