[ Wednesday, 11 November, 2009; 8:00 pm to 10:21 pm. ] This night sees an ambitious project created by Melbourne’s Rod Cooper - the Vessel - a boat-sized instrument to be played by several musicians simultaneously.
This is the first time the Vessel has made an appearance in Sydney, so don’t miss the boat!

Featuring:
Rod Cooper
Michael Prior
Dale Gorfinkel

Also Performing:
“Integreted Trumpibular Circuitry”
Dale Gorfinkel + Grant Arthur + Jo [...]

[ Sunday, 20 September, 2009 7:30 am to Monday, 21 September, 2009 2:30 pm. ] sunday 20th september @ ‘the big room’ - 1/475 king st newtown
solo: shoji hano (japan) - drums
duo: ben byrne (melb) + ivan lysiak (nsw) - electronics
solo: gilles aubry (berlin) - electronics/field recordings

monday 21st september @ ‘bohemian grove’
ECO - 8 piece group from japan with yusuke akai (brisbane) + ladies & gentlemen [...]

[ Monday, 31 August, 2009; 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm. ] @ serial space - 33 wellington st chippendale, sydney.
starts at 7:30pm.
cost - $10/$8

3 sets of exploratory music :

martin kirkwood (blue mtns) - solo analog electronic sound.
current member of the splinter orchestra, and representing the great community of exploratory musicians who reside in the blue mountains.

kris wanders (melb) [...]

[ Thursday, 1 January, 1970; 12:00 am; Monday, 22 June, 2009; ] 3 sets of exploratory music featuring
a number of fantastic local and interstate musicians:

* matt earle (bris) + nick dan

* tadaki koyano (bris) + nic de jong + rivka schembri + jon hunter

* robbie avenaim (melb) / slawek janicki (poland/nsw) / yusuke akai (bris)

7pm @ serial space
33 wellington st [...]

[ Monday, 18 May, 2009; 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ] Laura Altman (clarinet)
Aemon Webb (electronics)
Rory Brown (bass, etc)

Joe Talia (spring reverb tank/metal objects) melb
James Rushford (prepared violas/autoharp) melb

Dale Gorfinkel (modified trumpet, etc) melb
Peter Farrar (sax, misc)

…yet another location!

1/475 King Street,
Newtown

8pm donations of $5/10/haggling permitted

[ Sunday, 10 May, 2009; 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm. ] starts 1pm
cost: donation
Directions to the cave below

the NOW now returns to the Blue Mountains with a very special performance. Not only are there amazing international performers, but it will be also powered by solar energy! Thanks to Eden Ottignon for the use of his solar generator.

Brisbane-based Daiji Igarashi plays a final performance before he leaves [...]

[ Thursday, 16 April, 2009; 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm. ] Sydney’s very own large-scale electro-acoustic improvisational ensemble:
THE SPLINTER ORCHESTRA
will be performing live in sydney for the first time in many months !
Sydney-based artist Mathew Rochford will also be presenting a piece for 50 clocks on the night !

THURSDAY 16th April
7:30pm start
@ PACT Theatre - [...]

nownow series 2009 #1
3 sets:
* mike cooper (uk/rome) - solo guitar + electronics
* roil meaning - chris abrahams (piano), mike majkowski (bass), james waples (drums).
* quartet: dave de vries (guitar), milica stefanovic (bass), alex masso (drums), daniel whiting (electronics).
music starts at 7:30pm!!!!!!!!!!!
@ serial space - 33 wellington st chippendale
$10/$8.

Rod Cooper (performing ‘opus 99′)
Since 1988, Rod Cooper has transformed traditional instrument designs into new metallic hybrids. Each sound sculpture has a large range of sounds, incorporating percussion, bowing mechanisms resonant springs and acoustic noise. For his performance at Bohemian Grove Rod will be performing on a recently constructed instrument called the Not Made in [...]

[ Sunday, 18 January, 2009; ] Sunday 18th January 2009

Midday in PITT PARK, next to WFSA : KITE MUSIC : Jon Rose and Robin Fox

Afternoon Concert @ Wentworth Falls School of Arts
2:00pm : THE SPLINTER ORCHESTRA : the NOW now’s very own house band
2:45pm : Anthony Pateras : solo piano
3:30pm : THE LOOP ORCHESTRA : Australia’s longest running experimental [...]