be COINTREAUversialSounds Suite
Turn it up

It never ceases to amaze me that hotels, stores, and public spaces in general spend millions on what things look like, and then leave it to some shop-floor lackey to decide what it sounds like. Dave's ‘Greatest R'n'B comp’ at ear shattering volume anyone?

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Jennifer Herrema in front at Electrowerkz:RTX trashpunk 7pm. 7 Torrens Street, EC1. £9. 0870 264 3333 or online.

Classy WIP at First Drafts at Royal Ballet, and cheap, too. 8pm. Bow Street, WC2. £5.

Be good: Big Issue $-raiser at Turnmills. 8pm-3am. £10.

Problems at Mint? Try next door at Pengelley's. Opening today. 164 Sloane St, SW1.

On the contrary The GE Hotel has always had a good line in sounds, but has now gone one step further with the launch this evening of Suite, an exhibition of contemporary sound installations around the building.

Suite 1 provides a revealing welcome: an acoustic structure in the lobby magnifies sounds, put your head inside and the merest whisper is amplified – be careful with those parting whispered sweet nothings love birds.

Suite 2 plays through the hotel's telephones and TVs, providing a sonic glimpse behind the scenes, contrasting the comforting hush front of house with the hustle that goes on behind the scenes to keep it that way.

Goldie Lookin' Chain play at Brixton Academy. 7:30pm. 211 Stockwell Rd, SW9. £14. 0870 264 3333 or online.

Hip-hop pretty at Jazz Café: Quirky duo Handsome Boy Modeling School. 8:30pm. 5 Parkway, NW1. £15. 0870 264 3333 or online.

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Finally Suite 3 is the piece de resistance, centring on motion-activated projectors and speakers, which increase in volume the more people, are present. This sound and the people producing it are projected as sound frequencies onto the landing walls - combining sampled archive audio, video projection and interactive technology. Groovy!

Suite at the Great Eastern Hotel - Feb 25-Mar 18
We've got 5 pairs of tickets to tonight's private view from 6-8pm, and the after party from 8-12pm to the first right answers to the competition question.

be COINTREAUversial - Red Carpet Glamour at Getty Images Gallery

Stunning pieces on show at V&A's new Spectres: When Fashion Turns Back. 10am-6pm. Cromwell Rd, SW7. £0

Jerwood Upstairs Theatre is previewing dark new thriller Breathing Corpses. 7:45pm. Sloane Square, SW1. £7.50- 15. 020 7565 5000 or here.

Stitch: Crafts Council opens Knit 2 Together. 11am-5pm. 44a Pentonville Rd, N1. Free

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