Friday, 6 April

German percussionist and composer Svein Kacirek has a knack for transforming the sounds of any surface into a wondrous, dreamlike soundscape. Rooted in improvisation and his training as a jazz drummer, his compositions often substitute the drum kit in favour of tiny objects and surfaces that he can knock, hit or scratch, weaving these rhythms into a mesmerizing patchwork of marimba, xylophone and piano. For his live performances he employs an array of samplers to effectively clone himself, seamlessly improvising gentle layers of looped percussion into elaborate sonic structures.