GBSR Duo: Stockhausen vs Aphex Twin (Double Bill)
Southbank Centre, Purcell Room, SE1 8XX , [Venue Details]Hear a pairing of works that straddles a musical dispute: Stockhausen’s landmark Kontakte and Aphex Twin’s Computer Controlled Instruments pt2.
In 1995, Stockhausen was asked to listen to the music of Aphex Twin, commenting that Aphex should ‘immediately stop with all these post-African repetitions’. Aphex Twin responded that Stockhausen might want to ‘stop making abstract, random patterns you can’t dance to’.
Thirty years later, this programme juxtaposes the electroacoustic works of these very different giants of electronic music.
In the Purcell Room event, hear Kontakte, one of the musical masterpieces of the post-war avant-garde. GBSR Duo’s ‘landmark performance’ (Tom Service, BBC Radio 3) sees the musicians perform their virtuosic parts from memory, interlocking them precisely into the electronic sounds that swirl around the audience.
Following the hall performance, we move to the Queen Elizabeth Hall Foyer for Aphex Twin’s EP Computer Controlled Instruments pt2, released in 2015 on Warp Records.
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Admission: To be confirmed
Performer name: George Barton - percussion, Siwan Rhys piano, - percussion
Age restriction: For ages 7+. Under-12s must be accompanied by an adult.
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GBSR Duo: Stockhausen vs Aphex Twin (Double Bill)
Saturday, 31 Jan 2026 @8.00pm
Southbank Centre, Purcell Room, SE1 8XXMore Information
Hear a pairing of works that straddles a musical dispute: Stockhausen’s landmark Kontakte and Aphex Twin’s Computer Controlled Instruments pt2.
In 1995, Stockhausen was asked to listen to the music of Aphex Twin, commenting that Aphex should ‘immediately stop with all these post-African repetitions’. Aphex Twin responded that Stockhausen might want to ‘stop making abstract, random patterns you can’t dance to’.
Thirty years later, this programme juxtaposes the electroacoustic works of these very different giants of electronic music.
In the Purcell Room event, hear Kontakte, one of the musical masterpieces of the post-war avant-garde. GBSR Duo’s ‘landmark performance’ (Tom Service, BBC Radio 3) sees the musicians perform their virtuosic parts from memory, interlocking them precisely into the electronic sounds that swirl around the audience.
Following the hall performance, we move to the Queen Elizabeth Hall Foyer for Aphex Twin’s EP Computer Controlled Instruments pt2, released in 2015 on Warp Records.
Admission: To be confirmed
Performer name: George Barton - percussion, Siwan Rhys piano, - percussion
Age restriction: For ages 7+. Under-12s must be accompanied by an adult.
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