Elf Traps x Shunya

A jazz-rooted double bill at The Waiting Room in London, pairing Elf Traps, a project that fuses beat-driven electronica with spiritual jazz, and Shunya, a musician and artist from Limerick, Ireland.

Elf Traps is a new project formed by Rob Turner, a Mercury Prize nominee previously associated with Mammal Hands and GoGo Penguin, and Liviu Gheorghe, formerly of Matthew Halsall's group and Gondwana. Its music sets beat-driven electronica against spiritual jazz and psychedelic, otherworldly tones.

On stage, live drums and synths sit alongside drum machines, laptops, samplers, chopped vocal fragments and custom robotic percussion. The material shifts in real time, moving from meditative ambient passages to adrenaline-charged rhythmic peaks, with improvisation shaping each performance.

Shunya, also known as Alan Keary, performs entirely improvised, experimental sets and has written orchestral arrangements for the South African cellist Abel Selaocoe's BBC Prom at the Royal Albert Hall. Shunya has also created dense electronic remixes for GoGo Penguin. The Waiting Room hosts concerts and shows in London, and this bill suits listeners drawn to jazz that moves between electronics and improvisation.