Manifesto:

The Readers understand that life is short and that most of us do not have time or energy to thoroughly investigate the canon of seminal cultural works.
The Readers understand that the world is filled with voices and that deciphering which to listen to can be overwhelming.
The Readers do requests and will create personal rock operas for individual artists or particular shows.
The Readers understand that there is no understanding and that from this position we work together on own incomprehension and misunderstandings as well as those of the audience.
The Readers want to consume and want to free you from your need to consume. By consuming on your behalf we not only take away the need for you to decide what to consume, but we distill that consummation into a unit that is easier to ignore.

The Band:
Helen Ashton – Cornet
Dolores de Sade – Musical saw
Kelly Drake – Contra Alto, percussion
Simona Faustini – Mezzo Soprano
Eva Knutsdotter – Glockenspiel, harmonized glasses
Rupert Philbert  -Electric Guitar, delay units, piano
Ramon Salgado -Touzon – Basso Profondo, harp, microkorg, kaosscilator
Steve Stanbridge – Baritone, theramin, vocoder
Jones Tensini – Contra Tenor
Leonardo Ulian – Deconstructed toys/digital/vintage electronica

Selected Performances and Events:

2009

"The Print Collective Exhibition", Shoreditch Town Hall, London
"The Freak Show", The Star of Bethnal Green, London
"The Meaning of Art Festival", The Foundry, Hoxton, Londo
“Umlaut”, Hales Gallery, London
“Around This House”, Shoreditch Library, London
“And Finally”, The George and Dragon, London (A Readers’ curated   evening of sound art performance)
“No:ID”relaunch party Alhambra Club, London
“The Armageddon Show”, Spring Studios, London
‘Make Your Own Damn Music’ live performance– Resonance FM.
“I Was a Bad Boy”, Fortress Studios, London
“Temporarycontemporaries”, The Old Police Station launch party, London
“Roxburgh launch party, Edinburgh.

 2008

“The Bob and Roberta Smith Piano Bar”, GSK, Royal Academy, London 
the Freak Show