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WELCOME TO THE NOW NOW
Thanks for all who made our 9th festival so happening in the Blue Mountains!

We would especially like to thank Christian Malejka for his work as the 2010 technical director, Kathy O’hara for her work as the stage manager and lighting technician, and Somaya Langley for recording the music and extra technical assistance. They did an awesome job and their work was invaluable!

And thanks to our sponsors: Blue Mountains City Council, Goethe Institut, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Argenti, Arts NSW, ABC, and APRA for their support!

We hope to keep you up to date on all the exploratory music goings on around Sydney. We put on regular gigs and try and list anything that we find interesting. We also run the 20 + Splinter Orchestra.
Go to our contacts page and join our mailing list to be informed weekly of goings on.
Thanks for your interest, and hope to see you at a gig soon!
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Gems from the Vault
cat-hope.
MP3 available here - recordings from our archive.
Second in the series is an excerpt from Cat Hope’s solo from the 2005 NOW now festival, capturing the special acoustics of Space 3
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NOW now regulars Clare Cooper and Chris Abrahams as GERM STUDIES, have a new double CD available of Splitrec
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Jim Denley and Kim Myhr also have a new CD out on either/OAR.
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2 sets, featuring a stellar line-up:

Rik Rue - Analogue & Digital Tape Manipulations
Amanda Stewart - Voice & Text
Jim Denley - Wind Instruments

Chris Abrahams - The Paddington Uniting Church Organ
Alister Spence - The Paddington Uniting Church Piano

Doors open at 7pm
Concert Starts at 7:30pm

The Stone Gallery - Paddington Uniting Church
395 Oxford Street Paddington.

$12/$15
includes a free drink!

The NOW now would like to thank Places + Spaces for supporting this concert!

The Jazz Visions Festival

7:00pm – 9:00pm
Simon BarkerIntangible Asset No 82 - film screening & solo performance

9.30pm – 10.30pm
Denley/Majkowski Duo
Jim Denley (alto saxophone, flutes) Mike Majkowski (double bass, objects)

time: 7:00pm - 10:30pm
venue: Colbourne Avenue, Glebe
tickets: $25/$15 (Full/Concession/Member) - book online
box office: 9351 7940

for more info:
http://www.sima.org.au/2010/08/12/simon-barker-project-majkowskidenley-duo

Rafael Anton Irisarri (USA)

Seattle based artist Rafael Anton Irisarri (aka The Sight Below) has been exploring textural electronics for almost half a decade. His recorded output, captures an essential vision of floating tones, deep pulsing bass and textured Gaussian curves. His use of repeated phrases, taps into minimalist ideals, whilst his use of atmospheric layers of reverb suggests a more cinematic quality. In all his work is deeply emotive and epic to the point of being symphonic.

Irisarri is traveling to Australia for the first time to celebrate the release of his latest solo LP The North Bend, an album that tips its hat to the rugged terrain of the American Pacific Northwest. Hinting at connections to David Lynch's Twin Peaks, and contributing new forms to the traditions of neoclassical, spectral sound and ambient sublimity - Rafael Anton Irisarri arrives to transport and transfix those that come across his sounds.

http://www.myspace.com/rafaelantonirisarri

@ The El Rocco - 154 Brougham St (Off Williams St), Kings Cross

Rafael Anton Irisarri (USA)
Anna Chase
Alex White

Seattle based artist Rafael Anton Irisarri (aka The Sight Below) has been exploring textural electronics for almost half a decade. His recorded output, captures an essential vision of floating tones, deep pulsing bass and textured Gaussian curves. His use of repeated phrases, taps into minimalist ideals, whilst his use of atmospheric layers of reverb suggests a more cinematic quality. In all his work is deeply emotive and epic to the point of being symphonic.

Irisarri is traveling to Australia for the first time to celebrate the release of his latest solo LP The North Bend, an album that tips its hat to the rugged terrain of the American Pacific Northwest. Hinting at connections to David Lynch's Twin Peaks, and contributing new forms to the traditions of neoclassical, spectral sound and ambient sublimity - Rafael Anton Irisarri arrives to transport and transfix those that come across his sounds.

Rafael is joined by Anna Chase - a Sydney based multi-instrumentalist and vocalist who creates lush, emotive songs; weaving melodies into familiar yet dreamy pop constructions. She uses vocals, guitar and accordion to explore harmonic territories.
www.myspace.com/annachase1
Anna Chase appears on ‘Unpopular Music 2009′ and ‘New Weird Australia, Volume Six’.

Alex White - artist, musician, arts facilitator and community worker. As a laptop musician he has performed in many Australian festivals and events over the past 5 years including Liquid Architecture, Electrofringe, Impermanent Audio and Disorientation. His live sound is a balance of improvisation built upon and melded with algorithmic and feedback systems Alex co-directed the 2007 and 2008 Electrofringe festivals, in 2008 Alex also took on co-directing Liquid Architecture Sydney, presenting national and international experimental music at a series of large scale concerts. Alex has co-directed Serial Space since 2009.

@ Headlands Hotel Austinmer
7:30pm

check out www.1-4inch.com for past and future events
email aaron(at)1-4inch.com to be included on the inch mailing list

Sound Series is a monthly night of sound-based performance and installation at Hardware Gallery on Enmore Rd.

#6 Auricle will feature:

Kusum Normoyle
Gail Priest
Mike Majkowski & Jim Denley
Automating
Jon Hunter

Time - 19:30 - 23:00
Location - Hardware Gallery - 263 Enmore Rd, Enmore

Sydney's very own large scale electro acoustic improvisational ensemble,
The Splinter Orchestra, will be performing outdoors at a lovely and unique location in Sydney:

Crater Cove, Dobroyd Head.

How to get there:

Get to Dobroyd Scenic Drive, Balgowlah Heights, and walk down the wombat trail to Crater Cove. it's a 15 minute walk.

Here it is on google maps:

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Zoom out to see it's location. It's quite close to Manly Wharf / The Spit.

feel free to bring food and something to drink
cover charge: donation

The Splinter Orchestra will perform from 1 - 4pm.

FARFINKEL PUGOWSKI

Peter Farrar - saxophones, percussion
Dale Gorfinkel - vibraphone, trumpet, saxophone
James Pug Waples - drums, percussion
Mike Majkowski - double bass

After a two year hiatus, Farfinkel Pugowski take advantage of Dale Gorfinkel's brief visit to Sydney from Melbourne, and Peter Farrar's move back to Sydney from The Blue Mountains, to reunite and grace the 505 stage for tonight's performance. One of the most distinctive bands in the Australian jazz scene, they will be performing original compositions from their debut album 'Wollongong/Paddington 2006,' as well as presenting new freshly composed material.

8:30pm
Venue 505 - cnr Cleveland and Perry Streets, Surry Hills
Cost - $10

PROPHETS

Peter Farrar - saxophone, mpc, xylophone, percussion
Laura Altman - saxophone
Sam Dobson- saxophone, electric bass, percussion
Dale Gorfinkel - saxophone, vibraphone, percussion
Finn Ryan - drums, balafon, percussion
James Waples - drums, xylo, percussion

Beings in vibrant masks playing raw grooves with multiple saxes, multiple xylophones, multiple percussion and multiple creative energies.

They're on at 8:30pm!

and after that, The Alcohotlicks will play at 10pm:

Aaron Flower - guitar
Ben Hauptmann - guitar
Evan Mannell - drums

In December last year, the Hotties shed the skin of their old repertoire, vowing not to play again until an entirely new set was written. After a six month break, the iconic trio will be reborn.

@ Venue 505 - cnr Cleveland and Perry Streets, Surry Hills
$10 full, $8 Jazzgroove Members