‘Lumen Machine’ is a thrilling collaboration between Zubin Kanga and Ensemble Offspring. The programme premieres three new chamber concertos by Cyborg Soloists composers. Wielding special powers through a motion-sensor ring, the protagonist in Hot Take – initially a force for good – turns ‘increasingly villainous’. Dream Garden employs the game-changing Lumatone keyboard and Amanda Cole’s own 48-note scale (Cube Tuning) in a mesmerising contemporary chaconne. Renowned German-Austrian composer Brigitta Muntendorf uses light-control sensors to transform the pianist into an alien-like soloist, a ‘monstrous techno-social hallucination’. Meanwhile, Zubin Kanga turns to the rhythmic arpeggiations of an old-school analogue synthesizer to spin a vibrant, whirling dance in From the Machine (after Eastman).

Brigitta Muntendorf: Weight and Load #2 (2025)
Zubin Kanga From the Machine (after Eastman) (2025)
Amanda Cole Dream Garden (2025)
Anna Meredith Bumps Per Minute: Joy Subdivision, Deep Thought Panda, Norcanoe, Tom Cruise Runs (2021, arr. Jessica Wells 2023)
Tristan Coelho Hot Take (2025)

This programme is a repeat of that performed in Sydney on 12 April 2025, where the pieces by Brigitta Muntendorf, Zubin Kanga, Amanda Cole and Tristan Coelho were premiered.