Sunden Performs Minor Coda Live at East London’s Restored Tate Institute

The Tate Institute opened in 1887 as a community hub for East London. It was left vacant for years and is now being slowly rebuilt by ReSpace Projects, who are restoring the building to its original purpose. That process of collapse and deliberate reconstruction provides the setting for Sunden’s new live session, shot in one take among peeling walls and unfinished rooms.

Sunden moves through three tracks from his debut album Minor Coda: “Broke Over Me Like A Rainstorm,” “Fugit Amor,” and “Coda.” He uses an Octatrack and a modular synth, blending the pieces and working with tension and release in real time. The performance doesn’t try to replicate the record. It pulls the songs apart and lets them settle into the physical space around him.

Videographer Milo Hutchings carried the camera through the building, responding to the music rather than staging it. The movement is unsteady in a way that matches the rough edges of the room. Next to Sunden’s equipment, a CRT TV loops a visualizer by Misbah: a 3D rendering of the tower block from Minor Coda’s cover, collapsing continuously. The image is a direct reference to the tower card in tarot. A structure falls so something more honest can take its place. That idea runs through the album and gets a physical echo in the building around the performance.

Loose Lips released Minor Coda last year. The live video is available now on their channels.