Monday 27 April 2026, 7.30pm
Step into the Unpredictable Series for a night where boundaries blur between electronics, electroacoustic music, and immersive visuals. Experience the UK debut of Hiiumaa, the latest creation from Estonian duo Varm & Correia, and witness the innovative partnership of Martí Guillem and Cheslav Singh, trailblazers in experimental sound from Spain and beyond. The evening also spotlights Mandhira de Saram and Blanca Regina, as De Saram pushes the limits of electronics and violin, brought to life by Regina’s captivating visuals. Their set will flow seamlessly into a spontaneous audiovisual improvisation, during which Blanca will introduce vocals and sound synthesis. To top it off, Pierre Bouvier Patron joins forces with Varm & Correia, weaving their artistic visions together for a fresh take on interconnected visuals.
www.unpredictable.info
Varm & Correia compose ambient music inspired by nature and its interplay with human presence. Their music reflects these contrasting elements, using field recordings and synthetic sounds. They often perform in a nature setting: Purekkare Cape, Tallinn Botanical Garden and Tartu Botanical Garden (part of Tartu 2024 European Capital of Culture). They released their debut EP Live at Purekkari Cape in 2023 and the album Hiiumaa in 2025.
Taavi Varm is an artist and researcher from Tallinn, with a background in performing arts and video art. He's interested in combining interactive narratives, new technologies and visual design. Nuno Correia is an academic in the field of interaction design, and a media artist specializing in audiovisual performance. Originally from Portugal, he’s now based in Tallinn.
“Why should artificially generated sounds, created with the help of human technology, be in conflict with nature? According to Varm and Correia, they shouldn't – they can coexist in harmony. Not synthesis, but symbiosis.” – SIRP review of Varm & Correia performance at Biotoopia 2022, by Valdek Laur
“A multi-layered, introspective, stereophonic, and enjoyable ambient album” – Müürileht review of Live at Purekkari Cape, by Talis Paide
Varm & Correia release new album: Hiiumaa (7. November 2025)
Our new album was inspired by a journey to the Estonian island of Hiiumaa. We wanted to explore the island in search of places where nature, folklore, and traces of human activity intertwine. We found places steeped in folklore and history, forgotten remnants swallowed by nature. The album tracks reflect these multiple layers: the melancholic seascapes of Sääre Tirp, the electromagnetic waves of Ristna Antenna, the military ruins of Tahkuna Patarei 1 and 2 and the legend behind Kurisu. The field recordings and nightly sessions recorded at Hiiumaa became the foundation of the album’s sonic world: a slow, breathing space where the sea, the wind, and memories dissolve into ambient soundscapes.
Links
* BandCamp https://varmandcorreia.bandcamp.com/
* Hiiumaa album streaming links: https://push.fm/fl/hiiumaa
* Live at Purekkari Cape album streaming links: https://push.fm/fl/okilykux * Instagram @varmandcorreia
* YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@varmandcorreia
Mandhira is happiest bringing her playful energy and creativity to a breadth of projects across the less trodden paths of contemporary music, working with the likes of Anna Meredith, Elaine Mitchener, Elliot Galvin, Laura Jurd and Shabaka Hutchings, and now increasingly as a solo artist.
Having left the Ligeti Quartet (Songbooks Vol. 1, 2021 and Nuc, 2023) - the plucky band of musical buccaneers who explore the outer reaches of chamber repertoire - Mandhira’s recent creative ventures include commissions by the Ligeti Quartet, a collaboration with the cross-cultural Australian Art Orchestra (debuting in Melbourne and HCMF) and working with Jasmin Kent Rodgman on the soundtrack to the feature film Bawa’s Garden. She has also been commissioned by the Barbican’s Sound Unbound Festival and Musicity.
Equally at home leading orchestras in the world’s most prestigious concert venues, recording film soundtracks at Abbey Road and improvising at Café Oto, her other projects include improvising duos with Steve Beresford and Benoit Delbecq (Spinneret, 2019) and regular appearances with Riot Ensemble and London Contemporary Orchestra.
Blanca Regina is a dynamic interdisciplinary artist, educator, and independent curator celebrated for her work in multimedia, projection art, experience design, and book arts. She creates captivating audiovisual performances, sound pieces, installations, and films that invite audiences into her imaginative world, using voice, objects, and visuals to craft spontaneous compositions. Blanca specializes in immersive and interactive experiences through multimedia installations and projection mapping, and she has taught many video mapping workshops. Her live performances blend sound, visuals, and spatial performance, making each event a unique experience. In addition to multimedia art, she creates experimental publications in book arts and curates events like the "Unpredictable Series," highlighting diverse voices. Blanca’s collaborations include working with Leafcutter John on "Miga" and producing albums with Steve Beresford, Laetitia Sadier, Matthias Kispert, Benedict Taylor, Peter Cusack, Terry Day, Aneek Thapar and others. Her work has been showcased internationally at venues such as Turner Contemporary, Barbican, and Tate Modern, and she has led engaging workshops at Roundhouse and other creative spaces. Blanca Regina's artistic journey is all about exploration and collaboration.
Pierre Bouvier Patron is a visual artist based in London. He is currently working with different media, such as digital video and analogue film, exploring the boundaries between them and creating moving image works, performances and installations. He has developed various practices and skills in experimental film, expanded cinema, and documentary films.
He is involved in video screenings and video performances, solo or in collaboration. His work has been shown in France (L'ATELIER MTK), Spain (Cruce, Proyector Festival), the United Kingdom (Cafe Oto, Iklectik, etc.), Mexico, Berlin (Sowieso), Amsterdam (Zaal100) etc.
Cheslav Singh is a Canadian pianist based in London with international performance and pedagogical experience.
He has performed internationally at renowned venues (Rome, London, New York, Naples, Paris, Toronto), on radio (RAI 3) and television in many different contexts, playing everything from Beethoven to free jazz. He has been recognized as being able to ‘construct solid geometric sonorities, very well planned…’ and his playing is said to be ‘…engaging and meditative…’ (Massimiliano Cerito, June 2022). Since 2011, he has been actively involved in contemporary classical music, having co-founded the audiovisual group a=b=x=y.
He has appeared as a composer, composing for solo instruments to a full symphony orchestra. He is the co-founder of Our ‘PL’ace Foundation, through which, among other activities, he co-curates an annual International Audiovisual Art Festival in Poznań, Poland since 2015. LightSounds has taken place across four countries, and in 2025 had its tenth edition.
He regularly collaborates with immensely varied artists to co-create new audiovisual projects, like Towards Dhiān, Nüwa Mends the Sky and the upcoming Portal.
He remains active in searching for extended playing techniques on the border between acoustic and electronic music, plays the organ, has a keen interest in tuning systems and is an active student of Gurbāṇī Saṅgīta, having had the immense fortune of being able to work with and for its foremost exponent Bhai Baldeep Singh since 2013.
www.cheslavsingh.com
Martí Guillem Císcar is an unorthodox Valencian artist whose work lies at the intersection of art, sound experimentation, and technology. His innovative approach allows him to work with a wide variety of media including electronic devices, sounds, images, light, and everyday objects. Experimental luthier with an interdisciplinary and constantly evolving artistic expression. His work is characterized by an endless curiosity and the exploration of new forms of communication and perception. With a fresh and diverse sonic language, his projects invite to search on the limits of art, sound, and sensory experience, breaking with established conventions and encouraging audience to interact with his proposals. Throughout his 20+ year career, he has shared his work to hundreds of venues, participating in festivals, exhibitions, and experimental art gatherings. His work also focus on education. He teaches workshops in diverse contexts, ranging from cultural and academic institutions to self-managed spaces, where knowledge exchange and collective experimentation are essential. He currently coordinates NycIi, a project dedicated to programming events focused on exploration and experimental practices, creating spaces for innovation and collaboration between artists and the public.
