MONG TONG
VENUE THE SHACKLEWELL ARMS, LONDON
DATE 13/11/2023
SUPPORT MAYA ONGAKU
While Coronation Street slugs it out with Panorama on terrestrial TV on this damp Monday night, something surprising is occurring in the endearingly down-at-heel Shacklewell Arms in London’s East End. Not only is the soldout crowd packed in, it’s also bucking the trend of incessant in-concert chitterchatter currently blighting venues across the land. This is what a mesmerised throng looks like, and with the ambient sweeps, insistent beats and pulses, and the six-string cosmic explorations emanating from the stage courtesy of opening Japanese ensemble
Maya Ongaku,
the reason is obvious: this delicate, hypnotic and beguiling music demands nothing less than total immersion and attention.