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Celebrated space rock band Spiritualized perform their seminal second album, 1995’s Pure Phase (Fat Possum Records, 1995) in full, for a very special one-off performance at the Barbican.

The album was performed by the band’s then-core trio of Jason Pierce, Kate Radley and Sean Cook, with the Balanescu Quartet adding string arrangements. It was made by running two mixes together concurrently on tape recorders, a process which frontman Jason Pierce describes as creating “this kind of Hawkwind effect (phase), which gets deeper as they drift away from being ‘locked’ ... we had to keep re-locking on a bass drum every eight or ten bars and it took forever.”

“Pure Phase,” he goes on to say, “was Michael Nyman, Steve Reich and John Adams, rock ‘n’ roll and gospel music, and it sounds like driving as fast as you can in torrential rain.” The album went on to receive widespread critical acclaim, with Louder Than War describing it as "probably the most groundbreaking drone album made in size and scope.”

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Roo Panes and The Delphi Quartet
+ Hailaker
Saturday 1 February 2025, 8pm
Barbican Hall
Tickets from £25 plus booking fee

Roo Panes, the critically acclaimed singer-songwriter known for his folk-infused and soulful music, presents a special one-off performance in the Barbican Hall alongside London based string ensemble, The Delphi Quartet

Roo Panes, hailing from Dorset, first garnered critical acclaim with his debut album, Little Giant. Since then, his music has steadily built a global fanbase and accumulated over 500 million Spotify plays and 40 million YouTube views. In March 2023, he released The Summer Isles, which was followed by a sold-out tour across the UK, Germany, and the Netherlands, concluding with a performance at Glastonbury Festival.

Joining forces with Roo Panes, The Delphi Quartet, led by Lottie Gabriel, has made a mark in classical and contemporary music circles - with notable performances at Daylight Festival at Union Chapel, the Marylebone Music Festival, Kennington music series and Brighton Music Festival in collaboration with composer Emilie Levienaise-Farrouche. 

Support comes from indie pop duo Hailaker, comprised of Ed Tullett and Jemima Coulter.

Produced by the Barbican, in association with Kilimanjaro
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