The 2026 edition of TUNE is brimming with spirit and energy. In this series of short sound residencies, invited artists work across genres, with influence and ideas spanning generations. TUNE brings us to the present moment, the right here and right now, for an exhilarating experience of live music, with artists singing of both pleasure and pain in the face of the peculiar time that defines our present.
Nestled within the ECHOES programme, Lechuga Zafiro presents his wide and complex rhythmic-timbral universe, 7038634357 offers emotive and ambient songwriting, and Damsel Elysium conjures ancestral knowledge and the unconscious through visceral and embodied performance. NEW YORK, a music project by the artists Gretchen Lawrence and Coumba Samba, combines a dry take on the maximalist sounds of electro with a vocal style that is both intimate and nonchalant to create a dizzying soundtrack set to digitally mediated urban existence. Composer and multi-instrumentalist Angel Bat Dawid creates the stage as a portal to a higher dimension and a place for her vibrant and transformative approach to music-making. Arto Lindsay brings noise, dissonance, repetition, and a love of trance-inducing Brazilian carnival sounds, as well as his long-time legendary collaborator Melvin Gibbs, a bassist and composer. Florian Hecker feeds energy back into the system, treating the medium of sound as an active agent just like the trailblazing video work of Steina.
Artists include Lechuga Zafiro, 7038634357, Damsel Elysium, NEW YORK, Angel Bat Dawid, Eiko Ishibashi, Jim O’Rourke, Authentically Plastic, Arto Lindsay, Melvin Gibbs, and Florian Hecker.
Curated by Sarah Miles
Live Programme 2026
27. & 28.3.26 | Angel Bat Dawid
17. & 18.4.26 | Eiko Ishibashi, Jim O’Rourke
14. & 16.5.26 | Authentically Plastic, Ritournelle x Blitz
26. & 27.6.26 | Arto Lindsay, Melvin Gibbs
Artist info
NEW YORK
NEW YORK is a girl-pop music and performance project by artists Gretchen Lawrence and Coumba Samba. The sampling of royalty free loops and sounds of clicks and cuts are met with chopped vocals and impulsive lyrics. NEW YORK chews up the sounds and visuals of hip hop, pop, and electro and spits them out on to the city streets. From their self-released debut No Sleep Till N.Y. (2022) to the concept album Rapstar (2024) and their new EP Push (2025), NEW YORK continue to reinvent themselves, drawing friends and collaborators into the process and continually reshaping their sound.