Ryoji Ikeda

music for percussion sees Ikeda joins forces with Swiss collective Eklekto for a project that sets aside projections and electronic sounds to focus solely on four percussionists. The performance subverts the audience’s expectations with the players manipulating their instruments in unconventional ways, to unpredictable effect. Using handclaps, crotales, cymbals and the triangle, the piece focuses on the purity of sound, creating textures reminiscent of Electronic music.

datamatics [ver. 2.0] takes the seemingly mundane - data - and uses it as a source for breath-taking sounds and visuals. From sequences of patterns derived from hard drive errors, the imagery transforms into dramatic rotating views of the universe in 3D. The hypnotic soundtrack mirrors the imagery, meshing bleeps, crescendos and bass into a kaleidoscopic soundscape.