NSW

drive to Cootamundra - sheep & wheat country

2009-11-09T13:14:18+00:00

the drive to cootamundra - snapshots of the drive from the n95 along the way (footage filmed : 31/10/2009)

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Alan LAMB & Dave NOYZE's performance of rain on the wires @ Wired Lab - Open Day

2009-11-02T12:14:25+00:00

Alan LAMB & Dave NOYZE's performance of rain on the wires. it sounded like space invaders / star wars laser guns!
Wired Lab Open Day
31/10/2009
Cootamundra, NSW

wiredlab.ning.com/profiles/blogs/wired-o-p-e-n-day

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Garry Bradbury @ Wired Lab Open Day

2009-11-01T11:08:52+00:00

Garry Bradbury & Alan LAMB's performance - live mixing in the pitch of "B" (also the pitch of Bees in chorus) - Bradbury selected some of the raw wires sounds and compiled them together into a georgeous layered ambient piece, and Lamb played the wire with a large bow - such an amazing physical performance with simply beautiful sounds. this was the highlight performance of the night for me. masterful!!
Wired Lab Open Day
31/10/2009
Cootamundra, NSW

wiredlab.ning.com/profiles/blogs/wired-o-p-e-n-day

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Wired Open Day

2009-10-28T11:41:24+00:00

WIRED O P E N DAY on 31st October 2009 is your opportunity to GET WIRED in the great outdoors of The WIRED Lab.

WIRED O P E N DAY gives the general public the first opportunity to interact with the ‘wires’ and witness its vast array of creative applications.

Performing at WIRED O P E N DAY will be the original wire maestro Alan LAMB and his core crew of collaborators Dave NOYZE, Garry BRADBURY, Oren AMBARCHI and Robin FOX. Each artist will be presenting unique ruminations of the 'wires' sonic capacities. Dave NOYZE and Alan LAMB will perform live mixes of this dynamic instrument; Garry BRADBURY provides a live mix in the pitch of ‘B’ (also the pitch of Bees in chorus!) for a 'great bow' acoustic performance by Alan LAMB; Oren AMBARCHI treats the wires like a giant guitar and amplifier; and Robin FOX utilises wire sounds to control a laser beam across the surface of water.

http://wiredlab.ning.com/events/wired-o-p-e-n-day

Commencing in the late afternoon audiences will be bussed from Cootamundra to The WIRED Lab site for a multi-sensory experience of site and sound. From sunset to nightfall audiences will experience the immense dynamic range and capacity of a musical instrument spanning hundreds of metres across the landscape. Affectionately called “... nature's microphone” by WIRED Lab curator Sarah LAST, the ‘wires’ and the WIRED O P E N DAY program expands many horizons, and will radically shift paradigms of art, music and space.

The WIRED Lab is a collaborative arts project uniquely located in the rural landscape of South West NSW. In 2007 The WIRED Lab was established to create a site for artists, scientists and audiences to expand upon æolian traditions, environmental sonification, ‘wire’ music and research originally developed by Alan Lamb. Since its inception many Australian and international artists have visited The WIRED Lab, their research continues, and October 31st is the first of many future open days.

TICKETS ETC...
Available online from StickyTickets : HERE
BOOKING MUST BE MADE by 12 NOON FRIDAY 30th October to reserve your place. PLEASE NOTE: The WIRED Lab is also a working farm and audience numbers are strictly limited.

WHEN: Saturday 31st October 2009. Busses leaving 5.30pm sharp and returning by 10.00pm

WHERE: Busses depart Cootamundra Post Office, Wallendoon Street for The WIRED Lab.

COST: $10 children (under 16), $15 concession (seniors, students etc), $20 adults
Price includes bus fare and entry to The WIRED Lab site. BOOK HERE

ATTIRE: Covered shoes must be worn, you will be in a paddock with long grasses & rocks etc. At nightfall the temperature can drop so bring something warm.

MEALS: Available on site at an additional cost
Supper will be available at WIRED O P E N DAY courtesy of the Cootamundra Creative Arts and Cultural Centre (CCACC), all proceeds to the CCACC building fund.
Drinks, tea and coffee will be available on site.
No food, drink or animals to be bought on premises.

ACCOMMODATION: Many Hotels in Cootamundra are offering discounts for WIRED O P E N DAY punters for a full listing click HERE.
NO Accommodation or camping on site, please don't ask we will only say no.

WIRED LAB: http://wiredlab.ning.com/

The WIRED Lab gratefully acknowledges in-kind and financial assistance from :
* The Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body
* Arts NSW, The NSW Government Department of the Arts, Sport and Recreation
* Cootamundra Creative Arts and Cultural Centre
* Decode Media
* Cootamundra Shire Council
* Eastern Riverina Arts Program
* The Riverina Co-op
* Noyzelab
* Retrovox
* Charles Sturt University Winery

Super Massive perform a free live show for electro/dance/rock lovers in Port Macquarie area

2009-05-15T04:14:20+01:00

Award-winning, upcoming Sydney alterna-pop/electro/funk/rock band Super Massive will be touring the Port Macquarie area for the first time next weekend, bringing their funky, uptempo show to the Laurieton Hotel on Saturday 23rd May.

Entertainment starts at 8:30pm and entry is FREE.

Super Massive is a creative band, lovingly crafting evocative pop songs with their own unique blend of multi-layered synthscapes and live instrumentation.

The shared musical vision of singer/songwriter Malina Hamilton-Smith and drummer/composer Glenn Abbott (best known for his work with Machine Gun Fellatio), Super Massive was awarded ‘Best Alternative Artist” at the MusicOz Awards (Australia's premier national music awards for unsigned and independent artists), and released a self-titled debut EP through MGM and iTunes to rave reviews mid last year.

Sydney based, they have been playing shows around Sydney and Newcastle and touring the east coast from Byron Bay to Tasmania for the past two and a half years, however this will be their first show for Laurieton audiences.

Described by reviewers as “a man-eater”, “a cross between Peaches and Kylie”, and compared to Karen O and Siouxsie Sioux, Hamilton-Smith is a cheeky lyricist, extroverted performer and high priestess of a fun show.

Together with guitarist Marc Malouf and bassist Dan Bruce the four make sexy, sci-funk alterna-pop, delivered with the lustiness of a full rock band.

Says singer Hamilton-Smith, "We wanted to do something that brought back melody and groove and old school pop sensibilities, whilst at the same time exploring a fresh sound, something that sounds entirely new. So we start by creating these intricate, multi-layered synthscapes that take your ear on a journey and make each song unique; a world all its own. But we wanted it to be very visceral, not like it could be a DJ, so we blended in a strong element of live guitar, bass and drums. That gives the music a really powerful sound that falls right down the line half way between dance and rock. It's very funky, and very danceable. The guys are all amazing players, so when we play live, they can really take the music right up there and slam a groove! It can get pretty intense."

The debut single from the band's EP, "Fists In My Pocket" (which won them the MusicOz Award), has since gone to #1 on the Triple J Unearthed Dance Chart, The SYN Radio Chart and the Channel 31 Video Chart, and has had community radio and TV play nationally from Triple J to FBi to 4ZZZ to 8CCC. The video for "Fists" has also enjoyed airplay on music video shows on Tiscali TV in the UK, has featured on NME's website and was recently picked up for play in coffeehouses in the US.

TimeOut Sydney has labeled them a band "On The Up", MX Sydney put them on their cover in March as a band "living up to their name as one of Sydney's best emerging electronic/dance rock bands", Triple J have featured them as an Unearthed Featured Artist, and they have gathered themselves Hot Ticket recommendations in the press from the Sunday Telegraph to the Sydney Morning Herald and Launceston Examiner.

Check them out while they're in town.

For further info visit www.myspace.com/supermassivesounds

The Laurieton Hotel is located at Bold St, Laurieton. Ph: (02) 6559 9004.

VROOM - venues across Australia for touring bands

2009-05-15T03:28:47+01:00

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
# The guide will be searchable through region, town and large selected areas, from maps provided on the site. For example, if a band was touring from Sydney to Byron Bay they could do a search for all venues that could accommodate their genre and capacity between the two cities

-- via @SocialChangeRap

NSW Indigenous $20000 Art Prize

2008-05-11T22:12:13+01:00

The Parliament of NSW Indigenous Art Prize is a $20,000 acquisitive prize for Indigenous artists born in NSW and belonging to a NSW language group. Now in its third year, the Prize has been developed by the Parliament of New South Wales and Campbelltown Arts Centre, and receives support from Arts NSW. The regional tour, taking in Hawkesbury, Dubbo, Broken Hill, Griffith and Wagga Wagga, is coordinated by Museums and Galleries NSW.
Please contact the gallery on 4560 4441 or gallery@hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au
What: The Parliament of NSW Indigenous Art Prize
Where: Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Deerubbin Centre (1st Floor), 300 George St. Windsor
When: 10 May — 8 June 2008, Monday - Friday 10 am - 4 pm (closed
Tuesdays and public holidays). Saturday & Sunday 10 am - 3 pm
Admission: Free
Further information: www.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au/community/19280.html

Super Massive new sound opens Urban Stage at Marrickville Road Festival

2007-08-22T14:26:27+01:00

Making its festival debut at Marrickville Road Festival this year is an artistic new band called Super Massive. Super Massive will perform on the Urban Stage at Marrickville Road Festival, Marrickville on Sunday 9th September at 11am.

Named for modern society’s collective fascination with superlatives and for the biggest and best! of everything as much as for their wall of sound, Super Massive is a synth pop rock band with exhilarating, danceable grooves, an emphasis on melody and an engaging, energetic stage presence. The band has a unique sound and a treasure trove of songs that respond to the nature of today’s urbanised, fast-paced world.

Much of the writing was inspired by the experience of living in inner Sydney over the last couple of years. Says singer Malina Hamilton-Smith “Some of the songs are observations of society, whilst some are escapism – but escapism of a realistic kind. The sort of escapism anyone can achieve, such as trying to take life at a slower pace, living in the moment or living in your body as opposed to your head.”

Unlike many electro-heavy bands, Super Massive is a full rock band line-up, with synth elements used to add layers of texture, creating a very full and distinctive sound. Influences stretch beyond the current fashion for 80s synthpop to embrace aspects of 70s rock, glam rock, funk, French electro and big beat, building an original sound that avoids ever being purely retro.

Formed in 2005, Super Massive’s chief writers are singer/performer/writer Hamilton-Smith and drummer/composer Glenn Abbott (best known for his work in Machine Gun Fellatio). Talented bassist John D. Young (Marcia Hines, Chuck Berry, Vanda & Young) joined in 2006.

Rhythm and groove is incredibly important to Super Massive. “We want the music to move people, physically and emotionally. Glenn and John are both very funky players, and it’s awesome when they really let loose, play something intense and challenging and carry the audience away with them. They’re very good at adding tasty playing without distracting from the core structure of the song.”

One of the most popular events of the inner west’s cultural calendar, the Marrickville Road Festival is a street party that attracts over 50,000 people a year. “We’re thrilled to have been asked to play. We’re still a very new band and haven’t released any of our music yet, so it’s a lovely surprise to have been asked to join the bill of such a wonderful community spirited event. It’s great to be a part of it and we’re looking forward to a really fun day.”

Super Massive @ The Mess - Thursday 16th Aug - Candy's Apartment

2007-08-10T10:42:19+01:00

Super Massive headlines the launch of The Mess - a new art-meets-art night for Sydney - this Thursday 16th August at Candy's Apartment.

The Mess
Thursday 16th August
Candy's Apartment
22 Bayswater Rd, Kings Cross, Sydney

Super Massive (Headline)
Great Apes
Stopwatch
Champagne Shoes

Doors open 8pm. $10-

THE MESS..

On Thursday 16th August Candy's Apartment hosts the launch of THE MESS, a monthly event to be held at Candy’s Apartment in Kings Cross in celebration of great local music, art, fashion & culture.

The night will be an exploration of Art Meets Art with the best of electro music meeting with luscious visuals. Performing on the night will be Sydney locals, funk fuelled electro rockers Super Massive, who will be joined by the grinding bleep-pop of Great Apes, the beats and pieces of underground indie dance troupe Stop Watch & theatrical electro-cabaret duo Champagne Shoes.

As well as these great acts, you will be able to party down with a live DJ and observe a fantastic array of video & fine art pieces from up and coming artists.

The Mess is an exciting new night for Candy's Apartment, one of the most respected live music venues in Sydney, with a long tradition in supporting Australian music. The Mess takes Candy's in a new direction by adopting an entertaining fusion of the arts. Every month The Mess will blend genres, styles and cultures into a love affair that is sure to keep you partying in the underground playground of Candy’s all night long.

Candy’s Apartment is located at 22 Bayswater Road, Kings Cross. The event kicks off at 8.00pm and entry is only $10 at the door. So come along and see some of the best up-and-coming art Sydney has to offer, support the local scene and even have a chance to be part of an interactive art piece on the night. For more information head to http://www.themess.com.au.

Super Massive play Will & Toby's Supper Club, Friday 18th May

2007-05-09T14:10:19+01:00

SUPER MASSIVE PLAY WILL & TOBY'S SUPPER CLUB - FRIDAY 18TH MAY

Ex-MGF drummer Glenn Abbott shows us what he’s been up to since MGF broke up. Abbott’s new synth/dance/rock band Super Massive play at the newly launched Will & Toby’s Taylor Square on Friday 18th May, in the Supper Club.

Will & Toby's Taylor Square is a multi-million dollar revamp of the old Oxford Hotel, where the infamous and much loved Gilligan's once was. (Aaah, how I used to love the mudslide cocktail they did there, back in my podium dancing days.) The room's been completely decked out with incredible surroundings including a four-story gothic fairytale backdrop, a floating jade ceiling and 5 metre leather chesterfields for all to lounge upon. It's a decadent, brand new venue and it only just opened last week.

Super Massive is a love affair of funky dance-able grooves and synth-based pop rock, mutually shared by drummer / producer Abbott and Malina, a Sydney singer / performer who came to the project creatively invigorated by a year spent pulling beers in a London music venue, travelling in Spain & Mexico and studying performance in London and New York.

Teaming up in 2005, the duo spent a year musically exploring and writing before teaming with electric bass genius John D. Young (Chuck Berry, Marcia Hines, Vanda & Young and .. almost Prince – John turned him down), who brought a treasure trove of extra groove, sex and sweet bass licks to all the songs. Young talent Matt Campbell joined them on guitar.

Super Massive’s music is thrilling get-up-and-dance and sing-along-at-the-same-time rock. A heady brew of tasty playing and exhilarating grooves, with plenty of variety in the songs and sounds. It reveals it’s roots here and there, with flashes of 70s rock, glam rock, cock rock, 80s electro and irresistible disco, yet without ever sounding purely retro. It’s a dark pink sunset. It’s a bonfire on the beach. It’s an intimate moment on a laserbeam shot dancefloor. It’s fresh as a snowflake and as black as your soul.

The band has been in the studio recording for some months, and is looking to release something later in the year. Whilst performing a recent opening slot at the Bridge Hotel in aid of a friend’s album launch, Super Massive impressed one of the bookers of the new Will & Toby’s Taylor Square. After catching only two songs of their set, the band were asked to headline The Supper Club at Will & Toby’s Taylor Square on Friday 18th May. This is a great chance to sneak preview the new tunes, and check out / support an exciting new venue while you’re at it. For more information go to: http://www.myspace.com/supermassivesounds

Events NSW

2003-12-27T12:24:00+00:00

the events NSW site provides essential information for people attending special events, organising an event or volunteering for an event in NSW

Regional Arts NSW

2003-11-17T02:45:00+00:00

Regional Arts NSW : Projects & Creative Volunteering