Colin Currie Quartet, King's Place

“The Colin Currie Quartet made Kings Place resound with radical rhythms and technical precision…  This was rhythm as pure excitement, and it concluded a concert that richly explored the nature of music and rhythm.” Financial Times, January 2023

“A sonic display of startling magnificence… The centrepiece was Drumming, tuned bongos impeccably synchronised, slipping and looping in and out of phase...  Julia Wolfe’s Dark Full Ride, crackling, eruptive, dangerous, made a noisy and spectacular finale.” Observer, January 2023

"...raw fizzing energy of the percussion section from Julia Wolfe’s Dark Full Ride. By the end of the concert it felt as if we were not just listening through our ears but through every cell in the body as the vibrations charged and electrified the atmosphere." ArtsDesk, January 2023 

Colin Currie Quartet play at London’s Kings Place 

Colin Currie Quartet play at London’s Kings Place 

Colin kicks off the new year with a return to Kings Place in London on 20th January for a concert with the Colin Currie Quartet. The programme consists of ‘multiple sound groups’ of early Steve Reich works, including his composition, Drumming. Other compositions include Connor Shafran’s Continental Divide, and John Luther Adams’ Qilyuan with which the group experiment using four bass drums in all four corners of the hall.

Colin’s latest single: 'Tromp Miniature' by Bryce Dessner

Colin’s latest single: 'Tromp Miniature' by Bryce Dessner

This week, on October 28th, Colin’s latest single, Tromp Miniature, is released on Colin Currie Records. It exhibits Bryce Dessner’s soulful composition which brings to life the power and beauty of the marimba. Commissioned in 2014 by the TROMP International Percussion Competition in Eindhoven, this work for solo marimba became the centre of a unique recording project for Colin, who performed the work at home during lockdown.

Colin Currie Group - US Concerts: A Steve Reich Celebration

Colin Currie Group - US Concerts: A Steve Reich Celebration

After their very well-received performance of Xenakis at the Southbank centre last month, which was praised by Bachtrack as “an experience of overwhelming proportions that will leave an indelible mark of pure joy on the sizeable crowd which sat enraptured in the Queen Elizabeth Hall”, the Colin Currie Group embark on a series of concerts in the US, in celebration of Steve Reich.

Reviews from Xenakis performance at London’s Southbank Centre

Reviews from Xenakis performance at London’s Southbank Centre

The Colin Currie Group enticed Queen Elizabeth Hall at the Southbank centre earlier this month with their performance of works by Xenakis alongside the JACK Quartet, which was met with praise by the press. The musicians garnered several fine reviews from various sources including Bachtrack, who claimed:

“The evening concert was a blast, an experience of overwhelming proportions that will leave an indelible mark of pure joy on the sizeable crowd which sat enraptured in the Queen Elizabeth Hall.”