Arika have been creating events since 2001. The Archive is space to share the documentation of our work, over 600 events from the past 20 years. Browse the archive by event, artists and collections, explore using theme pairs, or use the index for a comprehensive overview.
Terry is one of the most entertaining and unpredictable musicians in the London free improvising music scene. Rhodri Davies extends his instrument under a battery of techniques creating sound colours and textures quite alien to the harp.
Ex Ganger guitarist’s solo performance for guitar and fx, featuring breathless processed guitar, complex in structure and melody.
A riot of 60’s psychedelia, magick, ritual and tight black leather, this programme highlights underground innovators who use and subvert pop music for their own experimental ends; and be warned, in Anger, there’s real darkness.
How might two of the great musicians working within contrasting traditions of freedom collaborate? What might this produce: musically, socially, allegorically?
Haino exceeds expectation with a 4 hour solo performance on a collection of more than forty instruments from all over the world.
What would a world and an ethics look like free from the destructive consequences of the Western mind?
A silent collage of found film footage partially layered with computer graphics to provide a framework in which live music can develop.
First in a series of workshops for workers and non-workers who care. Does work that asks us to be attentive to the needs of others force us to sell our capacity for kindness?
A public gathering that brings together local artists, musicians, activists, and community organisers.
Live ISDN drone performance resonating between Dundee and an empty Montreal Grain Silo.
Expansive and considered, inclusive and deeply human minimalism: Antoine Beuger, Radu Malfatti, Manfred Werder.
Sparse and miniature free thought workouts involving guitar, vocals and tuba.
