Mark Hanslip

Mark started out playing on the Birmingham jazz and improvised music scenes, working regularly in groups led by pianist Steve Tromans and altoist Chris Bowden. He was an early member of Hans Koller Ensemble, recording 2 CDs, and shortly after moving to London he co-founded the Loop Collective and became one of the busiest players on the capital's new jazz scene, working with groups including Nostalgia 77, Outhouse, Twelves, Jonathan Bratoeff Quartet and Keith Tippett. He has played at many major festivals and venues in the UK, Europe and US and has been broadcast several times on Resonance 104.4FM, BBC Radios 1 and 3, and on the internet. Since turning his attention towards improvised music he has played with Neil Metcalfe, Mark Sanders, Veryan Weston, Javier Carmona, Tony Bianco, Tony Marsh, Evan Parker, Olie Brice, Paul Dunmall and Paul Hession among others. Now based in the north of England, he currently plays solo with electronics, with organ trio Revival Room, Johnny Hunter Quartet and with laptopist Federico Reuben and drummer Paul Hession, with frequent album releases on Efpi Records and Discus Music. He also completed a PhD in music and applied artificial intelligence at the University of York in 2023.

Gear

King Super 20 Silversonic tenor saxophone. Ed Pillinger NYT mouthpiece with custom facing. Macbook Pro running custom software written in SuperCollider, FluCoMa and Python. DIY effects unit based on the Bela platform.

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