Organza Ray are Hilary Jeffery and Eleni Poulou, working together since the spring of 2022. Early improvised soundtracks to spontaneous storytelling have transformed into future folk songs. Their work includes collaborations with many other musicians and artists, live and in the studio, connecting pathways of knowledge through sound. Their primary form of artistic practice is a form of musical conversation which they have evolved together and with others over the past two years. Their music is contemporary in the real sense in that it connects to many different styles and forms of music. Both Jeffery and Poulou have an immense experience of playing music in many contexts from new music to rock, improvised music to art installations. This broad palette provides a deep creative source which they crystallise into their own distinct and recognisable music. They are actively discovering shimmering entrances and underwater arches. 400 years of long notes, open bags and dancing butterflies.
rayanza.org
organzaray.bandcamp.com
t.me/organzaray
Eleni Poulou has recorded and toured worldwide with many groups including The Fall and Shizuo, and is currently working with Wolfgang Seidel, Bomb Sniffing Dogs, and as ULR with James »Jeanette« Main. She hosts regular radio shows such as “Elope” on Cashmere Radio and “Kastra” on Movement Radio, and has appeared on Montezpress Radio, Rinse France, RTM FM, Noods Radio and NTS with Ono Tesla. Eleni also DJs, writes poetry, creates sound collages, composes music and makes zines with like minded artists such as Theresa Patzschke. She is one half of NOHE NOSHE together with Petr Step Kišur and is part of the Berlin art collective Honey Suckle Company. She formed Organza Ray with Hilary Jeffery in 2022, her most recent solo album is “Karta” which merges Greek Pontic music with other sounds and beats.
Hilary Jeffery has performed internationally in many settings including theatres, museums, jazz clubs, cathedrals, night clubs, festivals, dance studios, bars, cinemas, galleries, streets, forests and mountains. As well as composing Hilary plays trumpet, trombone, tuba, piano, electronics, and sometimes sings. In addition to Organza Ray with Eleni Poulou, his current projects include the brass trio Zinc & Copper, Etude (Ensemble Treffen Um Die Ecke), an ensemble dedicated to the music of Philip Corner, and Mullet – a modern jazz band with Tobias Delius and Charly Birkenhauer. The sense of silent space he experienced during a journey to the Sahara Desert in 1990 is a central and sustaining influence on Hilary’s work. More info on this website.
MUSIC
Bibelo (feat. Hayden Chisholm)
Hold off Jotter
Circle of Kiono
you dream in fire but work in paper i dream in paper but work in fire
Preen Scene
Bridge Call
Soft Belt
Veiled Prim
Purplu
Purple & Green
The Table Followed Us
Kaserne
Blue Butterfly
Flimmer
LIVE
SATURDAY 31 AUGUST 2024
ICEMAN FURNISS QUINTET
ORGANZA RAY
THE FULLWIT POP UP TRIO
The Old England Pub
Bath Buildings
Bristol BS6 5PT
SATURDAY 27 JULY 2024
ORGANZA RAY + OSCAR WYERS
Hilary Jeffery – brass
Eleni Poulou – synth, vocals
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Oscar Wyers – percussion, electronics, vocals
TANZHALLE WIESENBURG
Wiesenstrasse 55
13357 Berlin-Wedding
oggyrecords.bandcamp.com/album/science-fiction
TUESDAY 23 JULY 2024
ORGANZA RAY
Circle of Pop
Hilary Jeffery – brass
Eleni Poulou – synth, vocals
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James Main – vocals
Wolfgang Seidel – guitar, electronics
TANZHALLE WIESENBURG
Wiesenstrasse 55
13357 Berlin-Wedding
20 JULY 2024
NNOI #9
dadærobics [dadærobics]
luciano maggiore ∆[mechanisms of sound diffusion]
tot onyx &_yuko kaseki -[electronic & butoh dance]
organza ray [electt_+ & alphorn]
spitz & zarrt [dj–_]
FRIDAY 24 MAY 2024
Organza Ray – Drone Day Broadcast
@ Cashmere Radio, Berlin
SUNDAY 14 APRIL 2024
PARCOConcertante
con musica di Philip Corner
“In Honor of the Sound” (2024)
Philip Corner, campana tibetana
“Cello Walking” (2017)
Deborah Walker, violoncello
“LiebesVögel” (2024) Prima assoluta
Organza Ray
Hilary Jeffery – corno delle Alpi
Eleni Poulou – sintetizzatore
una sequenza di brani tratti dalla recente raccolta di composizioni
“The Art of No-Art” (2022), Los Angeles: Recital Program
Hilary Jeffery – corno delle Alpi
“Reverse (anno sconosciuto)”
Dario Lo Cicero, tubi di alluminio e SOMA
“The Art of No-Art” #385 (2022)
Silvia Tarozzi, violino
Luca Giovanardi, chitarra
“sustaynabilitys” (2024)
Tutti i musicisti e i loro strumenti
via Albinea Chiesa, 21
42020 ALBINEA (RE)
Italy
SATURDAY 30 MARCH 2024
ORGANZA RAY
play Philip Corner
Hilary Jeffery – alphorn
Eleni Poulou – synthesizer
+ Pavone Cristallo
+ DJs Miss Bianca & O’Clock
CITTIPUNKT @ WESTGERMANY #2
Skalitzer Str. 133
10999 Berlin-Kreuzberg
SATURDAY 10 FEBRUARY 2024
ORGANZA RAY
Two Geese Flying
Hilary Jeffery – brass, melodica
Eleni Poulou – synthesizer, voice, melodica
Yellow Solo at R50
Ritterstrasse 50
10969 Berlin-Kreuzberg
yellowsolo.de/exhibition/two-geese-flying
Thursday 23 November 2023
Organza Ray play “Two Geese Flying”
Photo by Šimon Lupták
Hilary Jeffery – trombone, electronics, melodica
Eleni Poulou – synthesizer, electronics, melodica
Photo by Šimon Lupták
Organza Ray – “Bridge Call” (2022)
Philip Corner – “Microtonal Memory 1 – Polymelody” (1998)
Hilary Jeffery – “Lee’s Sofa” (2023)
Eleni Poulou – “Tetra Palta” (2023)
Philip Corner – “Two Geese Flying” (2023)
Slovak National Gallery
Budova SNG
Rázusovo nábrežie 1
81102 Bratislava
Slovakia
sng.sk/en/slovak-national-gallery/events/music-of-today-in-sng-46-two-geese-flying15
Thursday 26 October 2023
ORGANZA RAY + WARLIP
Hilary Jeffery – trombone, melodica
Eleni Poulou – synthesizer, melodica, voice
Juan Felipe Waller – electronics
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Diego Ibañez – electronics
Kris Berle – synthesizer, electronics
Héctor Ruiz – synthesizer, melodica, electronics
Pasagüero
Motolinia 33,
Col. Centro Histórico
06010 Mexico City
Wednesday 9 August 2023
Organza Ray
Hilary Jeffery – brass
Eleni Poulou – synth
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Zsolt Sőrés – viola, electronics
Café Plume
Warthestraße 60
12051 Berlin-Neukölln
22 July 2023
Summer Alchemy 2023
Theresa Patzschke + Eleni Poulou
Theresa Patzschke – flute, voice
Eleni Poulou – synthesizer, voice
ITCHY SPOTS
James Main – voice
Ansgar Wilken – percussion
ORGANZA RAY
Hilary Jeffery – brass, melodica, electronics
Eleni Poulou – melodica, synth, voice
TANZHALLE WIESENBURG
Wiesenstrasse 55
13357 BERLIN Wedding
Friday 7 July 2023
Church in Session #11
VROUW!
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Organza Ray
Startbahn
Genezarethkirche
Herrfurthplatz 14
12049 BERLIN Neukölln
Thursday 11 May 2023
Hilary Jeffery – brass, dreadbox fx
James Main – vocals
Eleni Poulou – korg + dreadbox synths
Wolfgang Seidel – guitar, electronics
SUPERBOOTH
Strandbühne
FEZ-Berlin
Straße zum FEZ 2
12459 BERLIN
superbooth.com
superbooth.com/en/messe-and-exhibitors/exhibitors/dreadbox
dreadbox-fx.com
Saturday 8 April
HIEROGLYPHIC BEING + ORGANZA RAY
Live @ Cashmere Radio
BERLIN
Saturday 1 April
KASERNE II
another evening of healing noise, meta music and phuture pholk
Hilary Jeffery – trombone, trumpet
Eleni Poulou – synthesizer, bass, voice
Hayden Chisholm – saxophone, voice
Wolfgang Seidel – electronics, percussion
Zsolt Sőrés – viola, electronics, voice
Galiläakirche
Rigaer Straße 9-10
BERLIN Friedrichshain
auxxx.blogspot.com
widerstandsmuseum.de/kultur-am-dorfplatz
Saturday 4 March 2023
Hilary Jeffery – trumpet, trombone
Eleni Poulou – synthesizer, voice
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Dimitra Kousteridou – electronics, vocals
Stephanos Chytiris – drums
Ov Off Studio
Feidipidou 22 – 3rd Floor
11527 ATHENS
Greece
organzaray.bandcamp.com
dimitrakousteridou.com
stephanoschytiris.com
Thursday 20 October 2022
Library Concert #3
Organza Ray
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Golden Diskó Ship
Archiv der Jugendkulturen
Fidicinstraße 3
10965 BERLIN Kreuzberg
organzaray.bandcamp.com
jugendkulturen.de
Saturday 8 October 2022
KASERNE
an evening of healing noise, meta music and phuture pholk
Samira Aakcha – dance
Constantin Carstens (HeDuDa, Organza Ray) – computer, electronics
Hilary Jeffery (Zinc & Copper, Organza Ray) – trombone, trumpet
Eleni Poulou (Nohe Noshe, Organza Ray) – keyboard, bass, vocals
Theresa Patzschke – flute, vocals
Zsolt Sőrés (Faust, Un-garians) – viola, electronics
André Vida (Un-garians) – saxophones, electronics
Galiläakirche
Rigaer Straße 9-10
BERLIN Friedrichshain
auxxx.blogspot.com
widerstandsmuseum.de
FRIDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 2022
Hilary Jeffery – trombone, trumpet, melodica
Eleni Poulou – bass, melodica, voice
THE WEATHER IN FRED SANDBACK – Opening
SWALLOW
Vitebsko g. 23,
11350 VILNIUS
Lithuania
TUESDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 2022
Constantine Carstens – computer
Hilary Jeffery – trombone, trumpet, melodica
Eleni Poulou – bass, melodica, voice
CASHMERE RADIO
BERLIN
FRIDAY 15 JULY 2022
Hilary Jeffery – brass, vocals, electronics
Eleni Poulou – bass, vocals, electronics
POP
Yorck Str. 52
10965 BERLIN Kreuzberg
SATUDAY 9 JULY 2022
Hilary Jeffery – brass, vocals, melodica, electronics
Eleni Poulou – bass, vocals, melodica, electronics
Theresa Patzschke – flute
TANZHALLE WIESENBURG
Wiesen Str. 55
13357 BERLIN Wedding