Paul and Ansuman have been playing together since 1996. Each following their paths weaving together contemplative practices and inspirational music. Throughout their journeys they have maintained a devotion to performance live in the moment, responding to place and time through…
The Zen Bicycle Band played live to films made by Annie Catford and Mike Sanders at the Brewery Tap Gallery in Folkestone to a hugely enthusiastic audience in 2018 and subsequently later at the Landmark Centre in Deal. These are…
Two masters listen intently to each other in pure delight. Their music demands your attention from the shear sensitivity of their interaction. Dark steel sea bends, rests. The voice of change. Within silence sound has a home, lifting upon spume,…
Way of Being is a continuation of the collection of sound pieces recorded at the second session in the large resonant reflective chamber. Collectively these pieces express a more reflective contemplation and subtle sense of the moment in which they were created.
A variety of solo flutes played in a huge resonant concrete chamber creating multiple sound reflections, enabling the creation of sonic shimmering notes and phrases. Circular breathing enabled long phrases to be sustained. Each piece was the first take. No editing or…
Zen Bicycle Band CD review in the June-July 2016 issue of NEXUS MAGAZINE: Road Trip features a free-form style of jazz, all the tracks recorded live and spontaneously. When on stage, the band members connect with their audience, drawing on…
Although similar in form, these tracks are not Indian ragas or in a style of Indian classical music. Cheneour has said: “all my own recording work is done spontaneously, I’m not trying to copy anyone, just being authentic to myself. The music and…
Flames of Love: CD review in the June-July 2016 issue of NEXUS Magazine: These two are modern masters, collaborating in an exploration of Indian music that blends European flutes with traditional percussion. Paul Cheneour finds a beautiful tone in his instruments,…
There is a Japanese visual art in which the artist must be spontaneous called Shodo or Shoji, which translates as “Direct Deed”. The artist paints on a thin stretched parchment with a special brush using only black water paint, in…
In the slipstream Out across the valley Walking through rain Fragrant passion wafts In this Half light No Arriving, No Leaving.