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Purcell Room
Saturday 27 March 2010
Imagine an acoustic piano that is no longer restricted to 'western tuning'.
The Front Room at QEH
Friday 9 April 2010
The Teak Project represents a collaboration between three of Britain's finest young improvisers.
Spirit Level
Enter the Ether Artist-in-Residence: Felix’s Machines
Wednesday 14 April 2010 - Sunday 25 April 2010
Throughout the festival, artist Felix Thorn will be based in Spirit Level, working on and writing for his music-making machines.
Blue Room, Spirit Level
Friday 16 April 2010
Steve Goodman is the founder of the record label Hyperdub and produces bass-driven electronic music under the name kode9.
The Clore Ballroom
Saturday 17 April 2010
A day of performances, masterclasses and demonstrations with some of the UK's leading thereminists coming together to explore and celebrate this pioneering instrument championed by Varese.
Purcell Room
Saturday 17 April 2010
Taking cues from Edgard Varèse's complete recorded work, British electronic artist par excellence Robin Rimbaud - aka Scanner - presents his new score for John S. Robertson's silent film version of Stevenson's classic horror story.
Royal Festival Hall
Monday 19 April 2010
Lou Reed's Metal Machine Trio performs a night of deep noise and features Lou Reed on processed and unprocessed guitars, Ulrich Krieger on tenor sax and live-electronics, and Sarth Calhoun on continuum and live processing.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Broadcast + Micachu & the Shapes + Oliver Coates
Wednesday 21 April 2010
Acclaimed for their unique brand of atmospheric melodies and textured electronics, Broadcast are one of the UK's great innovative bands - beguiling and brilliant.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Thursday 22 April 2010
The genre-trashing, visually spectacular Chrome Hoof perform in Queen Elizabeth Hall with support from tropical rockers Zun Zun Egui, before LA art-noise band HEALTH and superstar DJ Andrew Weatherall play in The Front Room
Royal Festival Hall
Friday 23 April 2010
Acclaimed film director and video artist Chris Cunningham has created some of the most iconic music videos of recent years from Bjork's 'All is Full of Love' to Aphex Twin's 'Windowlicker'.
Foyer Bar - level 2
Friday 23 April 2010
Martin Johnson has played with some of the world's most respected musicians, including bassist Dave Bronze (Eric Clapton, Eric Bibb), Snowboy (Lisa Stansfield, Snowboy & The Latin Section) and Neil Robinson (James Taylor Quartet).
Queen Elizabeth Hall
To Rococo Rot + Gudrun Gut & AGF + Vladislav Delay + Thomas Fehlmann
Friday 23 April 2010
A cocktail of rare appearances, album debuts and special collaborations coming from the centre of Berlin's underground music scene, headlined by minimalist-rock trio To Rococo Rot, who perform tracks from their much-awaited new album Speculation.
The Clore Ballroom
Enter the Ether: Hands On (Day One)
Saturday 24 April 2010
A packed day of instrument-making workshops, live performances and demonstrations and film screenings.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tanya Tagaq + Sisters of Transistors
Saturday 24 April 2010
A truly groundbreaking artist, Tanya Tagaq is an Inuit throat singer, pushing the boundaries of expression with her voice.
Purcell Room
Saturday 24 April 2010
Pianist, collaborator and Blank Canvas curator, Will Dutta is noted for his unique and intelligent programming skills, connecting the dots between modern dance music and classical, contemporary and experimental art music
The Clore Ballroom
Enter the Ether: Hands On (Day Two)
Sunday 25 April 2010
To mark the final day of Ether, The Clore Ballroom hosts the unveiling and premiere performance of a new music-making sculpture by Felix Thorn, aka Felix's Machines (2pm), completed on-site across the festival inside Felix's specially created workshop in Royal Festival Hall's Spirit Level.
St. Paul’s Pavilion
Sunday 25 April 2010
An informal event featuring acoustic songs composed by Emily Hall with lyrics by the poet Toby Litt, followed by a DJ set by Micachu.
Purcell Room
Saturday 22 May 2010
Basquiat Strings came to prominence in 2007 with a Mercury nomination for their first album 'Basquiat Strings with Seb Rochford', which was voted Best Jazz Album of the Year by the Sunday Times.
Purcell Room
Friday 28 May 2010
The 2009 Mercury Prize nominees Led Bib move out of the club scene for this exclusive appearance.
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