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Darren Cunningham’s music has never been easy listening, and this gig with the London Contemporary Orchestra pushed deep into unconventional territory
As classically trained musicians scrape piano strings, bash a double bass and replicate a kickdrum rhythm with a scrunched-up plastic bag, techno maverick Darren Cunningham, AKA Actress, nods contentedly, a hooded figure in black at the heart of the sonic subversion.
Despite having announced the end of Actress in 2014, Cunningham has resurrected the guise for a collaboration with the London Contemporary Orchestra. It’s the fulfilment of his long-stated desire to make “classical stuff for a modern generation”, and despite him having spent the last eight years distilling the elements of dance into genre-irrespective visions of dystopia, this project, titled Momentum, pushes things even further.
Continue reading...by Betty Clarke via Electronic music | The Guardian
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