2011 Festival
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WELCOME TO THE NOW NOW FESTIVAL 2011!
The NOW now festival of spontaneous, exploratory and experimental music is moving back to Sydney for its 10th anniversary!
The NOW now presents music and film without borders, with acts ranging from free jazz, to doom metal, to hip-hop beats, to feedback noisescapes and everything in between!
Back at home in Sydney’s inner west the festival will be at The Red Rattler in Marrickville and Serial Space in Chippendale.
Presenting over 100 artists over 7 days the festival is going to go off!
Check out the program below.
And check here for info about (artists), (Venues and Transport), and Tickets
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FRIDAY 21st January
@ The Red Rattler
6 Faversham St
Marrickville
6.00 //Doors//
6.30 e m b e d d e d
Monika Brooks (accordion)
Rishin Singh (trombone)
Jim Denley (sax)
Sam Pettigrew (bass)
7.10 Reuben Derrick (sax) *NZ*, Simon Ferenci (trumpet+electronics), Milica Stefanovic (bass guitar) & Evan Dorrian (drums) *ACT*
7.50 Natasha Anderson (recorder) *MELB *, Ben Byrne (electronics) *MELB * & Amanda Stewart (voice)
8.30 //BREAK//
9.00 YAN JUN (electronics) *BEIJING*
10.00 SKY NEEDLE * BRIS*
Joel Stern - leg horns
Alex Cuffe - wooden speaker box
Ross Manning - elastic dust shovel
Sarah Byrne - vocals and percussion
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SATURDAY 22nd January
@ The Red Rattler
6 Faversham St
Marrickville
6.00 //Doors//
6.30 Peter Blamey (open-circuit electronics = computer motherboards, copper wire)
7.00 John Blades (dragon generation word salad)
7.30 Rosalind Hall (prepared sax) *MELB* & Alice Hui-Sheng Chang (extended vocal technique) *MELB*
8.00 //BREAK//
8.30 ROIL
Chris Abrahams (piano)
Mike Majkowski (double bass)
James Waples (Drums)
9.20 UNTERMORAST *TAS*
Tim Panaretos (processed/looped electric bouzouki) +
Matt Warren (processed vocals)
10.00 Cleptoclectics / Peon / 48/4 / Jenson Brewster (beats, beats, beats, beats)
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SUNDAY 23rd January
@ The Red Rattler
6 Faversham St
Marrickville
6.00 //Doors//
6.30 Tony Buck (drums) + Magda Mayas (piano) *BERLIN*
7.10 Joel Stern (electronics and tapes) *BRIS*
7.40 //BREAK//
8.00 Chris Abrahams (dx7+piano) + Jim Denley (prepared sax+electronics)
8.45 Alex White (electronics+laptop) + Yan Jun (electronics) *BEIJING*
9.30 The Splinter Orchestra
Laura Altman, Tim Wall (clarinets)
Reuben Derrick, Jim Denley, Matt Ottignon, Ian Pieterse, Jeremy Tatar (saxes+flutes)
Rishin Singh, Gerard Crewdson, Grant Arthur (low brass)
Simon Ferenci, Joe Cummins, Joseph Derrick (trumpets)
Sam Pettigrew, Mike Majkowski, Rory Brown, Tom Wade, Milica Stefanovic (bass)
Tim Cunningham (guitar) Chris Abrahams (piano)
Dave Green, Emily McDaniel, Marcus Whale, Aemon Webb, Jon Watts, Martin Kirkwood (electronics)
Melanie Herbert, Brianne Curran, Nadene Pita, Heather Shannon (violins)
Monika Brooks (accordian)
Alex Masso, Finn Ryan, Josh Isaac, James Waples, Masi (percussions)
Tony Osborne, Gail Priest, Sonya Holowell (voices)
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MONDAY 24th January
@ The People’s Republic Of Australasia
(Secret Venue)
5.30 Gerard Crewdson (cornet+slides) *NZ *
6.15 Rosalind Hall (sax) *MELB *, Joseph Derrick (trumpet) & Laura Altman (clarinet)
7.00 Hollis Taylor (violin+field recordings)
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WEDNESDAY 26th January
@ Serial Space
33 Wellington St
Chippendale
7.00 Aemon Webb + Jon Watts (AV electronics)
7.45 EXPERIMENTAL ARGENTINIAN FILM
Alan Courtis (film+sound) *ARG *
8.40 Kim Myhr (guitar) *NORWAY *, Sam Pettigrew (double bass) & Nick Shimmin (film)
9.20 Sean Baxter (floor tom feedback) *MELB *
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THURSDAY 27th January
@ The Red Rattler
6 Faversham St
Marrickville
6.00 //Doors//
6.30 Martin Kirkwood (electronics) *BLUE MOUNTAINS * & Peter Farrar (sax) *FORMERLY BLUE MOUNTAINS *
7.10 Hermione Johnson (piano) *NZ *, Jeff Henderson (sax) *NZ *, Mike Majkowski (double bass) & Sean Baxter (drums) *MELB *
7.40 //BREAK//
8.00 Jason Kahn (analog synthesizer) *ZURICH *, Matt Earle (electronics) *BRIS * & Adam Sussmann (electronics) *BRIS *
8.40 James Rushford (viola) *MELB *, Judith Hamann (cello) *MELB * & Alex Garsden (Prepared Guitar) *MELB*
9.30 Anla Courtis (guitar, objects & live processing) *ARG * & Scott Sinclair (voice/electronics) *BERLIN *
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FRIDAY 28th January
@ The Red Rattler
6 Faversham St
Marrickville
6.00 //Doors//
6.30 Isaiah Ceccarelli (batteries, percussions, piano, electronics, lap steel, trompette, drumhead feedback) *CANADA* & Dale Gorfinkel (Vibraphone + Objects) *MELB*
7.00 Noel Meek (voice) *NZ *, Rory Brown (double bass) & Alex Masso (drums)
7.30 //BREAK//
8.00 THE THING
Mats Gustaffson (saxes) *SWEDEN *,
Paal Nilssen-Love (drums) *NORWAY * &
Ingebrigt Haken Flaten (double bass) *NORWAY *
9.10 Magda Mayas (piano) *DE *, Monika Brooks (accordion) & Laura Altman (clarinet)
9.45 COMPANY FUCK (one-man noisecore karaoke explosion) *DE*
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Tickets
Single Night
$20/$15
3 Day Pass (any 3 nights)
$45/$35
Festival pass (all 6 nights)
$85/$65
Available @ www.moshtix.com.au 1300 GET TIX (438 849), and all moshtix outlets.
Or at the venue on the night.
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The NOW now Conference would like to thank:
Thanks to Goethe-Institut, ABC, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, The Red Rattler, Serial Space, Caroline @ TSP-T-shirt Printing, Theo @ Digital Press, Gail @ RealTime, Hutchings Pianos and Geoff @ Watchdog Media for their support.
The NOW now is supported by the NSW Government through Arts NSW.
This project was supported by funding from Marrickville Council.
The NOW now has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.
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