Friday 5 January 2018, 7.30pm
“[Prado] squirms between infections, cruelty, and the abyss.” – Tiny Mix Tapes
For his Nzʉmbe project, Miguel Prado pens unusual, dramatic and very often romantic songs that delve into feelings of disenchantment, affection and humiliation. Built upon a musical bed of modular electronics and instrumental fragments, his recordings push forward the sound of the disembodied voice, laid bare in isolation, vulnerability and exposure. Miguel Prado is the story of a person’s life told from his birth to his death, detailing his deeds achieved and failures, and everything of significant interest to the same. His biography (Greek βίος, bios, “life” and γρᾶφειν, grāfein, “write”) usually takes the form of a expository story frequently narrated in the third person of the life of a real person from birth to death or to the present. In its most complete form, Miguel Prado also explains his actions according to the social, cultural and political context of the time attempting to reconstruct documentarily, his thoughts and figure. Miguel Prado can be recorded in the form of audio, visual or writing.
https://thesorg.bandcamp.com/album/titubeo
www.miguelprado.net
Flora Yin-Wong is an artist, writer and DJ who uses rudimentary field recordings, granular synthesis, and traditional instruments, underpinned by influences from club culture. Through these disparate elements, her work channels her interest in philosophical and psychological themes such as faith, obsession, and ritual. She has been commissioned by and presented live at institutions like Palais de Tokyo in Paris, MACRO Roma, Fondation Beyeler Basel, Triennale Milano, Somerset House, The V&A, ISSUE Project Room New York, Volksbuhne Berlin, ATONAL, Unsound and MUTEK Festival to clubs like Berghain, fabric and Printworks. Her music has been released on labels like Modern Love, PAN, Shelter Press, Tectonic, and Nyege Nyege etc. In early 2023 she launched a label and publishing house, Doyenne, and was commissioned by Parisian sound institute INA GRM on a soundpiece designed for their 48 channel speaker system released as a split LP. In 2026/7 she'll release her new EPs with Nick Klein on Room40 and a new moniker Lily of the Valley on YYAA.
Subtle wild improvisation combo with variable geometry, formed by raw vocalist Dali de Saint Paul. Once Dali dreamt of a band that played 64 gigs and then stopped, "Ephemeral Project 64"... and so far, that is the only plan they adopt, the rest is spontaneous and free.
This appearance will feature an all-female combo including Yoshino Shigihara (Yama Warashi), Agathe Max (Papivores), Joanna Pucci (Burl), Ursula Russell (Snapped Ankles/Ursa Majour Moving Group/ Alabaster Deplume) & Dali (Harrga, Viridian Ensemble…)
https://ephemeralproject64.com/
https://soundcloud.com/ephemeralproject64
https://www.facebook.com/ephemeralproject64/
https://twitter.com/ep64music