In conjunction with Oblique_Futures, Diagonal Records descends on the ICA on 4th October for a specially-curated evening of radical and affirmative electronic/computer music and Hi-sensitive film.

The event will feature three global audio-visual premieres from some of the most important electronic artists operating today. Tickets are strictly limited — so expect an intimate, immersive and multi-sensorial experience at one of the most iconic venues in London.

OBLIQUE_FUTURES + DIAGONAL PRESENT: AN EVENING OF AFFIRMATIVE ELECTRONIC MUSIC AND HI-SENSITIVE FILM

POWELL: 'WE DO RECOVER' - LIVE AV

To mark the release of his much anticipated new record, We Do Recover, Powell presents an expanded audio-visual show that continues his ongoing collaboration with Swiss filmmaker Michael Amstad and Norwegian visual artist Marte Eknæs. This bold new work is his first album proper on Diagonal, and a vitalising record of recovery and/or a statement of reassurance. It opens up new ground in the artist’s bizarre continuum of synthesised sound — this time triggered by experiences of grief and addiction.   

FLORIAN HECKER + MARCIN PIETRUSZEWSKI: "NORMIFICATION' - LIVE AV

NORMIFICATION is a collaboration between Florian Hecker and Marcin Pietruszewski. The project, initiated in 2016 in response to a request by the graphic design studio NORM, Zurich, translates graphic design procedures and algorithmic processes into sound synthesis and composition through experimental auditory display—hence normification, rather than sonification. NORMIFICATION employs custom synthesis and signal processing techniques, including iterative cycles of re-synthesis, wavelet-based transformations, and particle-scale recomposition, all while maintaining strict procedural ties to the algorithmic logic underlying the graphic designers’ layout system.

CONCRETE FENCE (REGIS + RUSSELL HASWELL) - LIVE AV

Concrete Fence — a collaboration between Regis (Karl O’Connor) and Russell Haswell — originally began as an improvised live performance at a legendary Blackest Ever Black gig at Corsica Studios, London, in 2012. The project was later formalised via New Release [1] — a critically-acclaimed release on PAN in 2013 that deployed muscular and hypnotic rhythms alongside typically textural and timbral experimentation. The project will reform specially for this event and present new work for the first time.

LUPINI (DJ)

Once amiably described as an 'administrator of the Liverpool music scene', and now recently introduced to a wider audience via the DJ Mag Best Radio Show weekly Tuesday NTS residency on Soup To Nuts (and a BBC Radio 1 show with Benji B), Lupini is a DJ, broadcaster, promoter and all-round music lover. With one foot in the club and the other in the home HIFI, her sets drift from lilting ambient (under her HEAVY TEXTURE project), to mutant swung techno, breakbeat, electro and bass-heavy sounds (as ATHE) all the way through to dub-wise sludge, techno dancehall, new wave and postpunk in her daytime pursuits. 
 
She rejoins the Diagonal crew after her mesmerising set in Manchester in late 2024 as part of the label’s 13th birthday celebrations.