TuneNoiseTune 9: Saskia Willinge & Sage Pbbbt + Harry Josland & Joshua Cusack

A bi-monthly series for improvised music and avant-garde jazz, TuneNoiseTune celebrates leading artists in exploratory music in Western Australia, and new collaborations between jazz and experimental musicians. The series is co-curated by Perth Jazz Society and Tone List.

Nine concerts in, we host two duo collaborations with long histories of working together across different projects.
Trumpeter Harry Josland & composer, bass player & electronic musician Joshua Cusack form a duo whose previous explorations have involved interpretations of Luigi Serafini’s Codex Seraphinianus, and spontaneous, acoustic improvisations. With Harry’s trumpet playing at the fore, here Joshua puts aside the bass in order to explore integrating his recent forays into electronic music production, extending on the hints of digital synthesis that crept their way into his PJS-funded recording project Playing Well With Others.

https://joshuacusack.bandcamp.com/album/tales-from-the-codex

Committed young improviser Saskia Willinge plays a rare microtonal Kingma-system flute, exploring a full-spectrum sound language by playing and singing into the instrument simultaneously. Sage Pbbbt’s deep investigation into virtuosic vocal improvisation, throat singing and otherworldly sounds has made her one of Western Australia’s most beloved live acts in the local experimental music scene. Their duo makes a web of sounds which slip and slide between rich, vocalised sonorities and strange, uncanny whispers.

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Incidentally, this duo collaboration comes after Saskia’s return from the Australian Art Orchestra Creative Music Intensive, and a performance at the world-famous Make It Up Club. We’re excited to see what she’s learned.

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Please note that the ticket pricings are “pay-what-you-can”: each ticket offers the same access to the event, with the money going to support future projects. The four5nine website offers three price options ($30/$20/$10); flexible pricing is available for walk-ins. Please contact us if you’d like to reserve a free ticket for reasons of financial hardship, if you are a First Nations person, or if you are a carer for a person with a disability who will be attending.

Accessibility: The four5nine is not easily accessible by wheelchair. Wheelchair users can access the space via the entrance off 459 Fitzgerald St, which has one short step. Assistance is required from staff to open the door, which Tone List are happy to arrange; we or four5nine staff can also assist with the step. An all-gender wheelchair accessible bathroom is available in the courtyard of the Rosemount Hotel. Accessing this bathroom requires exiting the venue onto the street and looping around to the courtyard. There is a small amount of seating available. The music will at times be loud. Please feel free to contact us or The Rosemount Hotel with any questions.

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TuneNoiseTune is a co-presentation of Tone List and the Perth Jazz Society, and is proudly supported by the Western Australian Government through the Department of Local Government, Sports and Cultural Industries, and through the generosity of Carl Erbrich. Tone List and the Perth Jazz Society acknowledge the Whadjuk Noongar people as the custodians of the land on which we live and work and pay respects to Elders and custodians past, present & emerging.