UK improvisor and label director Mark Wastell has been a driving force in the British free impro scene for years. As part of Derek Bailey’s COMPANY group in his younger years to being the label curator of the tone-setting CONFRONT RECORDINGS, Mark is a talented multi-instrumentalist, known for his cello work solo and in a group like IST with Rhodri Davis and the late Simon H. Fell. While guitarist Dirk Serries has been transparant about his fascination for Derek Bailey, Mark is equally inspired by the legacy UK drummer/percussionist John Stevens left behind.

As a sincere ode to Bailey & Stevens’ oeuvre and important contribution to the free improvisation scene, as we know it now, Mark Wastell & Dirk Serries are joining hands for a set of percussion/guitar duo concertsand recording sessions. They are playing Rotterdam’s KOFFIE & AMBACHT on May 31st and the open-air CITADELIC FESTIVAL in Gent on June 1st. Their first ‘tour’ ep is scheduled for a limited run release on Confront Recordings around that time.