Join the members of Tetras in a free workshop to discover what is unique about their approach to improvisation and music. All are welcome, bring your instrument and be ready to play... the workshop will be followed by a collaborative performance from the workshop attendedees.

Workshop - 4 PM to 6 PM
performance - 8 PM to 10 PM

Jason Kahn: drums.
JeroenVisser: organ, electronics.
Christian Weber: contrabass.
http://tetras.jasonkahn.net/

Tetras is an improvising trio based in Zurich, Switzerland. They take a long-form approach to their music, with live sets approaching one hour or more. The gradual structural development of their pieces blurs the sense of time passing, moving through various fields of improvisation which owe as much to rock (This Heat, Can), jazz (Sun Ra, electric-era Miles Davis), minimal music (Steve Reich) or drone (Phil Niblock).

Invited to play at the 2012 NOWnow Festival in Sydney, the last date on this tour, Tetras is also playing shows in New Zealand, Malaysia and several other Australian concerts in Melbourne and Canberra.
In January their first release, the double LP “Pareidolia,” will appear on the Chicago Flingco Sound label.

Jason Kahn began playing music in Los Angeles during the early 1980's, initially releasing records on the SST label. During the 1990's he lived in Berlin, playing drums and percussion in many projects of improvised and electronic music. Since 2000 he has been living in Zurich.
Getting his start in the 1980's Amsterdam Ultra scene, JeroenVisser has worked extensively as sound engineer with The Ex, Tom Cora and many more. He played with The Pale Nudes during the 1990's, and currently tours with ./morFrom/. and Trio Kazanchis, with Ethiopian singer and krar player MeseleAsmamaw.

Swiss bassist Christian Weber is involved in numerous projects, ranging from jazz and free improvisation to contemporary chamber music. He has collaborated with a wide spectrum of musicians, ranging from John Butcher to OtomoYoshihide.
This tour has been made possible with the support of the Swiss Arts Council, Pro Helvetia.

Workshop/performance
Saturday January 7 2012
Audio Foundation HQ
4 Poynton St
(off Pitt St and underneath Parisian Tie factory and behind St Kevin’s Arcade)

Workshop 4 - 6pm (free)
Collaborative Performance 8 - 10pm ($10)