Zakuro Rising

An electronic, multidisciplinary evening at Living Womb in east London, combining a live performance by RIEKO, DJ sets by Yraki and ritual-based sound and light works.

Zakuro Rising is a multidisciplinary evening that brings together electronic music, live performance and ritual. RIEKO performs Zakuro live, and the bill also names HEZEN. The gathering takes its inspiration from a figure that was once a demon and later became a deity, one who protects mothers and their children, and it moves through sound, noise, light, taste and ritual.

The evening begins with SEANCES, a guided meditation by RIEKO that combines improvised sound, reiki and automatic writing with a crystal sound bath. Zakuro then unfolds live, and Yraki follows with experimental electronic DJ sets.

Alongside the music, the programme includes light paintings, wearable artefacts and art films, and the evening leads into dancing. The event is held at Living Womb, a concert and performance venue on Smeed Road in Tower Hamlets, London.