GBSR Duo x Beatrice Dillon

Our Artists-in-Residence, GBSR Duo, team up with boundary-pushing London producer Beatrice Dillon – creator of some of the most visceral, kinetic and tactile sounds in contemporary music, from electronic solo sets to works for ensembles including the London Symphony Orchestra, and the acclaimed album Workaround – for their first-ever collaboration.

Exploring synthetic patterning with free-hand acoustic textures, this new work delves into the malleability and psychology of sound. Combining acoustic instruments with Dillon’s physical modelling synthesis, it traces shifting sonic transformations – where a muted piano string can evolve into the resonance of a gong, or a flicker of clicks and pops resolves into the pure tone of a vibraphone – presented through our immersive d&b Soundscape system, which moves sound precisely around the space.

The night also features a DJ set from TTB aka Tabitha Thorlu-Bangura (Sabi Arts/NTS), the London cultural programmer and selector whose practice conjoins music, radio and visual art.

A one-off evening of close listening, new ideas and bold sound worlds.

This event will last approximately 2 hours, including an interval.

This is a standing event with limited seating availability. If you would like to request a seat or need seating for access requirements, please contact our Box Office on 02075 201 440 or by emailing info@kingsplace.co.uk)

GBSR Duo

Kings Place Artists in Residence GBSR Duo – George Barton (percussion) and Siwan Rhys (piano) – combines two of the UK’s finest contemporary chamber instrumentalists.

Their work ranges from the twentieth-century modernism of Stockhausen and Ustvolskaya to music by Brian Eno and Aphex Twin; from the delicacy of Eva-Maria Houben and Barbara Monk Feldman to the cracked virtuosity of Alex Paxton and Arne Gieshoff.

Regular performers at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and Bold Tendencies, other recent performances include Wigmore Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, ROH Linbury Theatre, Walt Disney Hall, Stadtcasino Basel, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, sound festival Aberdeen and Darmstadt Festival.

GBSR’s recordings are praised for their exceptional fidelity and variety, whether bringing new depths of appreciation to existing repertoire through benchmark recordings of Stockhausen and Barbara Monk Feldman, or highlighting new works in premiere recordings of Oliver Leith, Eva-Maria Houben, Lisa Illean, Alex Paxton and others.

Their year as Kings P