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John Bisset is a guitarist, born in Manchester 1960.In 1977 he was a co-founder of the Manchester Musician’s Collective, whose members included Trevor Wishart, Tony Friel (cellist/bass player with the Fall) and Simon Holt. This eclectic mix of musicians was rich and wondrous; setting the pattern for Bisset’s trajectory, working in improvisation, songs, visual arts, and facilitating events and collective activity.He has collaborated with countless artists, notably: Rhodri Davies, Maggie Nicols, Mark Sanders, Pat Thomas, Jem Finer, Burkhard Beins, and more recently Olga Ksendzovska, Julia Brüssel, Iris Colomb, George Garford, Milana Sarukhanyan & Dan Johnson.
Phil Minton comes from Torquay in the UK. He played trumpet and sang with the Mike Westbrook Band in the early 60s- then in dance and rock bands in Europe for the later part of the decade. He returned to England in 1971, rejoining Westbrook and was involved in many of his projects until the mid 1980′s. More recently, Phil has on going Duos with Carl Ludwig Hübsch, Guylaine Cosseron, Hugh Medcalfe and Szilard Mezei.
For most of the last forty years, Phil has been working as a improvising singer in groups, orchestras and situations, in various locations worldwide. Some composers have written pieces that especially employ his extended vocal techniques and improvisations. He has a quartet with Veryan Weston, Roger Turner and John Butcher and ongoing duos with all the above.
Phil also sings with many other musicians including Audrey Chen, with whom in the last ten years, he has performed worldwide.
Since the eighties, his Feral Choir, where he voice-conducts workshops and concerts for anyone who wants to sing, has performed in over twenty countries.
More recently, Phil has on going Duos with Carl Ludwig Hübsch, Guylaine Cosseron, Hugh Medcalfe and Szilard Mezei.
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The Triangle, Malmesbury, SN16 0AH, SN16 0AL, Chippenham, United Kingdom
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