Upcoming Gigs

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Societas Raffaello Sanzio
Thu 12th - Sun 15th Oct
Our pick of the melbourne festival! As they say in the press rant: Visceral, profoundly provocative and deeply disturbing, this is not theatre for the faint-hearted. do it!
Castellucci is king!

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NEW ZEALAND INVASION THIS WEEKEND!
4th/5th+6th August
From Wellington New Zealand:

THE STUMPS
THE NETHER DAWN
SEHT
AM

Friday 4th August
@ PONY
The Stumps
Seht
AM
plus
Datura Duo
Bad Cop Bad Cop
Agonhym

SAT 5th August
@ BUS GALLERY
The Nether Dawn
Seht
plus
Nigil Wright (nz)
Blarke Bayer
Bone Sheriff
Dennis Rappoport

SUN 6th
@ BAR OPEN
The Stumps
The Nether Dawn
plus:
Malakat
Rod Cooper
Mike Rose


milton man + co

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DEFENDERS OF THE AXE #2
Tuesday August 1st
DEFENDERS OF THE AXE #2
Presented by Dreamland Recordings.

Doors 8:00pm

An exploration of local guitar sounds.

Featuring:

Chris Smith
http://www.myspace.com/circlenonelp <http://www.myspace.com/circlenonelp>
Chris Smith has been exploring a sad, frozen world inside his guitar for some years now. Since helping to invent the "solo rock guitar based sound art" genre in the 90s, and releasing a number of albums to critical acclaim on Australian and international labels, Chris has increasingly incorporated found sounds & field recordings in his semi-improvised constructions.

Seth Rees
http://www.myspace.com/sethrees <http://www.myspace.com/sethrees>
Seth Rees is an atmospheric soundscape guitarist /film scorer/producer/ from New Zealand, now living in Melbourne. Seth's sound is both original & tantalising, comprising of wide ranging delicately layered harmonies, cyclical engaging melodies & hypnotic rhythms. Seth doesnt fall into the trap of letting the effects make the music, the sound itself is still relatively pure, as much as is possible for an electric guitar anyway.

Barnaby Oliver
http://www.untitledstates.net
Since completing postgraduate studies at London's Royal College of Music, Barnaby Oliver has been involved in a bewildering range of projects, ranging from chamber orchestra arrangements of Hendrix & the Velvet Underground to a BBC TV mini opera exploring Elvis Presley's Welsh ancestry. As a member of UK alt-rock band Venus Ray <http://www.venusray.com/> he worked alongside Tony Thewlis of Australian garage rock legends The Scientists, & with UK artist Simon Whitehead ( www.untitledstates.net <http://www.untitledstates.net/> ) he has explored the outer limits of sound & space.

Winterville
http://www.myspace.com/wintervillemusic <http://www.myspace.com/wintervillemusic>
http://www.winterville.cjb.net <http://www.winterville.cjb.net/>
Marcus Skinner blurs avantgarde instrumental soundscapes with field recordings & baritone guitar. Winterville holds its footing in the subtle union of potentially polemic sounds. Warm textural dynamics fuse with an oblique spaciousness, while gentle ellipses & motifs of baritone guitar swell, before gradually petering out into darkness.