The Austro-Romanian BILLA ENSEMBLE returns to the UK for Colour Out Of Space Brighton, a festival dedicated to visionary and experimental music.

BILLA ENSEMBLE was formed in the winter of 2023 on the rare occasion of Michiu, the concept horse, Turmeric Acid and Marie Vermont coming together in Vienna. Coming from different musical backgrounds, a dedication to working with and manipulating magnetic tape in various forms (reel to reel, cassette, minicassette) ties the members together and informs the group's approach to music making, improvisation and listening. This shared approach is then broadened into different forms of electroacoustic and analog instrumentation in live performance through the use of bells, contact mics, mallets, feedback, analog synths, guitars and even odd handheld electronic kitchen devices.

In June 2024, BILLA ENSEMBLE reconvened in Britain before a live set at Cafe Oto. In a small flat on Brownswood Road, they strewed various electronic, electro-acoustic and tape-based devices out on the floor to record some new sounds. During the breaks, they watched Gaelic telly and fed the ducks at Clissold park with left-over chips from Gunner's.
Come check out the onions on their belts. Michiu: Electric guitars. the concept horse: No input feedback, bells, reel to reel tape machine, dictaphone. Turmeric Acid: Tapes, contact microphones, objects. Marie Vermont: Electronic, tape, keys, contact microphones, mixer, mallets, cymbal.

17-19 April 2026
Brighton

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