event archive 2017

‘See how you go’ is the next curated exhibition for Down/Under Space. The show features work from artists MP Hopkins, Sarah Byrne and Louise Curham. It has been curated by Danny Wild. Opening Thursday …

clocks and clouds (kraig grady and terumi narishima) at opening of SNO Auction 2pm Gallery 9 9 Darley Street Darlinghurst free clocks and clouds (kraig grady and terumi narishima) at SNO Auction 2pm …

Eternal An emerging experimental scene-cum-club night exploring the darker realms of deconstructed electronic music, extra-terrestrial & undefinable soundscapes appropriated within a club context. …

// ORION // M.O.B. // EXPOSURE // FATALITAS // SSRI // ORION Sexy alien https://orionsydneyglam.bandcamp.com/album/self-titled // M.O.B. Australiens https://soundcloud.com/mobdregs // EXPOSURE to a …

emus are having a end of year fundraiser party to celebrate the year in exploratory music in Sydney and to try and raise some funds to carry on bringing you the latest emus via our enewsletter and …

Clayton Thomas is a distinctive voice in Australia’s cultural landscape not only for his creative musicianship on his instrument of choice, the prepared double bass, but also for the enthusiasm, …

Nice Music & Double Vision present a triple cassette launch: COMPOUND (Melb) NICOLA MORTON SIMON J. KARIS (Melb) SKYLINE CLARE COOPER Nice Music & Double Vision present a triple cassette …

Join us for the fourth in a series of bi-monthly events showcasing a diverse range of artists working with and around sound. Curated by members of UNSW’s Sound, Energies and Environments group, the …

Electrofringe’s annual flagship event is back at 107 Projects. #EF17 features a one-day showcase of experimental work, performances and workshops Analog Cabin // Mongrel - Ensemble // LSDj & …

The Oloid is a shape generated around two identical circles which are interlocked perpendicular to one another and has formed the structure of Alaska Orchestra’s latest release on Sydney label World’s …

Part of the Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival, ‘Band Night’ brings you something a little different with a double-header of ‘Shamanic Drumming Jazz’ - aka Ta Go Lak - and …

In conjunction with the exhibition ‘Inside’ organsised by Rafaela Pandolfini and Stella Rosa McDonald, at the Paddington Town Hall, two nights of sound performances arranged by MP Hopkins …

As part of This Is A Voice at the Powerhouse Museum, the Voicings are live demonstrations of the human voice in all its diversity as a tool of expression and communication. Stop by to experience the …

Denying your shadow or spiting your ego can be detrimental, but smashing screens can be radical. Curated by Priscilla Bourne with a number of exciting artists, Smashed Screens will shatter your ideas …

We return in November with a long-planned gathering of some of the most sublime improvisers in Australia together on the one night, featuring and arranged by the very extraordinary… MARY RAPP …

SYNCXv0001: of intimacy, technology and violence, explores our obsession with technology as something new, questions our understanding of touch and interactivity as intimacy and explores our …

Join Underbelly Arts and Liquid Architecture for an evening of coastal listening and tidal thinking. This Lab will offer ideas and discussion led by curator Camila Marambio, with the goal of opening …

Bad Ambulance (Melbourne) EP Launch w/ Bad Ambulance (Live) DIN - Live Utility - DJ Set $5 before 10pm $10 after Bad Ambulance (Melbourne) EP Launch w/ Bad Ambulance (Live) DIN - Live Utility - DJ Set …

Underbelly Arts Festival is a two-day, no holds barred presentation and celebration of contemporary Australian art in all its forms. Come and explore 21 ambitious new projects spanning installation, …

Named after a suburb perched on the outer fringes of Melbourne, Lower Plenty are comprised of some of Australia’s most talented musicians. Egg Nest Music and Bedroom Suck Records are please to …

Directed by acclaimed Australian filmmaker Amiel Courtin-Wilson (Bastardy), The Silent Eye captures a freeform collaboration between two ageing legends: 72-year-old dancer Min Tanaka and 88-year-old …

Pulled Out is releasing new LPs from Vavenge (Nick Dan, Nicola Morton, Anthony Guerra & Matt Earle) and The Mermaids (Mikey Liestins & Nic French) (Newc). The show will be part of No Refunds …

Specially commissioned for New York’s Perfoma Biennial (2015), Rhetorical Chorus is Agatha Gothe-Snape’s largest and most ambitious performance work to date. Inspired by a chance encounter …

Tangents W/ Narrow Lands and Kcin After a mesmerising set at City Recital Hall back in July, Sydney’s own Tangents return to the stage for an up close and personal performance at Waywards on …

Virginia Hilyard and Gary Warner each has a long history of engagement with audio, in filmmaking, field recording and sound art. For this outing at Articulate project space, they comingle evidence and …

Virginia Hilyard and Gary Warner each has a long history of engagement with audio, in filmmaking, field recording and sound art. For this outing at Articulate project space, they comingle evidence and …

Yoshitake EXPE is playing solo guitar this Saturday at Radio Free Alice! Osaka’s best guitar player in Sydney’s best record store : ) It will rain magic in Darlighurst, I tell you…. …

Don’t miss this rare opportunity to learn about the use of sound as conceptual practice in the field of contemporary art, with Osaka-based artist Tetsuya Umeda. From capturing environments, …

IN AN EXPLORATORY CONTINUATION OF LAST YEAR’S TALK TO THE SEA EVENT, THIS YEAR TALK TO THE BREEZE WILL SEE JAPANESE COMPOSER AND PERCUSSIONIST MIDORI TAKADA EXTEND THE AMBIENT JOURNEY AMONG THE RUINS …

Ensemble MUSE is an all-female modern music ensemble run completely by students based at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Join us for our free inaugural concert on Friday the 1st of September at …

24-Hour Choir is a new work especially composed for This is a Voice by artists and composers Julian Day and Luke Jaaniste of Super Critical Mass (SCM). It brings together a diverse range of …

Double Vision Scumwitch (Melb), Wet Kiss (Melb), Jefferson Mayday Mayday Saturday September 16, from 1pm Free / all ages Double Vision Scumwitch (Melb), Wet Kiss (Melb), Jefferson Mayday Mayday …

The Speak Satellite Festival is an event that showcases forward thinking artists and is an initiative of the Wollongong Conservatorium of Music to present new and diverse music in the Illawarra. Over …

Soft Centre is a new one-day festival happening at the remarkable Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre on September 23. Taking inspiration worldwide from festivals such as Unsound, Berlin Atonal and …

SITEWORKS 2017 - THE BIRDS & THE BEES The Bundanon Homestead will become a hive of bee-themed art works, while around the property installations and performances will bring us closer to our inner …

Back again it’s No Refund #68 with Subterranean Rain and Choke point FREE ENTRY 5 DOLLAR BEERS WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE AND MOSTLY GUILT FREE Back again it’s No Refund #68 with Subterranean …

A night of space specific performances designed for complete immersion. Featuring: Hoff Gallery: Jim Denley, Peter Farrar, Laura Altman, Jack Stoneham, Alexandra Spence, Charlie Sundborn, Ruby …

MCA ARTBAR: THE NEW AGE ARTBAR happens after dark every month. Enter an intimate series of unexpected performances as art, live music and performance collide. Follow us into the abyss on Friday 29 …

Prophets are collective based in Melbourne and Sydney. The spectacularly masked band have been sharing their musical visions since 2007. Prophets are known for their unique approach to collective …

Alister Spence trio - ALISTER SPENCE piano, samples LLOYD SWANTON double bass TOBY HALL drums, glockenspiel Crossover - BONNIE STEWART drums, voice PAUL CUTLAN bass clarinet, saxophones LUKE SWEETING …

This year the Freedman Foundation Travelling Scholarship Exhibition is curated by Dara Wei. The exhibition at UNSW Galleries showcases works by the 2017 scholars: Alexandra Spence (NSW), Roberta Rich …

This year the Freedman Foundation Travelling Scholarship Exhibition is curated by Dara Wei. The exhibition at UNSW Galleries showcases works by the 2017 scholars: Alexandra Spence (NSW), Roberta Rich …

Off the back of recent concerts and workshops in New Zealand and Chile, Joshua Hyde and Benjamin Carey bring their audio-visual duo concert ‘Intersections’ to the Sydney Conservatorium. …

Back again it’s No Refunds #64 with the avant double header of Knitted Abyss and Place Holder Back again it’s No Refunds #64 with the avant double header of Knitted Abyss and Place Holder …

la la la no.4 // feat. Georges Lentz, Cor Fuhler + Jim Denley, Jon Heilbron + Rohan Drape and Matthias Schack-Arnott. la la la no.4 // (very excited) feat. Georges Lentz, Cor Fuhler + Jim Denley, Jon …

Sebastian Sequoiah-Grayson will be playing solo guitar improvisations at Cafe Hernandez in Kings Cross. Sebastian Sequoiah-Grayson will be playing solo guitar improvisations at Cafe Hernandez in Kings …

Zicla - Cao Thanh Lan – zither and Gregor Siedl - clarinet, with guest Laura Altman - clarinet Freya Shack-Arnott - cello Jim Denley - prepared alto sax and Matthias Schack-Arnott - percussion Zicla - …

Launch of Upright in the Field, a new collection of poems by MP Hopkins, published by Sydney-based imprint Ruin Press . Copies of the book available on the night, with a reading by the author. The …

Most would acknowledge that Australia has produced some extraordinary songwriters and poets over recent decades - and in August, The People’s Republic is thrilled to host a unique collaboration, …

Laurence Pike - Solo Drums/Sampler SATURDAY AUGUST 26 Free Entry Bar open from 4PM Sydney Brewery Surry Hills Pils $6 // 4 for 20 Golden Age Cinema & Bar Laurence Pike SATURDAY AUGUST 26 Free …

Carl Dewhurst and Simon Barker bring a perfect improvising duet to the Annandale Creative Arts Centre. Electric guitar and drum kit, free improv, astounding musicianship, creating an echo through this …

Come join us on the last night of August for a live show @ Freda’s bar to launch the long awaited album release from dark ambient/cinematic/drone project of Sydney’s Jonathan Wilson.. …

Tantralyze -1-1 i.e. Nil To One Frontier Dominion Lloyd Barrett Tantralyze -“tantralyze bring minimal wave beats to devotional chant . . . and boy-girl vocals for a chakratronic bahktiwave …

BACK AGAIN it’s No Refunds #58 with Rapid Dye and (brand new band on the block baby) The No. Free entry but especially free entry for Trv Goths. Wheelchair accessible and mostly guilt free. BACK …

Artist talks Thursday, 27 July, 6-7pm Gallery 1 & 2 YOU’RE MY NUMBER 1 Curated by Talia Smith Featuring zoe wong, daniel mudie cunningham, clara chon / blue blank, d.a.n.c.e art club, kenny …

For This Moment is a new collaboration between two Sydney composers and creative musicians, Jenna Cave and Keyna Wilkins. They will be supporting other groups Metanoia and The Coconut Kids. Email …

ENSEMBLE OFFSPRING HATCHED ACADEMY (KIERAN WELCH + LUKE CARBON) Join us in the hidden laneways of Darlinghurst for a night of creative music making, drinks and conversation. In their BackStage program …

Sydney pianist Chris Abrahams has been a member of the Benders, Laughing Clowns, and The Necks to name a few. He has recorded several solo albums, as well as collaborations with Melanie Oxley from the …

The Sydney Microfest marks our humble beginning as an annual festival representing present day Microtonal music in Australia. Performances and works by: Michael Dixon Kraig Grady Terumi Narushima …

Finn Ryan and Peter Farrar (improvisations) Pidcock Quartet (Beethoven String Quartet Opus 18. No. 4 in c minor) Hollis Taylor (electronics and improvisations) based on the Australian Pied Butcherbird …

David Watson (guitar, NYC) and Chris Abrahams (keyboard) Installation - Adam Gottlieb - sand and stuff Clare Cooper - solo $15 and $10 Details David Watson (guitar, NYC) and Chris Abrahams (keyboard) …

HEY GURL is an exhibition that aims to open up a supportive space for emerging female artists. The artworks featured respond to contemporary media discussions relating to issues of gender equality and …

HEY GURL is an exhibition that aims to open up a supportive space for emerging female artists. The artworks featured respond to contemporary media discussions relating to issues of gender equality and …

Splinstallation is a sound-based, site-specific project designed especially for Articulate’s project space by the Splinter Orchestra. ‘Splinstallation’ by the Splinter Orchestra Opening: Friday …

Splinstallation is a sound-based, site-specific project designed especially for Articulate’s project space by the Splinter Orchestra. In residence at Articulate til July 30th. Splinstallation is …

A two-day festival transforming City Recital Hall into a hub of creativity, celebrating experimental music, theatre and visuals that are at once cutting-edge and disarmingly poetic. FEATURING FourPlay …

ARTISTS: Composition & Concept: Robin Fox & Eugene Ughetti Performers: Eugene Ughetti (Artistic Director), Matthias Schack-Arnott (Artistic Associate), Kaylie Melville & Louise Devenish …

Tangents (Shoeb Ahmad, Evan Dorrian, Ollie Bown, Peter Hollo, Adrian Lim-Klumpes) SYDNEY! This is quite the opportunity - Tangents on a big stage in a concert hall, part of a really interesting 2-day …

Every week Splinter gathers at our home-base Tempe Jets to play together. This week we will be having our weekly play amidst the Spintstallation at Articulate project space. Come along between 3-5 and …

A panel talk hosted by WOMEN IN THE ARTS (Isabelle Hore-Thorburn and Katie Winten) MONICA BROOKS HOTEL MARRIED MAN KATE BROWN SASS HOUND CLUB SOUND WITCHES Poetry by SAR FRIEDMAN DJ Xiaoran Shi …

Josh Shipton + Sebastian Sequoiah Grayson Lucas Abela Robin + Ninza Swordfish623 Triage The Gruntled W-Pac Paul Kidney Experience DJ Fifi Lafrug Welcome to the third event, presented by Mondo Fondue …

For women aged 15-25, it’s perfect for those just starting out and an excellent bridge for anyone thinking of applying for the 8-week All Girl Electronic – Music Software and Experimentation Workshops …

Sam Gill - alto saxophone Paul Cutlan - Bb & bass clarinets Carl Dewhurst - Guitar Luke Sweeting - accordion & piano Jacques Emery - double bass Sam Gill - alto saxophone Paul Cutlan - Bb …

8pm sharp $10 conc. $15 full ~ msg FB event if u r flat broke and we can wrk something out ~ Half of the proceeds will be donated to crisis accomodation services within Sydney Line up: Horse Macgyver …

Vivid New Music at the Con 2017 is a festival of genre-bending new music produced by the best of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music’s home-grown and guest composers, jazz and contemporary musicians …

As part of his exhibition Murmuring House, MP Hopkins will perform a score titled ‘Rooms into a Room’, which is a 39-page text-based score that is based on 3 things: various domestic …

BACK AGAIN it’s No Refunds #54. It’s double experimental industrial techno night so ACT ACCORDINGLY. https://soundcloud.com/subterranean-rain/ingnatius-j …

The NOW now and 107 will present a night of electro-acoustic phenomena and spontaneous composition. Featuring the ever brilliant MOONMILK, the sonic wonders of Alexandra Spence, the living …

From Japan, two of the most original voices in contemporary jazz join one of Australia’s great jazz treasures, the predominately female 15-piece Sirens Big Band, to bring you an unforgettable …

FREE KATA Louis Burdett / Dirk Kruithof / Edouard Bronson / Browning Mummery ACTUAL REMAINS $10 FREE KATA Louis Burdett / Dirk Kruithof / Edouard Bronson / Browning Mummery ACTUAL REMAINS $10 Link: …

Moontown Records are hosting a gig at Fredas with two of our favs Waterfall Person and Thhomas More secrets TBA You can catch all of this for free Moontown Records are hosting a gig at Fredas with two …

Forenzics : an electric-guitar led wall of chords, with baritone sax and drums to keep you grounded. A Glebe institution, great musicians with so many hours of improvisation behind them they’ve …

Electrofringe is proudly and loudly curating a night of experimental and emerging artists to showcase their exciting works for the Vivid Music series at 107. The evening provides a glimpse into the …

Join Ears Have Ears at 107 Projects rooftop bar for an exciting night of new audio-visual soundtrack works, performed by dancers, musicians and sound artists. For one night only as part of VIVID …

Vivid New Music at the Con 2017 is a festival of genre-bending new music produced by the best of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music’s home-grown and guest composers, jazz and contemporary musicians …

After a blistering tour of the Gasoline Pony, Syntax Error are back to tear up the Record Crate with the experimental, industrial, avant-garde Forenzics and melodic, prog pop band Melancholy Flowers. …

Hextape President Bradbury L.A. Suffocated Jannah Quill Jasmine Guffond Hextape (Melb) Synth, Vocals and Cello. https://hex-tape.bandcamp.com/ Gary Bradbury Australian experimental electronic pioneer …

In this show our June resident, Jessica Ekomane, will be collaborating with media artist Josh Harle on an interactive VR soundscape at Tactical Space Lab. Jessica’s practice transforms sounds …

Please note that the talk will start at 8 am sharp Decolonising Club Culture & Emancipating the Dance Floor with Ayebatonye Abrakasa Please note that the talk will start at 8 am sharp Decolonising …

It’s years since we’ve welcomed Australia’s premier experimental drummer/percussionist to the People’s Republic, so we’re thrilled to welcome him back in a duo with …

Matthew Brown Whitney Houstons Crypt Knitted Abyss Club Sound Witches Krill Matthew Brown: somewhere between minimal wave and more industrial future sounds the perfect balance to get you dancing and …

Australia’s post-everything imprint Room40 presents the highly acclaimed *Open Frame: *curated by Lawrence English. XIU XIUplays* The Music of Twin Peaks*** ELYSIA CRAMPTON Australia’s post-everything …

A night of abstract musical expressions in the vein of Free Jazz, Free improvisations, ambiance and noise from a new crop of Sydney talent. Ft. Defektro, Rorshach Climax Ensemble, guitarist Matt …

The Holy Soul / Jacky Winter / Womens Auxilliary Choir / Peter Blamey $10 Not so long ago The Holy Soul released Fortean Times, their third or fifth and a halfth LP, depending on how you count. 2SER …

Witness performance artist Linda Luke and sound artist Terumi Narushima as they present their response to Anna Magdalena Laerkesen’s solo exhibition Refuge at Collab Gallery. Witness performance …

‘Unpredictable, wildly creative, and uncompromising…Fujii is an absolutely essential listen for anyone interested in the future of jazz.’ ― Dan McClenaghan, All About Jazz Two …

Liquid Architecture and Repressed Records present: Áine O’Dwyer (Ireland), Lin Chi-Wei (Taiwan), Monica Brooks (Sydney), Exotic Dog (Sydney) …

CLUB SOUND WITCHES X POP LOW FLUNG PLACE HOLDER w. JIM DENLEY PERFORMANCES BY CLUB SOUND WITCHES X POP LOW FLUNG PLACE HOLDER w. JIM DENLEY STEVEN WRIGHT (TASMANIA) LIFE GROOVE RECORD STORE FIRE SALE …

ALASKA Projects in collaboration with Tom Smith presents Everyday Machines: A performance series bringing together artists exploring the tyranny and poetics of everyday machines. This edition of …

Lisa Lerkenfeldt (Melb) Half High, Collector (Newcastle) Victorine Meurent (Newcastle) Lisa Lerkenfeldt (Melb) Half High, Collector (Newcastle) Victorine Meurent (Newcastle) Door: $6 Time: 7pm 325b …

Saturday May 27, 2017 at 7.30 QUINTET Laura Altman, clarinet Jim Denley, woodwinds Peter Farrar, alto saxophone & objects Monika Brooks, accordion & piano Chris Corsano, drums & percussion …