In this new monthly series, we shine a light into the crucible of new music creation today, revealing exhilarating cross-currents in sound and style. From contemporary orchestral composition to shimmering electronic sound worlds, musical expression is becoming less defined by genre, more framed by its emotional and cultural contexts. Luminate taps into this bold, exploratory landscape in a series of shows that will provoke and inspire.
Ex-Easter Island Head are a UK–based musical collective composing and performing music for solid–body electric guitar, percussion and other instruments. Primarily performing as a trio, the group incorporate multiple electric guitars augmented through mechanical preparations
Lonnie Holley returns to London to share his eagerly anticipated first album in five years, MITH; 'a staggering work of unbridled ambition, intelligent improvisation and, above all, profound soul.' Loud and Quiet.
A frequent collaborator with Colin Stetson and Ben Frost, the master drummer Greg Fox joins us for the UK premiere of his latest project, Quadrinity, which expands his solo work to a live quartet.
Alternative classical trailblazers Manchester Collective collaborate with electronic artist Vessel and composer Daniel Elms on a rare evening of ambitious, breathtaking performance.
Nik Void is an experimental electronic artist and producer, best known as one half of DFA signings Factory Floor, while Ashley Paul is a multi-instrumentalist who creates a delicate palette, uniquely her own, using saxophone, clarinet, voice, prepared guitar and percussion.
Pan Daijing is a self-taught, self-proclaimed outsider who makes music, art, and tells stories. Born and raised in Guiyang, Southwest China, she has been hiding in Berlin since 2016.
A collaboration inspired by Janáček’s string quartet Intimate Letters, and the premiere of a new work created by violinist Rakhi Singh and pioneering electronic musician Vessel.