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Liquid Architecture 10 : Festival of Sound Arts is a landmark occasion for the festival and for sound culture in Australia. Celebrating its tenth consecutive year, the Liquid Architecture sound festival runs for four weeks and goes to seven cities across Australia, presenting an exciting program of contemporary sound arts. With a decade of experience to draw upon, the diverse program features live events and installations showcasing the highest quality sound work in an intense focused listening environment, privileging our most unsung sense: listening.

The breadth of diversity of artists and artistic practices includes meticulous recorded work, improvised instrumental performance, new sound for screen work, radical uses of digital technology, inventive self-made sound making devices and historically informed practices.
– info via Liquid Architecture website

events will be held in June & July in different cities across Australia - Brisbane, Sydney, Castlemaine, Perth, Bendigo,Melbourne, and Cairns - visit the festival website for more details

 

Experimental Music: Audio Explorations in Australia is written by artists, producers and participants in alternative music-making, and including a companion CD, Experimental Music explores the development of forms, ideas and scenes in Australia from the 1970s to the present. It brings together a wide range of musical experimentation, from post-punk, noise, appropriation, electronic dance and listening music, to free improv, computer process music, experimental radio, instrument building and audiovisual fusions — practices that have formed an integral part of Australian creative culture. Experimental Music illustrates how these forms have influenced each other to create a fertile and diverse culture, and highlights why it is vital to question, experiment and break the rules.

CONTRIBUTORS: Julian Knowles ::: Ian Andrews with John Blades ::: Cat Hope ::: Shannon O’Neill ::: Bo Daley ::: Alistair Riddell ::: Jim Denley ::: Virginia Madsen ::: Sean Bridgeman ::: Gail Priest with Sebastian Chan

edited by Gail Priest

Books can be ordered from UNSWPress

To accompany the book, there is also a website with additional information about experimental music and sound in Australia including a resource list of events, organisations, and publications, an artist directory and a calendar.

http://www.experimentalmusicaustralia.net

The VROOM website is a growing online database of Australian Venues available for touring bands to search and use. Both metropolitan cities and rural towns’ venues are available. visit http://www.vroom.net.au for more details

The 4th annual Cairns Winter Solstice Celebration & Sustainable Lifestyle Gathering is a 4 day / 3 night outback camping adventure, that will be held from June 12-15, 2009 on the Tablelands, 3.5 hrs drive from Cairns.

The New Solar year begins with the turning point of the Winter Solstice, as it has down through eons-an unending cycle of dark and light, waning and waxing, ultimately representing nature’s birth, death, and rebirth. The Winter Solstice is a time to affirm our spiritual ties to nature through celebrations and traditions that are thousands of years old.

With over 100 local, National & International Producers, Dj’s & bands, performing over our 3 stages, The Winter Solstice Festival musical line-up has something for everyone & is not just about the music, we offer a huge array of different forms of entertainment…

FULL LINE-UP INCLUDES:

Live Acts (and some lively)

Elon (Clink, Dumb Unit, Auralism, Made To Play, Infant, NY)
Hermitude (Elefant Traks – Syd)
Heyoka (Muti Music, California)
Deviant Species (Ambivalent Rec, Uk)
Spoonbill (Omelette Rec – Melb)
Tetrameth (Zenon, Melb)
The Mollusk (Omelette Rec, Melb)
Imandan (Nnsw)
Channel Free (Nnsw)
Ten Zen Bulls (Earth)
Mystic Beats (Nnsw)
Continuum (Beef Rec, Melb)
Oblique_Industries (Melb)
Tristan Boyle (UP Rec, Zenon Rec – Melb)
Reality Pixie (Vertigo Rec, Gi’iwa – Bris)
Neuron Compost (Gi’iwa – Bris)
Bumble (R.e.g.e.n – Syd)
Onda ( R.e.g.e.n – Syd)
Dropcode (Motion Control, Nnsw)
Grouch (NZ)
Merkaba (Zenon Rec, Syd)
The Box Opera (USA)
Tom Cosm (NZ)
Lubdub (Melb)
Yeti (Up Rec, Nnsw)
Sun:monx (Melb)
Opiuo (NZ)
Backwards Man (Little Rascal – Cairns)
Freud an Slip (Melb)
Widespread (Syd)
Rhythm Nectar (Open Rec, Cairns)
OneTastyMorsel (Zenon Rec, Cairns)
Fat Barndit (Cairns)
Duncan (Plusquarm rec, Cairns)
Bent Intent (Cairns)
Jarramundi (No Qualms Rec, Cairns)
Funkform (Open Rec, Cairns)
Scruffy Goat (Bushlips Rec, Cairns)
Bush Pilot (Cairns)

DJs

Ghettafunkt (Omelette Rec – Melb)
The Cook & The Chef (Melb)
Mustaphaa (Alice Springs)
U_One (Beef Rec, Melb)
Scott Dickson (LAB, Melb)
Senor Rudekat (Rudekat Rec, Bris)
Josh Niyama (Motion Control, Nnsw)
Dakini (Omelette Rec – Melb)
Paul Abad (Open Rec, Bris)
Gavin Martin (Open Rec, Melb)
Selwa (Melb)
Dj Evil (Bassweight rec – NZ)
Repete (Cosmic Conspiracy – NZ)
Filthy Tomo (Alien Nation – NZ)
Axiom (NZ)
Sketi (Nnsw)
Truth & Rights (Nnsw)
Seed (Nnsw)
Huckleberry (Nnsw)
Suspekt (Open Rec, Cairns)
Ruff Stuff (S.E. Qld)
Jonny_Mac (On The Sauce, Melb)
Atonix (Melb)
Deejital (Cairns)
Ketamind (Doof Rec, Nnsw)
Danni_B (Tickled Pink, Melb)
Ozzy (Tribeadelic, Nnsw)
Psymon (Up Rec, Freeform, Cairns)
Tilt Axis (Melb)
Ish (Melb)
Tao (Nnsw)
Luna (The Moon)
Woodsman (Open Rec, Cairns)
Eegor (Open Rec, Cairns)
Drewan (Open Rec, Cairns)
Ed Motive (Open Rec, Melb)
Billy Dread (Dreadagade Soundsystem)
Soljah (Massive Rhythms, Cairns)
The Barron (Cairns)
Slytrance (Melb, Cairns)
Stampetey (Freeform, Cairns)
Solatek (Open Rec, Freeform, Cairns)
Tompletoon (Cairns)
Wal_tek (Cairns)
Debrey (Cairns)
Reseteser (Bribane)
Dr Zaius (Melb)
Seraphim (Zenon, Bris)
Low Sub Destroyer (Cairns)
Mony (Cairns)
DJ Slinky (Nnsw)
No_Request (Cairns)
Reform (Nnsw)

This really is one of the most loved festivals in Australia.. If you’ve never been before, then don’t miss out this year!!

Hope to see you there

Ruffy D.