The London Musicians Collective (LMC) is a cultural

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based in

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devoted to the support and promotion of

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and

improvised music Musical improvisation (also known as musical extemporization) is the creative activity of immediate ("in the moment") musical composition, which combines performance with communication of emotions and instrumental technique as well as spontaneous ...

. From its foundation in 1975 until its reorganization in 2009, the LMC organized concerts, festivals, tours, workshops and publications in support of experimental music. The LMC grew from '' Musics'' and had overlapping membership. It had some of the same approach to division of labour as the magazine. While the latter chose financial independence, the LMC at its first meeting rejected this policy by 37 votes to 1. The LMC then applied to the

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for funding. Two LPs were produced, numbered LMC1 and LMC2, but they were independent productions not directly initiated by the main collective. In 2002, the LMC was awarded a community radio licence to broadcast a new radio station,

Resonance FM Resonance 104.4 FM is a London based non-profit community radio station specialising in the arts run by the London Musicians' Collective (LMC). The station is staffed by four permanent staff members, including programme controller Ed Baxter and ...

, in central London. It also produced a magazine, ''Resonance'', and a range of CDs. The LMC is funded by donations, membership fees and grants. It was supported by

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until its funding was cut in 2008.

References

External links

A history of the LMC

Get A Haircut And Disappear: The History and Legacy of the London's Musician's Collective
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Entries for LMC charity number 290236
Trevor Barre (2021) "The London Musicians Collective: An Obstinate Clot of Invention" Limbic Books ISBN 9781527268579 Music in London Charities based in London {{UK-band-stub