THE SPECTACULAR EMPIRE SHOW W/ GAIKA & AKWASI BRENYA-MENSA 29th January 2021

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A pioneer in the distinctly Japanese sonics of "environmental" sound design, composer Takashi Kokubo began his solo career in the early 1980s, making synthesizer compositions inspired by classical music in the vein of fellow Japanese composer Isao Tomita, but across the following decades, his productions would pay deep homage to the sounds of the natural world and its spiritually soothing properties – as both inspiration for his music, and as a prominent feature in the music itself.

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The Spectacular Empire functions as infrastructure for forward-thinking Black Art and Creativity. Founded in 2017 by contemporary artists GAIKA and Akwasi Brenya-Mensa.

TSE is a decentralised Black-led music, arts and technology organisation. It primarily aims to empower, promote and develop genre defying creatively ambitious artists

By engaging in spectacular group projects, and maintaining a worldwide perspective, emerging talent is actively platformed whilst maintaining artistic integrity above all else.