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Holly Herndon, Barbican London
Audio-visual excellence from an electronic music pioneer
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FOREVER pushing the boundaries of electronic music’s potential, Holly Herndon will never settle on simply performing behind a laptop, as this show proves.
Joined onstage by a vocal ensemble and collaborator Mathew Dryhurst, Herndon gives a full run-through of her acclaimed third album PROTO, a stunning achievement that explores the relationship between humans and technology.
On the album, Herndon introduces Spawn, a singing AI that she has been developing over a number of years with Dryhurst and programmer Jules LaPlace.
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