COLLAB WITH ANTHEA CADDY @ MIUC - 28/01/2014

This Tuesday is your last chance to aleatorically party on down for the Make It Up Club's sweet 16th birthday with our final four groups, representing three continents of sonic vocabulary, further fostering intercultural collaboration via communicatory spontaneous music creation and mutual construction of transcendent textures. Melbournian diasporic cellist Anthea Caddy returns to the MIUC stage on her yearly jaunt home from Berlin to the motherland for a clash of string and vocal resonance with oral force of nature Nik Kennedy to round out a killer month of rarefied cross-cultural collaborations. It has also been two years since American modular maven Ben Vida blasted dense synthetic frequency clusters at the architecture of Bar Open, but in 2014 he's here to celebrate improvisation by affecting and reacting to the patch pin matrix, knob and joystick manipulations of Mathew Watson to co-create some layered electronic ecstasy. We also have a first time Make It Up Clubber in British vocalist Viv Corringham, a notional storyteller of lingual deconstruction and textural liberation, ably welcomed to the environs of Melbournian improv by local legend and ambassador-of-impromptu Dave Brown. And a cavalcade of free jazz firebrands corralled by living luminary Kris Wanders and featuring double bassist Slawek Janicki, saxophonist Brett Evans, drummer Damien Ellis & keyboardist Jude Russel, contextualise that the MIUC would probably be nonexistent were it not for Ornette's actions over 50 years ago.


•Anthea Caddy [MEL/BER] (Cello) & Nik Kennedy (Voice)

•Ben Vida [US] (Modular Synth) & Mat Watson (Synthi AKS)

•Viv Corringham [UK] (Voice) & Dave Brown (Guitar, Objects)

•Kris Wanders (Saxes), Slawek Janicki (Double Bass), Brett Evans (Saxes), Damien Ellis (Drums), Jude Russel (Korg)


The Make It Up Club
http://makeitupclub.blogspot.com/
Avant Garde Improvised Music and Sound Performance
Every Tuesday night at Bar Open, 317 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy 3065
Doors at 8:30 pm for a 9:00 pm start
$5/$10

https://www.facebook.com/events/198809800307572/

PAUL KIDNEY ERKESTRA @ Musikunst, GB Hotel - 25/01/2014

Paul Kidney ERKESTRA ... 

Let the freak show begin, Melbourne's premier underground - psychedelic - experimental - noise - rock - outfit meet up with a bunch of Melbourne sound merchants to melt the fun receptors in your fragile little minds! 

This concert will consist of two pieces, one by the Paul Kidney Experience (Bonnie Mercer, Matt Gleeson, Lloyd Honeybrook, Peter James, Nell Day, Don Rogers, Dave 'The Hitter' Bullock, Ben Butcher and the majestic overlord of psychedelic mayhem himself Paul Kidney).

Then the second by 'Paul Kidney Erkestra' featuring the Paul Kidney Experience and fiends (Danny Walsh, Ian Parsons, Nic Tammens, Kerrie Farnsworth, Piers Morgan, Shane Van Den Akker, Mat Blackwell, Nik Kennedy and Trent Brown).

Plus an überdelic light show!

ERK - expressing panic or dismay. "Erk! What's that?"


Great Britain Hotel Basement
447 Church St. Richmond
4:00pm start
Free entry (I think)

https://www.facebook.com/events/431587646943785/

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Can't wait to make some mania with these freakazoids in the basement! Thanks to the Majestic Overlord of Psychedelic Mayhem for the invite and Piers Morgan for organising and keeping this ripper monthly series going.

LOUNGE PERVERT TRIO @ The Evelyn - 17/01/2014

First official gig for LOUNGE PERVERT TRIO - Dan Tucceri on piano, Brad Smith on drums, me on vocals/noise...

Here's a video from our last gig, playing as "Denial De Monic vs. Holy Boner", thanks to Jules for putting it up!

Denial De Monic vs Holy Boner from Jules Dazzle on Vimeo.

Hopefully we'll play some more gigs in the near future!

DISCOBEANS SUNDAY - 19/01/2014

+ DIARY DAY 1
Experimental hip-hop featuring members of Curse Ov Dialect

+ INMOST NIGHT
Experimental black metal featuring members of Cantankerous Records

+ THE CONVOY
Experimental music featuring members of Akaname

+ SOLVENT CAGE
Experimental noise featuring members of Paul Kidney Experience

+ NAYUTTO
Experimental guitaring featuring members of Be Nice To Us


Doors/Food from 6pm
First act 7:30ish
$5 entry
539 Plenty Rd. Preston

WANKOSLOP @ DISCOBEANS SUNDAY - 22/12/2013

+ OCCULT BLOOD

Neanderthunderous noisecore
http://occultblood.bandcamp.com/

+ DR. JAFFLE
Toasty beats produced from Gameboys, a Macintosh Computer from 1993 and Fresh Hi-Fi Beets from an intergalactic future beet farm. Delivered in a paper bag.
https://www.facebook.com/drjaffle/

+ STEVE LAW
Modular synth mastermind
http://www.solitary-sound.com/

+ WANKOSLOP
Bizarro noise performance-art wank with Yuka & Nik

+ AAACCCDDDCCC
Prof. Nason returns for another round of fuck-knows-what


Doors/Food from 6:00pm
First act 7:30ish
$5 entry

SPASMOSLOP @ The Barley Corn - 11/12/13

At The Barley Corn Hotel- Free Entry with purchase of drink. With Donkey Muthers of Arse, cleaninglady, Spasmoslop & The Royal Melbourne Noise Choir.

177 Johnston St. Collingwood
8:30pm

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Thanks to Shane Van Den Akker for organising!

TELEPORTER @ Musikunst - 26/10/2013

This month MUSIKUNST and All Tomorrows Hangovers presents 3 sets of pshych/noise/metal inspired band brawling, featuring conglomerations of aural tentacles of shreiking and brass and guitars and electronics and stuff!!! 

1. SHUDDUHBERRY
Horrormovie soundtracks for the warm-hearted and the hard of hearing
Piers du Voisin: amplified wood/steel/brass
Shane Van Den Akker: vocals
Steven Gill: electric guitar
Shane Caeser: drums

2. TELEPORTER
Psychic time-drift ejected from the void.
Yuka Discobeans: vocals
Nik Kennedy: instruments/electronics
Matt Faisandier: drums

3. BAND-BRAWL!
All in shit fight to the death

4pm Saturday 26th October
As always, doors 4 pm, performance 4:30 pm, $10 / $5 conc.
GB Hotel Basement 447 Church St Richmond

https://www.facebook.com/events/399721613487961/

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This was gonna be an Umbilical Tentacle gig but Brad couldn't do it so hey, new band - TELEPORTER. I've been jamming various psychedelic-y, noisy sounds with Matt for a while now but for this gig I'll be playing bass/electronics and processing the drum kit in an attempt to bend time, amongst other things. The collab at the end should be huuuuuuge too, can't wait. 
Thanks once again to Piers Morgan for organising these monthly gigs. The dark GB basement on a Saturday arvo is a perfect scenario for noisemusics!!

UMBILICAL TENTACLE @ Noise Bar - 19/10/2013

"One night of the most ferocious and fun lovin debauchery, featuring a couple of the finest bands melbourne has to offer: 

Creepcake- a bunch of exquisite freaks

The Tipplers/schwanz kaput- a bit of irish delight to assist your inebriation 

and Umbilical Tentacle,weird as fuck, onesie wearing kitchen appliance wielding percussion to make your ears bleed with pleasure

Also guest appearances by everyone's favourite birdgod, Quetzacoatl!

$8 entry for mortals, $4 for gods, demons, reptiles, insects, cyborgs, hobosapiens and aliens

doors open at 7.30pm/"

https://www.facebook.com/events/222103221286523/

IS. NOT. MORE. @ Discobeans - 13/10/2013

+ VENUS FLY TRAP
New shit from Yuka, Hitomi, Stella, Bridget & Dana

+ JORGE RAMIREZ (Mexico)
Fry your brain
https://soundcloud.com/jorge-ramirez/tesela-0-1

+ OCCULT GIBBET
Junk & synth dystopian amalgamation

+ IS. NOT. MORE.
Abstract vocal-driven noise from Bonnie Hart (vocals/electronics) & Nik Kennedy (vocals/electronics)

+ THE CONVOY
Hypnotic guitar mantras
http://theconvoy.bandcamp.com/


Discobeans
539 Plenty Rd. Preston

Doors/food from 6:00pm
$5 entry

DIE PIGEON DIE + CANADIAN GRINDMANIA @ Gaso - 04/10/2013

"Prolific Canadian DIY mincecore/grind punks following in the tradition of Agathocles, Unholy Grave and fellow Canucks Dahmer and Mesrine, ARCHAGATHUS hit Australia for the first time! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81KIv_b4H7Y http://archagathus.bandcamp.com/ As an added bonus Archagathus side band VIOLENT GORGE will be blazing through a short and intense set of savage mince/grind/barf!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8eYDjh-Y8U
Joining them for this show are Melbourne undergrinders Doubled Over, Die Pigeon Die, Internal Rot and Pneumatic Slaughter. Get MINCED or get fucked!"

https://www.facebook.com/events/150511531823808/

Superb!

DUALS @ Conduit Arts - 28/09/2013

DUALS is a collaboration between Conduit Arts boards members Todd Anderson-Kunert and Leo Kavanagh. It will be an evening of noise makers and improvisers coming together to perform in duo formats over the course of the night. The match ups (noise/improviser) are random and shall be selected on the night of the gig making sure that each performance is free to be as open, spontaneous and instinctual as possible.

Performers on the night will be:

Todd Anderson-Kunert
Ciaran Geoghegan
Samaan Fieck
Spasmoslop
Leo Kavanagh
Brett Thompson
Lloyd James Honeybrook
Reuben Lewis

Tickets are $10 on the door with the money going towards the musicians on the night.

HYPEREMESIS/MEATAL ULCER split release

I recently contributed some vocals for MEATAL ULCER's side of an upcoming limited split 7" with HYPEREMESIS from Canada on Goatgrind Records... turned out great I reckon... very stoked to be involved in this pile of total filth!! Looking forward to possibly doing more in the future!
You can listen to the material here:  http://meatalulcer.bandcamp.com/album/hyperemesis-meatal-ulcer-7

NOISE FLASH AFTERPARTY @ Discobeans - 01/09/2013

Interstate and local participants of Noise Flash stick their sonics into a PA - no FM radio required!

+ SHANE FAHEY (SYD)
Analogue synth noisemusic

+ DOG ACT
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+ ENDGAME (SYD)
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+ FLASHERS x 2
Two amplified collab groups made up of Noise Flashers, including Todd Anderson-Kunert, Dave Foreman, Carey Knight, Jonathon Nokes, Nat Grant, Stephen Richards, Piers Morgan, Nik Kennedy, Valleys + more

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DOORS & DELICIOUS DISCOBEANS FOOD FROM 6PM
FIRST ACT 7:30ISH
$5 ENTRY
539 PLENTY RD. PRESTON

NOISE FLASH @ Melb Museum Forecourt - 01/09/2013

For this performance, Noise Flash will be outside the front of Melbourne Museum, as part of the Liquid Architecture festival. Thanks to Todd Anderson-Kunert for organising! The one at the Botanic Gardens earlier this year was really cool so get down!
Info here: http://www.liquidarchitecture.org.au/installation-noise-flash/

DEER HEAD APPARITION @ Musikunst - 31/08/2013

This month MUSIKUNST welcomes the curatorship of the Deer Head Apparition team to the basement in a collective free-for-all in their typical fashion/tradition. 

Deer Head Apparition is a no core member, no exclusions music collective that meets periodically to fill a moment in time with their combined vision of sometimes noisy, sometimes psychedelic, always experimental musically sonic forces. 

As always, everyone welcome to participate, 'talent' and 'musical ability' not necessary or encouraged. The gig will be 'electric' so bring something noisy or bangy or amped. There will hopefully be a few spots to plug in to the PA but if anyone has small mixers that we can use to expand available slots for people and spare microphones this would be very appreciated!

Performance time will run from 4 - 7 pm and entry is free this month in keeping with DHA tradition

http://wagonbroadcastservice.org/deerhead/

FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/329990547058560

Mailing list: https://tinyletter.com/deerheadapparition

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Thanks to Piers Morgan for the opportunity!

DISCOBEANS SUNDAY - 11/08/2013

SUNDAY IS THE NEW MONDAY

+ BLEACH BOYS
Black hol(e)istic incarnations of tape machine witchcraft
http://bleachboys.bandcamp.com/

+ BISON GRASS
Bison Grass is the metaphysical vehicle for local mystic, improviser and astral traveler Aaron Wallace. Amateur harmonic chanting and steel strings nourished by a deep love and respect for Eastern blues hybrids and American minimalist Raga worship.
http://bisongrass.bandcamp.com/

+ KUNIYA HIDEKI
One of a very small collective of artists shaking things up in the bubble era city of Miyazaki, Kuniya Hideki's solo and collaborative work is finally starting to turn heads. Having recently shared the stage with underground folk legend Kan Mikami as well as putting out a bunch of quality self produced releases, it's fair to say this young man from the deep south is on a roll. His current live set involves a series of reinterpreted Japanese folk tunes liberally dosed with reverb and a romanticism for the Nippon that once was. His first international show is one that is not to be missed!
http://kuniyahideki.blogspot.jp/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrwgUWNDr2Q

+ SYMPATHIA
Man vs. Electricity vs. Speakers vs. Microphones vs. Feedback vs. Feedback vs. Feedback vs. Feedback vs. Feedback vs. Feedback vs. Universe
https://soundcloud.com/sympathia

+ GURNER
Emma Albury (Eko Eko Azarak/Yolk Yolk/ex-Leopard Leg), Sharryn Koppens (Dick Threats) and Fjorn Butler (Oranj Punjabi/N3 Warriors) are Gurner. This trio’s dense washes of looping rhythm are assembled from an amalgamation of digital and analogue electronics. A singular language of shared fixations, plundered fragments and individual input emerges during live performances.

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Doors/Food from 6:00PM
$5 Entry

DISCOBEANS
539 Plenty Road. Preston

AS YET UNNAMED GALAXY @ Longplay - 20/07/2013

AYUG = Trio with Tina Douglas and Phillip Holquinn. First gig under our new name. Thanks to Scott/Abre Ojos for organising!
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A night of welcome returns - a welcome to Steve Law being back behind the banks of analogue modular equipment and a welcome return to Longplay on St Georges Road - refurbished, refined, rewired.

De-Light brings together the cream of resident Melbournian ambient experimentalists for a night of audio-visual experiences. 

Steve Law - Steve Law has been producing electronic music in Australia since the early 1980's. During that time he has gained a reputation as one of Australia's foremost electronic artists, creating and performing music in almost every sub-genre that has been spawned over the past couple of decades.
After exploring many areas of electronic experimentation with the groups Guild of Fire, Foil and various solo projects, Steve formed the techno project Zen Paradox in 1992. The debut album "Eternal Brainwave" was immediately signed to Ollie Olsen's new Psy-Harmonics label, and licensed to KK/Nova Zembla in Europe and Restless in the U.S. to critical acclaim, and was a huge success. Steve went on to release further material under the Zen Paradox banner during the nineties, backed up with extensive and successful overseas tours. He was named best live electronic act at the 2000 Australian Live Music Awards.
In the meantime, Steve Law continued to explore other areas of cutting edge music, and was awarded the inaugral ABC classic FM computer music award in 1996 for his electro-acoustic composition "Urbania". He has composed music for film, dance and various multi-media works, and has contributed to the Fringe, Next Wave, Experimenta, Electrofringe, Liquid Architecture, Articulating Space, Make it Up Club and Melbourne International Animation festivals.
Steve has collaborated with many other local and international artists, both live and in the studio, and has continued to release music on various labels around the world. He is an inspired live performer, regularly doing impromptu live improvisations with many of Melbourne's underground musicians. He is also a member of the Melbourne band Black Cab.
http://www.solitary-sound.com/

As Yet Unnamed Galaxy - Blurry traversals thru hyper-subterranea with Tina Douglas (Wiimote/Laptop/Visuals), Phillip Holquinn (Guitar/Synths/Effects) and Nik Kennedy (Vocals/Synths/Effects)
http://letsnoise.blogspot.com/

Sam Filmer (Em Vécue Aquieu, The Sleep Ensemble) is a composer and live performer of ambient and neo classical drone music. With the pursuit to enable a mediative state of mind, aiding the listener in freeing their consciousness from the narrative of day to day society

Abre Ojos - Cyclic, macro, micro - a new year with new sounds http://abreojos.net/

Illuminoscillate - Lysergic ambient soundscapes/field recordings http://illuminoscillate.bandcamp.com/

Saturday 20th July at 8pm.
Entry by donation.
Longplay 318 St Georges Road North Fitzroy

https://www.facebook.com/events/504612326274968/

Duo with SHANE VAN DEN AKKER @ "Vocal Folds" - 10/07/2013

Thursday 11 July, 6:30 for 7-8pm: 
Performances by Christopher LG Hill and Alex Vivian, Shane Van Den Akker and Nik Kennedy, Tarquin Manek

Gertrude Contemporary - 200 Gertrude St. Fitzroy

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Revisiting my vocals/electronics duo with Shane Van Den Akker as part of an exhibition of voice art and video at Gertrude Contemporary gallery, alongside some other ripsnorter vocalisers. I've also contributed my SPASMOSLOP album to the "listening library" upstairs. Thanks to Jacqueline Doughty for organising! More info here: http://www.gertrude.org.au/exhibitions/gallery-11/current-13/

(Photo taken from Gertrude Contemporary Facebook page)

I.N.C. & 20-20,000Hz photos/videos

Cheers to Owen Harris for these sweeeeeeet videos from the recent International Noise Conference http://vimeo.com/66312883 
and 20-20,000Hz Collective gig http://vimeo.com/67444518

WANKOSLOP photos by Phillip Holquinn...

20-20,000Hz photo by ???...

SPASMOSLOP on THE SHAPE OF SOUND VOL. 3

I've contributed a SPASMOSLOP track to this new compilation from Ice Age Productions:

The Shape Of Sound Vol.3 is the final release in the series bringing together a collection of Melbourne artists of various genres.

For further information contact: iceageproductions@hotmail.com

Iceage Productions (bandcamp): 
http://iceageproductions.bandcamp.com/ 

Iceage Productions (facebook):
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Iceage-Productions/149157318463883

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The comp was launched at the new DISCOBEANS in Preston. Mega cheers to Peter James/Ice Age for organising, and all the acts that played.. top gig! Here's a pic of my set taken by Peter James: