Tyondai Braxton

Seven-piece gong-chime ensemble Pantayo opened the night with folk tradition-updating kulintang music.

Mayfield Depot, Manchester, UK on July 17, 2015

The five-piece which featured three percussionists and two modular synth manipulators performed some of the most amorphous music I've heard.

Yes they are here among us! They have the features of Tyondai Braxton and his accompanying performers and last night they put on a rave.

These identical podiums arranged in a line were created by Danish architect and carpenter Uffe Surland Van Tams; they looked modernist and cool.

The record, now almost four years old, was released to much fanfare and an expertly crafted PR campaign – and then Braxton dipped below the parapet again, emerging only occasionally to remix Philip Glass or perform with The Wordless Orchestra.