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Outsiders: SN Variations w/ Chris Watson & Musarc
01.06.2025
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Outsiders: SN Variations w/ Chris Watson & Musarc

The first half of SN Variations' show features a broadcast of a 1hr installation by Chris Watson, first performed and only previously heard at the ICA London in 2015. The piece was recorded in LA Selva tropical rain forest Costa Rica.

The second half features a selection of music by Joseph Kohlmaier Artistic Director of Musarc, an experimental choir base in London. Their next release, Affordances, by composer Heleen Van Haegenborgh, is released later in June on SN Variations.

Chris Watson Chris Watson, Notes from the Forest Floor (2015) MUSARC Neil Luck, Bloody Sirens (2015)
Artist: Musarc, Cathy Heller Jones (conductor)
Album: Neil Luck, Bloody Sirens, Entr’acte 228 (2018) Jan Hendrickse, Nafas ar-Rahman for overtone flutes (2024) Artist: Musarc, David Young (conductor)
Recorded live at St Bonifatius, 23 March 2025 Olivia Block, Of Stations (2022)
Artist: Musarc, Jack Sheen (conductor)
Recorded at Resospace, ResonanceExtra, 20 April 2022 Sylvia Lim, Warum 3b (2024) Artist: Sylvia Lim, Musarc Haunted Network Research Initiative, Pond Corpse (2023), extract Artist: Musarc, Jack Sheen (conductor)
 Jack Sheen, Croon Harvest (2021–ongoing), extract Artist: Musarc, Jack Sheen (conductor)
Recorded at Resospace, ResonanceExtra, 20 April 2022 Heleen van Haegenborgh and Musarc, Hidden Affordance (2024)
Artist: Musarc, Oli Kitching (conductor)
Album: Heleen van Haegenborgh and Musarc, Affordances (2025), SNVariations SN15 Heleen van Haegenborgh and Musarc, Possible Affordance (2024)
Artist: Musarc, Oli Kitching (conductor)
Album: Heleen van Haegenborgh and Musarc, Affordances (2025), SNVariations SN15