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  • The Red Lamps play Brighton Fringe

The Red Lamps play Brighton Fringe

21 April 2016

The Red Lamps’ performance at Brighton Fringe 2016, was glittering. The Pavilion Gardens were filled with bright daylight, and the band was cloaked in all kinds of different silver materials. Space blankets followed their contours, rustling and glinting, and strange silver sculptures extended out from the wheelchairs like other-worldly creatures.

The band is unusual. The Red Lamps are a 10 piece band from Chailey Heritage School, whereby the members are annually revolving and evolving. In this group of performers, disabled and non-disabled artists work alongside each other to create new music. The soundscape seemed to complement their visual statement. The beginning and the end of the piece was held together with something that sounded like a distant choir singing in harmony. This effect was achieved using Soundbeam technology: the performers moved different parts of their bodies to intercept ultrasonic beams and generate sound. These sections of music had a timeless quality, without a pulse. In the middle section, however, the backing track became more pronounced, articulated with rhythms made from their own recorded sounds. Drums, wordless vocals, kissing sounds, scrapes and taps accompanied live percussion instruments, including a switch operated gong which reverberated through the gardens. The audience was captivated.

The Red Lamps are not a band you will see everyday. In fact, if you want to catch them, you may have a chance in Brighton, 2017…..

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