Out West Liminal Sounds

Sound Exploration Fremantle - Pedro Alvarez
2024-05-26 14:00 - 16:30 (Australia/Perth) | Sullivan Hall, 2 Nannine Ave, White Gum Valley, WA, Australia
Pedro Alvarez is an independent composer, performer, improviser and activist born in Chile in 1980, and currently based on Whadjuk Noongar land in Western Australia. His musical practice spans from Andean folk traditions through chamber music to experimental free improvisation, informed by anti-colonial perspectives, critical theory, and poetry.
Between 2010-2014, a doctoral scholarship allowed Alvarez to concentrate exclusively on his creative work while living in the UK, completing a Master of Philosophy at University of London, and a PhD guided by Liza Lim at University of Huddersfield. Later professional highlights include being appointed composer-in-residence in Vienna and in Mexico, serving as a peer in various Australia Council funding panels, lecturing in music at several universities in Chile and Australia, and receiving commissions from festivals and ensembles around the world. In addition to his musical practice, Alvarez currently works in community mental health for a non-for-profit organisation in Perth. You can find more information on his website.

Pedro will lead us in a workshop around articulating sound improvisation based on material awareness and radical listening. SEF regulars will be familiar with his quenas and instrument building practice, which he will also draw upon for this workshop. You can find the Facebook event here.

A visual and sonic exploration of the Decibel new music ensemble’s Complete John Cage Variations’ Project.
2024-05-17 18:00 - 20:00 | 346 William Street, 346 William Street, Perth, WA, 6000, Australia
In 2012, Decibel new music ensemble devised ‘The Complete John Cage Variations Project’, an hour-long performance program featuring the eight Variations compositions (1958-76) composed by the important twentieth century composer John Cage (USA, 1912 -92).
This exhibition displays some of the computer-generated scores and sound making objects devised for this project. It aligns with the release of a book edited by Decibel members Cat Hope and Lindsay Vickery, entitled Actions|Remarks: John Cage’s Variations and the expansion of the score, sonic materials, space, and the environment which includes a CD recording of the Decibel Complete Variations Project on US Label Mode.
Opening night features a performance by Decibel.
Exhibition runs until 19 July.
Curated by Cat Hope with the Decibel new music ensemble.
More information here

Sun Returns 4: Lily Tait (Naarm)
2024-05-17 06:00 - 08:00 | WA Museum Boola Bardip, Perth Cultural Centre,, Perth, WA, 6000, Australia
Set your alarm clock for a meditative sunrise listening session with Lily Tait (Naarm).
In partnership with Tone List, Boola Bardip presents an experimental concert series set against the backdrop of the sunrise, perched in the highest reaches of our eastern terrace.
We invite you to start your day early, sit with a coffee and take a moment to reflect in peace while watching Boorloo’s east metropolitan area light up from the base of the hills to the steps of the Museum, scored by special guest, Lily Tait.
Level 3 terrace nook (indoors, warm and undercover) transforms into a serene performance space for the artist to take you on a journey over one and a half hours of sunrise.

Lily Tait’s music comprises an exploratory approach to violin and vocal techniques, focusing on how they can move together to embody one indeterminate, almost inscrutable sound source. This practice, combined with fixed track collaging, forms fabled ecosystems influenced by the patterns and textures of acoustic ecology; inviting contributions from chanced upon objects, bioacoustic GPS and found sounds.

Aarti Jadu / Ben Agüero / Rare Faction / Curlisu
2024-05-10 19:30 - 23:30 | The Bird, 181 William St, Northbridge, WA, 6003, Australia

Sound Spectrum 2024.1
2024-05-09 19:30 - 21:30 | Richard Gill Auditorium, Building 1, Room 110 (1.110), Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, 2 Bradford St, Mount Lawley, WA, 6050
An amazing showcase of new works for acoustic and electronic instruments from the next generation of composers and composer/performers. WAAPA is home to one of the largest Composition and Music Technology programs in Australia, providing exceptional training for composers and sound artists in concert and experimental music, electronica, popular, jazz, film and stage music. Tonight hear the incredible variety of student work including music for chamber ensembles, hearNOW Art Orchestra, film soundtracks, interactive music and video, and other creative projects.

Decibel New Music Ensemble: Twin Peaks Was 30
2024-05-09 - 2024-05-11 | PICA, Perth Cultural Centre, Perth, WA, 6000, Australia
In celebration of the 30th anniversary of David Lynch’s Twin Peaks film Fire Walk With Me (1992), WA-founded new music ensemble Decibel transforms PICA into a progressive concert environment teeming with red velvet and darkened portals in Twin Peaks Was 30.

Experience a series of unfolding compositions in a unique concert environment that pays tribute to the theme song’s composer, Angelo Badalamenti, and featured singer, Julee Cruise, with a 30-minute reworking of the original film score. Expect synth instrumentals and Cruise-inspired songs backed by signature twanging guitars and reverb-drenched soundscapes.

With lighting by celebrated designer Jenny Hector, the program features new compositions by Decibel’s composers as well as works by Australian artists (and Twin Peaks die-hards) James Rushford (VIC), Thembi Soddell (VIC) and new commissions by Rebecca E Smith (WA) and Matt Warren (TAS).

Twin Peaks Was 30 is the second in the Decibel Was series that celebrates important dates in retrospect. It continues the ensemble’s ongoing explorations of arranging film and pop music for chamber music performances, adapting work from Ennio Morricone, Lalo Schifrin, Scott Walker, Low and others.

Presented by PICA and Tura. Supported by PICA’s Art Commissioners.

Dates

Thursday 9 May | 7pm
Friday 10 May | 7pm
Saturday 11 May | 7pm

WAAPA presents The Unreal with Iran Sanadzadeh (Naarm)
2024-05-04 19:30 - 21:00 | Richard Gill Auditorium, Building 1, Room 110 (1.110), Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, 2 Bradford St, Mount Lawley, WA, 6050
Two sounds simultaneously start … a third is born, and a fourth arises as your ear unpacks it. Guest artist Iran Sanadzadeh invites Composition and Music Technology students in collaboration with students from Performance Making to imagine a new path for sound that takes it beyond the familiar, auditory or actioned.

Audible Edge '24: Afters
2024-05-02 19:00 - 22:00 | Astral Weeks, Shop 12/60/66 Roe St, Northbridge, WA, 6003, Australia
The Audible Edge festival is over! Come join us for a drink and celebrate with selections by the DJ alter-ego of Joee Mejias, dj mangocurry. This event is free.
Afters follows our festival debrief What was that all about? around the corner at the State Library of Western Australia, which runs from 6pm-8pm. If you want to get stuck into the nitty-gritty of how Audible Edge works, what’s good about it and what could work better, join us there and walk with us to unwind at the bar.

Accessibility:

Astral Weeks is a small, acoustically treated space. It’s a small bar and as such alcohol will be present. The music will be at a comfortable listening volume. It is wheelchair accessible at street level, and has a gender-neutral accessible bathroom. The room is indoors and airconditioned and windows are kept closed, meaning ventilation is limited. Lighting will be low and warm. No dedicated check-out space is available.

Audible Edge Night School: What was that all about?
2024-05-02 18:00 - 20:00 | State Library of Western Australia, 25 Francis St, Perth, WA, 6000, Australia
The curators of Audible Edge, Annika Moses & Josten Myburgh, invite you for a reflective discussion on the festival. Why was Audible Edge the way it was? What challenges were faced in pulling it together? How did it actually go? What was good about it? What didn’t work?
This debrief serves an important function for Tone List to reflect on how public money is put to use in service of our program. This is both ethical, and mandatory for our funding evaluations. But it’s also a way of inviting the public to join in that process and shape the festival into the future. It’s a space for you to support the festival with your perspective and ideas, and also to critique or challenge its curatorial perspectives.

Accessibility

The State Library of Western Australia Geographe Room is a wheelchair accessible venue. It is located on the ground floor. There are numerous wheelchair accessible, all-gender bathrooms located throughout the library. The event is alcohol-free and all-ages. The room will be brightly and clearly lit. Live captioning can be arranged for the session. The venue is enclosed with no windows. It will not be overcrowded, but depending on in-person attendance numbers, it may not have spare for more than 1.5m physical distancing.

Ocean, Again: Iran Sanadzadeh
2024-05-01 19:30 - 20:30 | Richard Gill Auditorium, Building 1, Room 110 (1.110), Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, 2 Bradford St, Mount Lawley, WA, 6050
Melbourne-based composer, performer and researcher Iran Sanadzadeh presents electronic music from her debut album Ocean, Again, performed on terpsichora floors. This electronic instrument – a set of pressure-sensitive wooden platforms with sensors controlled by whole-body movement – follows on from the work of pioneering Australian dancer Philippa Cullen. Sanadzadeh’s interactive performance is a deeply innovative exploration of the relationship between movement and sound.

Noizemaschin!! 150
2024-04-30 19:00 - 23:00 | Johnny Ma Studios, 305A Railway Pde, Maylands, WA, 6051, Australia
In 2011 the monthly NoizeMaschin!! night came to life! Now, 13 years later NM 150 takes you back in time with a line up that boasts some of these iconic early music makers! Come and celebrate 13 years of experimental music in Boorloo at Johnny Ma Studios!
Featuring the amazing:
Nathan Thompson
Stuart James
Adam Brown
Furchick
Dr Vellocet
Boopsnooter
Tickets $10 available here

https://events.humanitix.com/noizemaschin-150

Audible Edge '24: I make big noise and make small sound, I am in the air and on the ground, I'm out of sight and can be found. What am I?
2024-04-28 15:00 - 19:00 | Sullivan Hall, 2 Nannine Ave, White Gum Valley, WA, Australia
The last hurrah of Audible Edge!
I make big noise … is a relaxed late arvo concert celebrating the close of the festival. Expansive sound collage, poetic reflections, and nuanced folk provide a soft final landing place for those at the end of a big festival weekend; or a perfect Sunday outing for homebodies! This all-ages, families-welcome gig is set up with catering by Teeter and Manna, interactive activities, outdoor space and room to stretch out, and no alcohol (but cups of tea and yummy drinks by Strangelove).
This concert is also an album launch for Tone List’s 40th release by Jenny Hickinbotham. Jenny’s songs and poetry are cheeky and singular. They are joyous creative outbursts that often reflect her day-to-day life, idiosyncratic worldly observations, and her lived experience of hearing voices. Jenny will perform live in collaboration with local enigmas Chris Cobilis and Lana Rothnie. As a never-before-heard trio they are bound to cause a ruckus in the best way.
Composer Simon Charles and John Kinsella, one of this continent’s foremost poets, debut a new collaboration. Using field recordings, analogue tape, musical notation and poetry, Simon and John have made tender traces of the suspension bridge in York, on Ballardong boodja. Their work attends to the bridge and how it relates to its surroundings, unravelling multiple meanings and connections. The piece will be performed by the two artists accompanied by long-time collaborators Jameson Feakes, Rebecca Lane & Jon Heilbron.
At the top of the show is the debut of tenforward, the duo of Lyndon Blue (Heathcote Blue, Leafy Suburbs) and Jessyca Hutchens (Jane Harris). Both wordsmiths, folk stars and gentle weirdos in their own right, their two unique sensibilities combine to make tender-hearted ditties.
Good vibes supplied in-between sets by DJ Ayo Busari, who plays tunes from the orbit of dancehall, house, hip-hop, RnB and Afro remix culture, augmented with live percussion.
At any point during the gig, get stuck into Emilie Monty’s Sonic Scavenger Hunt, from which this gig takes its name. This is a self-directed activity set amongst the eucalyptus, galahs and red bricks surrounding Sullivan Hall, for kids of all ages. Put on your thinking hats, silly hats and sun smart hats and join in to discover and delight in hidden treats.

Accessibility:

The Sullivan Hall is a wheelchair accessible venue, accessible via the footpath on inclined but smooth terrain. The music will mostly be at a comfortable volume but may occasionally be very quiet or a little loud. It will be well-lit with natural light. The event is alcohol-free and all ages. There will be free food available including gluten-free and vegan options, and non-alcoholic drinks for sale. There are two accessible all-gender bathrooms located outside the venue, connected via a footpath. The venue is spacious and windows and doors can be kept open throughout most of the performances for the duration. Some of the quieter performances will involve the doors and windows being closed, and then re-opened after the performance. There is no dedicated indoor check-out space, but you can go outside into the garden, or even across the road into the park. Emilie Monty’s work gives the opportunity to check out and do a focussed listening activity by yourself or with a few friends whenever you feel like it.

Audible Edge '24: Our inner beings complete the missing links
2024-04-28 11:00 - 13:00 | PS, 22 Pakenham St, Fremantle, WA, 6160, Australia
This morning double bill of acoustic music may seem gentle and unassuming — and it is! But it’s also quietly one of the most psychedelic, mind-bending experiences in the festival. Read on.
Berlin-based duo The Long Form have committed themselves to the study and performance of music in the tuning system called “extended just intonation”. Playing on microtonal bass flute and double bass, these performers are deeply attuned to the nuances of vibration. They will perform a 21st century masterpiece by committed composer Catherine Lamb, Muto Infinitas. In this piece, the sound of the two instruments intertwines to form an ever-expanding sequence of harmonies, from which a melody ever-so-gradually unfurls. Immersing oneself in a world so attentive to resonance in space can have skin- and spine-tingling effects.
Second up is the unlikely duo of Blue Mountains-based accordionist Monica Brooks and local singer Sage Pbbbt. Performing just once at the NOW now festival in Sydney, their collaboration is the stuff of mythology. Sage Pbbbt is a ritual vocalist exploring ritual magick, meditation and improvisation. Monica Brooks’ various artistic interests are occupied by landscapes and conservation; maps, and the idea of ‘Hjemfalden’, or, as can be brashly reconceived as belonging, landscapes, loss and love. As an improvising duo, they circle around each other with whispery tones and fragile utterances, performing with grace and focus.

Accessibility:

PS Art Space is a wheelchair accessible venue at street level from the pavement. It has one women’s bathroom and one gender-neutral, wheelchair accessible bathroom located on the ground floor. The music will be acoustic, it will at times be very soft. The venue is large with adequate space for social distancing. The front door will be kept open prior to the performance, but largely closed during the show. There are no windows for ventilation in the main gallery. Lighting will be simple warm washes, the space may be a little dark at times. There is no dedicated check-out space booked for the space currently.

CCCXXXIII Album Launch w/ Territory and Veils @ The Bird
2024-04-27 19:30 - 23:30 | The Bird, 181 William St, Northbridge, WA, 6003, Australia
CCCXXXIII // Burnt Seed presents
【C C C X X X I I I】ALBUM LAUNCH +【T E R R I T O R Y】+【V E I L S】
CCCXXXIII [[ALBUM LAUNCH]] ᴛᴇxᴛᴜʀᴇᴅ ʟᴏᴏᴘꜱ + ᴅʏꜱᴛᴏᴘɪᴀɴ ʙᴇᴀᴛꜱ
CCCXXXIII is the solo project from longstanding Boorloo-based alternative musician + songwriter Shaun Ferraloro.
Involved with a diverse range of local projects, they have stepped out on their own for the first time + have a new album to celebrate.
HAUS, the debut from Ferraloro, curves from lush, textured soundscapes + found sounds to mystic loops.
To be released via Burnt Seed on April 18, this dystopian score delves deep into slow-burn instrumentalisation – a true testament to Ferraloro’s quest for more understanding in electronic composition.
Experience HAUS in full live on APRIL 27…
> https://shaunferraloro.bandcamp.com/
>>https://www.instagram.com.au/shaun_ferraloro
TERRITORY :: ꜱᴏᴜʟ-ᴅᴇꜱᴛʀᴏʏɪɴɢ ᴍᴇᴛᴀʟ
> https://territorypowercrust.bandcamp.com/
VEILS :: ɪᴍᴘʀᴏᴠɪꜱᴇᴅ ᴅᴀʀᴋ ᴀᴍʙɪᴇɴᴛ ꜱᴏᴜɴᴅꜱᴄᴀᴘᴇꜱ
>https://www.facebook.com/veils.AU
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Saturday, April 27
The Bird
$5-$20 on the door [[Y O U D E C I D E]]
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CCCXXXIII + Burnt Seed are dedicated to providing a safe + inclusive space for all bodies and identities. They do not tolerate discrimination, harassment or harmful behaviour at our events, + we work together with the lovely + like-minded folks at The Bird to ensure the safety + enjoyment of all our guests.
Look after one another, advocate for everyone's safety + if you are feeling uncomfortable or witness someone feeling the same, let us, the venue staff and/or the performers know.
We would like to acknowledge that CCCXXXIII + Burnt Seed are holding this event on Whadjuk Noongar land. We pay respects to elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded.

Audible Edge '24: Three flutters
2024-04-27 19:00 - 22:30 | Local and Aesthetic, 769 Beaufort St, Mount Lawley, WA, 6050
Three Flutters explores the vibrations of attention, frequency and rhythm in the cosy settings of one our favourite meeting places, Local and Aesthetic. Lit by Adelaide Harney and with a bespoke menu of snacks, this is a cute environment to meet with the lush and vibrant end of experimental sound.
Sophia Hansen-Knarhoi and Liam Downey are young musicians invested in new possibilities in pop music. Working with cello, digital synthesis and voice, their new work for Audible Edge explores the tension between overstimulation and reflection. It ebbs between collage and ambient forms, and minimalist and hyperpop aesthetics.
Naarm-based improviser Nick Ashwood is a prolific, committed maker, working variously with organs, steel-string guitar, and synthesizers. His Audible Edge performance sees him play live in quadrophonic surround sound on his Buchla 200e synthesizer. A classic analogue instrument, Nick’s approach is assuredly contemporary, informed by detailed experiments with tuning systems and timbral blends. It is unashamedly gorgeous and beautiful.
Sivakumar Balakrishnan and Alex Reid are frontrunning Boorloo percussionists who are serious shredders. Working on tabla and drum kit respectively, this performance sees them explore their friendship and diverse musical backgrounds through rhythm and improvisation. A rare collaboration between two artists that commonly work together as teacher and student, Boorloo percussion doesn’t go much harder than this.

Accessibility:

Local & Aesthetic is a wheelchair accessible venue. Entry will be via the ramp on the right hand side of the building, rather than the front doors. It has one gender-neutral, wheelchair accessible bathroom towards the rear of the venue. The music will have moments where it is loud, repetitive, percussive or overwhelming. Alcohol and food will be served at the venue. The venue is large. Doors and windows to the venue will be open during the breaks, but closed during the music performances. The space may feel crowded at times. Lighting will not involve fast flashing lights or strobes, and will shift and change in colour and tone throughout the performance. There is no dedicated check-out space booked for the space.

Audible Edge '24: Betweens
2024-04-27 16:30 - 19:30 | Astral Weeks, Shop 12/60/66 Roe St, Northbridge, WA, 6003, Australia
Tone List have organised some chill hangs at bars that we like to recharge before and between shows. Oddball selections from beloved local DJs, total permission, and time to relax and have a drink with festival artists, team and your friends before things get moving again.
This chill hang precedes Three flutters at LnA. You can walk 650m from the bar to the Beaufort St Museum bus stop (Stop ID: 12132) to catch the 950 bus directly down Beaufort St, where it stops just outside LnA. There will be a group of us travelling between gigs, so please contact the AE team if you need someone to walk with.

Accessibility:

Astral Weeks is a small, acoustically treated space. It’s a small bar and as such alcohol will be present. The music will be at a comfortable listening volume. It is wheelchair accessible at street level, and has a gender-neutral accessible bathroom. The room is indoors and airconditioned and windows are kept closed, meaning ventilation is limited. Lighting will be low and warm. No dedicated check-out space is available.

Audible Edge '24: All the clouds go to school
2024-04-27 14:00 - 17:00 | The Bird, 181 William St, Northbridge, WA, 6003, Australia
All the clouds go to school is a curve-ball afternoon gig that celebrates local legends in the north-side home of indie music, The Bird. Grab a cold one and ease into this playful, curious and wandering array of live sets from the best of Boorloo’s underground DIY scene.
Experimental post-rock geniuses The Definitives combine unassuming yet profound lyricism with charming ocker delivery and way-out instrumental grooves. They perform as a large collective with spoken word, guitars, drum machines and synthesizers. The music they make together is free-form and raucous, yet also tender and personal.
Multi-disciplinary artist Luka Buchanan collaborates with emerging composer (and sibling!) Ben Buchanan, in a compelling duo of cello and spoken word. Together they explore poetic relationships in music, conveying complex emotional landscapes in nuanced detail. Their sound is informed by a passion for improvisation, lo-fi aesthetics and DIY methods.
Local improvising trio Anaxios create melodic ambience in a time-stretched dream state. Featuring Cohen Bourgault, the prolific David West (Rat Columns, Lace Curtain, Burning Sensation, Scythe), and Tim Loughman (Basic Mind), Anaxios unite their individual sensibilities towards acoustic DIY and ambient electronic practices.
We recommend you check out Patrick Gunasekera’s durational performance After Lili in the State Library of Western Australia’s Theatrette before hand – or even in the gaps between sets. After The Bird, you can keep the party rolling with evening drinks and social hangs at Betweens, featuring selections from Cooper Cooper at Astral Weeks, before kicking on to Three flutters in the evening.

Accessibility:

The Bird is a wheelchair accessible venue at street level from the pavement, the stage area and courtyard are ramp accessible. It has one gender-neutral, wheelchair accessible bathroom in the courtyard. The music will have moments where it is loud, repetitive, percussive or highly stimulating. Alcohol will be served at the venue. The venue is large, and the front and rear door will be kept open for the duration of the performance. Music is broadcast to the courtyard and can be listened to from there if preferred. The centre of the area, and the bar, may be very crowded at times. Projections and lights will be used which may be bright at times (no flashing lights or strobes will be used; performers using projections have been briefed on access considerations for photosensitive epilepsy). There is no dedicated check-out space booked for the space.

Audible Edge '24: Put 'em in a box
2024-04-27 10:00 - 2024-05-05 16:00 | Cool Change Contemporary, Level 2 (Kings Complex) 533 Hay Street, Boorloo/Perth, WA, 6000
Tone List and Cool Change Contemporary host the opening of “Put ‘em in a box”, an exhibition of a creative process coordinated by Taiwanese curator Shih Ya Tien. As well as this opening event, the Cool Change gallery is also open to the public between 11am and 4pm on Thursdays and Fridays.
A city is like a vast container, encompassing the chirps of birds, barks of dogs, human chatters, as well as the noises of traffic and construction sites. Activities happening in nature or facilitated by humans never cease to occur and to generate sounds. These sounds, which permeate our daily lives, come together to form delicate fragments of a place’s past and present. They quietly accumulate beyond the bounds of language and shape our understanding of a city. In order to capture, replicate, represent, and play these audio fragments, various devices for sound production and reproduction have been invented. These devices themselves, too, act as containers which facilitate the reception and circulation of intricate, mundane secrets.
Put ’em in a Box invites 5 artists residing in different cities—Chi Po Hao, Chloe Lin, Samuel Beilby, Sarah Song, suzueri (Elico Suzuki)—to share their unique perspectives on sounds through their artistic practices, and, furthermore, to exchange materials such as field recordings capturing the sounds of their local environments. This project experiments with conversions between visual and audio interfaces, while also exploring how sounds are captured, interpreted, and expressed. Through the artists’ layered reception and interpretation of sounds at the locations where they listen, in video call windows on screens, in chats, in mailed cardboard boxes, and, ultimately, within white cubes, the multifaceted attributes of Taipei, Tainan, Tokyo, Perth, and Helsinki are beautifully illustrated.

Accessibility:

The Kings Complex building is wheelchair accessible via the ramp entry. Cool Change is located on the second level, accessible via lift. Doorways are 83cm wide. There are no accessible bathrooms in the building. The closest accessible bathroom is located in the City of Perth Library, 150m down the road on Hay Street. No alcohol will be served at the venue. The Cool Change Project Space is small, and does not have windows that can be kept open. The space may feel crowded at times. There is no dedicated check-out space booked for the space currently.

Audible Edge '24: After Lili
2024-04-27 10:00 - 16:00 | State Library of Western Australia, 25 Francis St, Perth, WA, 6000, Australia
After Lili is a homely crossover of a solo piano concert, crip hangout space, and 6-hour durational performance art. It explores disabled cultural histories and everyday self-advocacy, in recognition of the French composer Lili Boulanger (1893 – 1918). Boulanger wrote contemplative and expressive music, with ambitious structures that embedded her own crip time living with chronic illnesses. She is remembered for her professional achievements whilst challenging reductive perceptions of women composers, and passed away when she was 24.
In his last month of being 24, Patrick Gunasekera will perform Boulanger’s 1911 piano work “Prelude in Db” 24 times in After Lili. Each repeat of this cycle starts with a piano improvisation in Gunasekera’s voice at an age represented by the repeat number. This performance is intertwined with pre-recorded conversations between young disabled artists, reflecting on young adulthood and how they relate to disabled forerunners in the arts.
Accessibility:

The State Library of Western Australia Theatrette is a wheelchair accessible venue, with space for wheelchairs in the front row accessible via even carpet. Below the venue, the State Library of WA carpark has 5 ACROD parking bays on the ground level and 2 on the basement level. There are numerous wheelchair accessible, all-gender bathrooms located throughout the library. The event is alcohol-free and all-ages. It can be attended online via YouTube, with the chat moderated by an usher. The venue is indoors with no windows, but it is spacious and there will be room to sit socially distanced. There is no dedicated check-out space booked for this session.
The performance is 6 hours long, with allocated intermission times for breaks, and permission to come and go at any time. Seating will include upright theatre chairs accessed both by a staircase and on ground level. There will be (blankets, cushions, and beanbags) to lie down on closer to the stage.
After Lili is a relaxed performance with low sensory input. Lighting will be gentle but bright enough to move around in. The music will be slow, swelling and comforting.
Pre-recorded voices in the work will be captioned and projected above the piano.
3 people with lived experience of disability will be ushering the event.
After Lili contains some discussions about (advocacy fatigue, disabled mental health), and is created to be a comfortable experience for audiences. If you are planning to attend the full 6-hour performance, we recommend you bring your own food to eat outside during intermissions. There are water fountains inside the venue, and the nearest café is Epoch at WA Museum Boola Bardip.

Audible Edge '24: Body the body
2024-04-26 19:30 - 2024-04-27 02:00 | PS, 22 Pakenham St, Fremantle, WA, 6160, Australia
Audible Edge’s grand opening is Body the body, a wild experiment in permission, possibility and play. Somewhere between the exploratory music concert and the club, it celebrates the full spectrum of what Audible Edge hopes to be: a safe place for all to experience joy and get silly at the edge of what’s sonically possible. Starting with a Welcome to Country and concert-style performances, the night gradually gives way to dancing, communion and experimental physical performance.
The centrepiece of the show is our Audible Edge commission for this year, Myriad Sun in the Block Universe. A four-sided screen made of cold fog allows a gaze into a parallel-universe-Walyalup manifested by wildcard visual designer Tom Rogers. Inside the Block, the band performs new, recent and improvised material which references noise music, rap and footwork.
Before that, Daniel Garlett will welcome us to Country with one of his powerful didgeridoo performances. Crash hot percussionist Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, visiting from Meanjin, plays new composition “Thought Sectors” by Sarah Hennies. Committed to minimalism and repetition, Hennies’ work explores queer & trans identity, psychoacoustics and the neurology of creativity. This is followed by a live electronic set from Manila-based Joee Mejias. Her work explores the edge of pop music, making oozy, amorphous songs and ambient experiments.
The rest of the night is soundtracked by Wayang, Lia T & Rok Riley, experienced DJs well-known in the underground club scene. At midnight, physical performances by drag and movement artists Bobby Russell, Jxnior and Miss Phoria explore mental health and queer embodiment with playful and experimental sound tracks.
This is hosted within a world of fabric and light designed by Desmond Tan and Adelaide Harney. Softening the industrial surrounds of PS, they’ll gently hold our embodied explorations together.

Accessibility:

PS Art Space is a wheelchair accessible venue at street level from the pavement. It has one women’s bathroom and one gender-neutral, wheelchair accessible bathroom located on the ground floor. The music will have moments where it is very loud, repetitive, percussive or highly stimulating, increasingly so towards the later parts of the evening. Alcohol will be served at the venue. The venue is large, and the front door will be kept open for the duration of the performance, but there are no windows for ventilation in the main gallery. The centre of the area, and the bar, may be very crowded at times. A fog machine will be used for some of the performances. Projections and lights will be used which may be bright at times (no flashing lights or strobes will be used; performers using projections have been briefed on access considerations for photosensitive epilepsy). Two “rave aunties” will be present in the space to provide water and other assistance if required. There is no dedicated check-out space booked for the space currently.

Audible Edge '24: Befores
2024-04-26 17:00 - 20:00 | The Flaming Galah
Audible Edge has organised some chill hangs at bars that we like to recharge before and between shows. Oddball selections from beloved local DJs, total permission, and time to relax and have a drink with festival artists, team and your friends before things get moving again.
This chill hang precedes our turbo festival opening Body the body held at PS Art Space, a 550m walk away from The Flaming Galah. There should be an entourage of us heading that way for the Welcome to Country at 8pm. Contact the AE team if you would like someone to walk with.

Accessibility:

The Flaming Galah is a queer space. It is a wheelchair accessible venue, including the outdoor terrace which is ramp accessible. There is a gender-neutral, wheelchair accessible bathroom located at the back of the venue, accessible at street level via even terrain. Alcohol will be served at the venue. The DJ will perform indoors. Seating is available inside and outside the space on the terrace. The front doors are usually kept wide open enabling ventilation unless the weather is poor. Lighting is relatively low and warm inside the venue. There is no dedicated check-out space booked for this session.

Audible Edge '24: Sun Returns
2024-04-26 06:30 - 08:00 | WA Museum Boola Bardip, Perth Cultural Centre,, Perth, WA, 6000, Australia
Set your alarm clock for a meditative sunrise listening session with Matt Rösner.
In partnership with Tone List, WA Museum Boola Bardip presents an experimental concert series set against the backdrop of the sunrise, perched in the highest reaches of our eastern terrace.
We invite you to start your day early, sit with a coffee and take a moment to reflect in peace while watching Boorloo’s east metropolitan area light up from the base of the hills to the steps of the Museum, scored by WA Musician, Matt Rösner.
Level 3 terrace nook (indoors, warm and undercover) transforms into a serene performance space for the artist to take you on a journey over one and a half hours of sunrise.
Accessibility: The performance takes place in a fully wheelchair accessible space.

Matt Rösner
Rösner is a sound artist from Wadandi Boodja, Western Australia.
The open spaces around Rösner’s home infuses his work with an organic sense of space and time constructed using various instruments, custom-built software patches and detailed field recording studies.
Drawing inspiration and influence from the colours, seasonal shifts and sounds of his surroundings, Rösner produces an immersive listening space, compositions for reflection and quiet mediation.
In a recording career spanning 20 years, Rösner has released records on room40, 12k, Hidden Shoal, Apestaartje, Miatera/12×50 and Meupe, alongside various compilation releases on Australian and international labels.
Matt is one half of the Perth experimental duo, Glided with Adam Trainer and has collaborated with Dr Cameron Webb, aka Seaworthy, to produce three records documenting at risk environments in southern New South Wales.

Audible Edge Festival of Exploratory Music
2024-04-26 - 2024-04-28 | WA
SAVE-THE-DATE: FULL PROGRAM TO BE ANNOUNCED MARCH 13
Audible Edge is a festival of exploratory music presented by Tone List. It’s geared towards exploring the marginal, experimental, and not-normal. It happens yearly in Boorloo and Walyalup, on Whadjuk Noongar land. In 2024, it begins at sunrise on April 26, and ends at moonrise on April 28.

Since 2017, Audible Edge has platformed exploratory music in Boorloo and strengthened the ties connecting us to the scene globally. We’ve persisted through COVID disruptions, taking on many new shapes and forms in the process. This year, we’re excited to return to our roots: three days of back-to-back events, packed with great (weird) music.

Audible Edge celebrates play, freak energy, silliness, ephemerality and “getting stuck into it”. We see these as meaningful ways of engaging with new experiences (it’s not all chin-scratching seriousness). We love local, emergent, queer and contingent projects. We love straight-faced experimentation rubbing shoulders with unhinged wildness (or when you can’t tell which is which!). We strive to make accessible contexts to appreciate all of this. We want to share the radical potency of our community, and invite friends from distant lands and waters to be a part of it too.

Our program is full of wild and weird high-contrast bookings. Sometimes they contain contradictory approaches or unresolved tensions. We invite any and all responses to this. We find Audible Edge is best when listeners, hosts and makers all share in the messy process of ‘making sense’. (Whatever that even means.)

Audible Edge 2024 also features a Night School: a pre-festival program of weekly workshops. The Night School explores how we might write our own stories, build our own platforms, and listen better. A local, interstate or international guest facilitates each session. It runs from March 24 to April 21 (and isn’t always at night).

Audible Edge received an Art Music State Luminary Award in 2023 from APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre. This recognised five years of contributions to the creative music culture of this side of the continent. It has received 4.5 and 5 star reviews in Limelight Magazine, and coverage by various other publications.

Audible Edge Night School: Breathing, Rhythm, Sensitivity
2024-04-21 11:00 - 14:00 | Sullivan Hall, 2 Nannine Ave, White Gum Valley, WA, Australia
Sound Exploration Fremantle is a monthly community workshop series at Sullivan Hall in White Gum Valley. This month, we join them to co-present a workshop with Japanese improvising legend Shoji Hano. Born in 1955, Hano has played with historical titans in improvised music like Peter Brotzmann, Johannes Bauer & Kaoru Abe.
Participants are invited to listen to and play duos with Shoji, and hear a lecture from him about core concepts in his work. We’ll share in a reflective group discussion, and finally play all together.
Snacks and tea available for the breaks.

Accessibility

The Sullivan Hall is a wheelchair accessible venue, accessible via the footpath on inclined but smooth terrain. The music may be loud at times. It will be well-lit with natural light. There are two accessible all-gender bathrooms located outside the venue, connected via a footpath. The event is alcohol-free and all-ages. The venue is spacious and windows and doors can be kept open throughout the workshop for ventilation. There is no dedicated indoor check-out space, but you can go outside into the garden, or even across the road into the park.

Goolugatup Sounds 18 - Josten Myburgh & Erin Royer / Shoji Hano (JPN) / Curlisu
2024-04-20 16:00 - 20:00 | Goolugatup Heathcote, 58 Duncraig Rd, Applecross, WA, 6153, Australia
This April, GOOLUGATUP SOUNDS and TONE LIST join forces to present a treasure trove of adventurous music. Witness the iconic free improv drumming of SHOJI HANO, on tour from Japan, alongside local saxophone heroes JOSTEN MYBURGH and ERIN ROYER, performing music by Myburgh and Philip Glass – plus dj CURLISU.

Tactus (Kate Milligan, Olivia Davies, Jonty Coy & HIP Company)
2024-04-19 - 2024-04-20 | WA Museum Boola Bardip, Perth Cultural Centre,, Perth, WA, 6000, Australia
Tactus: derived from Latin, ‘to touch’, also a term for a 15/16th-century rhythmic measurement.
In 2017, a renaissance flute was recovered from a shipwreck in the Markermeer, North Holland. Made materially fragile by the passage of time, the instrument was nevertheless preserved intact in its watery solitude for 500 years. Archeologists and historians can only speculate on the flute’s origin, directed by material clues, including a small roll of Germanic text found curled inside the instrument. Replicas have since been made of the flute, reviving a sound lost to the ocean for centuries.
The instrument’s journey unfolds in Tactus, a new audio-visual work by Tura’s Summers Night alumni Kate Milligan, Olivia Davies and WA flautist Jonty Coy. In a meeting of experimental music-making and historically informed performance, this intimate work explores the materiality of cultural heritage as it is transformed by time and water. Field recordings from the Markermeer mingle with chant, sunken voices imploring “Ave, maris stella” (Hail, star of the sea).
Coy is joined by early music ensemble HIP Company, in an exploration of renaissance music. Speculating on the flute’s likely journey down the Rhine River and time-traveling to 2024, the flute undergoes a renaissance in and of itself, giving new life to this instrument in the 21st century.
Produced by Tura and commissioned by the APRA AMCOS Art Music Fund, Tactus traverses time and place in a performance where postmodern and renaissance artistic practices unite to submerge audiences in an antique, experimental, sunken sound-world seldom heard in Australia.
Two performances Apr 19/20 at 7pm.

Outcome Unknown #101 - Annika Moses / Djuna Lee / Ross Bolleter & Eduardo Cossio
2024-04-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Spectrum Project Space, 2 Bradford St, Mt Lawley, WA
Join us for Outcome Unknown on April 17 at Spectrum Project Space. Featuring:
Annika Moses
Djuna Lee
Ross Bolleter & Eduardo Cossio
7pm, Wednesday 17 April
Spectrum Project Space
Building 3, Bradford St, ECU Mount Lawley
$10-$20 pay scale
Spectrum Project Space is a wheelchair accessible venue
How to get here
This event is co-presented with Mystery & Wonder. It is concurrent with visual art exhibitions by Eduardo Cossio and Craig Pedersen.

Annika Moses’ work leans towards experimental, radiophonic, and (occasionally) notated music. Her compositions have been performed by Ensemble Offspring and Decibel New Music Ensemble. She is a member of the record label Tone List and co-curator of the Audible Edge Festival of Sound.
Djuna Lee is a musician, composer, and designer involved in the improvised and experimental scene, playing everything from ultra-quiet minimalistic music to angular noise. Her projects include free-jazz ensemble Djalan Djalan and the post-rock outfit Pale Ribbons Tossed into the Dark.
Ross Bolleter is a composer, poet, and Zen master who created and developed the Ruined Piano genre over the last 30 years. He has numerous international releases. His book on ruined piano and its musics, The Du Piano-épave (The Well Weathered Piano) was published in a bilingual edition by Lenka Lente Press in late 2017.
Eduardo Cossio is a Peruvian-Australian musician based in Boorloo since 2005. He has led his own bands and written music for ensembles, short-films, and dance productions. Eduardo and Ross Bolleter launched Dark Shine their debut album in 2023. Such & Such their second collaborative effort will be released on the French imprint Thödol Records this year.

James K (NYC) / Lia T / Mike Midnight / Lovefear
2024-04-17 18:00 - 22:00 | PS, 22 Pakenham St, Fremantle, WA, 6160, Australia
★★★ James K (NYC) – Live At PS Art Space | 17/04/24 ★★★
Pres. by Portal Tapes X Halcyon X Wishful Thinking
James K, is a multi-disciplinary artist and experimental musician from NYC, well known for her musical output under this alias and others, with standout releases on labels including Incienso, AD 93, PAN, Dial, & unique and memorable collaborations with Hoodie, Yves Tumor, and Beta Librae.
Wednesday – 17/04/23
6:00PM – 10:00PM
PS Art Space
22 Pakenham St, Fremantle
With local support from:
★ Lia T
★ Mike Midnight
★ Lovefear
Door sales will be available on the night.
Poster by Mike Midnight

Think Like a Worm - art event and workshop
2024-04-13 17:00 - 20:00 | Inglewood Mount Lawley Community Garden, 1 Stancliffe St, Mount Lawley, WA, 6050, Australia
Experience a site-specific audio-visual installation by Cassandra Tytler & E Millar, and a worm workshop with Peg Davies at the Inglewood Mount Lawley Community Garden.
5-6pm : Worm Workshop with Peg Davies (RSVP required via website link below)
6-8pm : Audio-visual installation by Cassandra Tytler and E Millar & Refreshments
All welcome!
FREE EVENT
‘Think like a Worm’ is all about soil. Soils are fascinating and diverse ecosystems that support multitudes of life forms, and many interconnected processes of growth and decay. Often we forget what is under our feet, and how important soil is to sustaining life on Earth.
‘Think like a Worm’ is an opportunity to think more about soil, within the garden in the context of growing food, but also beyond that. This event is a form of community collaboration that amplifies stories around the local spaces of the City of Stirling. The audio-visual work will be shown in the garden as projections with sound and light installed in several locations.
Accessibility info
The audio-visual work will be installed along the garden pathways, which are wheelchair accessible. Public washrooms are unfortunately not available. The installation will include projections, lights (no strobe) and quiet audio.
This event is located within Mooro Nyoongar Boodja – Mooro people’s land – part of the greater Wadjak Nyoongar area. We acknowledge the Wadjak people of the Noongar nation as the traditional custodians of the land, skies and waters. We pay our respects to elders, past, present and emerging.
This project is proudly supported by the City of Stirling through the Community Grants Program.
We gratefully acknowledge the support of the City of Stirling, the Inglewood Mount Lawley Community Garden Committee and all Members, The Centre for People, Place & Planet at ECU, The Forrest Foundation.
More about the artists:
Cassandra Tytler – https://www.cassandratytler.com/
E Millar – https://www.emillar.net/
Poster by Eduardo Cossio – https://www.eduardocossio.com/

Steve Reich's Double Sextet
2024-04-11 19:00 - 20:30 | Callaway Auditorium, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA, 6009
UWA students and their mentors converge in a performance of Steve Reich’s Double Sextet, for two ‘New Pierrot’ ensembles featuring flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, and piano. Join the mesmerising performance of this special work by one of the most influential composers of the 20th and 21st centuries.
