Elf Traps + Shunya

What to expect

Elf Traps are formed by Mercury Prize nominee Rob Turner (Mammal Hands, former GoGo Penguin) and Liviu Gheorghe (former Matthew Halsall / Gondwana).

They fuse spiritual jazz with glitch, jungle and live electronica.

Live drums and synths tangle with drum machines, samplers, chopped vocal fragments and custom robotic percussion.

The set twists in real time between meditative calm and explosive rhythmic peaks, and no two shows are alike.

The sound is compared to Squarepusher's rhythmic chaos, Four Tet and Floating Points' textural electronics, and Pharoah Sanders' spiritual openness.

Early champions include Graham Massey (808 State) and Gilles Peterson, and their debut album lands in October or November 2026.

The night brings two of the UK’s most boundary-pushing live acts.

• Special guest: Shunya (Alan Keary), Limerick-born musician.
• Son of Irish guitarist Dave Keary (Van Morrison).
• Moves between violin, bass and vocals.
• Blends futuristic Irish folk, jazztronica and electronics.
• Sold out Village Underground with improvised sets.
• Wrote orchestral arrangements for Abel Selaocoe's Prom.
• At Royal Albert Hall for the BBC Prom.
• Remixed GoGo Penguin.
• Rough Trade Records calls him “Enigmatic new discovery”.