Altmusic is an ongoing series of audio events, regularly bringing a vital injection of contemporary and avant-garde sound art from around the world to New Zealand. Altmusic gives audiences the opportunity to share space with audio artists at the very pinnacle of their field, and previous years have seen programmes of performers who tour rarely and are highly regarded around the world.
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Mark McGuire
2 February 2012 - Auckland - Audio Foundation HQ
8 February 2012 - Wellington - Fred's
15 February 2012 - Dunedin - Chicks Hotel
16 February 2012 - Christchurch - The Darkroom
Altmusic is proud to present Mark McGuire (Emeralds) as part of Altmusic's programme of exciting & innovative international musicians touring New Zealand in 2012. Read more
Keith Rowe
13 November 2011 - Christchurch - Chambers@241, 241 Moorhouse Avenue
18 November 2011 - Dunedin - Dunedin Public Art Gallery
25 November 2011 - Wgton - Freds - 46 Frederick Street.
27 November 2011 - Auckland - The Classic, 321 Queen St
British guitarist Keith Rowe, a member of AMM, is one of the improvisors who has most contributed to the definition of a new vocabulary for the guitar. Read more
Eric Copeland
12 October 2011 - Auckland - Audio Foundation HQ
13 October 2011 - Wellington - Happy
14 October 2011 - Dunedin - Chicks Hotel
15 October 2011 - Christchurch - The Archive
"Copeland is a pop idiot savant let loose in the mad scientific library of a Smile-era Brian Wilson" Guardian UK Read more
C Spencer Yeh
1 October 2011 - Auckland - Audio Foundation HQ
5 October 2011 - Dunedin - None Basement
6 October 2011 - Christchurch - The Archive
7 October 2011 - Wellington - Happy
"Yeh (spews) forth nothingness like the good-boy-turned-bad from the anti-drug filmstrips that stoners now laugh at with their glazed glee." - Tiny Mix Tapes Read more
Hildur Guðnadóttir
19 August 2011 - Auckland - Kenneth Myers Centre, Shortland St
20 August 2011 - Wellington - The Adam Art Gallery
25 August 2011 - Dunedin - Dunedin Public Art gallery
27 August 2011 - Christchurch - Chambers@241 Gallery
“Her themes and melodies are simple, rarely more than a few bars, but the way she overlaps and combines them or pits them against long held tones, gives her music a tension between restless activity and quiet stasis, as well as an intuitive, almost improvised feel” - Dusted magazine Read more