Archived Gallery #104 —
Zan Lyons
Feb 6, 2025
Zan Lyons. ICA, The Mall, London.
2nd June 2004.
Zan Lyon’s debut album ‘Desolate’ from 2000 was a fierce opening statement and without resorting to cliche, still sounds urgent now.
A self-taught violinist who fuses that discipline with laptop abuse resulting in a sound that is pretty fucking terrifying.
I remember this live performance was a proper assault across the entire frequency spectrum. Like being dragged across concrete….