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Round one tours commenced June 2008
For more information visit www.soundtravellers.com.au
Alex Masso & Peter Farrar, NSW Members of the Splinter orchestra with a jazz background, blurring the boundaries with exploratory improvised music.
Jim Denley, Ben Byrne, Natasha Anderson, Amanbda Stewart, Dale Gorfinkel, Robbie Avenaim, NSW Metalog, Junk The creation of 'Meta' instruments and a metaband by six of the most experienced and some of the youngest musicians in Australia. Exploring electro acoustic sound.
Greg Taw/Adam Trainer, WA Ghost of 29 Megacycles Experimental and improvised music.
Lawrence English, Nat Bates,Alex White & Jaques Soddell & others, various States Liquid Architecture 9 Australia's premier sound-arts festival, featuring our most imaginative musicians, composers, film-sound designers and media artists in a sense-specific feast for the ears.
Tom Hall, Qld Sight Beyond Hall's practice involves an ongoing exploration into place, space and time in our direct environments. This tour focuses on the next phase on his exploratory sound of Brisbane's iconic Story Bridge
Jon Tjhia and Alex Nosek, Vic II "Minature melodies for a brittle guitar over clicking, impatient drums, it sounds too post rock at first blush bu tht esubtle charm of II's music transcends that tired, fossilised genre", Wire#261
Various artists - Room 40, Qld Open Frame Room 40 is Australia’s largest and most widely recognised imprint and production house for experimental electronics, sound art and phonography. Open Frame is Room 40s annual festival which tours Australia. It is focused on the intersections of sound, music, media and discrete listening.
Ensemble Offspring, NSW A production incorporating live music and experimental film.
IHOS, Tas Prayer Bells A major new vocal work, drawing on the rich choral traditions of Greek, Hebrew & Western Orthodox devotional music. Eight male voices, digital effects and hand crafted bells.
Colin Offord, Qld Colin Offord Singer, composer, multi-instrumentalists and inventor of original instruments.
Mace Francis Orchestra, WA an inspiring performance… show-casing the extremely diverse creative approaches of each of the composers to this challenging compositional task and made for an absorbing, exciting and very entertaining evening.” Alan Corbet JazzWA.
Misinterprotato, Sean Foran – Piano, John Parker, Drums, Pat Marchisella, Acoustic Bass Misinterprotato – Variations tour Misinterprotato are one of Australia’s most inventive contemporary music ensembles. The group expands the capacities of the classic piano/bass/drums combination with elements of the avant-garde and a fresh attitude they bring to their music. Their new album Variations encapsulates the vision, virtuosity and passion to discover new ground which sets this group apart, and is their finest yet.
Way Out West, Vic Peter Knight, trumpet Paul Williamson, tenor saxophone Dung Nguyen, modified electric guitar, dan tranh (Vietnamese zither), dan bau (single string plucked instrument), dan nhi (Vietnamese violin) Ray Pereira, percussion Howard Cairns, acoustic bass Dave Beck, drum Old Grooves for New Streets A unique and alluring sound that blends Vietnamese and African influences with jazz in a surprising and vibrant manner. |
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