The Hurly Burly
The Hurly Burly is a mobile sound sculpture, sonic amusement, twittering machine and junkyard delirium; packed with a tumultuous array of bells, sirens, alarms, whistles and mechanical percussion. Combined with a live musician & performer the Hurly Burly creates a world of rusty waltzes, fog horn funk and wasteland folk dance. A mobile Island of Noise, it travels on a rag tag procession through audiences, stopping to perform scrapyard symphonies and scavenger songs.
The Hurly Burly was initially commissioned by and for the 2014 Marsden Jazz Festival, financially supported by the Arts Council of England. Since that first commission the Hurly Burly has mutated and transformed several times into its current incarnation; now complete with a custom built digital control system, enabling us to orchestrate splendid levels of sonic chaos.
Available to book now for parades, processions, festivals and carnivals: contact us for more information and prices.
Hurly Burly in Hebden Bridge from Rag and Bone on Vimeo.
Hurly Burly from Rag and Bone on Vimeo.
Photos and video of the 2014 Marsden Jazz Festival Parade can be found here:
http://www.examiner.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/thousands-jazz-fans-flock-norths-7921836
http://lizbakerphotos.smugmug.com/Marsden-Jazz-Festival-2014/i-hCw9jG3
Hurly Burly by night at Just So festival 2017
Hurly Burly at Just So Festival Lantern Procession 2017 Photo copyright Mark Carline: http://www.markcarline.co.uk/
The Hurly Burly at Just So Festival, August 2017, photo by Jane Gaffikin
Photo by Preston Photographic Society at Lancashire Encounter procession of light September 2016
The Hurly Burly at the Spare Parts Parade, Fleetwood 2016
The Hurly Burly by Night
The Hurly Burly in the Pennine Landscape, Marsden Jazz Festival Parade 2016
Hurly Burly at Marsden Jazz Festival Parade 2015