Details

World Premiere

• Advance Tickets – £16

An interactive music performance featuring Dean Honer and Jarrod Gosling (I Monster), Richard Bradley (Pony Harvest) and London-based vintage synth-slinger, Neil Ridley.
Based on the Tristram Cary performance piece called Trios, QUADROS takes the concept into the 4th dimension, featuring 4 players playing 8 analogue synths over prepared rhythm tracks selected randomly.

In 1971, to promote the EMS range of synthesisers, the British composer Tristram Cary conceived TRIOS, a playfully experimental performance piece for two EMS VCS3 synthesizers and two pre-recorded vinyl discs which was first staged at that year’s Cheltenham Festival. Performers of TRIOS follow a set of instructions determined by the rolling of a dice, meaning that every performance is subject to a chance element on the night.

For QUADROS, musical backing will be played off specially-pressed vinyl discs and each musician will be chosen to play a particular synthesizer on every track through a process of random selection on the night, with the consequence that no two QUADROS performances will be the same. Hosted by master of ceremonies DIMITRI (former international synthesizer sensation and curator of the synthesizer collection at the Seoul Institute of Synthesis).
DJ Rosie also provides live mixing.

• Discounted tickets are available for registered SynthFest UK 2022 attendees.

• All Sensoria events this year will have a food bank collection. There is no pressure if this would stretch your own resources – but feel free to bring a non-perishable food item/unopened toiletries and we’ll distribute them after the festival.
• Exclusive Sensoria discount for Q-ParkEnter code SENSORIA22 when you pre-book parking online with Q-Park to apply a 20% discount.Available for Q-Park Sheffield locations – Rockingham Street (S1 4NL), Sheffield Station (S2 4AA) & Charles Street (S1 2NJ).
  Dates 30 Sept – 8 Oct.