It was at the Venice Biennale that Mimi Xu and Rosey Chan shared a kind of cosmic coming together of minds that resulted in their new collaboration: Carnet De Voyage (“travelling notebook”), which is both a testimonial of the past and a pertinent projection into the future.

The duo’s inimitable sound, which they dub “classical electronica”, is as likely to mesh baroque with disco as piano with jazz and is all accompanied with video and cut through, here and there, with curious sound effects, such as a jet plane leaving the runway.

Since making a major impact at last year’s Meltdown festival, held at London South Bank’s Queen Elizabeth Hall and curated by James Lavelle, the pair have gone on to perform at the Gagosian Gallery in France and have also worked with Oscar-nominated director Mike Figgis, winning over the ears and hearts of all that see them in the process.

Their individual music experiences – Mimi is an electronic artist and DJ and Rosey is a composer and pianist – clash spectacularly as Carnet de Voyage. Magic mingles with mystery during the duo’s site-specific shows, which are evolving explorations into musical history sliced with references to contemporary culture and their own personal musings.

Their music goes beyond mere categorisation and into the realm of aural and visual experiences, that, whether in harmony or in discord, are epic, immersive, thought-provoking journeys with the power to effortlessly whisk a listener away.

In celebration of Lane Crawford’s 165^th anniversary, we asked Xu and Chan to shape their idea of what music will sound like in the next 165 years. Their vision comes to life in a thrilling in store art installation that marks the soundtrack to our future.