Kishi Bashi « 10th Anniversary Sonderlust Tour »

Kishi Bashi revisits Sonderlust ten years on, bringing the album’s full arc to the stage. Written at a moment of creative recalibration, Sonderlust stepped away from the intricate violin loops that shaped his early work and leaned into vintage synths, warmer textures and a more open, vulnerable register. On 23 August 2026 at Kings Place, London, he plays the record in sequence, letting its songs on love, desire and the need to connect breathe and shift in live form.

Listening back to the original demos proved unexpectedly emotional and pushed him to trust those first instincts again. That spirit runs through this anniversary set: arrangements draw out analog colours, voice-and-strings harmonies and elastic rhythms, reimagining the album without losing its pulse. A violin-led songwriter who moves between chamber pop, folk and electronics, Kishi Bashi centres that blend here on the core of Sonderlust, balancing intimacy with a broader sonic palette.

A decade later, these songs arrive on stage as both a snapshot of change and a work still in motion, shaped by everything that has happened since.