On Sunday 20 February we took over the Barbican with live performances, DJ sets and more for our curated event listening to place. The day was centred around artists responses to location-based sound and field recordings.
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Ligeti Quartet
Get a taste of our upcoming event listening to place with our curated playlist from artists Kate Carr and Iain Chambers (Langham Research Centre). Immerse yourself in the beauty of found sound and get a sense of what to expect from the night with tracks from Li Yilei, Annea Lockwood, Bamboo Mystics and more.
Our upcoming Barbican event listening to place explores artists’ responses to their environments with a day of live music, panel discussions, DJ sets and ambient performances. From roundabouts to brutalist architecture, read on to find out more about our artists, their inspiration, and what you can expect on the day.
Songbooks is a series composed by Christian Mason and inspired by traditional forms of overtone (or throat-singing) from around the world. Performed by Ligeti Quartet, the first album features two projects, taking as their inspirations the Tuvan vocal tradition of Khöömii and the practice of the Tenores in Sardinia.