Playful musical experimentation from the Jewish archives with a cellist, organist and a tape looping wizard.
Fusing cello, organ and synthesisers, Francesca Ter-Berg, Jessica Lauren and Raimund Wong explore soulful and spiritual music from the cantorial, chassidic and klezmer traditions, shedding new light and interpretation to these rich lyrical compositions from a different world.
Raimund Wong
The manipulation of 'chance material' is the central thread across Raimund Wong's diverse graphic and sound practices. Through the language of dub and musique concrète, and using 4-track recorders with cassette-loops as rudimentary samplers, he strives to present an optimistic, eternal view of mankind where sounds and voices from disparate time and space can work together in harmony.
He is the host of A Record of Living Beings on Soho Radio, an impressionistic show about shared experience and pure expressions, incorporating adventurous live-in-studio b2b mixing & tape-based improvisations alongside rotating guests.
Alongside Chestnutt (Snapped Ankles) he leads the 'loud ambient' group Floating World Pictures, but he is most recognised for his graphic work for numerous UK & international musicians / promoters / labels such as Alabaster DePlume, Church of Sound and International Anthem.
Jessica Lauren
Since the early 1990s, keyboard player Jessica Lauren has been a familiar part of London's alternative music scene. Jessica's keyboard skills have augmented the live performances and studio recordings of world renowned artists such as Jean Carne, Tom Browne, Dexter Wansel and James Mason, Japan's United Future Organisation, and UK soul diva Juliet Roberts.
Jessica's minimalist approach is something rare and refreshing in the jazz world: she instils her compositions and playing with a refined sense of space which makes her music as much about what she doesn't play as what she does.
Francesca Ter-Berg
‘Ter-Berg's vocals have a cool charm [whilst her] cello passionately laments.’ – Clive Bell, The Wire.
Cellist, composer, producer & songwriter Francesca Ter-Berg is known for her unique musical style which blends Klezmer, improvisation and electronic synthesis. She is one-half of the critically acclaimed avant-folk string duo Fran & Flora and released her debut EP In Eynem in 2021 on the Phantom Limb ‘Spirituals’ imprint.
A go-to collaborator in London’s alternative pop, folk & improvisation scenes, Francesca has performed with Imogen Heap, Vanishing Twin, Alabaster De Plume, Floating Points, Portico Quartet, Frank London (The Klezmatics), Ana Silvera and Self-Esteem. 2023 see’s the release of two new solo EP’s showcasing Francesca’s passion for sonic immersion and creative songwriting.
