April Twelves

While I lived and studied my masters degree in London I started this duo project with the amazing violin player Alice Barron, she performes regularly with the likes of superstar Nigel Kennedy, Jean-Luc Ponty, London Sinfonietta and her own band Iyatraquartet, In 2020 she was also awarded her doctoral degree at the University of Oxford. Check out her webpage here

Me and Alice have a common interest in music and instruments from india and in April Twelves we create original music for prepared sarods, violins, viola, slide guitar and electronics. 

Born out of a series of improvisations, this project explores the colours, textures and resonances from our encounters with Indian classical instruments. Both the Hindustani slide guitar and Karnatic violin have an intercultural story having traveled to India from Hawaii and Europe, respectively. Having both studied with renowned Hindustani and Karnatic classical musicians, these meetings with the string instruments of a rich traditional music are both challenging and exciting. With a desire to delve into some of the core essences of the musical aesthetic we explore the parallel musical concepts that Indian classical music has in a contemporary context. In particular, the rich sonorities that are made possible through the sympathetic strings of the sarods and slide guitar, as well as using experimental techniques and sampling the instruments with live electronics

April Twelves album cover design by Teresa Marraco, Cover art by Alice Barron