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"Avant-garde luminary and Xiu Xiu member Hyunhye Seo deals a disarming blow of hushed drone, spectral electro-acoustics and neo-classical unravellings. From exploring Sargassoan eel spawning to spatial dialogues, her compositions are profound experimental noise excavations accompanied by spellbinding displays of improv piano prowess. Unmissable FFO: Annea Lockwood, Kali Malone, Thomas Köner."
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A gig held at The Cube on Saturday 9th May. The event starts at 19:30.
Enter The Noid & Terror Management Present: Hyunhye SEO live @ Cube Microplex
Hyunhye (Angela) Seo is an artist exploring experimental composition and expression of sound, creating deep, turbulent soundscapes through ecstatic piano improvisations, dynamic percussion, and cavernous acoustic treatments. Her live performances are uncompromising in its open and immediate exploration of sounds, pulling from experimental noise, modern classical, avant-garde jazz, and ambient territories.
She has also been writing, recording, producing and performing dozens of works for over a decade as an active member of the musical group Xiu Xiu, which has gained international recognition for experimental and avant-garde musical composition and performances, including in numerous collaborations with other musical and visual artists.
Her latest release, Continuation (December 2025) is a cascading piano improvisation - music as surrender, dialogue between performer, space and the present moment, released by cult label Ubi Kū. On Side B, Japanese avant-garde pioneer Phew reinterprets Seo's performance into a new electronic landscape.
Seo has performed in collaboration with various artists spanning the visual and performance world, including with Danh Vo (“Metal” at The Kitchen, and “Deforms the Unborn” at the Guggenheim NYC), and the Berlin-based Cheap Collective (featuring Vaginal Davis, Susanne Sachsse, Marc Siegel).
Hyunhye Seo will be performing as part of a triple bill alongside Bristol-based support acts (TBA), curated by Enter The Noid & Terror Management
Entry requirements: no age restrictions (under 18s to be accompanied by an adult over 21yrs, 1:1 ratio)
Hyunhye (Angela) Seo is an artist exploring experimental composition and expression of sound, creating deep, turbulent soundscapes through ecstatic piano improvisations, dynamic percussion, and cavernous acoustic treatments. Her live performances are uncompromising in its open and immediate exploration of sounds, pulling from experimental noise, modern classical, avant-garde jazz, and ambient territories.
She has also been writing, recording, producing and performing dozens of works for over a decade as an active member of the musical group Xiu Xiu, which has gained international recognition for experimental and avant-garde musical composition and performances, including in numerous collaborations with other musical and visual artists.
Her latest release, Continuation (December 2025) is a cascading piano improvisation - music as surrender, dialogue between performer, space and the present moment, released by cult label Ubi Kū. On Side B, Japanese avant-garde pioneer Phew reinterprets Seo's performance into a new electronic landscape.
Seo has performed in collaboration with various artists spanning the visual and performance world, including with Danh Vo (“Metal” at The Kitchen, and “Deforms the Unborn” at the Guggenheim NYC), and the Berlin-based Cheap Collective (featuring Vaginal Davis, Susanne Sachsse, Marc Siegel).
Hyunhye Seo will be performing as part of a triple bill alongside Bristol-based support acts (TBA), curated by Enter The Noid & Terror Management
Entry requirements: no age restrictions (under 18s to be accompanied by an adult over 21yrs, 1:1 ratio)
Other noise gigs
— Strange Brew
noise
ambient
industrial
techno
industrial techno
— The Trinity Centre
pop
folk
jazz
noise
trip hop
— Bristol Beacon
experimental
contemporary jazz
contemporary classical
anti-folk
electronic