Embassy Cultural House: Music

From 1983 to 1990 numerous artists exhibited at the Embassy Cultural House. These visual art exhibits were just an element of the programming held over the years including music concerts, film nights, performances, lectures, and social events. There was also an irregular tabloid newspaper that promoted and reviewed the programming at the Cultural House. This dynamic community created wonderful energy and a cutural buzz in East London. Here is a list of the musicians who were part of this vibrant community.  

Bands:

  • Axent: New Music from Toronto, September 29 – October 1, 1983
  • The Bill Smith Ensemble: The Last Red Hot Da Das (an evening of early silent films of the Surrealist and Da Da art filmmakers with minimalist soundtracks produced live in concert), June 13, 1984
  • Breeding Ground: New Music, July 23, 1983
  • Bugs Harvey Oswald: New Music from Ottawa, September 20 – September 21, 1983
  • Country Heirs: Country and Western Music, July 7 – July 9, 1983
  • Country Outlaws: Country and Western Music, June 21 – June 25, 1983
  • Dave Howard Singers: New Music from Toronto, October 29, 1983; November 5, 1983
  • Dub Rifles: New Music from Winnipeg, June 27, 1983
  • Elmo T.V.: June 29, 1984; July 28, 1984
  • Excitement of Searching: and Suffer Machine, December 14, 1985; Spiral Scratch and Excitement of Searching, May 10, 1986
  • Gallery: September 15 – September 17, 1983
  • Idiot Savant: Polkaholics and Believers Voice of Victory, December 9, 1983; Sheep Look Up and Idiot Savant, December 31, 1983; Idiot Savant and Sheep Look Up, December 31, 1984; Henry Rollins and Idiot Savant, January 7, 1985
  • Ira Brown: New Music Band from Toronto, June 20 and 21, 1983
  • Iron Gypsy: New Music From Toronto, October 27 - October 29, 1983
  • Jekyll and Hyde: Music Review, June 9 and 10, 1983
  • John McCabe & Utah: Country and Western Music, July 27 – July 30, 1983; Country and Western Music from New Zealand, September 28 – October 1, 1983
  • Kingdom of the Wild: March 23 – 24, 1984
  • Lubatunes, June 7, 1986
  • Luddites: bill bisset, Gerry Collins, Murray Favro, June 7, 1986
  • Memory Lane: September 22 – September 24, 1983
  • Nuts: Country and Western Music, July 14 – July 16, 1983
  • The Palace at 4 A.M: Toronto-based sound/music/performance unit with George Higton, Ihor Holubizky and Walter Yarwood, June 9, 1984
  • Personal Effects: New Music from New York, September 26 – September 28, 1983
  • Planet People, June 15 – June 16, 1984
  • Sheep Look Up: September 12 – September 14, 1983; Sheep Look Up and Idiot Savant, December 31, 1983; Idiot Savant and Sheep Look Up, December 31, 1984; Sheep Look Up and Map Turtle, January 31, 1986
  • Skeleton Crew: Tom Cora, Fred Firth and Zeena Parkins, October 8, 1985
  • Southern Pride: October 6 – October 8, 1983
  • Spiral Scratch: Record Releasing Party, March 14, 1984; Spiral Scratch and Excitement of Searching, May 10, 1986; Spiral Scratch and Lifeless Currents, October 5, 1987
  • Suffer Machine: and Excitement of Searching, December 14, 1985
  • Those Foolish Things: New Wave Band from Toronto, May 20 and 21, 1983
  • Tight Squeeze: Country and Western Music, July 7 – July 9, 1983
  • Tunnels Under This City: November 21, 1985
  • Tyrus: New Music from Toronto, October 13 – October 15, 1983
 
Musicians:
  • Bailey, Roy: Performed January 26, 1985
  • Bell, Rob: Performed on drums with Eric Stach, Free Music Unit, with David Lee, bass, January 11, 1990
  • Bridges, Bill: Guitarist from Toronto with Dennis Brown on drums, May 13, 1983
  • Brown, Dennis: Performed on drums with Bill Bridges, guitarist from Toronto, May 13, 1983; Performed on drums with Eric Stach, Free Music Unit with Andrea Meyers, guitar, February 8, 1985
  • Brown, Eric: Improvisation Music Concert with Eric Stach, June 14, 1984
  • Gerry Collins: Guitarist performed with the Luddites with bill bisset and Murray Favro, June7, 1986
  • Cora, Tom: Performed with Skeleton Crew, Fred Firth and Zeena Parkins, October 8, 1985
  • Coryell, Randy: Performed on drums with Greg Dechert on electric piano and synthesizer, May 15, 1983
  • Dechert, Greg: Electric piano and synthesizer with Randy Coryell on drums, May 15, 1983
  • Firth, Fred: Performed with Skeleton Crew, Tom Cora and Zeena Parkins, October 8, 1985
  • Higton, George: Performed with The Palace at 4 A.M, Toronto-based sound/music/performance unit with Ihor Holubizky and Walter Yarwood, June 9, 1984
  • Holubizky, Ihor: Performed with The Palace at 4 A.M, Toronto-based sound/music/performance unit with George Higton and Walter Yarwood, June 9, 1984
  • Lee, David: Performed on bass with Eric Stach, Free Music Unit, with Rob Bell, drums, January 11, 1990
  • Meyers, Andrea: Performed on guitar with Eric Stach, Free Music Unit with Dennis Brown on drums, February 8, 1985
  • Parkins, Zeena: Performed with Skeleton Crew, Tom Cora and Fred Firth, October 8, 1985
  • Ridsdale, Frank: 
  • Rollins, Henry: Performed with Idiot Savant, January 7, 1985
  • Stach, Eric: Improvisation Music Concert with Eric Brown, June 14, 1984; Eric Stach, Free Music Unit with Dennis Brown, drums, and Andrea Meyers, guitar, February 8; Free-improvisation, November 26, 1985 (programmed by FCG); Eric Stach, Free Music Unit, with Rob Bell, drums, and David Lee, bass, January 11, 1990
  • Yarwood, Walter: Performed with The Palace at 4 A.M, Toronto-based sound/music/performance unit with George Higton and Ihor Holubizky, June 9, 1984
Picture
TARIQ AMERY
Picture
LORRAINE KLAASEN
Picture
MONGEZI NTAKA
Picture
ERIC STACH
EDITORIAL TEAM

ONLINE FOUNDER
Tariq Hassan Gordon

COFOUNDERS & CURATORIAL ADVISORS  
Jamelie Hassan & Ron Benner

ADVISORY CIRCLE
Samer Abdelnour, Marnie Fleming, Wyn Geleynse, Fern Helfand, S F Ho, Lorraine Klaasen, Judith Rodger, Ruth Skinner, Mary Lou Smoke, and Lucas Stenning 

COORDINATING EDITORS
Tariq Hassan Gordon & Olivia Mossuto

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Blessy Augustine, Anahí González, Jared Hendricks-Polack, Jessica Irene Joyce, Ira Kazi, Shelley Kopp, Jenna Rose Sands, Mireya Seymour, Venus Tsao, Diana Tamblyn, and Michelle Wilson. 

VIRTUAL TOUR
Andreas Buchwaldt
SUBSCRIBE TO THE MAILING LIST

Intuit Mailchimp

OUR STORY
Artists Jamelie Hassan and Ron Benner and jazz musician Eric Stach founded the Embassy Cultural House (1983-1990) located in the restaurant portion of the Embassy Hotel at 732 Dundas Street in East London. In 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Embassy Cultural House was re-envisioned as a virtual artist-run space and website. 
The Embassy Cultural House gratefully acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and the London Arts Council through the City of London's Community Arts Investment Program.
The Embassy Cultural House is thankful for the mentorship program established by Western University's Visual Arts department and the continued support of the students and Faculty of Arts & Humanities.

Our Partners

E M B A S S Y  C U L T U R A L  H O U S E . C A

The Embassy Cultural House (ECH) is located on the traditional lands of the Anishinaabek, Haudenosaunee, Lūnaapéewak, and Chonnonton peoples, at the forks of Deshkan Ziibi (Antler River), an area subject to the Dish with One Spoon Covenant Wampum and other treaties, colonized as London, Ontario. The ECH strives to create meaningful relationships between the Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island and our contributors. The ECH honours the stewardship of the many Indigenous peoples who have resided on these lands since time immemorial.
Copyright © 2025  Embassy Cultural House.
All rights reserved.
Proudly powered by Weebly