Richard Barbieri

Admission will be via e-ticket. Your e-ticket will be delivered to your email address in time for the show (typically the day before the event).

To celebrate the release of 'Hauntings', Richard Barbieri visits Kingston to play a short stripped-back set, paired with a Q&A and vinyl playback of the new album at Kingston College. This is a seated event.

‘Hauntings’ is Barbieri’s first studio album since 2021’s ‘Under A Spell’, deepening the pensive, dark instrumental aesthetic of its predecessor. A diverse collection of immersive sound worlds, both dark & uplifting in equal measure, ‘Hauntings’ is influenced by a nostalgia for the past & future, & for things that didn’t happen yet still manage to haunt the mind & soul. What is real & what is simulation? 

The album finds Barbieri at the height of his powers, his deft keyboard & sonic architecture conjuring a shadowy, creeping Lovecraftian atmosphere. The music wanders through the streets of a gloomy lamp-lit Victorian London & drifts into grain-speckled snapshots of Belle Époque Paris. These journeys into the past are contrasted with nihilistic but euphoric forays into the future, “Traveler” & “A New Simulation” bristling with the itchy modern anxiety that often runs through his best work. 

Contrasting the sound designs & electronics of Barbieri, the album features performances from renowned musicians Morgan Agren (drums & percussion), Percy Jones (bass guitar) & Luca Calabrese (trumpet). 

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Times TBC but we expect doors at 6:30pm with a stage time of 7:30pm

Everyone attending needs their own ticket. Those aged 14+ can attend unaccompanied. 8 to 13 year olds must be accompanied by a ticket-holding adult (18+). No under 8s, sorry.

ACT at Kingston College, Kingston Hall Rd, Kingston upon Thames KT1 2AQ.
It's a great medium-sized venue right in the centre of town with excellent lighting and sound, and in-house seating in place - follow the signs on arrival at the main reception area of the college.