Collaboration between poet Balthazar Mattar and composer Alex Nikiporenko, Pretty Tensions is an exciting new duo reviving the art of melodeclamation and striving to create original works through this practice. Their performances are visceral and intense and engage in creating an abstract atmosphere. The tension between the poetry and the music crafted carefully by the artists to intertwine with one another creates jarring and unnatural combinations which catch the audience off guard.

Both artists are highly fluent in their respective mediums through the skills and experience they have acquired at the top educational establishments. 

Pretty Tensions are hoping to establish themselves on the London arts scene and expand artistically through interdisciplinary collaborations.


Sound Art, Sound Collage, Environmental Sound, Improv

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