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n an evening that promises to be one of aural and visual exploration, Seattle-based collective Sublime Frequencies bring two of their musical discoveries to the Barbican for a night of extraordinary sounds - Group Doueh from the Western Sahara and Turkish band Hayvanlar Alemi. They will also present Staring Into The Sun, a 60-minute film by Olivia Wyatt, which explores 13 different tribes throughout Ethiopia.

The now legendary Group Doueh has been playing in and around their native homeland for over 27 years and the group’s ancient/modern sound is rooted in the traditional foundations of Sahrawi/Hassania music. Based on the same modal structure as Mauritanian music, Group Doueh’s style is a looser appropriation infused with a western guitar scope that relies as much on Hendrix as it does traditional Sahrawi music. This is a sound that can only come from the land that inspired it: the Sahara desert.

Founded as a hard-and-heavy cover band in 1999 Hayvanlar Alemi is a group of contemporary players steeped in the art of psychedelics, surf, and expansive rock instrumental grandeur. Rooted in classical and modern Turkish psych-rock in spirit, they draw on a large range of sounds and influences, including tripped-out surf, retro Cambodian rock, electrified Thai Mor Lam and Saharan guitar music.

Sublime Frequencies is a record and film label dedicated to acquiring and exposing obscure sights and sounds from around the world and its founder Alan Bishop and Hisham Mayet will be here to talk about their exploits and also DJ at this special event.

Friday 13 May, 7.30pm
Barbican

6pm - Staring into the Sun (Barbican Cinema)
7pm - Q&A with Alan Bishop and Hisham Mayet
8pm - Group Doueh & Hayvanlar Alemi in the Barbican Hall
After the concert: DJ set on Club Stage

Produced by the Barbican in association with Sublime Frequencies
http://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=11648