A nervous system reset with contemporary music

Ever felt overstimulated by your phone screen? One minute, the sound vibrates through you, your hairs pulled on end. The next: a blissful calm descends. There’s furious amplified sound and then mysterious, holy light to slow the pulse back down…Ever felt overstimulated by your phone screen? Ben Nobuto’s SERENITY 2.0 is a glitched-out collage of frenzied strings, percussion and samples. It cycles restlessly through Japanese pop, news anchors and vocal-fried YouTubers – but the calm after the doomscrolling is worth the ride.

Manchester Collective are due to serve a contemporary music reset for the audience with a blend of strings, percussion and the electronic music of guest artist, Nabihah Iqbal at The Tung Auditorium this Saturday. Musician and DJ Nabihah Iqbal has a similarly eclectic approach to art and music. Her work takes her everywhere, from Boiler Room raves to the Turner Prize. What Psyche Felt, Nabihah’s first classical commission for string quartet and electronics, will be given its world premiere by the Collective.

The full programme for the evening is Bryce Dessner Aheym, Nabihah Iqbal What Psyche Felt*,Sebastian Gainsborough Squint, Ben Nobuto SERENITY 2.0 and Dobrinka Tabakova Insight. Your musicians for the evening are Rakhi Singh & Julian Azkoul violin, Alex Mitchell viola, Nick Trygstad cello, and Beibei Wang percussion with guest *Nabihah Iqbal live electronics. The finale? Eric Prydz’s colossal house anthem Opus, reimagined.

What Psyche Felt is commissioned by Manchester Collective with support from their Commissioning Club. For tickets adn further information, please go to the venue website.