sharon gal: birdsongs

Sharon Gal is a vocalist, artist, performer and musician -- voice/electronics/free improvisation/collaborative group compositions/field recordings/radio/mixed media. She performs solo, and in regular collaboration with Steve Beresford, Steve Noble, Alex Ward, John Edwards, Dylan Nyoukis, Phil Minton and Feral Singers. She also conducts and performs a series of experimental collaborative group compositions; L'esprit d'escalier -- for voices in a staircase, Long Drone -- for a large ensemble of various instruments, Toy Orchestra -- for children and adults, and Gals with Guitars -- for female guitar players. Gal is a founding member of London's arts radio, Resonance 104.4 FM and over the past 13 years, has presented and produced various programs, including; Diggers, with Edwin "Savage Pencil" Pouncey, Venus Rising, In Search of Inspiration, and a weekly sound-diary, Stereo Cilia. Her music has been released by Ash International, Paradigm Records, Chocolate Monk, Emanem and Ecstatic Yod, with the most recent 7" release, Melancoholic, being on the American Tapes label. Limited to 150 copies only. Illustration by SavX.