Host: Sam Lee
Guest musician: Anna Phoebe and ILĀ
Multifaceted artist and producer, ILĀ's work traverses ethereal non-binary vocal timbre, dense sonic textures and quantum data sonification. Their practice explores fluidity from personal identity through to socio-economic systems with a focus on physics, philosophy and technology. ILĀ has performed globally with recent commissions including UN/BOUND for Barbican Immersive "Feel the Sound" in collaboration with TRANS VOICES and MONOM, which launches in May 2025 and will tour internationally for 5 years. As co-founder/director of legendary choir London Contemporary Voices, ILĀ has worked with over 20 Grammy-winning artists including Florence and the Machine, Imogen Heap and U2. In 2022, they co-founded Trans Voices, the U.K.'s first professional trans+ choir.
Anna Phoebe is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, and presenter whose solo performances transform the violin into a force of nature. Building visceral soundscapes, she creates immersive experiences that are both raw and cinematic.
The Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) is a small, brown, unremarkable-looking bird, but they possess one of nature’s finest singing voices. The English population winters in Sub-Saharan Africa in the western countries like Sierra Leon and Senegal, returning to the very same thicket they were born in arriving in early to mid-April. They spend April to the end of May mating and nesting where we can encounter the extraordinary display of the males’ courtship song, famous for his all-night broadcast.
Sam is a folksinger, song collector, activist, nature conservationist, guide, and presenter. With three critically acclaimed albums - his debut receiving a Mercury Music Prize nomination - he works holistically in challenging the sound and purpose of our indigenous music in the 21st Century.