Author: Loula Yorke

All Star Patch Off at Synth East

Was invited to be part of a live improv session with a group of other folks from modular synth land for Synth East at Norwich Arts Centre on 4th March 2023. Names were put in a hat – Gaz Williams, Sam Battle (Look Mum No Computer), Andy Vonal, Robin Vincent (Molten Modular), Steve Davis (Utopia Strong), and myself. I was drawn with Steve and we played a lovely little ambient-drone set with some skittish percussion added towards the end, which turned out really well. From what sounded like a recipe for chaos came a really chill performance experience 😃 Big ups to the other pairs – Robin and Andy + Sam and Gaz.

Electronic Sound magazine review

Servant Jazz Quarters – 27 Feb 2023

Ticket link for Servant Jazz Quarters, Dalston, London

Really excited to be bringing the machines to London on Monday 27th Feb at Servant Jazz Quarters, Dalston. Working on loads of new material, ahead of recording a new album. Come and see what I’ve been up to! The event is run by improvising pianist Tom Rogerson, who sounds out mesmerising patterns with his fingers – really similar to what I do but the acoustic analogue version, I think it’s going to be a really great pairing for an evening’s listening.

PATTERN CLUB LIVE – Sheffield, 14 Jan 2023

First date in the diary for 2023 is for this actually completely fabulous algorithmics night curated by Alex McLean aka Yaxu (founder of Algotech Festival and keen Algoraver). I’m really excited to meet some of the artists whose great work i’ve been following online for years but whose paths haven’t crossed with mine IRL, until now!

TIX HERE

“Our fourth event in the i-Now series is curated by Alex McLean, the Sheffield-based co-founder of Algorave and Algomech festival. Together we present an evening of pattern-based music performance, a journey from wacked-out instrumental minimalism to full-on algorave and handmade machine music. Diverse performances over two rooms of Sidney & Matilda, plus a secret room of pattern processing run by local dreampeople Interworld”Our fourth event in the i-Now series is curated by Alex McLean, the Sheffield-based co-founder of Algorave and Algomech festival. Together we present an evening of pattern-based music performance, a journey from wacked-out instrumental minimalism to full-on algorave and handmade machine music. Diverse performances over two rooms of Sidney & Matilda, plus a secret room of pattern processing run by local dreampeople Interworld.

Sat 14th Jan
7.30pm – 1am
@ Sidney & Matilda
Pay what you can afford.
Tix – https://www.dinavenue.com/event…/i-now-pattern-club-live

LINEUP A-Z

Digital Selves
https://lwlsn.github.io/digitalselves-web/

Emergence Collective
https://linktr.ee/emergencecollective

Heavy Lifting
https://heavy-lifting.org/

Hellocatfood
https://www.hellocatfood.com/

Interworld
https://www.instagram.com/interworldmedia/

Loula Yorke
https://loulayorke.com/

SDGORDON
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl3O8_5D6es/

Tyger Blue
https://www.instagram.com/tygerblue_/

PLUS! a secret bonus room from independent record label and collective INTERWORLD, extracting data and processing patterns.
https://www.instagram.com/interworldmedia/

BOK BOK (Animal, Vegetable, Mineral)

I had lots of fun making this sound piece with a group of 8-11 year olds in Saxmundham! We looked at objects from a curiosity cabinet and reimagined them as instruments.

‘BOK BOK’ is installed at ‘Animal Vegetable, Mineral’ at Art Station, Saxmundham, running 2 Dec 2022 – 29 Jan 2023.

About the exhibition – “Animal, Vegetable, Mineral’ is a community exhibition, showing work and objects from artists working both locally and further afield, as well as pieces produced during recent workshops with local groups in Saxmundham. Curated by artists Annabel Dover and Karen Densham, the show is inspired by the 1952 game show Animal, Vegetable, Mineral where a panel of experts were asked to describe and classify an artefact of unknown origin. These artefacts were sometimes fake, sometimes modern and sometimes with an unknown origin.”

Birmingham Modular Organisation

Went up to Brum last weekend (19th Nov 2022) to help BMO celebrate its 1st birthday at Centrala Space, alongside livesets from John Biddulph, Steckdose, RBMK, Michael Lightborne, Sketchbot and Cries from the LTN. Awesome analogue video synthesis visuals from Laura Putty Rubber, Chromatouch and Lightborne Jake.

My set-up was housed in a foldable double modular case for the first time. Big moves! I have loved the Innalog but this new iteration is a huge improvement in power capacity, ease of set-up and ability to transport things one-handed :-))))

perception is a mutual embrace

Had an emotional one bringing the first iteration of this monologue / live music gig / modular laser fest, all about mothering and daughtering TO LIFE at SPILL Think Tank on Thursday 20 October 2022. Great feedback from the audience. So many women sought me out after the show for a chat and to share their experiences and tell me what resonated with them, and people came with their daughters / mothers / grandmothers! It was all just VERY VERY VERY LOVELY. Loved one comment that I was driving them on a journey through space.
😁😁😁

If you are interested in seeing the full film of this work in progress piece it’s secretly on YouTube here as an unlisted video