South London based Ampersand are a fivepiece that use recycled and found objects to produce sonic sculptures from random noise. Their setup features the inside of pianos, shell casings, corrugated iron, scaffold and brass pipes. All sounds mesh together creating multifaceted timbral music. For more information visit www.ampersand.tv

South London based Ampersand are a fivepiece that use recycled and found objects to produce sonic sculptures from random noise. Their setup features the inside of pianos, shell casings, corrugated iron, scaffold and brass pipes. All sounds mesh together creating multifaceted timbral music. For more information visit www.ampersand.tv

Formed in 2001 in South London, Ampersand is a quartet and can trace their early influences back to This Heat, Throbbing Gristle. and Karlheinz Stockhasuen. Equally important were experimental bands from the eighties: Test Dept, Einstuerzynede Neubauten, SPK and Zoviet France.

Gamelan and Sufi music are also a big influence. However, unlike say Einsturzende Neubauten and Test Dept, Ampersand don't do songgs in the traditioanl manner. They gather a collection of sounds and improvise creating sonic scultprues that last between 30 and 45 mins. All noises are acoustic and feature the inside of pianos, shell casings, corrugated iron, scaffold and brass pipes. Although one could describe the sound as random noicse surprisingly perhaps all sounds mesh together creating multifaced timbral music.

Live is where Ampersand is best experienced. The listener is invited to accompany them on a sometimes harrowing journey of inner discovery.