Various Venues, Tromsø, NorwayImage: Ismistik at Insomnia Festival by Celine Richard Inspired by the sleepless nights imposed by the midnight sun, Insomnia takes place in Tromsø, which lies beyond the Arctic Circle. Since 2002, the festival has fostered a culture of inclusive and forward thinking… Read More
St James Garlickhythe, London, UKPhoto by 00bars Tonight’s edition of Boundary Condition, an event series curated by the Egyptian artist Alaa Yousry aka Cerpintxt, centres around the launch of her new album Refugees Of The Symbolic Network. The record’s identity is rooted in an impulse… Read More
Cafe Oto, London, UK Photo: Verði Ljós Dave Welder, a prolific Brighton project led by the film maker Ben Wheatley and music producer Simon Byrt, have amassed over a dozen eclectic lo-fi releases on Bandcamp since August 2024. Seated behind synths, laptops and MIDI controllers,… Read More
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
Berliner takes radical politics and 12th-century Persian poetry and sets them to an infectious disco beat, finds Ilia Rogatchevski Mary Ocher reclines on a rubber dinghy that is perilously adrift at sea. Her voice lifts above the waters as a shuffling backbeat dominates the track.… 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
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
Suzanne Ciani + Li YileiKings Place, London, UK Taking refuge in Kings Place from the sweltering summer heat, I’m met by Li Yilei’s solitary song. The London based artist begins with an avian melody performed on a whistle. The phrase fills the hall, looping and… Read More
Museum Of Portable SoundPortsmouth, UK/Online “Are you familiar with the story of the first MP3?” asks John Kannenberg, director and chief curator of the Museum of Portable Sound (MOPS). He plays me the 1987 a cappella version of Suzanne Vega’s “Tom’s Diner”. Karlheinz Brandenburg, the… Read More
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