BEASTdome: afromerm & abi asisa + BEAST Composers
- DateSaturday, 25 October 2025 (19:30 - 21:30)
- LocationThe Dome, Bramall Music Building, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT
Presented in partnership with The Oram Awards, we feature afromerm & abi asisa performing 1966 interrupted, described as a transtemporal, collage-like sonic dialogue with Daphne Oram.
Working with two surviving waveform slides from Oram’s Oramics machine, afromerm (voice, electronics) and abi asisa (electric cello) interpret the slides as a graphic score, manipulating and obscuring the cello's timbre in real time. The performance blends live processing, improvisation, and interruption, creating a dynamic interplay of texture, memory, and transformation. Plus, adventurous new work from BEAST composers, diving into new sonic terrain and expanding the possibilities of spatial audio.
- Erin Lee-Smith Refraction*
- Chloe Knibbs Mass in 48C
- Daphne Oram Four Aspects
- Sara Ramírez Márquez Λίμνες Λήθης (Límnes Lḗthēs/Lakes of Leth)
- afromerm untitled piece for looped voice and cello
- abi asisa Angel Drone
- afromerm she had sun
- afromerm and abi asisa 1966 interrupted
* Winner of the 2025 COMPASS prize
£10, £5 Concessions/Students/ U18/University Staff