In the Round: Herbert & Momoko + Sans Soucis

A an intimate in-the-round performance from electronic music legend Matthew Herbert and Momoko Gill, with special guest set from Sans Soucis to open the night.

Matthew Herbert and drummer/ vocalist Momoko Gill released their collaborative album Clay via Strut in June 2025. A soulful, elastic collaboration, Clay treads nimbly between the dancefloor and the more introspective moods of the early hours, both reminiscent of Herbert’s iconic album Around The House while taking off in a compelling new direction. Agile and open-hearted, Clay is a thrilling, sonically adventurous record from two of the UK’s most forward-thinking artists.

Orbiting around Herbert’s fleet-footed productions and the ingenuity of Momoko Gill’s dexterous, melodic writing, Clay is at once stripped-back and rhythmically complex, drawing on a variety of found sources – from japanese kotos to basketballs – to give the sound an unmistakably organic feel.

Bringing together original sampling techniques, live improvisation and lush, expansive arrangements, Clay is lifted into higher realms by Momoko Gill’s intimate vocal performance, soaring wide-winged across the album’s eleven tracks, whether on the euphoric melancholia of ‘Mowing’ or the emotive duet ‘Heart’.

Special guest support is Sans Soucis. Winner of an Ivor Novello Award for ‘Best Contemporary Song’ for 2025’s ‘Circumnavigating Georgia’ Sans Soucis is an Italo-Congolese singer-songwriter and producer based in London. An advocate for marginalized voices, with particular focus on the intersection between people from the global majority and the LGBTQIA+ Sans Soucis’ personal journey can be traced through their music, a blend of alternative R&B, electronica, and folk with themes of identity, queer joy, and childhood trauma.