Radiant repetition, percussive guitar formations, and harmonic ekstasis return to the Cube as Ex Easter Island Head unfold their lotus for us once again – a welcome return for one of our favourite experimental units and some of the most formidable rock 'n' roll beauty you will ever hear.

Ex-Easter Island Head (2009-) are a UK-based musical collective composing and performing music for solid body electric guitar, percussion and other instruments. Primarily performing as a quartet, the group incorporates multiple electric guitars augmented through mechanical preparations and extended techniques to create works that explore group interplay, repetition and melodic invention through purposefully limited means.

Their records Mallet Guitars One – Three, Large Electric Ensemble and Twenty-Two Strings have been released to significant critical acclaim from the likes of The Wire, Pitchfork, the Quietus and the New York Times. The group have received airplay on the BBC, ABC and more with their music favourably compared to the likes of Steve Reich, Glenn Branca and John Cage. Their two volumes of library and production music for EMI/KPM – Mechanical Landscapes One and Two - have seen use on television and radio productions internationally.

Between 2012-2017 they created two “Large Electric Ensembles”, bringing together musicians from Nottingham, Manchester and Salford's experimental music scenes to create ambitious concert pieces for up to 20 players. In 2019 the group joined forces with Laura Cannell, Charles Hayward and Andre Bosman to release the critically acclaimed collaborative album Whistling Arrow on God Unknown records. The group are currently putting the finishing touches to their new album and continuing in their pursuit of new sounds and creative strategies.

---

Support comes from violin voyager and experimental stalwart Agathe Max, recently seen collaborating with Charles Hayward in their new ensemble Abstract Concrete. Visceral transcendence and space-filling resonance, haunting melodies that echo off the vaulted chambers of cathedrals and crypts. Max is a keen collaborator, with her projects Kuro, Mésange, and many more.

https://agathemax.bandcamp.com/