Plaid & Southbank Gamelan Players

Sound/Music

Thu 10 Jun, 7.30pm

£12.50

A magical musical collaboration between the Warp label pioneers of hypnotic groove and electro-alchemy Plaid, whom will be blending their trademark sound with the mesmerising textures and rhythms of a Javanese gamelan orchestra.

Performing a new work they have created together with Indonesian composer Rahayu Supanggah, the electronica duo plan to weave a subtle soundscape around the Gamelan's fluid rhythms, thickening the pounding of gongs with echo and delay, looping intricate xylophone patterns, and adding eerie dissonances to ancient harmonies.

Gamelan has been a influence on lots of western music from ecstatic rockers, to wall of sound hip-hop collages and electronic artists such as Aphex Twin and Kode9 but a collaboration such as this have never before shared the same stage, until now.

'.. the effect is bewitching.. it's illuminating to see artists from these two genres working together' Drowned in Sound

Plaid
Having consistently produced some of the most adventurous electronic/dance music in the last 20 years, the duo of Andy Turner and Ed Handley are former members of seminal outfit The Black Dog. They have collaborated with singers Mara Carlyle, Nicolette and Björk, and have released records on the labels Clear, Peacefrog and most famously Warp Records.

Southbank Gamelan Players
The Southbank Gamelan Players, Ensemble in Residence at The Southbank Centre, was founded in 1987. Most of the musicians have undertaken extensive study in Java and a number are tutors for the Royal Festival Hall Gamelan Programme. The group has established an international reputation both for its performances of traditional Javanese music and for its championing of new music for gamelan.

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