Have You Ever?

Have You Ever? is an electronic night of wholly improvised music, drawing on jazz, electronic, trance and minimalist sounds. It takes place at Grow, a concert and performance venue in Hackney Wick, east London.

Have You Ever? builds each performance on the spot, with no pre-set material and no bandleader. The music blends improvised jazz, electronic, trance and minimalist styles, and the presence of the audience and the character of the room feed into the direction the sound takes. Every evening is recorded live, with the audience inside the recording.

The approach draws on classical minimalists such as Terry Riley and Steve Reich, on early electronic pioneers, and on the improvisers of the 1970s. On stage, the sound is shaped by live modular synthesiser, guitar and saxophone, among other instruments.

Grow is a concert and performance venue at 98C Main Yard, Wallis Rd, Hackney Wick. Ticket holders can add an optional bootleg recording of the night, which the project supplies as an MP3 file.