Upset The Rhythm presents…
CARLA DAL FORNO
GUESTS
Thursday 1 October
ICA, The Mall, London, SW1Y 5AH
7.30pm | £16.50 | Tickets: https://dice.fm/event/69f1eedac3bbec0001965111
CARLA DAL FORNO is an Australian composer, songwriter and producer based in Castlemaine, Victoria. Working between post-punk minimalism, experimental pop and atmospheric electronics, she has built a dedicated international following through a series of acclaimed releases and extensive touring across Europe and North America.Her albums have been praised by outlets including Pitchfork, The Quietus and Resident Advisor, alongside airplay on BBC Radio 6 Music. Beyond her recorded work, dal Forno hosts a monthly radio program on NTS Radio, where she curates eclectic selections spanning experimental electronics, dub, post-punk and leftfield pop – offering insight into the wide-ranging influences that inform her own practice.
She has performed headline shows and festival appearances throughout the UK, Europe and the United States, including dates in London, Berlin, Paris and New York City, as well as appearances at Unsound Festival and Le Guess Who? Her fourth studio album, Confession, expands her signature sound while maintaining the minimal, immersive qualities that have defined her work to date. On stage, dal Forno delivers a focused and atmospheric set that moves between brooding electronics and melodic immediacy – a performance that is both restrained and quietly powerful.
https://carladalforno.bandcamp.com/
GUESTS is the home recording project of Jessica Higgins and Matthew Walkerdine. Vaguely named as such to avoid any problems with the poster if they pull out of a gig (which has only happened once) but also to capture a sense of reverse hospitality, like what happens when private worlds meet each other, making or having been made a space for. Their debut record, “I wish I was special” (World of Echo, 2024) was variously described as “a collage of concrète experiments and outerzone pop gestures, music that sounds as if it’s been written from the depths of a dream”; “music for people who love music but also hate it too”. Their recently released second LP Common Domestic Bird continues in this vein, layering synthesiser, keyboards and samples over rudimentary drum rhythms and field recordings, which are in turn sung or spoken with to create nine new songs.
https://by-guests.bandcamp.com/
