The Mall, London
Thu 24 Sept · 19:00
The first of two CTM × ICA 2026 nights converges on the art of reconstruction, pairing meticulous avant-garde worlds with hyper-regional sonic archaeology. Composer, performer and multi-instrumentalist Tyondai Braxton presents material from his forthcoming Erased Tapes album Splayed Werks. Across orchestral writing, electronics, and densely layered rhythmic structures, Braxton's work has long occupied a singular space between contemporary composition and experimental music. Splayed Werks extends that trajectory, bringing together intricate arrangements and shivering sonic architectures in a performance foregrounding accumulation and transformation. Algorithmic instigator Rian Treanor splices custom generative software into the post-industrial backdrop of South Yorkshire, fracturing techno's conventions into ricocheting rhythmic grids. Partnering with Rotherham Sight & Sound, a local charity for blind and deaf people, he developed bespoke digital synthesisers over four years of collaboration, designing them specifically for the visually impaired residents who had no previous musical experience. This collaborative framework subverts standard timing structures, reframing a total lack of cultural conditioning as pure instinctual noise, metallic raggas swivelling in volatile frictions. Traditional ideas of accessibility are dismantled as community-led experimentation rebuilds them into a vehicle of destabilising futureshock.
Not the same tradition as the lineage above — a genuinely different thread to pull, if you want one.