Ray
Dickaty - tenor sax
Ray's
musical career has included playing with:-
Spiritualized - 5 years, 3 albums & several world tours,
Dr. John - played sax & flute and wrote horn arrangements on
"Anutha Zone",
Moonshake - 2 albums with guests including PJ Harvey and Stereolab
+ tours including Lollapalooza,
recording sessions and gigs with Cornershop, Gallon Drunk, Durutti
Column, AMP, Lush, The Duke Spirit & Six By Seven,
workshops and gigs in London and Liverpool with improv legend Eddie
Prevost, performances with free improvisors Carlos Zingaro, Phillip
Marks, Chris Corsano, Brigitte Kuepper, Tom Chant and Liverpool's
Frakture Big Band,
gigs and a Giles Peterson session with Ninja Tune artists Loka and
plenty more including working with Super Numeri, Terry Edwards,
Zukanican, Damo Suzuki, Michael J Sheehy, the N.O.W. Sextet, Core
Trio and legendary noise rock band Skree.
These days he rarely suffers from sticky pads, but can't find strong
enough reeds.
Dave
Jackson - alto sax
Having spent many years as a free improv guitarist, noise artist
and sound manipulator, Dave swapped to saxophone as a more directly
expressive (and portable) alternative.
He's played with various Manchester bands including squat grunge
band Paralysis and hypnotic kraut-rockers Withoutlaw, released several
noise cassettes under the name Kali Yug on the "Hiss Factory"
label and worked on various sound installation projects with Hulme
Arts Collective. When not promoting improvised music gigs, he's
managed to perform with Chris Corsano, Assif Tsahar, Eddie Prevost,
Phillip Marks, Warrington Improvised Music Collective, Psychiatric
Challenge, Evan Parker, Lol Coxhill, John Russell, Rhodri Davies,
Paul Rutherford, Graham Clark, Carlos Zingaro, the Frakture Big
Band, Sonic Pleasure & THF Drenching, WMD Sax Trio and Nepali
dub jazz outfit Mara Bhaja.
Steve
Belger - drums & percussion

Born to play the drums,
Steve is rarely to be seen without a pair of sticks within reach.
He's played in almost every musical context imaginable, from backing
famous cabaret artists (he won't let us say who) and playing at
Heavy Metal festivals, to New Orleans-style brass band The Brasshoppers
and Zappa covers band The Muffin Men (2 albums & DVD plus european
tours). He studied drums in Holland with Pierre Van Der Linden and
Han Bennink, played in free improv band Marvin Suggs, gigged with
The Grandmothers (featuring Don Preston, Jimmy Carl Black &
Bunk Gardner), co-wrote and performed music for the play ‘The
Dreaming’ by Clive Hopwood and recorded with ex-Spooky Tooth/Mott
The Hoople guitarist Luther Grosvenor in The Ariel Bender Band.
When he’s not teaching drums, he’s busy playing sessions
for a variety of Liverpool artists. Described by Jimmy Carl Black
as "my favourite english drummer" he's the only rhythm
section we need.
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