IMC & Moving On Music present
Adjunct Ensemble
ADJUNCT ENSEMBLE make music like few others, bubbling with ambition, spanning genre, and introducing dynamic ideas with confidence and inimitable style.
“A radical expression of empathy, as stunning as its themes are crushing” - The Wire, May 2023
The invention of Belfast composer and musician, and IMC 30/30 artist Jamie Thompson, Adjunct Ensemble emerged from the 2020 lockdowns, beginning life as a remote ensemble of geographically dispersed artists from the UK and Ireland, working on a series of fragments and experiments.
Musically, Adjunct quarry the cleft where graphic and traditional notation meet. It combines open form, spoken word, electronics, deep groove, experimental music production, and creative improvised music, into a brew that snarls and swings from the get-go.
The current live offer features Jamie on piano and synths, spoken word poet Felicia Olusanya (Felispeaks), Stephen Davis (Anthony Braxton, Alexander Hawkins Ensemble) on drums and percussion, bassist John Pope (John Pope Quintet, Archipelago), and Sam Comerford (Thunderblender) on saxophone.
The debut album ‘Sovereign Bodies / Ritual Taxonomy’ (Diatribe, 2023) was released to widespread critical praise. It is a hard-hitting, colossal work, that reveals itself more with every listen. Described as “A disorientating act of resistance” by The Guardian, it was named the Contemporary Album of the Month in May 2023.
“Reminiscent of Frank Zappa at his most progressive” - Allaboutjazz Live Review
“A disorientating act of resistance” - Guardian Contemporary Album of the Month, May 2023
“Confounding musical structures in invigorating ways, creating a new language in its wake” - Dig With It, May 2023