F-IRE Collective

F-IRE Collective is a creative music community. The Collective also has a record label.

In 2004, F-IRE Collective won the BBC Jazz Award for Innovation.^[1]

Details

F-IRE (Fellowship for Integrated Rhythmic Expression) was named later in 1998 and came to encompass a community of artists whose outlook stretched beyond 'music alone'. Dance, poetry, film and other modes of creative expression were as much a part of their artistic conception as the sound they produced. F-IRE members attempt to cultivate their own directions and transcend categorical boundaries, circus or electronica, free improvisation or classical composition.^[2]

F-IRE has three main communal objectives: to sustain the creative lives of their members and the surrounding community; to ensure that their creativity functions well inside the wider community; to share their knowledge and opportunities. The collective's success is built on the quality of its work in education, performance and recording. Until 2005 these three principal spheres of activity proceeded without funding.^[2]

Active members

Former members

Bands

Acoustic Ladyland
Bakehouse
Basquiat Strings
Clown Revisited
Ezzthetic
Finn Peters Quintet
Fulborn Teversham
Grupo Sambando
Ingrid Laubrock Quintet
Jon Bratoëff Quartet/Quintet
Julia Biel
M. Ravalico / O. Marshall duo
M. Ravalico / I. Khroustaliov duo
Méta Méta
Mehdi Nabti Pulsar4
Oriole
Panacea
Polar Bear
Porpoise Corpus
Rhythms of the City
Shorter Stories
Synergy
The Invisible
The Teak Project
Timeline
Tom Arthurs Projects
União da Mocidade

References

^ "Jazz Awards 29th July 2004: Innovation". BBC. March 2005. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
^ ^a ^b F-IRE Collective - Home | Live Jazz Music | Live Music London | Jazz Bands | FIRE Collective

External links

Official website

[bbc1-1] "Jazz Awards 29th July 2004: Innovation". BBC. March 2005. Retrieved 26 November 2010.

[autogenerated1-2] F-IRE Collective - Home | Live Jazz Music | Live Music London | Jazz Bands | FIRE Collective

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