Haiku Salut have been regular guests on our different London stages for over a decade. It’s hard to think of another set of musicians who share the sensibility and ambitions we try to bring to each edition of Daylight Music. This performance is about a sense of musical adventuring through storytelling and sound that defies easy categorisation. We catchup with them alongside one of their past (Jilk) and present collaborators (Meg Morley) as we return in 2026 to our welcoming East London home.
Haiku Salut are an instrumental trio from the Derbyshire Dales whose genre-blending sound fuses neoclassical, post-rock, folk and electronica through a kaleidoscope of instruments and electronics. In 2022 they collaborated with pianist Meg Morley to create and perform an original live score to the 1930 German silent film People on Sunday, commissioned by Flatpack Film Festival and later presented at the Barbican.
‘The Lost Score’ was five years in the making as they set out to capture the compositions in the studio, blending Morley’s expressive piano with Haiku Salut’s textured electronics. The result has given rise to an album that belies its historic source with a fresh and clean sound and a complex ever-moving series of compositions. The album will be released at the end of March 2026 on Lo Recordings.
Jilk are a Bristol-based collective that fuses a bewildering collage of home-found sounds, ambient soundscapes and insect-like clicks and cuts. Releases on Castles In Space, Project Mooncircle, Woodford Halse as well as a set of Bandcamp exclusive self-releases make up a varied and mighty back catalogue. For this show Jon from the collective has written a unique solo performance especially for Daylight Music. Expect droning guitars, crisp glitch and dreamy adventures.
Australian-born pianist, composer and improviser, Meg Morley collaborates within diverse artistic genres. Classically trained from the age of two, her pianism ranges from poetic to powerful, displaying virtuosic moments within an improvisatory style relative to the sensibilities of contemporary jazz. She has worked extensively with dance companies (English National Ballet, Pina Bausch, Matthew Bourne) and performed and composed for international film festivals and institutions (BFI London, Viennale, Il Cinema Ritrovato).
This will be an afternoon where the performers effortlessly meld and move together between acoustic and electronic elements. It will be great to see you again!
Arctic Circle's Daylight Music has, for nealy seventeen years, become an important part of London’s live music scene, with a weird and wonderful mix of musicians presenting ideas and storytelling in music and sound, alongside delicious cake, in some of the most splendid and iconic venues.
Further event details: Cafe open. An event for all ages. Pay-What-You-Can entry in advance or on the door (£12 per adult suggestion, children free), subject to availability/capacity.