Shards

Explore the astonishing capabilities of the human voice with Shards, a vocal group with a style that combines choral arrangements, synths and percussion.

Describing their compositions as miniature sonic paintings, imagistic pieces that capture the bewildering experience of young adulthood, there’s excitement, existentialism, anger and despair, reflected in the reverb-soaked vocal distortions of ‘Beams’, or the raw and dramatic dynamism of ‘Unrest’.

When assembling the group, founder and composer Kieran Brunt brought together not just vocalists, but also composers, instrumentalists, folk musicians and teachers. Initially debuted at Nils Frahm’s Possibly Colliding weekend at the Barbican in 2016, they later collaborated with Frahm on his album All Melody. In 2019, they released their debut album, Find Sound – a remarkable record that reimagines choral music for our times.

Support comes from PAN signee Marina Herlop.