Auraltered State
dualpLOVER and Performance Space
Sat 20 February & Sat 6 March, 8pm
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FREE

Performance Space in association with dualpLOVER invites you to Auraltered State #1 the first of eight free performances to be conducted across 2010 focusing on the music of New South Wales as heard through the ears of Lucas Abela. The performances will cross a wide spectrum of music from the state with a focus on some of our more entertaining, innovative, unusual and new thought artists. All shows will be held at the new Performance Space ClubHouse which has a limited capacity of 100 patrons so please come early. This series has been kindly supported by Arts NSW.

Auraltered State #1 – 20th February
Auraltered State #2 – 6th March
http://performancespace.com.au/?p=498

Named by MX Magazine as one of Sydney's best emerging electronic/dance/rock bands, Super Massive will be bringing their dynamic, high energy electro rock to the huge Australia Day music festival down at The Rocks on Tuesday 26th January, performing on the Parksong Stage in First Fleet Park at 4:15pm, with Zennith Brothers on directly before, and King Tide and Bertie Blackman on directly after. The set will include a couple of brand new songs, and the band will be joined for this show by special guest keyboardist/soundscaper 3K Short from MGF. Entry to the event is free.

Super Massive have been busy in the studio recording a new single and shooting a film clip due for release in March/April; a follow up to the band's self-titled debut EP.

Elefant Traks are proud to announce Horrorshow's first national headline tour in February-March 2010.

The buzz around Horrorshow is staggering: they've swept up everyone from triple j kids to purist hip hop heads and indie hipsters. Their new album Inside Story was triple j Album of the Week and their joint launch with Urthboy sold out the Metro Theatre in Sydney.

The evocative brand of earnest, ego-free hip-hop announced by their debut album The Grey Space, earned them an ARIA nomination for Best Urban Release. Coupled with acclaimed recordings is their growing reputation for explosive live shows, most recently winning over a swag of new fans during 25 shows (over 7000 payers) on the Spitshine Tour.

If you're talking hip hop, Horrorshow are a group to watch.

-- info via elefant traks website

***W.A Dates TBC*** Tickets on Sale Dec 18!

All tickets are available from horrorshow.oztix.com.au

All Shows Are 18+ Except Sydney and Pushover (VIC)

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TOUR DATES AND TICKETS

dualpLOVER is proud to announce the return or the avant-pop queen Kevin Blechdom with her BARNWAVE show spectacular touring australia and new zealand from dec til over the new year.

04 051209 Wellington
Ladyfest
http://www.myspace.com/ladyfest_wellington

081209 Brisbane
+ Flying Scribble (Melbourne)
+ Brutal Hate Mosh
+ DJ Dot.AY
@ The Troubadour, $8
http://thetroubadour.com.au/
http://www.myspace.com/peerpressurepresents

091209 Lismore
+Professor Blix, Skeletons Of The Devil
@ Tatts Hotel, 108 Keen St
http://tattshotel.net.au/

111209 Newcastle
+ Rice Corpse, Casiogloria, alps and Liz Hurley
@ Croatian Club, Albert St, Wickham, $10

151209 Sydney
+ SINGING SADIE, Rice Corpse
http://www.myspace.com/singingsadie
@ Hermanns, cnt Butlin and City Rd, Sydney Uni, starts 8:30pm $15 /$10 Con
http://www.hermannsbar.com/
http://www.moshtix.com.au/event.aspx?id=31870&ref=moshtix

INDEX is set to finish the year on high with one of the most exciting new talents in electronic music today, the Warp Records man of the moment, CLARK. With comparisons made to the mighty APHEX TWIN, Clark has been turning heads for some time and his most recent album "Totem’s Flare" has been widely touted as one of dance music's records of the year.

The unique sound that CLARK has demonstrated that he’s the primary torch bearer amongst a new generation of artists who continue the vision that Warp was built on. Making innovative and boundary pushing electronic music that is difficult to replicate, CLARK's arsenal of beats will complimented by what is a killer local support lineup.

Local WARP Records artist HARMONIC 313 has promised something special for his last appearance at VOID party for 2009. With a recent release on KODE 9's, HYPERDUB label and one forthcoming on MALA's, DEEP MEDI MUSIC, Mark is one artist who is also making massive waves internationally.

woah Daito Manabe is going to be at dorkbot sydney this friday http://bit.ly/8S4ZHi

video: eye/face movement -> sound @ http://bit.ly/5SObcO

this is my fav vid of his http://bit.ly/74D7wd from a few years back - video turntablism with Ms Pinky & max/msp - was in awe when I saw this

http://www.daito.ws/en
http://dorkbotsyd.boztek.net
http://biginjapan.com.au
http://www.blackandbluegallery.com.au

dorkbot sydney event details:

What: “People doing strange things with electricity”.
Where: Black & Blue Gallery, 302/267-271 Cleveland Street Redfern
When: Friday 4th December, 5:30 - 6:30
Cost: FREE!

Dorkbot will be having a special presentation by Japanese electronic artist Daito Manabe in conjunction with the opening of Spooky Action at a Distance, a show curated by Amelia Groom at Black & Blue Gallery. The show hosts a selection of ten experimental video works by Japanese artists including the work of Daito Manabe.

After working as a system engineer and a programmer, Daito Manabe graduated from IAMAS (International Academy of Media Arts and Sciences) in 2004.
Redefining the existent media and technologies from unique angles, he has been active in various fields, such as art, design, and even research and development. He produces sounds, images, and light by analyzing and transforming numerical values gained from various sensors and input devices.

He is internationally active as a Turntablist and a Sound Artist using surround/oscillation/super low frequency technology and pursuing sensual peculiarity, commonality and interaction.

This is an interesting video demonstration of his work using electronic stimulus to face: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxdlYFCp5Ic&feature=player_embedded

For more info http://www.daito.ws/en

Daito Manabe is in Sydney for Kirin Big In Japan
http://www.biginjapan.com.au

the NOW now NUMBER nine Festival 2010 - Launch gig!
Monday, 7 December, 2009

The NOW now Festival is happening again next year, January 22-24, up at Wentworth Falls. and to launch the program we are putting on a free gig at Serial Space.

come and check out whats happening at next year's festival. while listening to some music by the following:

CandleSnuffer (Melb)

Splinter Orchestra
Clocks and Clouds (http://www.anaphoria.com/)

Serial Space
33 Wellington st, chippendale
starts 8pm
free entry

-- info via http://thenownow.net

Anthony Mannix + The Loop Orchestra
Thursday, 3 December, 2009

A very special and rare performance. It will be part of the opening of an exhibition by the Australian Art Brut maker Anthony Mannix. The performance will be a collaborative performance with Anthony Mannix doing live readings from new writings called The Being Of Art accompanied by a live tape loop soundscape by longtime collaborators with Anthony, The Loop Orchestra.
For an introduction to the world of Anthony Mannix you can visit www.anthonymannix.com

Free 6-8pm

Callan Park Gallery
Sydney College of the Arts
The Visual Arts Faculty of the University of Sydney
Balmain Road Rozelle (enter at Cecily St)

-- info via http://thenownow.net

WHAT IS MUSIC? FESTIVAL 2009
EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC FESTIVAL
PRESENTED BY WIM Inc
http://www.whatismusic.com

What Is Music? is Australia's longest-running and prestigious experimental music festival.

It began in Sydney in 1994 as a platform to expose unusual contemporary musical forms that were unknown to the general public, and has continued that tradition throughout the years of its expansion, presenting a cutting-edge and spectacular snapshot of modern sound culture.

This year will see further exploration of the world of large-scale new instrument design, as well as the sonic extremes it is known so well for.

Unpopular Music - 07/11/2009 - Marrickville, Sydney

from http://www.newweirdaustralia.com/unpopular

Unpopular Music, A Benefit For FBi Radio.

With:
Pimmon & Jeff Burch (Solo Sets & Debut Live Collaboration as Mandala Trap), Comatone, Kyu, Anon, Scissor Lock, Anna Chase, Nick Wishart with DJ Sets from Kevin Purdy (Tooth), Tim Ritchie (Sound Quality, ABC Radio National) and Tom Smith (Cleptoclectics).

after a while listening to Jeff Burch's set, I became transfixed on the shadows on the screen - it seemed as if there were multiple versions of him playing. the digital noise video background projected onto the 'real' Burch, so at times he seemed like a projection also - which was the real person playing?? :)

Jeff Burch #7 : Unpopular Music @ Red Rattler
07/11/2009

#vlomo09 : day 8 : Jeff Burch's music for shadows @ http://blip.tv/file/2822337 - watch other people's videos @ http://bit.ly/4j8wc9

http://newweirdaustralia.com/unpopular
http://www.jeffburchmusic.com

.mov video file ::: .flv movie file ::: video page on blip.tv

my office spent Melbourne Cup at Rosehill Raceway. I didn't win any money - my horses peaked too early. Olivia Newton John sang the national anthem and everyone stood up - well almost everyone. we watched a couple of races at the track too

this was filmed using my Nokia N95 camera - the video quality isn't very good when zoomed in

03/11/2009

Rosehill, Sydney

this is day 3 of VloMo09 - 2009 Videoblogging Month - watch other people's videos at http://videobloggers.mirocommunity.org

.mov video file ::: .flv video file via blip.tv video page

I went to check out the apartments in Waterloo today. not sure if I can afford one though. they're very close to Crown St (behind Bourke St) so there's lots of cafes and restaurants nearby. it was a 15-20min walk from Green Square station though - I think the buses are closer. I'd caught the train into the city but the Airport line was closed and CityRail had buses replacing the trains. but the bus didn't stop at Green Square so I ended up at Mascot and had to come back. there was a Mazda dealership across the road so I dropped in to see the Mazda2 as I think I'm going to have to buy a car and they're very cute. not even one person tried to help me. :( so I left and walked up to Danks St - using the Maps on my phone to find the directions. there's a new French cafe on the corner. I ate at the Whole Foods cafe, looking out at the street from the benches next to the open sliding windows. such a lovely day. some people were talking at the table in front of me and they'd mentioned to a friend who dropped by and stopped to talk to them, that the French cafe was new and booked up & it was hard to find a table.

24/10/2009

video file on blip.tv page

then I went into the city to catch the train home and St Andrews Church was singing it's song to the people of Sydney.

video page on blip.tv page

I popped into Morris & Sons prior to catching the train and bought some more yarn and a cute Panda toys pattern book - these look fairly simple and quick to make and the samples in the store were quite cute. each toy can be made from 1 skein of 8mm yarn. they didn't have the Panda yarns at the store, so I bought some Cleckheaton "Country" and Elie Riva "Natal" 8mms instead as it's quite nice to knit up. Panda is an Australian yarn company too - I hadn't heard of them before, but I noticed there were a few pattern booklets in the store. I think I'll sew the eyes though instead of using sew on ones, so the babies don't accidently swallow them. I might try make one for Kim's new baby, and if I manage them, maybe some for Tab's and Bec's kids. they're only little hand-sized toys. the lady in the store said to knit with two strands - one from the end & one from the centre of the skein to make them larger like the samples in the store. we'll see how I manage.. also I bought some Debbie Bliss "cashmerino aran" to make a small baby blanket - it's the "throw" from the Debbie Bliss "the baby knits book" - I cheated and wrote out the pattern in my notebook whilst in the store as I didn't want the rest of the patterns in the book and the book was quite expensive.

this is one of the nativity scenes in a store window in granville, sydney. it reminds me of bethlehem! the stores there have similar window displays & market stalls. very tacky! I wonder who buys these things? this store fascinates me though - I want to video the whole window display as it's full of garden decorations and really tacky outdoor ornaments packed side by side. there never seems to be anyone there but I generally see it whilst walking home from the train so it's not really peak shopping hours. this side of the granville train station is pretty desolate - I think they need a "Renew Granville" project similar to Marcus Westbury's Renew Newcastle project.

21/10/2009

video file on blip.tv

I took a video from the train on the Wednesday Sydney awoke to the red dust storm and then another on the next day. the videos were taken with my nokia n95 camera, so it lost most of the redness, but you can see that the sky was dustier than the clear Thursday. they're not completely in sync, because I wanted dune day to be slightly ahead of clear day, so you can watch it from left to right and see the scene & colours change as your eye reaches the second panel. I'm not sure if this effect worked as well as I planned though - perhaps I should have lined them up so they were in sync after all.

made with Isadora - the 20090929_dune-day_clear-day.izz patch is attached

I always have problems saving the Isadora video files as they always lose video quality and end up with lots of compression artifacts. I tried exporting at 5% rate, but it somehow increased the framerate and sped up the video! so this was saved at 95%.

other videos taken on the day - with my sony camera so the colours show up properly :

the I heart Kings Cross project has been installed into Fitzroy Gardens & surrounding streets in Kings Cross, Sydney. it looks amazing! it took a week to install & they used a tall ladder and a crane.

the knits seem to blend in to their surroundings well & at the same time brighten up the streets. I took waaay too many photos but I couldn't stop look at the detail and volume of amazing work. incredible! I couldn't stop staring at the detail of the stitches. I had to wait for my sister to arrive so I had some time after the launch to listen & watch some of the people's responses - everyone seemed to love it! they were taking turns having photos on Jade's knitted chair, and in front of the trees' branches and next to Zoe's circle piece on the sculpture & the I heart Kings Cross logo as well as staring up at the tall tree pieces.

http://www.aliak.com/content/i-heart-kings-x-project-opening-day = (this) blog post
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aliak_com/tags/iheartkingscross = photos
http://bit.ly/19jFKo = slideshow movie of the photos

thanks to Reef Knot - especially Michelle McCosker, for organizing everything and letting me contribute. was a lot of fun. I hope they keep me informed of any future projects!

video @ archive.org page

photos

slideshow movie of flickr photos

some highlights

& the pieces I made :
the rainbow blanket & pink scribble lace (Debbie New pattern) ...

the red section under the frilly knot hole ...

and the bucky fuller inspired triangles & different stitches ...

I went along to the Engage Media - Sydney screening in May 2009 and saw four Indonesian community-based films. It was amazing to hear of some of the collectives and community work going on there. Engage Media work tirelessly in documenting projects across Asia Pacific and have a large video library of films. Regular screenings are held to share the films with people in other communities. I asked Andy from Engage Media what the organisation was all about :

video @ http://aliak.blip.tv/file/2127156

The VROOM website is a growing online database of Australian Venues available for touring bands to search and use. Both metropolitan cities and rural towns' venues are available. visit http://www.vroom.net.au for more details

from the VROOM About Us page :
# The following information is available about all venues; technical and production specifications, music genre preferred (and on which night), licensing arrangements, capacity, noise restrictions, accommodation, booking contact details etc
# The types of venues listed will include licensed and unlicensed venues (i.e. bars, cafes, restaurants, clubs, universities community centres, ovals, PCYCs, and entertainment centres) and cover all genres of original contemporary music

THIS MONTH AT SUNDAY WRECKOVERY
Bleepin J Squawkins - clans best live act
Valley Forge - first live show on the promo road for an up and coming Clan album release.
NOVAkIL - Sydneys globe trotting EBM masters
15-11 Enterprises - dark and majestic, harks back to the golden age of the 80's underground electronica
Telafonica DJ's continue their residency
DJ Tigerlilly has the best musical taste in Sydney
$2 from the door goes to the save FBI Radio fund

17 May 2009, 4-9pm @ The Excelsior Hotel
Foveaux St, Surry Hills, Sydney

see the SUNDAY WRECKOVERY facebook event or visit Clan Analogue website for more details

Liquid Architecture 10 : Festival of Sound Arts is a landmark occasion for the festival and for sound culture in Australia. Celebrating its tenth consecutive year, the Liquid Architecture sound festival runs for four weeks and goes to seven cities across Australia, presenting an exciting program of contemporary sound arts. With a decade of experience to draw upon, the diverse program features live events and installations showcasing the highest quality sound work in an intense focused listening environment, privileging our most unsung sense: listening.

The breadth of diversity of artists and artistic practices includes meticulous recorded work, improvised instrumental performance, new sound for screen work, radical uses of digital technology, inventive self-made sound making devices and historically informed practices.
-- info via Liquid Architecture website

events will be held in June & July in different cities across Australia - Brisbane, Sydney, Castlemaine, Perth, Bendigo, Melbourne, and Cairns - visit the festival website for more details

Roll up fine citizens, roll up yer sleeves, roll up in yer beat up mazda, it's time for Ripped - A night of performance, textures, noises, hypercolours, and beats.

This Ripped features:
Cleptoclectics
Too Many Force Fields
Toydeath
Loom
Svelt

Ripped @ Red Rattler Theatre, 8th May
6 Faversham St, Marrickville

Also featuring will be The MashTable (new and weirder Dubtable, will possibly feature some gabba). See http://www.dubtable.net

Dress code? It would be encouraged to show up "Ripped", but that's a dubious promotion, so perhaps you should show up "torn" instead.

~~~~ BYO ~~~~ !!! The Red Rattler hasn't got their liquor license yet, so bring your own grog. Entry is $10/$7

Vibewire Youth Inc. is proud to present their six-year running online conference for young people. This year, held in conjunction with the Australian Innovation Festival, the festival is a one-of-a-kind opportunity to log on and create or join conversations with a range of exciting guest panellists.

WHAT IS e-FESTIVAL OF IDEAS?
The festival has four general areas on politics, human rights, the economy and generation Y. Within those there are forums with discussions on issues such as:

* What's the upside of the current economic downturn?
* How much do online profiles affect (or create) jobs?
* What's missing from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
* How is Facebook and Twitter making a social change?
* How is 24-hour news cycles affecting politics?
* Is the quest to save the environment just really about politics and power?

read more for details or visit http://www.vibewire.org, @vibewire or e-FESTIVAL facebook event

A SHIMMY SHAKIN' NIGHT OF LIVE ELECTRO/DANCE-POP WITH SUPER MASSIVE & YEN

Award winning Sydney dance/rock band Super Massive team with fellow electro-funksters Yen for a very special night of electro/dance-pop at the Excelsior Hotel Surry Hills on Saturday 7th March. Newcomers Life Bitter Soul support.

The night showcases three of Sydney's best up and coming electronic/dance rock bands. With all bands on the bill sharing a love of deep rhythm, shimmering synths, poetic pop, not to mention lights and lasers, it's set to be a spectacular, shimmy-shakin' night, if not an outright dancing frenzy, if both Super Massive and Yen's previous shows are anything to go by.

The show is at the Excelsior Hotel, 64 Foveaux St, Surry Hills. The night starts at 8pm. Tickets are $10- at the door.

The Sydney Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef - In the interest of contributing to the world wide phenomenon initiated by The Institute For Figuring, In Stitches Collective is facilitating the creation of a Sydney Coral Reef. We invite you to participate in this woolly celebration of the intersection of higher geometry and craft, a testimony to the disappearing wonders of the marine world.

The reef was inspired by geometric models of hyperbolic space, originally developed by mathematician Dr Daina Taimina in 1997, using the art of crochet. Until that time most mathematicians had believed it was impossible to construct physical models of hyperbolic forms, yet nature had been doing just that for hundreds of millions of years. It turns out that many marine organisms embody hyperbolic geometry, among them kelps, corals, sponges and nudibranchs. The IFF reef not only looks like an actual coral reef, it draws on the same underlying geometry endemic in the oceanic realm.

The Crochet Coral Reef is a collective and collaborative experience created by The Institute For Figuring (IFF) directors Margaret and Christine Wertheim (www.theiff.org). The project not only draws attention to the beauty and fragility of the coral reef (an ecosystem system most vulnerable to the effects of climate change), but also links communities through science, mathematics, art & craft.

In Stitches Collective are holding a workshop at 2pm on the 21st of Feb at 44 Little Oxford Street, Darlinghurst (behind Taylor Square on the Surry Hills side). visit http://sydneyreef.blogspot.com for more details

The IFF site has instructions for you to build your own hyperbolic plane

One suggestion is to use plastic bags instead of yarn as another method of recycling them. the gooseflesh blog has a plastic bag yarn tutorial on how to reuse plastic bags as yarn.

Squat Space was born from the energy of artists and activists of the Broadway Squats.

The organisers cleared out an old locksmith shop and launched a dynamic art and event space in December 2000. The gallery played host to political film screenings, free dinners, durational performances, experimental sound nights, site-specific installations...

SquatSpace opposed the standard "pay-as-you-show" system used by many high-rent artist-run-galleries in Sydney. Exhibiting was free, with artists usually becoming involved in the life of the squatting community in some way.