Tone List & Goolugatup are very pleased to join to present an outdoor sunset performance by Berlin-based Jules Reidy, supported by a rare homecoming performance by R. Glacken. Jules Reidy is one of the most distinct voices in contemporary experimental music - worthy of speaking about with hyperbole. They mix disparate influences into a remarkable personal sound world: American fingerstyle guitar, microtonal tunings, auto-tuned vocals and traces of progressive electronic, new age and musique concrete are weaved into something intimate and atmospheric. Increasingly, their work leans into pop song forms hovering in clouds of immaculately produced sound collage. Gorgeous, lush, […]

Noizemaschin!! is back for 2025!! Note we have a slightly different date this month as we have moved the date to allow the amazing Nadev Masel to perform while they are in town. This month NM is Tuesday 4th Feb at The Bird. Alongside Nadev we have the stellar lineup of: Scientia Rich Wh Delta Tune Nadav Masel Sage Pbbbt & Josten Myburgh VERMISTROPOS Doors 7pm, first act 7:30

Exhibitions opening and live music, Saturday 8th February, from 5pm, FREE entry, with full bar, great food, and spectacular views over the Derbal Yerrigan. ☆☆☆ Fall Damage, Tiyan Baker & Jason PhuArtists Tiyan Baker and Jason Phu have spent hundreds of hours playing Fortnite together. Connected remotely through in-game microphone, for the artists, Fortnite has become a space for artistic discussion and exploration. Recently, Fortnite has connected with Unreal Engine to make its four years worth of assets available to the public to build and modify their own Fortnite worlds. In Baker and Phu’s Fall Damage, the artists draw on […]

Calling all curious alternative art lovers, gothic museum cats, nature worshippers and fans of ethereal music (think Dead Can Dance, This Mortal Coil, Cocteau Twins, Royksopp, Aphex Twins Ambient Works) to FRINGE 2025! Premiering here in Perth, this is one you simply cannot miss. Immerse yourself in an after-hours journey through WA Museum Boola Bardip. Local audiovisual artist and post punk singer Kim Little crafts atmospheric experimental soundscapes that transport you through the region’s stunning landscapes. Flora and fauna transformed into aural impressions, the seasons experienced in soundwaves, this is a unique show that will calm you, open your mind […]

Ascendent Messages is an immersive concert featuring new works for classical guitar, percussion, and electronics. Join acclaimed musicians Paul Tanner and Jonathan Fitzgerald as they present the world premiere performance of four new commissions by award-winning Australian composers Maria Grenfell, Alice Humphries, Kate Milligan, and Kathy Potter. Each work showcases the distinct voice of its composer, creating an engaging and diverse program that ranges from the tuneful to the experimental, which will resonate with both seasoned listeners and newcomers alike. Set in the beautiful acoustic of Callaway Auditorium, this concert offers a wonderful opportunity to experience contemporary classical music in […]

Join us on February 15th from 3pm at Hyde Park to celebrate the release of Sprouted Volume 4! We have a stack of artists performing (plus more to be announced!). There will also be exclusive collaborations on the day! Campbell CreswickFurchick + plimpIsaac BeersPetrohexRadiaRich WhsamarobrynScientia + BilgStuart OrchardTranxistaVon Helfenstein See you there for this free community event! There will be a bbq at around 7pm so feel welcome to bring nibbles! Artwork by Lesley Kaye

5 Gate Temple’s enigmatic head honcho, John T. Gast, returns to Perth for a rare and unmissable hybrid set. A producer operating on the fringes of bass weight and spectral haze, his output spanning Blackest Ever Black, Planet Mu, Trilogy Tapes, and his own Five Gate Temple melds dub mutations, off-grid electronics, and soundsystem mysticism into something uniquely his own. Expect a wild sensory experience where heavy steppers, ambient elegies, and unexpected turns collide. Joined on the night by local supports: Rok Riley Helenn Spirit Group (live)   21/2 - Si basement Miss this and regret it.   Free Entry for […]

Doors 7pm / show 8pm A Perth Festival commission. Lose yourself in a sonically immersive performance inspired by our most precious resource – water. Join Sunny Kim's Ensemble Ochaye for Water Song, a night of storytelling, personal mythologies and deep cultural connection. Ensemble Ochaye features some of Australia's most adventurous musicians and improvisors. Sunny Kim is joined by Aviva Endean, Gelareh Pour, Mindy Meng Wang and Zoe Barry in a dynamic intercultural exchange generating a musical language that celebrates diversity. Water Song is a captivating performance that weaves deep cultural narratives, portraying water as a conduit of connection and renewal. […]

James Bradbury (modular synthesizer) & Dan O’Connor (trumpet) Salty (DJ)   Audible Edge, Tone List’s annual international festival of exploratory music, is back in April 2025. Be the first to see the full line up at our launch party, hosted in the cosy glow of Astral Weeks bar on February 26. Audible Edge co-curators Annika Moses & Josten Myburgh will help you wander into the strange and silly swamp that is the 2025 program, aided by some bonkers local sets.   Founding member of Tone List Dan O’Connor joins forces with recent Berlin returnee James Bradbury, reunited in their first […]

March 7, 6pm - 8pm Exhibition opened by Paul Boyé (Goolugatup Heathcote Curator) Performance by Eduardo Cossio (Zithers & Electronics) Free event Peruvian-Australian artist Eduardo Cossio presents TRACE OF CONSTRUCTION, an exhibition of new photography works at Ellenbrook Arts.   Drawing on his practice as an experimental musician, the exhibition explores performance approaches to image-making, testing ideas of displacement and entanglement between mediums. Cossio’s imagery starts in the darkroom, a space associated with the unconscious by the Surrealist artists, and with worldbuilding since the early days of Photography.   The artist has re-worked photograms (camera-less photographs) with the addition of […]

In a climate of rising censorship, board overreach, anti-Palestinian and Islamophobic racism, and in a general climate of suspicion towards art, what alternative spaces are required to maintain the cultures we want to participate in? The Organise session of the Night School invites hearing from artists and cultural workers listening across disciplines. It aims to gently offer an inspiring sense of sovereignty, a chance to eat together and think about the role of cultural spaces in creating contexts for sharing truth and practicing freedom. Ft: (6:30pm) Yoe & Gabby Loo: The teashop from Burma, a community cultural space (7:30pm) Feras […]