Archive for the 'the NOW now' Category

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 [...]

2009 Festival Program Launch
Monday, November 24th, 2008

[ Monday, 24 November, 2008; 8:00 pm; ] The program for the 2009 NOW now Festival in the Blue Mountains will be finally revealed! We are living in exciting times.
Caves, kites, films, costumes, bookshops, guitars, outdoor events, indoor events, t-shirts, av performances, saxophones, workshops, birdsong, spiders, international artists, national artists, local artists, post-national artists, akemi, food, sound walks, all night jams, orchestras - [...]

the NOW now series #10
Monday, October 27th, 2008

[ Monday, 27 October, 2008; 12:00 am to 11:00 pm. ] The Splinter Orchestra returns from its travels around NSW to the inner city where it has always lived. Don’t miss a rare Sydney gig by this unique large improvising ensemble.

Buy tickets here

@serial space 33 Wellington St Chippendale $10 + 8

The Splinter Orchestra @ Footbeat Festival
Sunday, October 26th, 2008

[ Sunday, 26 October, 2008; 5:00 pm to 11:30 pm. ] Formerly know as ‘Songlines’, Footbeat is a festival that celebrates the outstanding natural and cultural environment of the Blue Mountains World Heritage Region. The Festival is a journey, an exploration as much as a celebration of ‘Our Place’. Footbeat festival programs are both informative and celebratory. Our activities add value to the community and play [...]