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the NOW now series
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

[ 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 [...]

NOW now series #8 - two nights!
Sunday, September 20th, 2009

[ 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 [...]

NOW now series #7
Monday, August 31st, 2009

[ 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) [...]

The NOW now series #5
Thursday, July 9th, 2009

[ Thursday, 9 July, 2009; 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ] The Now now is proud to announce

Perlonex will give a concert in Sydney

Ignaz Schick - turntables, live-electronics
Jörg Maria Zeger - electric guitars
Burkhard Beins - percussion, objects

The electro-acoustic trio PERLONEX was founded in late 1998 and has performed and toured in Europe and North America extensively since then. Ranging from prominent contemporary music festivals to [...]

NOW now series #4
Monday, June 22nd, 2009

[ 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 [...]

NOW now series #3
Monday, May 18th, 2009

[ 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

the NOW now at Kings Cave, Linden
Sunday, May 10th, 2009

[ 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 [...]

the NOW now Series Presents …
Monday, April 6th, 2009

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.

Bohemian Grove presents:
Sunday, February 8th, 2009

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 [...]

the NOW now festival : Friday
Friday, January 16th, 2009

[ Friday, 16 January, 2009; ] Afternoon concert @ Lhamda Books
5pm : THE PROPHETS : drums, saxophones and masks : Dale Gorfinkel / Peter Farrar / Rosalind Hall / Sam Dobson / Finn Ryan / and more
5:30pm : Inge Olmheim / Aemon Webb : Electronics

Evening concert @ Wentworth Falls School of Arts
7:00pm : PIN PIN PIN TRIO : Clare Cooper [...]