Actress & Suzanne Ciani

present Concrète Waves

Co-curated as part of collaborative curation supported by TIMES (The Independent Movement For Electronic Scenes)

A groundbreaking new performance will bring together Actress (Darren J Cunningham) and Suzanne Ciani to present a work commissioned by Sónar and The Barbican, London. “Concrète Waves” will see the UK producer join forces with the five-time Grammy-nominated American composer and “diva of the diode”, drawing on both their shared sensibilities and distinct approaches in a collaboration unlike anything seen before. Both Actress and Suzanne Ciani have previously performed solo at Semibreve and now return to present their new collaborative work, “Concrète Waves”.

Ava Rasti

performing The River with a string quartet

Premiere
Commissioned by Semibreve under Re-Imagine Europe

In a commissioned performance by Semibreve, under the Re-Imagine Europe programme, Iranian-born composer, pianist, and bassist Ava Rasti will present her new album, “The River”, alongside a string quartet, experimenting on the interface between ambient, modern classical and drone.

aya

performing hexed!

Marking her return to Hyperdub, aya’s second album, “hexed!”, confronts the desperation and dysfunction of addiction. London-based experimental artist Aya Sinclair delivers one of the most powerful and intense albums of the year so far.

emptyset

performing Dissever

Emptyset’s new album continues their ongoing exploration of the histories of electronic sound and media across the 20th century. “Dissever” (Thrill Jockey, out May 23) is the sixth album by James Ginzburg and Paul Purgas. First presented at Tate Modern as a live performance accompanying the exhibition Electric Dreams, a large-scale survey of the global history of art and technology, the duo will return to Braga after an unforgettable performance in 2012

Heinali & Andriana-Yaroslava Saienko

performing Гільдеґарда (Hildegard)

Co-curated as part of collaborative curation supported by TIMES (The Independent Movement For Electronic Scenes)

Гільдеґарда (‘Hildegard’ in Ukrainian) is a unique reimagining of Hildegard von Bingen's music. It combines the vocal sound production approaches of authentic Ukrainian folk singing with the modular synthesis techniques drawing from high medieval polyphony and monophony. This innovative approach, brought to life by Oleh Shpudeiko, known as Heinali, an electronic music composer reimagining Early music in modular synthesis, and Andriana-Yaroslava Saienko, a singer practising authentic Ukrainian vocal tradition, brings to the fore the paradoxical viscerality inherent to Hildegard's visionary writing. It serves as a mirror, reflecting, processing and transcending the wartime experience and exploring the raw spirituality emerging from it. This performance of “Hildegard” is co-curated with Unsound, with the album set to be released on the Unsound label on May 30th.

Lucy Railton with Charlie Hope and Rebecca Salvadori

performing Not A Word From Me

Commissioned by Semibreve (Braga), CTM (Berlin), DE SINGEL (Antwerp) and FIBER (Amsterdam)

Not A Word From Me is the new live show that brings together the work of three distinct artists in music, video, and light design, building on recent releases and new compositions by British cellist and electronic musician Lucy Railton. She is accompanied by London-based, Italo-Australian video artist and filmmaker Rebecca Salvadori, and London-born visual artist Charlie Hope. This performance delves into an experience of sensorial exploration, immersing the listener in the visceral and psychoacoustic states for which Railton’s sonic work is renowned.