Philharmonic Hall

Squarepusher, London Sinfonietta at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Sat 27 Mar

Review by owright

Warp Records have a knack for presenting us with sounds that we’ve never heard before and their latest attempt at genre cross-pollination is this tour of the country’s concert halls with modern classical orchestra the London Sinfonietta. The theory goes something like this – ‘If their ears prick up when they hear Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada or Squarepusher, then they shouldn’t have a problem with composers of the ilk of Steve Reich, John Cage, Edgard Varese or George Antheil. So let’s put them in the same programme.’ We should be glad they did it.»