Samarbeta Information

A time of reflection for a creative mind, away from everyday obligations. Samarbeta is a project born from the minds of Emma Thompson (Fat Out til you Pass out) and Rivca Burns (Sounds from the Other City). Both Emma and Rivca had worked together at Islington Mill for over 3 years and worked alongside many artists via Islington Mills residency program. It has however led them to question why a specific music residency doesnt exist, and thus Samarbeta was born in late 2013. As is proved through past artists-in-residence, a prolonged period of space and time away from everyday constraints and obligations that are offered as part of a residency program can be so beneficial to a creative mind and so we believe that musicians should be offered this experience as well. The Samarbeta residency program is an innovative way to progress and encourage the production of new and adventurous music and also encourages musicians to come together and collaborate in a way that without the residency may never have arisen before. Samarbeta is an artist led residency programme so the outcome of the residency is entirely flexible, it could be a new work, an identity, a visual project, the discovery of a new instrument, a collaboration, a live show and everything in between. We have hosted the following residencies: SBR005: Lydia Lunch & Weasel Walter: From the Page to the Stage SBR007: David McLean & Phil Carney: Crime Scene