O Death! I shall become! Meditation is a powerful force. O used it for liberation, until their peaceful passing. Their lover E is led astray by power and seeks to bring O back from the dead. They manage—but do not recognise O in their new body, so seek to become Death themself. Death is just doing her job. Until she isn’t.  O,D,E is a new experimental opera by Sage J Harlow (aka Sage Pbbbt). A queer, occult retelling of Orpheus & Eurydice, grounded in the suffering that comes with simply being alive. Exploring gender and identity, characters change bodies, enter […]

For this one-night-only event, independent labels Tone List and Rockton Records join forces to bring US journalist Liz Pelly into conversation with local musician and educator Michael Terren. Drawing from complementary areas of research, the two will discuss how contemporary culture is being shaped by digital tools for creative production and consumption, such as Spotify and Ableton. Liz Pelly's book Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Cost of the Perfect Playlist is an unsparing investigation into Spotify's origins and influence on music, weaving unprecedented reporting with incisive cultural criticism. Hard copies of Mood Machine will be available for […]