Various venues, Sheffield & Rotherham, UK Photo: Lord Spikeheart by James Ward After taking a year out in 2023, No Bounds returns with a sprawling programme for its seventh edition. Things begin in a low key fashion with a lecture at Sheffield University’s Firth Hall.… Read More
The interweaving stories of avant rock band Ir Visa Tai Kas Yra Gražu Yra Gražu, jazz improvisors Haruspic and radical film maker Artūras Barysas provide a window into Lithuania’s underground from the Soviet era to the present day. Lead image: Juozas Milašius, Artūras Barysas in… Read More
The Kenyan born producer and artist finds a sense of place via field recordings, music and installations, giving voice to ethnographic sounds and archived objects By Ilia Rogatchevski Photography by Laura Schaeffer Listening to Disconnect, KMRU’s collaborative album with Kevin Martin, fills your gut with… Read More
Image: ‘Darkside of the Cone‘ screened at IKLECTIK by Jason Brooks As YouTube wormholes go, A Moon Age Daydream is possibly one of the more refined playlists on the platform. Curated by London artist and researcher Jason Brooks, the list charts the cultural connections between… Read More
Ahead of a full performance of her new album The Hollow at London ICA, actor and artist Keeley Forsyth talks to Ilia Rogatchevski about Pina Bausch, Béla Tarr, genderless vocals, and perceiving the world as light and shade Keeley Forsyth’s third album The Hollow explores the essence of solitude… Read More
Eventim Apollo, London, UK Image: Still from Shiver, dir. Martin Falck The key protagonist of Fever Ray’s third album Radical Romantics is Main, a meek white collar drone who, by submitting to the objects of their desire, casts off their awkward shell and embraces love… Read More
Ahead of the release of her soundtrack for Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s new film Evil Does Not Exist, Japanese musician Eiko Ishibashi talks to Ilia Rogatchevski about influential composer director partnerships and her own approaches to scoring film. Photo: Eiko Ishibashi in Hokuto, Japan, October 2018, The Wire… Read More
Cassie Kinoshi with seed. + NikNak + London Contemporary Orchestra Barbican, London, UK | Photo by The Red Beanie. The Barbican’s stage is crowded. Cassie Kinoshi, the alto saxophonist, composer and former member of Kokoroko, leads the ten piece seed. ensemble for the presentation of… Read More
Mariam Rezaei + Angharad Davies + Atzi Muramatsu + Semay Wu Cafe Oto, London UK The first night of Mariam Rezaei’s three day residency at Cafe Oto considers the unmet potential of a string quartet. The musicians play two improvised sets with no prior discussion… Read More
The Vienna based trio create a riotous fusion of traditional Iranian instrumentation, electronic processing and theatrical headgear. HUUUM: (from left) Omid Darvish, Rojin Sharafi, Alvaro Collao León. Image: Rezzarte/TE-R HUUUM’s self-titled debut opens with the foreboding “Dibāche”. The fluctuating breath that delivers a mournful saxophone… Read More
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