zerOclassikal: This Is Not Random…
Southbank Centre, Purcell Room, SE1 8XX , [Venue Details]Shifting, transformative, unbound. South Asian classical raag meets the octatonic scale in Shift Octatonic and BeachFront.
Be led on a transformative listening journey by Jonathan Mayer in Shift Octatonic, as he deftly weaves together raag, taal, electronics, and radical transpositions.
Composers like Debussy and Stravinsky gave the octatonic scale fame in the early 20th century. But the eight-note musical scale’s roots reach back to seventh century Persian music. Shift Octatonic retraces these migration patterns from Persia to the West and onward into South Asia with urgency and imagination.
Multi-instrumentation expands the layered, tonal world of the sarod in the second work, BeachFront. At its heart is a probing look at the agency and forces behind migration, what we perceive as ‘foreign’, and what becomes home.
This Is Not Random… is a zerOclassikal series where the inner structure, intention, and divergence of South Asian classical music are placed at the centre.
Shift Octatonic features Jonathan Mayer (sitar); William Rees Hofman (sarod); Robin Christian (bansuri); Chandra Chakraborty (vocals); Debasish Mukerjee (tabla); and Camilo Tirado (electronics).
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Admission
Min: £9.50
Max: £24.00
Event Type: seated
Seating: Reserved
Performer name: Shift Octatonic
Age restriction: For ages 14+
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zerOclassikal: This Is Not Random…
Sunday, 24 May 2026 @7.45pm
Southbank Centre, Purcell Room, SE1 8XXMore Information
Shifting, transformative, unbound. South Asian classical raag meets the octatonic scale in Shift Octatonic and BeachFront.
Be led on a transformative listening journey by Jonathan Mayer in Shift Octatonic, as he deftly weaves together raag, taal, electronics, and radical transpositions.
Composers like Debussy and Stravinsky gave the octatonic scale fame in the early 20th century. But the eight-note musical scale’s roots reach back to seventh century Persian music. Shift Octatonic retraces these migration patterns from Persia to the West and onward into South Asia with urgency and imagination.
Multi-instrumentation expands the layered, tonal world of the sarod in the second work, BeachFront. At its heart is a probing look at the agency and forces behind migration, what we perceive as ‘foreign’, and what becomes home.
This Is Not Random… is a zerOclassikal series where the inner structure, intention, and divergence of South Asian classical music are placed at the centre.
Shift Octatonic features Jonathan Mayer (sitar); William Rees Hofman (sarod); Robin Christian (bansuri); Chandra Chakraborty (vocals); Debasish Mukerjee (tabla); and Camilo Tirado (electronics).
Admission
Min: £9.50
Max: £24.00
Event Type: seated
Seating: Reserved
Performer name: Shift Octatonic
Age restriction: For ages 14+
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