Concerts – June 2023

June 11, 2023

We are glad to announce upcoming concerts of our Shepherds of Cats and Catmint.

It has been a while since Shepherds of Cats performed live. They are back with their fresh recordings, ideas and free improvised audio visual spectacles.

Podwodny Wroclaw 2023 Music Festival – 24 June

Musica Privata, Przez3eń, Łódź – 25 June

Check Shepherds of Cats website to find out more.

Catmint will play during AEROPLAN #91 in Macondo in Wroclaw on 27 June 2023. You can listen to their recordings on Soundclou d and debut album Toksyczne Obady here.

SHEPHERDS OF CATS and MARCUS WENNINGER

September 3, 2022 — Leave a comment

In February 2016, Shepherds of Cats performed extraordinary concert with Markus Wenninger that included premiere of Naturalinee 2 video scores by American composer Joe Pignato, video art by VJ Pietrushka and live archery. Priori to that event, the band met with Marcus in the studio over the weekend to record material for an album that awaited daylight until now. Marcus Wenninger is a German flutist and clarinettist, as well as didgeridoo and shakuhachi player and archer. Founder of The Nora Volkova Ensemble, he is orientated on unconventional and avategarde artistic collaborations. Using plethora of woodwind instruments, didgeridoo, cello, clavichord, darbuka, drum, gongs, singing bowls and daily objects, Marcus and Shepherds of Cats made improvised recordings which selection of found their way to this atmospheric album.

Improvised Opera

November 18, 2021 — Leave a comment

If we told you that this recording should be considered one long piece rather than 6 pieces, you would quite possibly accept this. But, similarly, if we said it is six independent pieces and not one long piece, again, probably you would accept it maybe even more readily, especially as it is separated into 6 different pieces. More at the behest of Bandcamp than us, but still… However, if one of us Shepherds says you should listen to it as one piece and another says you ought to listen to it as six different pieces, where does that leave you? But then again, don’t listen to us, listen to us.