Chris Swithinbank

Raise Your Voice Col­lec­tive, which I help run, have just an­nounced the line-up for their sec­ond out­ing of con­tem­po­rary clas­si­cal, ex­per­i­men­tal elec­tron­ics and chilled-out beats at Cen­tro Bar in Man­ches­ter’s North­ern Quar­ter. It’s an ex­cit­ing mix, stretch­ing from Mar­tin Suck­ling’s Pas­sacaglie for cello and elec­tron­ics orig­i­nally writ­ten to make use of the Hy­per­bow de­vel­oped at MIT, via the sor­didly urban an­gu­lar lines and ir­reg­u­lar rhythms of Tom Coult’s Avian Riots, to Steve Py­croft’s Richter VS Dragon, which ap­plies re-mix­ing and mash-up tech­niques to in­stru­men­tal music, and end­ing with a live DJ set from Al Sonar of Hit&Run. Also among the pieces being played will be my piece The Golden Lion Hotel for per­cus­sion and elec­tron­ics.

The night is Fri­day 14 May and takes place as part of the Fu­tureEv­ery­thing Fes­ti­val Show­case. Check out the Raise Your Voice web­site for more de­tails.