From the Lips to the Moonw/ POUYA EHSAEI, TARA FATEHI, ROBERT STILLMAN, ABI ASISA AND MORE

Voice collides with soundscapes, disordered text, misbehaving beats, spontaneous expressions and micro-stories, inviting audiences into a world of dark fantasy, fierce deliveries and a hypnotic sonic journey.

An electrifying long-form improvisation of music and words led by composer and live-electronic musician Pouya Ehsaei and performer-writer Tara Fatehi joined by a unique cast of guest artists: multi-instrumentalist Robert Stillman bringing his deeply intuitive, genre-bending approach to improvisation, cellist Abi Asisa, manipulating her classical cello to create immersive soundscapes alongside guest poets sharing stage with each other for the first time.

From the Lips to the Moon blends live and electronic music, twisted beats, spoken word, and performance into an unruly, multi-sensory experience. It is a space for unexpected encounters, radical openness, and endless playfulness – an “ecstatic embrace of dissonance” (Nero Editions).

Since 2022, From the Lips to the Moon has become a driving force in London’s experimental performance scene, with past shows at Southbank Centre, Latitude, V&A, Cafe OTO, 180 Studios, Sophiensaele, Teatro Lucido, NTS and Soho Radio among others. Their self-titled album was released on Akazib Records (2026). Lipstomoon press has released two publications In times of darkness and Noise Complaint. www.lipstomoon.com // @lipstomoon

“Wildly sonic and poetic imaginary” Songlines

“a deviant, fierce, sonic, displaced multilingual home” Nero Editions

POUYA EHSAEI: POUYA EHSAEI POUYA EHSAEI is a live electronic musician, composer and sound designer working on the intersections of experimental electronic music, live improv and dub techno, characterised by influences from industrial music, breakbeat, jazz, noise, and Iranian folk and classical music. He is co-founder of From the Lips to the Moon, the band-leader of Cuban-Iranian ensemble Ariwo and co-founder of Parasang where he led long-form improvisations in a clubbing context. His latest album People of the Wind is out on Akazib Records (2025).www.pouyaehsaei.com Photo by Josh Snaps

Tara Fatehi: Tara Fatehi TARA FATEHI works across performance, movement, voice, and writing exploring multivocality, unfinishedness, and ambiguity. Her playful practice is inspired by everyday absurdity, the inevitability of politics, and misremembered histories. She has performed at Nottdance, V&A, Tate Modern, Southbank Centre, Arnolfini, Montpelier Dance, Oslo Dansens Hus, parks, streets, warehouses, and more. She is co-founder of From the Lips to the Moon, experimental punk-inspired music and spoken word night; author of Mishandled Archive (LADA, 2020), a series of 365 public interventions; and vocalist of People of the Wind (Akazib, 2025).www.tarafatehi.com Photo by Jemima Yong

Robert Stillman: Robert Stillman Robert Stillman is a woodwind player/improvisor/composer based in Margate, UK. He has released multiple albums of his own music on labels including Orindal (Chicago, USA), Kit (London, UK), MIC (London, UK, and collaborates regularly with artists including the Smile, Tom Skinner, Dave Okumu, Sean Carpio, and Anders Holst.

Abi Asisa: Abi Asisa ABI ASISA, a 23-year-old producer and cellist, challenges norms by leveraging her classical training to dissolve the distinctions between jazz, pop, and experimental music. Hailing from Brighton, ASISA relocated to London when she was 19 years old and her exposure to the city's jazz scene prompted her to break free from the insularity of the classical realm. This led her to explore innovative ways of using her instrument to produce music influenced by artists such as Oliver Coates, Tirzah, and Eartheater. https://www.instagram.com/abi.asisa/