onwards….

Played in The Blue Mountains on Friday night in an area called Medlow Bath. The place I played at is called AKEMI and is a group share house that was once a fish’n'chip shop that they’ve converted into a rehearsal/performance space. I was chauffeured to the mountains by my good friend Jen Teo from “Plum Industries.”:http://www.plumsource.org/ Firstly I played Fluere solo and then had a group improv jam with everyone there that sounded awesome. You can hear the last 7 minutes below.

“Akemi Group Improv Session.mp3″:http://www.tomhall.com.au/Sound/Akemi%20Group%20Improv%20Session.mp3

Line Up was —>

Adam Sussmann – Guitar
Matt Earle – Guitar/Electronics
Tom Hall – Laptop/Dulcimer/Cymbal/Electric Bass
Ryko Kalinko – Laptop/Electronics
Rivka Schembri – Electric bass
Rory Brown – Guitar/Double Bass
Nick Dan – Drums

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Last night I played at a gig called THE SOUND OF FAILURE. I played quite a different set to what I have done in the past that involved glitchy, malfuntioned beats and noise. I felt it came across better than I expected < listen to a sample below >. There was plenty of entertainment with an MC named Schapelle Scraggs who could quite easily be Kath’s sister from the Kath&Kim show, she was pretty funny and came complete with drag queens.

Sound Of Failure.mp3

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Tour of ‘Fluere’

Things are going well on the tour with most performances sounding good and relatively well received by audiences. My solo piece Fluere came off well at THE MAKE IT UP CLUB in Melbourne. I also invited my good friends Sam Karmel and Tarquin Manek to join me on stage at the MIUC and we managed to pull off a nice dynamic set of avant pop/improv sound.

Have a listen here —–> Tom Hall, Tarquin Manek & Sam Karmel in Melbourne.mp3

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Saturday 18th Aug. @ The Loft, Hobart

Matt Warren
Myself Solo

CYCLE

TRIAD – Myself, Matt Warren, Scot Cotterell

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Sunday 19th Aug. @ The Brisbane Hotel, Hobart

Myself Solo

TRIAD – Myself, Matt Warren, Scot Cotterell

Listen to TRIAD ——–> TRIAD live at The Brisbane Hotel, Hobart.mp3

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‘HEARING THE CITY’ Brisbane

Time is currently flying by, with a list the length of my arm of things to do I sometimes wonder how I will finish everything in time. Somehow I always manage..

This is a small part of the visual representation of a presentation I will do at the Queensland State library when I get back from tour. Details below >>

Hearing the city

Presented by the Centre for Subtropical Design as part of Riverfestival

When • Tuesday 4 September 2007  

Where • State Library of Queensland: Auditorium 1 and The Queensland Terrace

Cost • Free
Time • 1:30pm (for a 2pm start) – 7pm

Participants will include built environment professionals, academics, students, artists, and people from the wider community interested in the “urban sound story.”

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Just in case you missed it I am off on tour on Tuesday and will return to Brisbane on September 1st. Click the poster for details >>

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a sneak preview of a new track ‘MELODIUS CUT’

Melodius Cut is based on a series of recordings that will form a new album out late Sept. 07 in time for OPEN FRAME

>>>>>>>>>Listen/Download it HERE< <<<<<<<<<<

Enjoy!

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