March 09, 2023
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February 01, 2023
Program note:
You are meadow, but once you were an open cut in a place no one wants to remember. You are the ashes of a brass band, too few opportunities for the young. The shadow of my instrument. You are lambs eating from morning hands. At night, you are the absence of a dog, of a body, of play. For the women in the haunted hills, mothers of coal and prehistory, they are the stronghold of a working class. You do not sing ecological laments or paint landscapes into notes. You spring in perpetual meadows and linger in the already-past. The concrescence of the orchestra in two parts, only to cut once again.
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Photos by Laura Manariti
December 07, 2022
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photos by Ben Adams
October 2, 2022
I Hold the Lion’s Paw
Reuben Lewis - trumpet, subsequent 37, pedals
Emily Bennett - prophet 6, voice, pedals
Joseph Franklin - bass
Ronny Ferella - drums
Didem Caia - poetry (side B)
Recorded Live at
Program Records on 23/2/2022
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September 05, 2022
The ensemble creates long-form works that evolves slowly over time, in order to elicit a physical change in the listeners and performers (such as Hyperesthesia, or increased sensory activity). The music shares concepts influenced by ritual music traditions, such as Stambeli of Tunisia, as well as the history of minimalism in improvised performance.
The ensemble features improvising percussionist Duré Dara who has had a profound impact on the Australian improvising scene for more than four decades; Callum G’Froerer on double-bell trumpet and electronics; Thomas Stewart-Toner on prepared nylon and electric guitars; and Joseph Franklin on prepared contrabass guitar, concepts and composition.
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May 03, 2022
5th Australasian Jazz and Improvisation Research Network Conference
6–8 May, 2022
Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University
Here is a LINK to the abstract of my paper, ‘SLAP(!) AND THE DEATH OF THE ELECTRIC BASS.
And a LINK to the full schedule.
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