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The Vernon Spring is the project of the London pianist and producer Sam Beste, whose work exists somewhere between contemporary classical, jazz and experimental pop, with a quietly radical sensibility coursing through it for good measure. He has collaborated with artists such as Amy Winehouse, Lianne La Havas, Kano and Nathaniel Cross in a storied and varied career, and he uses The Vernon Spring as a conduit for intimate, exploratory sounds, centred on the piano but incorporating other instrumentation too.

This show is part of a tour to promote his wonderful latest album, Under a Familiar Sun, which came out in May. Doors at La nau in Poble Nou are at 8pm, and there's an unmissable treat in the form of a support set by the garlanded Barcelona pianist and composer Marta Cascales, who crafts "classical-rooted music with a contemporary, minimalist, and poetic essence".