Archive for 2007

Jazz:Now
Friday, August 31st, 2007

[ Wednesday, 19 September, 2007; 8:00 pm; ] DIVINE DIALECTS
Mike Majkowski Double Bass
Peter Farrar Saxophone
Hugh Barrett Piano
Dale Gorfinkel Vibraphone
Nick Garbett Trumpet
James ‘Pug’ Waples Drums

THE JAZZGROOVE MOTHERSHIP ORCHESTRA

The Studio, Sydney Opera House

Jazz:Now
Friday, August 31st, 2007

[ Thursday, 20 September, 2007; 8:00 pm; ] THURSDAY 20 September 8.15pm
LOW FIDELITY
Cameron Undy, Abel Cross, Lloyd Swanton & Steve Elphick

SHOWA 44
Simon Barker Drums/Percussion
Carl Dewhurst Guitar

THE KRISTIN BERARDI BAND (FEATURING MIKE NOCK)
Kristin Berardi Vocal/Compositions
Mike Nock Piano
James Muller Guitar
Mike Majkowski Double Bass
Tim Firth Drums
David Theak Tenor Saxophone
Studio Sydney Opera House

ENSEMBLE OFFSPRING & EASTSIDE ARTS Crippled Symmetry
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

[ Saturday, 25 August, 2007; 8:00 pm; ] Crippled Symmetry takes its name from the work of the iconic Morton Feldman: a composer renowned for delicate quiet works cast over large time-frames.
The concert begins with Feldman’s famous work for solo percussion The King of Denmark.
The headline work, Crippled Symmetry, refers to the patterns of Ancient Middle-Eastern rugs, repetitious but imperfect and distorted.
Crippled [...]

SOUND OF FAILURE: Experimental Music in a Post-digital Era
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

[ Saturday, 25 August, 2007; 6:00 pm; ] Saturday August 25, 6pm:
Petersham Bowling Club (Performances)
77 Brighton St, Petersham, NSW Australia
Hosted by the irrepressible Schappylle Scragg.

Saturday/Sunday August 25/26 11am-5pm:
DON’T LOOK Experimental New Media Gallery (Installations)
419 New Canterbury Rd (Near Marrickville Rd), Dulwich Hill, NSW
Australia. Endurance performances at Don’t Look Gallery from 12pm
Sunday.
PERFORMERS (Petersham Bowling Club):
Est Et Non, Tom Hall (Brisbane), Lecter Macabre, Marquis De [...]

KTL @ factory theatre
Monday, August 20th, 2007

[ Thursday, 20 September, 2007; 8:00 pm; ] KTL - Stephen O’Malley (USA) of Sunn 0))), Khanate + Peter Rehberg (UK) of Editions Mego

+ DEFEKTRO (Japan), WOG, JUSTICE YELDHAM & HIS DYNAMIC RIBBON DEVICE

“Epic and evocative in its desolation, KTL work makes you think of spaces abandoned by human beings derelict slaughterhouses and disused factories or Arctic wastes where no human foot has [...]

APOSTASY
Thursday, August 16th, 2007

[ Sunday, 26 August, 2007; 6:00 pm; ] @sedition
275 Victoria St, Darlinghurst. 6pm . donation

Tom Hall (BRIS): Tour of live A/V performance based on the Story Bridge, Brisbane. This tour is supported by Arts Queensland and will take in dates in The Blue Mountains, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and Hobart.

ORARA: first public performance of a trio whose style is best described as a trick [...]

Jon Rose’s Ivories in the Outback: Saturday 4th August, BBC broadcast
Sunday, August 12th, 2007

This Saturday 4th August, the BBC will broadcast a feature on Australian keyboard music.

Ivories in the Outback:
A radiophonic survey of pioneer pianos and harmoniums which arrived in outback Australia with white settlement. Written, composed and recorded by Jon Rose.

The Last Bastion of Civilization presents WHIP IT!
Thursday, August 9th, 2007

[ Thursday, 9 August, 2007; 7:00 pm; ] An evening of intrigue, drama and improvised solos… Hot Tea and biscuits. Hmmm……

Ryuichi Fujimura Jim Mant Sam Lim Nicky Heywood Annette Tesoriero Elizabeth Ryan Kimberley McInytre Catherine Magill

Thursday 9th August 7pm start. $10 donation. the Last Bastion of civilization. suite 202, 267-271 cleveland street. Surry Hills. 2010 9698 8651 / 0415 740 266

apostasy
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

[ Sunday, 12 August, 2007; 8:04 pm; ] @SEDITION. 275 victoria st, darlinghurst. 6pm , donation.
TETR IM PLEX (Matt Earle + Ryko): electronica duo. pure and invigorating as a solar wind…
ROB CURGENVEN (NT) / SUMUGAN SIVANESAN (SYD): exciting interstate collaboration, field recordings-guitar-overtones + more

APOSTASY
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

[ Sunday, 5 August, 2007; 7:46 pm; ] @SEDITION. 275 victoria st, darlinghurst. 6pm, donation.
Sam dobson - double bass, music stand, sarangi + Grant Arthur - trombone, bass trumpet: perhaps the first bowed music stand and bass trumpet duet ever seen at Sedition.
Laura Altman - clarinet + Jim Denley - saxophone, flutes: Sonorities and possibilities of woodwind instruments are rediscovered in [...]