Concerteenies: Loops - James Lyons

Join Concerteenies for a musical morning with your 0-7 year olds, celebrating how technology can influence and inspire music-making!

These are relaxed and family-friendly concerts in collaboration with Site Gallery as part of the Society of Explorers’ exhibition Cyber Café, with informal introductions, percussion, props, bubbles and more!

You may recognise James Lyons from performing alongside The Dusterlings on CBeebies’ Justin’s House! James is a multi-instrumentalist, beatboxer and rapper based in Liverpool. He has been an active musician and workshop leader for over 20 years, bringing his own brand of positive hip-hop and instrument beatboxing to stages and festivals all across the UK and beyond. His performances incorporate live looping, improvisation and interactive musical activities suitable for all ages.

Cyber Café takes inspiration from the first internet cafes that acted as a site for optimism and excitement at the early potential of the internet. These spaces offered new possibilities for connection, collaboration and creative self expression.

Site Gallery’s young people’s collective the Society of Explorers have collaborated with artists Antonio Roberts and Lucy Cheesman over a series of workshops, experimenting with open-source platforms and old technologies. Together they have designed an interactive exhibition reimagining the creative potential of the internet café of today.