Born 1966, Ryoji Ikeda is an artist working across both visual and sonic media, concerned with sound in its raw states, its visual configuration, mathematical aesthetics, and human perception. Presented by Thirty Three Thirty Three, Barbican Centre, Selfridges, and The Japan Foundation, Ikeda will perform his new audio-visual work Test...
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G-DRAGON, musician, producer, fashion icon, leader of BIGBANG – one of the best-selling boy bands in Asia and the world – is “the undisputed king of K-Pop” (as the American Vogue has called him), finally bringing his world tour to Europe for the first time, touching down in London on...
The K-Music Festival returns to London this autumn for the fourth time, with a stunning programme showcasing the different shades of contemporary South Korean music. Produced by the Korean Cultural Centre UK as part of the Korea/UK 2017-18 season, in collaboration with SERIOUS, this year’s festival focuses on collaborations, letting...
Every September, Joyful Noise reacquaints us with an excellent musical celebration, featuring all-encompassing line-ups, and, of course we were looking forward to the 2017 edition of their London African Music Festival. Even so, we weren’t prepared for such a planned spectacle; 14 events scattered across 13 days and six London...
Even though their last London gig happened almost a year ago, the venue’s dance floor is still warm and trembling. That’s because Acid Arab are not your usual DJs. The Parisian duo formed by Guido Minisky and Hervé Carvalho has instilled new life into the French dance music scene, moving...
After having spread good vibes and eclectic notes in Battersea, Borderless Festival is back to jazz up Stratford. The autumn edition of the music festival organised by GOAT will go on stage at Theatre Royal in a few days’ time, with five shows happening between the end of September and...
Chasing Trane is a film chronicling the soul-stirring life of one of the most significant jazz saxophonists to date, John Coltrane. Throughout his lifetime he played with celebrated artists such as Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk before exploring a deeply spiritual path that took him from bebop into devotional free-jazz....
Known for being the man behind the beat in afrobeat, Tony Allen is considered the pioneer and professor of Nigerian drumming. The maestro of polyrhythms, he can sound like five different drummers playing in unison without even breaking a sweat, “after 45 minutes, I’m just warming up!” Allen drummed with...
La Bomba is rhythmically ticking and ready to blow Koko away on the 12th of September. Directly from Bogotá, Colombia, Bomba Estéreo are coming to London, bringing along their explosive musical drive; fusing quintessential Colombian styles like cumbia, vallenato and champeta, with electronic vibes and Afro-Latin beats. Making them one...
Fully immerse yourself in everything funky and groovy that Africa has to offer. For one night, London will move its hips to some of the best Afro-vibes thanks to two of the most sought-after and refined DJ-sets you can enjoy. It’s no exaggeration to say that Samy Ben Redjeb (Analog...