A polyphonic signal fractures and scatters throughout the space — dispersed across a suspended field of loudspeakers. Cello-like tones rise and recoil in response to an inaudible threat, echoing the murmuration of prey animals under pressure. The room becomes an evolving environment, a volatile ecology of pitch, pressure, and mass. Sometimes, it breathes. Sometimes, it drops into an uncanny silence. In A Predatory Chord, acclaimed composer Ben Frost pushes the very medium of his practice: the PA system. Loudspeakers — typically hidden — become spatial and sculptural instruments, shaping sound into form. This is more than music, this is a […]

Sounds of Some Summer is a sprawling soundscape by Fremantle-based artist Bruno Booth, turning the city itself into an instrument. Across Walyalup (Fremantle), five microphones are discreetly installed — tuned to the sounds of the everyday — the wind, port, voices, traffic, and silence. These live audio streams feed into a central mixing station at the installation’s “epicenter,” where the city’s sounds, as summer awakens, are remixed in real time. Sometimes quiet, sometimes dissonant, the soundscape is in constant flux — modulated by a rotating cast of invited “conductors and performers”, curated by Lyndon Blue. Using distortion, delay, and instruments to […]

ALT//THURSDAYTHURSDAY 13 NOV 2025 :: THE BIRD :: BOORLOO YOUR MOTHERS DISGUSTING WINDOW from Naarm (Melbourne), Australia released their self titled debut album on limited edition cassette and digital September 7th (night of the Harvest Moon) on Marfa Lights records (https://marfalightsrecords.bandcamp.com/.../your-mothers...). YOUR MOTHERS DISGUSTING WINDOW is a solo project from Darlene Aaron and features a revolving live backup “band” whose only responsibility is to create walls of feedback for Darlene to play sternum dissolving sludge over the top of. Hypnotic downtuned super fuzzed out bass and pummeling drum machine emerge through layers upon layers of droning feedbacking guitars as a […]

"Lucas is just captivating. It's incredible how they can flip the feeling of a room upside down and sonically there’s just no other sound like theirs" - ZACH HILL. - Death Grips. "One moment you hear John Coltrane playing a volcano, the next you hear a string section being squeezed through a toothpaste tube" - David Rees - The New York Times. Maverick improviser; Lucas ’Granpa’ Abela’s (formerly Justice Yeldham) singular journey performing on shards of broken glass is the stuff of legend. For over twenty years now they have relentlessly toured the globe, the glass evolving over that time […]

Note the date change this month - we have moved it from the usual last Tuesday to the 18th November so we can feat not 1 but 2 amazing interstate guests!! This months amazing lineup:SidiDarlene (Naarm/Melb)Pony TimeMike Nigro (Gadigal/Syd)Allison LabsRaras Sukardi Door 7pm First Act 7:30pm$15/$10

Sound Sauna is a one-of-a-kind sensory ritual — a resonance spa at Manjaree (Bathers Beach), perched on the edge of the Indian Ocean. Set within a repurposed shipping container and lined with locally sourced timber, this installation fuses the restorative heat of traditional sauna culture with a transformative sonic experience. This intimate space invites you to sweat, float and dissolve into a curated sonic journey. Across a series of 60-minute sessions, sound artists, musicians, poets, and cultural leaders create immersive soundscapes designed to deepen connection to place. Inspired by the Fremantle Biennale’s 2025 theme of sanctuary, each session is an […]

YOUR MOTHERS DISGUSTING WINDOW from Naarm (Melbourne), Australia released their self titled debut album on limited edition cassette and digital September 7th (night of the Harvest Moon) on Marfa Lights records (https://marfalightsrecords.bandcamp.com/.../your-mothers...). YOUR MOTHERS DISGUSTING WINDOW is a solo project from Darlene Aaron and features a revolving live backup “band” whose only responsibility is to create walls of feedback for Darlene to play sternum dissolving sludge over the top of. Hypnotic downtuned super fuzzed out bass and pummeling drum machine emerge through layers upon layers of droning feedbacking guitars as a space echo drowned vocal relays the bleakness of complete […]

As the sun sets, musicians and guest artists will soundtrack the golden hour with free live music and concerts at our Manjaree (Bathers Beach) Precinct. Featuring Aarti Jadu’s devotional and experimental voice, Banjo Lucia’s all fire songwriting, Drea’s soulful R&B, Aviva Endean’s boundary-pushing clarinet, the veena and percussion of IndianEye, and the high-energy improv jazz of Mali Jo$e. Plus special performances from Sonic Earth, a new commission by Natalia Mann, Merinidi Schrieber and Ilona McGuire, weaving saltwater songlines from Samoa to Gimuy to Whadjuk Country, and Wodoi & Jungun led by Leah Umbagai and the Mowanjum dancers. Our Bar will be […]

"Lucas is just captivating. It's incredible how they can flip the feeling of a room upside down and sonically there’s just no other sound like theirs" - ZACH HILL. - Death Grips. "One moment you hear John Coltrane playing a volcano, the next you hear a string section being squeezed through a toothpaste tube" - David Rees - The New York Times. Maverick improviser; Lucas ’Granpa’ Abela’s (formerly Justice Yeldham) singular journey performing on shards of broken glass is the stuff of legend. For over twenty years now they have relentlessly toured the globe, the glass evolving over that time […]

The return of our long-dormant DIY performance residency series is made possible in partnership with new studio space and gallery _____g.s. This performance residency series is about offering a musician an opportunity to "sharpen the sword" and test experimental ideas through back-to-back nightly concerts. This is a rarity in Boorloo, where experimental gigs are still relatively infrequent. But it's essential to some experimental music practices, which thrive on the energy brought by an audience. We're pleased to host Raras Sukardi for our first redux of this series. In recent years Raras has been determinedly researching freeform musics throughout Asia by travelling […]

Artists Ben Frost and Tom Mùller collaborate on Whalefall, a new temporary work conceived in response to the landmark Port Beach Shed — a skeletal, stand-alone structure that stands sentinel at the intersection of Tydeman and Port Beach Roads, gazing out over the vast Indian Ocean. The work pays homage to a rare and solemn event: the appearance of a lone sperm whale, the largest of the toothed whales, which came dangerously close to Port Beach before becoming stranded on a sandbar near Rockingham. Despite efforts to assist, the whale died, leaving behind a haunting presence. Whalefall transforms the existing […]

As the sun sets, musicians and guest artists will soundtrack the golden hour with free live music and concerts at our Manjaree (Bathers Beach) Precinct. Featuring Aarti Jadu’s devotional and experimental voice, Banjo Lucia’s all fire songwriting, Drea’s soulful R&B, Aviva Endean’s boundary-pushing clarinet, the veena and percussion of IndianEye, and the high-energy improv jazz of Mali Jo$e. Plus special performances from Sonic Earth, a new commission by Natalia Mann, Merinidi Schrieber and Ilona McGuire, weaving saltwater songlines from Samoa to Gimuy to Whadjuk Country, and Wodoi & Jungun led by Leah Umbagai and the Mowanjum dancers. Our Bar will be […]