Barbican announces POLIÇA + s t a r g a z e, plus Pink Kink to support Pussy Riot Theatre’s Riot Days

JUST ANNOUNCED

POLIÇA + s t a r g a z e
Tuesday 27 February 2018 / Oval Space / 19:30
Tickets £22.50 plus booking fee

POLIÇA and s t a r g a z e will take to the stage at Oval Space on 27 February 2018 in a Barbican-produced concert featuring music from their forthcoming album, Music For The Long Emergency – released via Transgressive on 16 February 2018.

POLIÇA, an electronic pop band based in Minneapolis, and s t a r g a z e, a Berlin-based chamber orchestra interested in pop and electronics, were introduced via the Liquid Music project run by the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra in Minnesota. First meeting in person in February 2016 in Berlin, the two bands began to improvise over a handful of song sketches brought by POLIÇA’s Ryan Olson. Olson recorded the Berlin improvisations and incorporated them into several tracks he sent to the s t a r g a z e collective a few weeks later. What followed was a long-distance musical romance of sorts, sustained by emails, mp3 files, video conferencing, as well as occasional meet-ups in Berlin, Minneapolis, and Eau Claire.

Coming together again in October 2016 to prepare for a week-long residency culminating in a festival at the Funkhaus in Berlin — the former headquarters of the GDR state radio - the players wrote, rehearsed, and developed ideas in the venue’s Studio 2. The resultant album, more than a simple collaboration, is a record with its own distinctive voice.

s t a r g a z e is an ever-evolving project, marrying modern composition with alternative attitudes and sounds. Their previous releases and projects include a re-interpretation of the music of the alternative experimentalists Deerhoof, Deerhoof Chamber Variations, and a takeover of the BBC Proms for the David Bowie night, which saw s t a r g a z e collaborate with artists as diverse as John Cale, Elf Kid, Marc Almond and Anna Calvi and others. They have appeared at the Barbican several times in recent years, including performances with Julia Holter, Nilhs Frahm and The Dodos.

POLIÇA, led by vocalist Channy Leaneagh and producer Ryan Olson, are an experimental electronic outfit that have released three acclaimed albums of dark, personally political pop.

On sale to Barbican members on Thursday 9 November
On general sale on Friday 10 November
Produced by the Barbican in association with Rockfeedback
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ALSO ANNOUNCED

RIOT DAYS – Pussy Riot Theatre
+ Pink Kink
Friday 17 November 2017 / Islington Assembly Hall / 20:00
Tickets £20 plus booking fee

Support for Pussy Riot Theatre is now confirmed as Pink Kink. The disco-meets-punk quintet from Liverpool set the blogosphere chattering following the release of their single ‘Bubblebutt’ (Big Score), the band’s answer to everyday sexism. With a raucous reputation gained from live shows across the north west, Pink Kink will be a fitting start to this concert.

Produced by the Barbican
Supported by the Tsukanov Family Foundation
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The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda
Part of EFG London Jazz Festival
Saturday 18 November 2017 / LSO St Luke’s / UPDATED START TIME 11:30 & 17:30
Tickets £25 plus booking fee
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COMING UP IN AUTUMN 2017

Basquiat and Jazz
Featuring Black Top and guests
Part of EFG London Jazz Festival and Basquiat: Boom for Real
Friday 10 November 2017 / LSO St Luke’s / 19:30
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Chucho Valdés + Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Part of EFG London Jazz Festival
Saturday 11 November 2017 / Barbican Hall / 14:30
Tickets £20 – 40 plus booking fee
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RIOT DAYS – Pussy Riot Theatre
+ Pink Kink
Friday 17 November 2017 / Islington Assembly Hall / 20:00
Tickets £20 plus booking fee
Supported by the Tsukanov Family Foundation
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The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda
Part of EFG London Jazz Festival
Saturday 18 November 2017 / LSO St Luke’s / 11:30 & 17:30
Tickets £25 plus booking fee
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Pharoah Sanders Quartet
+ Denys Baptiste + Alina Bzhezhinska
A concert for Alice and John Coltrane
Part of EFG London Jazz Festival
Saturday 18 November 2017 / Barbican Hall / 19:30
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Terence Blanchard Quintet
Joe Zawinul’s Stories of the Danube
BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Kristjan Järvi
Part of EFG London Jazz Festival
Sunday 19 November 2017 / Barbican Hall / 19:30
Tickets £20 – 35 plus booking fee
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Stockhausen: Stimmung & Cosmic Pulses
Monday 20 November 2017 / Barbican Hall / 19:30
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Sō Percussion: From Out a Darker Sea
Friday 24 & Saturday 25 November 2017 / St Giles Cripplegate / 20:00
Tickets £15 plus booking fee
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Tan Dun: The Martial Arts Trilogy
with the London Symphony Orchestra
Thursday 30 November 2017 / Barbican Hall / 19:30
Tickets £17.50 – 35 plus booking fee
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Unsound Dislocation: London
Friday 8 December 2017 / Barbican Hall / 19:30
Tickets £17.50 – 22.50 plus booking fee
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COMING UP IN 2018

Planet Harmonik by Aloysius Suwardi
Thursday 18 January 2018 / Milton Court Concert Hall / 19:30
Tickets £20 plus booking fee
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Carleen Anderson – Cage Street Memorial
+ special guests TBA
Saturday 20 January 2018 / Barbican Hall / 19:30
Tickets £15 – 25 plus booking fee
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Martin Hayes + Brooklyn Rider
Thursday 25 January 2018 / Milton Court Concert Hall / 19:30
Tickets £15 – 25 plus booking fee
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The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
Concert for Kitty
Friday 26 January 2018 / Barbican Hall / 20:00
Tickets £25 – 35 plus booking fee
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Video Jam x Basquiat
Basquiat-inspired short films with original scores performed live by Young Fathers, Ibibio Sound Machine and more
Part of Basquiat: Boom for Real
Sunday 28 January 2018 / Barbican Hall / 20:00
Tickets £17.50 – 22.50 plus booking fee
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Jeff Tweedy
Saturday 3 February 2018 / Barbican Hall / 20:00
Tickets £30 – 50 plus booking fee
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Nils Frahm – All Melody
Wednesday 21 Friday 23 & *Saturday 24 February 2018 / Barbican Hall / 19:30, *15:00 & 20:00
SOLD OUT returns only
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Benny Goodman: King of Swing
Tuesday 27 February 2018 / Barbican Hall / 20:00
Tickets £30 – 45 plus booking fee
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Leonard Bernstein at 100
Wednesday 28 February 2018 / Barbican Hall / 20:00
Tickets £30 – 45 plus booking fee
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The Next Generation of Jazz Showcase
Thursday 1 March 2018 / Milton Court Concert Hall / 19:00
Tickets £8 plus booking fee
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Alva Noto UNIEQAV
Sunday 4 March 2018 / Barbican Hall / 19:30
Tickets £10 – 20 plus booking fee
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John Cale (2018-1964): A Futurespective
With the London Contemporary Orchestra
Friday 9 & Saturday 10 March 2018 / Barbican Hall / 19:30
Tickets £35 – 45 plus booking fee
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Niladri Kumar: Seduced by the Sitar
Tuesday 13 March 2018 / Milton Court Concert Hall / 19:00
Tickets £18 – 50 plus booking fee
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Just Jam Reloaded
Saturday 17 March 2018 / Barbican Hall / 19:30
Tickets £15 plus booking fee
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Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein performing the music of Stranger Things
Saturday 7 April 2018 / Barbican Hall / 20:00
Tickets £18.50 – 25 plus booking fee
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Sam Green and Kronos Quartet: A Thousand Thoughts – a live documentary
Friday 18 May 2018 / Barbican Hall / 19:30
Tickets £20 – 35 plus booking fee
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Field Music with the Open Here Orchestra
Friday 25 May 2018 / Barbican Hall / 19:30
Tickets £17.50 – 22.50 plus booking fee
Produced by the Barbican
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[Modern Ritual] featuring Charles Hayward + Laura Cannell + Hoofus + Jennifer Lucy Allan + Luke Turner
Saturday 16 June / LSO St Luke’s / 19:30
Tickets £15 plus booking fee
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