Micachu/London Sinfonietta | Pop review

Kings Place, LondonMost pop acts, when collaborating with classical musicians, require them merely to augment the emotion and drama already present in their music. Micachu and the Shapes, however, are not most pop acts. They're led by Mica Levi, a 22-year-old grime DJ and instrument-maker, who abandoned her course in composition at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama to play jittery, obtuse, curiously exhilarating electronica. Put her in a room with seven inquisitive members of the Lond...

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