Kingsley Spargo 'Chasing Spirits' tour
Auckland based sound artist Kingsley Spargo is set to tour the upper North Island next month alongside spoken tale artist Kim Meredith and bassist Chris Orange.
Drawing across theatre, free improvised and contemporary music his most recent compositions include narratives of yearning and the geometry of life.
Spargo’s broad sound palette both captivates and confronts. Music critic William Dart described Chasing Spirits “…a bit like a trip to an all-star cocktail lounge".
Much of the album’s material was written over the last 18 months from his Eden Terrace home studio around the demands of work and teenage sons.
No stranger to the stage, he has performed audiences alongside Don McGlashan, SJD, Eve de Castro Robinson, Tim Finn, Violent Femmes and more recently he has collaborated with Witi Ihimaera as a sound artist.
Poet Kim Meredith writes about life in the 21st century lane, she calls on her ancestors to bring her complex modern tales to the stage.
Ever the musical anarchist, bassman Chris Orange’s pedigree spans the golden era of ‘70’s Auckland punk (Terrorways, The Features) to free jazz in Japan, and here he adds texture, colour and a sense of lightness to the heavy themes of a 21st-century conversation.
Catch the trio at the following places:
The Jam Factory
159 17th Ave, Tauranga
with special guest Davey Beige
Thur 30 Jan, 6:30pm
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Jazz on the Village Green
Village Green, Havelock North
Sat 01 Feb, 4pm
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Common Room
227 Heretaunga St East, Hastings
Sun 2 Feb, 6:30pm
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Freida Margolis
440 Richmond Rd, Grey Lynn
Sun 16 Feb, 7pm
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