Tuesday 10 September 2024, 7.30pm
Suroor is a South Asian improvised performance group with an evolving line-up of contributors - this iteration brings together a new collaboration between multi-instrumentalist Nabihah Iqbal, former Asian Dub Foundation member Dhangsha and Emptyset's Paul Purgas. Working across guitar, synthesis, drums and voice the trio forefront their shared explorations of ritual electronics, atmospheric textures and hypnotic rhythms, conceived through evocations of myth, transcendence and syncretism.
Suren Seneviratne (b. 1986) is a prolific Sri Lankan sound artist based in London and Kent, UK. His conceptual project Missing Music meticulously documents obsolete music software, VST plugins and sound tools designed for Macintosh computers during the 1990s and 2000s. Originally conceived as an online repository boasting over 250+ archival entries, the project has since transformed into a compelling audio-visual improvisational live performance featuring Apple iBook and PowerBook computers authentic to the Y2K era.
As My Panda Shall Fly, Seneviratne has explored and pushed the threshold of experimental media for over a decade across record production, remix work, radio broadcast, film composition, theatre design, Net Art, interactive VR and exhibition.
Sijya is a composer, producer and designer from New Delhi, India, who lays down textural abstractions of her inner monologue, embodying the new wave of distinctive sonic practise emerging from South Asia. Her debut release Young Hate was released by Matthew Herbert’s Accidental Records and accompanied by the remix collection Young Love.
Nisha Ramayya grew up in Glasgow and now lives in London. Her poetry collection States of the Body Produced by Love (2019) is published by Ignota Books. Her second collection will be published by Granta in 2024. Tentatively called Now Let’s Take a Listening Walk, it hazards a musical journey through history, myth, and sci fi. Nisha teaches Creative Writing at Queen Mary University of London.
