The Afrodiasporic Avant-Garde Incubator Project

The first UK edition of George Lewis’s Afrodiasporic Incubator project, curated by vocalist and composer Elaine Mitchener, presented by the Barbican and Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

For the first time in the UK, through performances, talks and installations, we turn the spotlight on a rich, radical, diverse and resonant body of experimental music from composers who have been tightly policed as to which genres they could occupy, and excluded, both imaginatively and literally, from the contemporary music space.

Experimental vocalist Pamela Z headlines at a weekend of avant garde, resonant music from the Afrodiaspora. Featuring Aaron Azunda Akugbo, Chiron Choir, Gweneth-Ann Rand, Thomas Randle, Pat Thomas, Apartment House and the brand new Always Already There Ensemble, the inaugural UK edition of George Lewis’s project spotlights music from Alice Coltrane to Olly Wilson, Ayanna-Witter Johnson to Hannah Kendall, Anthony Braxton to Charles Uzor.