Identity and spirituality in the digital age are the themes of the two multi-media performances that artists Aïsha Devi and Pan Daijing will present at the Barbican Centre on Sunday 7th October. ‘Aetherave’ sees the Asian Dope Boys dancers interpret Aisha Devi’s electronic sounds, influenced by her Nepalese-Tibetan heritage and...
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K-pop phenomenons BTS embark on their first European tour this autumn, touching down in London in October, for two dates on 9th and 10th at one of the capital’s biggest venues, The O2. Made up of seven members, BTS, also known as Bangtan Sonyeondan, is a South Korean boy band formed in...
![Preview: Ryoji Ikeda @ Barbican Centre [London; Sunday 30th September 2018]](https://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ryoki-ikeda-335x188.jpg)
Sound artist Ryoji Ikeda returns to the Barbican Centre on Sunday 30th September to present a whole new show divided into two sections. Music for Percussion sees Ikeda, alongside Swiss collective Eklekto, experimenting with handclaps, crotales, cymbals and triangles, playing them in unconventional ways to create the impression of electronic music...
For his latest album Konoyo, due for release on 28th September on American independent label Kranky, sound artist Tim Hecker has collaborated with members of the Tokyo Gakuso ensemble, a group of gagaku musicians founded in 1978. Gagaku, i.e. the traditional classical music of Japan performed for centuries at the...
The stage at the Barbican has belonged to many legendary musicians, and it is not a rarity to attend more than one incredible concert in the span of a few days. Nevertheless, even for such a high-esteemed venue, it is a once-in-a-lifetime event to host not one but two members...
After four joint albums together over the span of a decade, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto thought they had nothing left to say. If it had not been for director Iñárritu, who brought them back together in 2015 to make them work on the score of his film The Revenant,...
![Preview: William Basinski with Fennesz by Candlelight @ Union Chapel [London, Thursday 31st May 2018]](https://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/krankbrother-335x188.jpg)
Krankbrother returns to the Union Chapel in Islington on Thursday 31st May, this time bringing experimental ambient musicians William Basinski and Fennesz for a special performance by candlelight. American avant-garde musician William Basinski has been composing and playing since the ’80s and he is best known for his experimentations with...
Jiha Park, a multi-instrumentalist from South Korea, is the leader and founder of duo 숨[su:m], as well as a solo performer and composer. Her debut solo album Communion was released in the worldwide in March and was previously presented in London at the latest K-Music Festival last October. We were...
Alfa Mist is one of the finest emerging talents of the contemporary London jazz scene. His album Antiphon, released a year ago, has been named by many as one of the best of 2017. Among his latest performances, there has been an incredible one at Nicholas Daley’s London Fashion Week...
Since the reissue of her spectacular 1982 solo album Through The Looking Glass, Japanese composer and percussionist Midori Takada has been experiencing a new wave of success which has brought her touring the world again. After two sold-out gigs in London last year, Takada returns to the British capital on...
