Tuesday 13 February 2024, 7.30pm
Venus Ex Machina is a composer, sound designer and interdisciplinary artist, whose debut album Lux, was released to acclaim in 2021. Lux is a digital sanctuary, a choral ambience, layered electronics, no in-put mixer scree, a requiem for an earth beset by environmental change.
"Existing somewhere in between von Hildegard's celestial compositions, polyrhythmic percussive modes, sinister ambience, mutant bass modulations and sound art practices, Lux is one of the most exciting debut albums of the year so far." – The Quietus on Lux by Venus Ex Machina
abi asisa is a London-based producer and electroacoustic cellist whose work blends classical, improvisational, and experimental influences. Originally from Brighton, she moved to London at 19, where she transitioned from traditional cello performance into a more improvisational, genre-fluid practice. Through layering and live manipulation, she transforms the cello into a source of textured, immersive soundscapes that move fluidly between composition and improvisation.
Asisa is a member of the multidisciplinary collective Life is Beautiful, collaborating across music, dance, and visual art. She has performed at venues including Cafe OTO, the Southbank Centre, the Tate Modern, and is an alumni of the Montreux Jazz artists residency.
https://www.instagram.com/abi.asisa/
nathanael amadou is a Togolese-German producer/composer/sound artist and researcher interested in how the production of sound is employed across the black diaspora as a method of undoing colonial spatial formations. Drawing from the rich traditions of jazz and electronic music, his work weaves together experiments with sound technology, sentiment, narrative, utterance, compositional determination and improvisation in ways that amplify an introspective articulation of his experience.
