A new collaboration inspired by the structures, psychological impact and theories of modernist architecture.
Last September, Laurel Halo curated the 2019 edition of London’s MODE series, bringing a host of experimental live acts and DJs from around the world to unusual venues across the capital.
FACT was at a derelict venue in Soho’s Great Marlborough Street to capture Formwork, a new audiovisual collaboration between group A’s Tommi Tokyo and Kat Day of The KVB, inspired by the structures, psychological impact and theories of modernist architecture.
![group A & Kat Day present Formwork live at MODE](https://s3.amazonaws.com/factmag-images/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Group-A-Landscape3-1024x576.png)
While group A experimented on found sounds sourced from construction sites and recorded inside modernist buildings, Kat Day integrated architectural photography by group A with her own 3D digital renders, processed with analogue equipment to create “a feedback loop of architectural distortions”.
While group A currently has a number of releases in the pipeline, all have been put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, group A recently contributed a track to Never a Land Without People Vol. II, a benefit compilation for non-profit organisation Adalah.
![group A & Kat Day present Formwork live at MODE](https://s3.amazonaws.com/factmag-images/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Group-A-Landscape1-1024x576.jpg)
Find group A’s back catalogue on Bandcamp here and The KVB’s official shop here. Laurel Halo’s new record Possessed is available The Vinyl Factory, or digitally through Bandcamp.
Camera: Pedro Küster and Pawel Ptak
Editing and colour grading: Kamil Dymek
Sound recording: Pedro Küster
Sound mixing: Tommi Tokyo
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