Sarah Nicolls and Warp Works

byWill Stokes
September 10, 2026

Pioneering pianist Sarah Nicolls remembers the first time she felt the concert hall collide with the club, when Warp Works put electronica on even ground with Cage, Stockhausen and Ligeti

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