SI PATON
SI PATON (Simon Paton) is an improviser and experimental musician based in Birmingham, UK. His work is based around improvised music, and he does a lot of shows of solo electric bass blending free jazz, noise, no wave, metal and performance art together. If you’re a fan of musicians like Ryosuke Kiyasu, Glenn Branca or John Zorn, one might know what’s it like.
He does a lot of things involving preparing the bass guitar, exploring feedback, playing it with screwdrivers and drumsticks, and letting chaos unfold onstage. There’s a real theatricality in what he does. Often it goes into Andy Kaufman territory with a real sense of absurdism. His stuff has worked well on a bunch of different bills including free jazz, experimental nights, contemporary composition, noise, and punk rock type nights, so it’s adaptable to different settings.
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