Trash TV Trance

£5 on entry

Trash TV Trance is the first of two programmes performed by Millennial Percussion and its friends from Ensemble Contrechamps. The music in the first programme challenges the listener by incorporating trashy sounds and everyday objects. Thanks, however, to the composers’ fearless and enlightened orchestration, these same elements come together to facilitate a refined musical experience. 

The Ligeti uses whistles, ocarinas and a multiplicity of gongs and percussion to accompany his native folk songs. In Drama, Guo Wenjing channels the high energy of chinese opera to create an impressive trio for clash cymbals. The Romitelli breaks boundaries with references to trashy TV aesthetics in his electric guitar solo. The guitarist, Simon Aeschimann, then leads an improvisation though iPad communication, and local composer Fumiko Miyachi creates a new work featuring all of the above. 

A high-energy evening of contrasts bringing together Trash, TV and Trance. Don’t miss the sequel, String Motion Sensor, on 19 February 2019.*

Commission kindly supported by Hinrichsen FoundationEnsemble Contrechamps kindly supported by City of Geneva & The Stanley Thomas Foundation

8pm, Centrala, Unit 4 Minerva Works, Birmingham

Produced by Serge Vuille & Adrian SpillettMillennial Percussion Simon Aeschimann - electric guitar Chris Roberts - electric guitar Yfat Soul Zisso - singerMerlin Jones - percussionMatthew DF Evans - sound artistCarol Breen - visual artist

Programme to include: Guo Wenjing - DramaFausto Romitelli - Trash TV TranceGyörgy Ligeti - Síppal, dobbal, nádihegedüvel Fumiko Miyachi - Stratified* (world premiere)Simon Aeschimann - New Game for iPads and 6 MusiciansSinging Litter 2, a sonification collaboration