CONFRONT RECORDINGS TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY 1996 - 2016

 

This year is the twentieth anniversary of Confront Recordings, the label I started way back in 1996 when I was just a little boy. There is plenty of celebratory activity planned throughout the year including two festival concerts arranged at the Hundred Years Gallery on 24th September and Cafe Oto on 30th October. 

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>> MATT DAVIS SOLO + YONI SILVER /  TOM WHEATLEY / MARK SANDERS + DANIEL THOMPSON & STEVE BERESFORD + IST (RHODRI DAVIES / SIMON H. FELL / MARK WASTELL)

Confront Recordings Twentieth Anniversary Celebration

Hundred Years Gallery, London

Saturday 24th September - 2pm to 7pm

www.hundredyearsgallery.com

 

>> TOM JACKSON / ASHLEY-JOHN LONG / BENEDICT TAYLOR / KEITH TIPPETT QUARTET

+ RHODRI DAVIES / MARK WASTELL

Confront Recordings Twentieth Anniversary Celebration 

Cafe Oto, London

30th October 2016 - 8pm

www.cafeoto.co.uk

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Derek Walmsley from The Wire also green lighted a Confront Recordings special programme on his Resonance FM show, that was broadcast on 21st July at 9pm. A recording of the show can be found at www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air/adventures-in-sound-and-music-featuring-mark-wastell

I also plan to release 20 recordings this year to mark the achievement, featuring amongst others Hervé Boghossian, Jean-Michel Van Schouwburg & Adam Bohman, Cremaster & Sophie Agnel, Ian Brighton, Jeph Jerman & Tim Barnes, Dominic Lash/Axel Dorner/Roger Turner and Keith Tippett/Tom Jackson/Benedict Taylor/Ashley John Long.

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CONFRONT RECORDINGS : Your Reminiscences

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As part of the ongoing Twentieth Anniversary celebrations, I thought it would be interesting to send out an open invitation asking folks to submit reminisences about how Confront has impacted on their listening habits; how you found the label, first purchases, highlights, lowlights, introduction to new artists, annoyances, recommendations, albums that changed your life, albums you played once and wish you’d never heard, Confront concerts you attended, suggestions for the future, your own personal reviews ….. anything you like, Confront related - the good, the bad and the ugly. Any length, brief or in-depth.

 

Send your replies to markwastell@btinternet.com

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Responses will be published on a designated page on the Confront Recordings website.

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It’ll be a pleasure to share your thoughts and experiences and will help shape the next stages of the label.

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Look forward to hearing from you.

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Best wishes Mark
CONFRONT RECORDINGS

 

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