The soundtrack to Brexit by the British DJ, sound researcher and producer - with musicians from HMT Leipzig and Vocalconsort Leipzig, among others.

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What does it actually sound like, the Brexit? In response to the UK's impending exit from the EU, Matthew Herbert has created the Brexit Big Band to explore this question. In their performances between orchestral drama, disco, jazz and great fun, the troupe is on stage with local musicians - unique opportunity in Leipzig!
"With this project I wanted to get involved and not just let the business people make the decisions and have the loudest voice," says Matthew Herbert about his Brexit Big Band. The goal of the project is to celebrate musical collaboration across national borders, but more broadly, close cultural, personal, political and social ties. "The message from parts of the Brexit campaign was that we are better off alone as a nation. I challenge that idea." And by bringing together British and German musicians, as well as the big band and the audience, the project makes this abstract political position physically tangible.
Especially since the audience can actively participate in the music: On the website www.brexitsoundswap.eu, anyone can record three seconds of sound and make it available to the project. Thus, the project is still in process until March 29, 2019, at various concerts, but also via audience participation via website. Then, on March 29, 2019, the day of the planned Brexit, an album will be released, adding to the first sound hundreds of musicians and singers, choirs, soloists and big bands, lyrics in different languages.
"At the beginning of the project, I put Article 50 of the EU Treaty to music, because I wanted to inform myself and the audience about it. In the process, something unexpected happened. The lyrics became much more emotional. They started to be about 'separation', 'divorce', and about compassion. One of the songs is called "You're Welcome Here." It sounds naive, trite and a bit ridiculous to say that many of the songs are about love, but that's what we need right now. We need it to say to each other, 'I care about you, I've got your back.' Musically, it's about the emotional reaction to what it feels like to be pulled away from something that's been part of your life all along." - Matthew Herbert on Brexit Big Band
Lineup to follow.
PK 1 32/26 Euro plus fee (AK 36/30 Euro).
PK 2 28/22 Euro plus fee (AK 32/26 Euro) - double concert with Yazz Ahmed
https://matthewherbert.com/brexit-big-band/