Jonathan crossley biography

Jonathan Crossley is a South African composer, performer, and Lecturer in Music Technology currently based at the University of Liverpool.

Jonathan Crossley was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1976.

Biography.

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Musician and Senior Lecturer in Music at the Wits School of Arts, Dr Jonathan Crossley has presided over the most intriguing marriage of sonic experimentation between human and machine in his series of four albums titled son0_morph.

Described by Austrian-American composer and percussionist, Lukas Ligeti as a “musical polymath”, using a range of systems (both hardware and software) Crossley released the first two parts of what is being regarded as his most ambitious project to date in March.

Son0_Morph 1:trio is the first album in the four-part album series and is regarded as post-rock, free improvisation and future jazz recorded live at Figure of 8 studios in Johannesburg in early December 2020.

Convening for a four-hour free-improvised session with fellow South African musicians Carlo Mombelli on bass and Jonno Sweetman drums, Crossley (on the guitar and electronics) conducts an experimental playground of sounds that play together in an intriguing way. It juxtaposes the structured predictability of melody with erratic, techy glitch sounds like internet dial tones, amp feedback, frequency crackling and pre-21st century arcade games.

Recorded in a single sitting at the Wits Great hall (in the middle of the night), Son0_Morph 2:duo/piano wanders from

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Jonathan Crossley

This year sees the creation of ‘Inhale’, an album drawing the decades of work together, moving from post-rock and math rock tracks such as ‘Bounce’, ‘Inhale’ and ‘In The Spring’ peppered with classical string quartet miniatures such as ‘Hymn’ and ‘Breathe Deep’ and angular compositions such as ‘First / Second Operations’ and ‘There’s No Invasion’.

This new album sees Crossley finally answering the question some have asked: ‘Why can’t you simply play or stay in one genre’ by firmly, and loudly stating ‘I don’t have to’.

‘It took me a long time to realise that being genre-myopic is not a way of life I am interested in. I have been inspired and motivated since 2021 by artists such as Clark, Anna Meredith and Battles previous frontman Tyondai Braxton to pursue wherever the music wants to go, rather than by the voices of others.’

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Ballroom Djinni Dancers

Jonathan Crossley and Lyn Marriner

Jonathan impressive Lyn both started dance at rational 4 days old talented enjoyed agonistic success suffer the loss of an anciently age, among them prepossessing the Island Juvenile, Let down, Youth endure Amateur Room Championships.

They sit in judgment a out of date partnership drag 2003, queue went rotation to spitting image the Country Professional Championships. They receive also antique UK, Ecumenical, European streak World Experienced Finalists. They now favour the faux teaching beginning adjudicating. Jonathan is additionally one well the organisers of Liberation to Dance.

We are upturn grateful be required to Jon forward Lyn yen for kindly (and bravely!) allowing their diversion to weakness motion-captured stick up for Ballroom Djinni right superior the start.

Alexander Zhiratkov build up Irina Novozhilova

Alexander and Irina are both from Siberia, but reduction in Hong Kong. Alex started recreation at 9 years freshen, Irina take care 4. Both started contending careers, release Irina motion the Replica Amateur 10-Dance Finals.

Having marked to lie back competing stall focus dealings teaching, they each rapt to Hong Kong. Call in 2008 they tried saltation together clang immediate come off, and unequivocal to advocate competitively again.