Clay Pipe Music is delighted to hold an afternoon event at Soho Poly, one of London’s most influential fringe theatre venues. Founded in the late 1960s in the basement of the Polytechnic of Central London (now the University of Westminster), it became a pioneering space for lunchtime theatre and bold new writing under Verity Bargate and Fred Proud, staging early work by writers such as Hanif Kureishi and Caryl Churchill.
The Polytechnic was also a key site for popular music, hosting Jimi Hendrix’s first UK performance and early rehearsals by Nick Mason and Roger Waters’ Sigma 6, later to become Pink Floyd.
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David Boulter is a founding member of Tindersticks. He has made over 20 studio albums with the band, and under his own name he has worked on music for many films. Nottingham-born but based in Prague since 1998, he has released several acclaimed records on Clay Pipe Music, from the nostalgia-tinged Yarmouth LP — which draws on childhood seaside memories — to St Ann’s, a reflective tribute to his Nottingham upbringing.
D. Rothon is the recording name of musician and composer David Rothon. His debut for Clay Pipe, Nightscapes (2020), drew on the mystery and quiet allure of the nocturnal world, capturing the moods and stillness of nighttime. He followed this with Memories of Earth (2023), a subtly cosmic album inspired by themes of space exploration, loss, and longing.
Micro Moon is a London-based Anglo-Spanish duo comprising pianist/synthesist Isabel Pérez Castro and guitarist/synthesist Stephen Holbrook. Their debut release on Clay Pipe Music, Figure in a Landscape, is a beautifully atmospheric mini CD inspired by their shared explorations of landscapes — including the haunting sound mirrors of Romney Marsh in Kent and the remote Galician mountains of Spain.
The Hardy Tree is the musical project of Frances Castle, founder of Clay Pipe Music. She will be performing All the Hours, a single long-form piece that follows a day on a London street, from morning to night. The music accompanies a slow-moving animation inspired by the artwork from her previous album, Common Grounds.