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A night of intense improvised music from Swiss Duo Zimmerman/Lienhard and Leeds’ own Herbie Hopkins.Zimmerman/Lienhard
Zimmermann / Lienhard is a duo with the unusual combination of the instruments accordion and oscillators. Since 2018 they have been performing together in different contexts. In 2021 they released their first album “kaputt” on the Swiss label Wide Ear Records, toured in Switzerland and Germany and played at the Météo Mulhouse Festival and Festival Archipel, among others. The performances of the duo Zimmermann / Lienhard can be stylistically classified somewhere between ambient, noise, drone and new music.
Deep droning sounds, standing tones, fine melody and virtuoso passages. The accordion and the oscillator are more similar than they seem. Although the sound production of their instruments is so different, Tizia Zimmermann and Pablo Lienhard try to dissolve the boundaries of acoustically and electronically produced sounds and approach each other improvisationally. Sometimes they merge into one, sometimes the duo lets their worlds collide.
Herbie Hopkins
Herbie Hopkins is a songwriter from Leeds.
His songs are often about anatomy, nocturnal landscapes, and supernatural self-discovery. He combine vivid lyrical imagery with spectral, finger-picked guitar parts. The musicians who accompany him are skilled improvisers and embellish his songs with free improvisation. Together, their music is sparklingly immediate and uniquely expressive.
His debut album ‘Kyra’ and the single ‘Night Sand’, were released with Lamplight Social Records.
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To reflect people’s varied circumstances, we are offering three different levels of tickets:
Standard ticket: £10 – this is what we would ask most people who have regular earned income to pay
Supported ticket: £5 – if you would struggle to find £10 to pay for a night out, then you’re welcome to purchase a supported ticket
Pay It Forward: £15 – maybe you have a little extra money this month? If so, we’d invite you to consider paying the “Pay It Forward” rate. Your extra payment will help to support future events, including free community event
Accessibility
There are two gender neutral toilets on the ground floor, one is accessible. We have baby changing facilities in the accessible toilet. You are welcome to breastfeed your baby here.
Open Source Arts is accessed via a slightly uneven floor outside. The main door is about a metre in width and 5 metres in height. The venue is split over two floors, with access to the upstairs (housing the cafe and dance studio spaces) via a staircase of 14 stairs with hand banisters on both sides, which unfortunately is not currently wheelchair accessible.
We have very limited parking on site – which is reserved for those who must drive for access.
If you require a free place for a personal assistant or have any other accessibility questions, please get in touch with us in good time before you intend to arrive and we will do our best to help.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Unit 1A, Aire Place Mills, 143 Kirkstall Road, LS3 1JL Leeds, United Kingdom, 145 Kirkstall Road, Leeds, LS3 1, United Kingdom,Leeds
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