In the Round: Duet Emmo

Duet Emmo brings together Daniel Miller of The Normal with Edvard Graham Lewis and B.C. Gilbert of Wire for a live performance at the ICA in London, presented in its In the Round series. Nik Colk Void provides the support.

Duet Emmo is the sole collaboration between Daniel Miller, who founded Mute and recorded as The Normal, and Edvard Graham Lewis and B.C. Gilbert, both members of Wire. The trio recorded the album Or So It Seems in the early 1980s at Blackwing Studio in London, working with engineer Eric Radcliffe. Because all three were occupied with other projects, it remains their only album together. The project's name is an anagram of Mute and Dome, and the sleeve uses a collage by the Brothers Quay, reworked by Bart van Damme.

This ICA appearance is the trio's first performance together as Duet Emmo, more than four decades after those sessions. Miller, Lewis and Gilbert take part in the In the Round series, which the ICA stages in London.

Nik Colk Void, a UK-based composer and electronic musician, is the support act. Their work spans experimental sound and genre-blending composition, and includes projects such as Factory Floor, Carter Tutti Void, NPVR and Full-On. Releases connected to them have appeared on Mute, DFA and Editions Mego. The ICA hosts concerts and shows, and this event is an electronic night.