The Toolshed Chronicles - feat Graham Massey (808 State) - Preston Jazz Fest 2021

Graham Massey’s Toolshed Project has been running for 24 years. Taking electronic music as a starting point and handing it over to a rotating cast of great improvisors, the film documents the band coming out of lockdown, introducing a new collaboration with Shunya and talking about the ever evolving North West music scene whilst looking back over the decades to the results of previous experiments. Supported by Arts Council England, Preston City Council, the University of Central Lancashire, UCLan Recordings, CADG and Xperimentsinsound. Part of the Preston Jazz and Improvisation Festival 2021. Credits and Information From Hope Mill 2021 Paper Lake Brick Lunar Eclipse Stepping Hill Radium Street From Hope Mill 2020 Red Current Saint 50 From The Toolshed Archives Mahaladin Na Na Na Na Naa Naa Wok & Goblet Argumenta Gobots Hope Mill 2021 - Graham Massey -Guitar & Synths ,Paddy Steer -Bass , Craig Hanson -Drums, Alan Keary (Shunya) - Violin - Korg Hope Mill 2020 Graham Massey Guitar & Wind. Paddy Steer -Bass & Synths, Howard Jacobs -Drums Excerpts from Night & Day - May 97 Dukes 92 - June 98 BOTW - April 99 Contact Theatre 1999 Brighton School Of Art -2000 Contact Theatre May 2001 Bridgewater Hall - Sept 2003 Thanks to Seaming To, Dave Walsh, Richard Harrison, James Ford, Pat Illingworth, Graham Clark, Phil Kirby , Colin Seddon, Lara James, Roger Wickham, John Pipen,Mark Frost, Gary Farr, Owen Bourne, Gary Beckwith, Simon Cowen, Simon King, Dinuk Wijeratne, Himat Singh. Sean Mathew Sam Healey, Henrietta Smith Rolla. Howard Walmsley, Tadzio and everyone else who has played with the project. Hope Mill Sessions engineered and mixed by Bernard Steer Hope Mill Filming and Edited by Howard Walmsley Cover photo Michael Porter https://www.808state.com/Toolshed/