Plants Can Dance - Nature's Orchestra

A plant-themed electronic night at Number 90 in London, built around a workshop on plant biosonification, live performances by resident artists and the premiere of a collaborative piece called Nature's Orchestra.

Plants Can Dance is an electronic project centred on plant biosonification. This edition takes place at Number 90, a venue in Hackney Wick that hosts concerts and shows in London, and opens with a workshop where attendees can learn about and test the technologies that make the music possible. The project has recently played festivals across the UK and Europe, including We Out Here, Wildwood and Sonica.

The line-up is made up of residents Lamine, Brian d'Souza, who performs as Auntie Flo, and Pierre Paslier. Brian d'Souza, a British DJ and music artist born in Glasgow, released the first album, Future Rhythm Machine, in 2012. The premiere of Nature's Orchestra, a collaborative piece based on field recordings by Martyn Stewart OBE of The Listening Planet, is also on the bill, with contributions from Cosmo Sheldrake, Jack Penate and Leo Abrahams. Lamine's Living Ecosystem terrariums, made for the Repot plant shop, form part of the event.

The evening also includes a road test of the Soniferous plantery listening app and suits anyone interested in ambient music, modular synthesis, plants, fungi and the links between science, technology and the arts.