Kavus Torabi
(Gong, Cardiacs)
SUNDAY 18TH OCTOBER 2026
Doors : 7.30pm - Curfew 11pm
General Admission Standing
Age Limit : Over 18 Only
Kavus Torabi
For the last two decades, Kavus Torabi has been responsible for a staggering body of
work that includes his transformative and unusual instrumental music with The Utopia
Strong, the rich, complex output of his own octet, Knifeworld, or fronting the legendary
Gong at Daevid Allen’s request, taking the psychedelic stalwarts into incendiary and
ecstatic new realms with four studio albums and counting, not to mention his involvement and contributions to Cardiacs, Guapo and The Holy Family.
However, it is as a solo artist he weaves all the strands of his idiosyncratic vision together. Fusing the celestial with the human, the joyful with the melancholy, blending the autobiographical with the metaphysical.
Over his albums ‘Hip To The Jag’ (2020), ‘The Banishing’ (2024) and the forthcoming album (released Autumn 2026), Torabi has crafted a shimmering, singular and otherworldly realm of exquisite songwriting and poetic lyricism. Heartbreaking songs of love, loss, mortality of optimism and regret.
A multi-instrumentalist, Torabi’s charismatic presence and haunting voice is accompanied by guitar, harmonium and synthesiser, each performance an immersive, transformative and ritualistic experience.
On ‘The Banishing’:
“Situated in mind-blown astral reaches, while at the same time firmly rooted in the
kind of hedgerow psychedelia that informed artists from Syd Barrett to XTC’s Andy
Partridge.” The Wire
“With him jostled by thoughts of loss, sorrow and regret, it comes as no surprise
that ‘The Banishing’ has its downbeat moments but Torabi’s identity as a conduit for
vivid and uplifting psychedelic explorations is strong enough to withstand an
emotional battering, and the experience has inspired some of his most tender and
affecting songs yet.” Classic Rock
“Transcendent and Glorious.” The Quietus
“Naked and confessional…a magical, psychedelic ritual.” Louder Sound
