As part of Artangel’s year long programme of writers and musicians creating work in A Room for London, a one-bedroom installation above the Thames, David Byrne has produced a new soundwork inspired by the city and particularly the sights and sounds around its area known as the South Bank. 

Also this month, Laurie Anderson becomes resident in A Room for London as part of Sounds from a Room, Artangel’s series of live ‘bedroom gigs’. Her performance will be streamed on www.aroomforlondon.co.uk  and relayed via screen to the St Paul’s Pavilion at Royal Festival Hall, this Sunday 25 March at 5pm.

Swedish duo Wildbirds and Peacedrums follow on 26 April at 9.45pm and Amadou & Mariam from Mali on 23 May at 6pm; Imogen Heap will be writing a new song while in residence, for performance on 22 June.

Musicians performing as part of Sounds from a Room will use A Room for London as their studio and draw from its position as an unusual window onto the city below. Offering live ‘bedroom gigs’ from musicians who usually headline large venues, it is a unique opportunity to experience these artists in a more intimate space.

Each musician’s performance will be streamed live online and relayed onto screens at Southbank Centre. Multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bird and composer Heiner Goebbels were resident in January and February and their gigs are now available on demand from www.aroomforlondon.co.uk.

Sounds from a Room is part of Artangel’s A Room for London programme. This also includes A London Address, a series of monthly writings and recordings, and Ideas for London, a competition in association with the London Evening Standard to uncover Londoners’ most remarkable ideas to make their city a better place.