Lina Lapelyte Shortlisted for 2014 Arts Foundation Awards with Candy Shop

We are really pleased to announce that Counterflows 2013 commission - the amazing Lina Lapelyte's Candy Shop has been shortlisted for one of this year's Arts Foundation Awards...

Evan Parker Announcement

Hugely proud to have been included as one of the PRS Foundation Beyond Borders projects for AC Projects / Counterflows (with our Partner Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival) to commission new work from Evan Parker and Sten Sandell. The full PRS press release is below and congratulations as well to the other seven projects selected.

PRS Foundation Press release : 24th September 2013 Beyond Borders – From Shakespeare to stargazing, this year’s exciting set of projects encompasses a wide range of imaginative musical activity across the UK.

Lina Lapelite’s Candy Shop Counterflows Commission 2013

Lithuanian Lina Lapelyte’s Candy Shop sextet of precisely-pitched harmony vocals might seem sweet on the surface, but after you have given it a listen for a few minutes, you’ll have an earful. With spare synthesiser, theremin, electronics and accordion accompaniment...