25 Albert Drive
Sat 26 Sept · 20:15 · £22
Part of Sonica Glasgow 2026 Triple bill Caïn و Muchi & Malo Lacroix UK Premiere Part prayer, part curse, part poem, this collaboration between avant-garde musical duo Caïn و Muchi (vocalist Vanda Forte and composer Sinclair Ringenbach) and director Malo Lacroix is an emotive response to the issues galvanising and paralysing us today: the threat of forever war in the Middle East, systemic attacks on feminism and freedom, cultures obliterated in the pursuit of profit. Haunting Arabic vocals and tough-edged rap mingle with live electronics and Lacroix’s accompanying visuals, which mix documentary footage and abstract visualisations. Together, the trio convey a sense of wonder and resilience at a time of historic strife. Vanda Forte: singing - microphone Sinclair Ringenbach: musical composition and sound Malo Lacroix: live video, light and production Grey Line - SPIME.IM Scottish Premiere Experimental transmedia collective SPIME.IM asks a complicated, timely question: “What is the truth of a lie that knows it lies?” In a dizzy audiovisual barrage, Grey Line interrogates, samples, transforms and smashes together high and low culture, the deepfaked and the real, the sublime and the slack-jawed, false facts and true artifice. Each performance of Grey Line is a one-off that incorporates up-to-the-minute news footage and snippets of social media footage that explode across multiple screens, all set to a soundtrack of techno, drum 'n’ bass and weird pop so thrilling you almost won’t care what’s real anymore. aya x MFO Scottish Premiere “It feels like witchcraft; maybe it is” – Pitchfork on aya’s hexed! (Hyperdub) Uncompromising musician-producer aya brings her audiovisual show to Sonica for a debut Scottish performance. Aya’s dizzying mix of musical styles – from drum ’n’ bass and metal to hardcore and grime – is unified by her vocals: a raucous flow which tackles, dismantles and perpetuates information overload, trauma recovery and the ferocious joy of gender affirmation.
Not the same tradition as the lineage above — a genuinely different thread to pull, if you want one.