Now Hear This!
A Festival of Urgent Sound, Adventurous Music and Deep Listening
For 10 years the Audio Foundation has hosted a biennial festival bringing together unique and wonderful sound makers from throughout Aotearoa and beyond. In these strange and confronting times we are happy to announce the line-up and dates for this iteration: Now Hear This! 13 – 18 October 2020
With +70 acts performing at venues around Tāmaki Makaurau from 13 – 18 October, audiences are sure to find something challenging and heretofore unheard during this celebration of adventurous and avant-garde sonic-art.
Head to www.UnderTheRadar.co.nz to purchase tickets and join us for six days and nights of boundary-pushing sonic bombardment!
LINE-UP:
10 ACRE BLOC – AL FRASER – ALICE SPARROW – ANITA CLARK
ANTONIA BARNETT-MCINTOSH – AOTEAROA SNUFF JAZZ SEXTET
BIG FAT RARO – BIG ROSES – BLOOD MOTHERS – BONNIE STEWART
BRUCE RUSSELL – CHRIS O’CONNOR – CENTRE NEGATIVE – CITACSY
CLINTON WATKINS – CRUDE – DROPZONE – DUCKLINGMONSTER
EAMON EDMUNDSEN-WELLS – GHOST BELLS – GRECCO ROMANK
GUARDIANS – HERMIONE JOHNSON – IVAN MRSIC – JEFF HENDERSON
JOAN GEORGE – JO BURZYNSKA – JONNY MARKS – KNOTTED THROATS
KRAUS – KRISTIAN LARSEN – LARSEN TAYLOR – LIAM BOWEN – LUCKY PAUL
LUCY HUNTER – MALCOLM RIDDOCH – MAPURA STUDIOS
MARIJA DIMITRIJEVIC – MATT MIDDLETON – M.E.L – MENTAL HEALTH TRIANGLE
MERCEDES CAMBRIDGE – MICK ELBORADO – MORPHOLOGY – MOTTE
MO ZAREEI – NATIVE BUSH – NAVAKATOA TEKELA-PULE – NICK HARTE
NIHILIST ASSAULT GROUP – PARKS – PETER PORTEOUS – PHIL DADSON
PUMICE – P WITS/JESS MORGAN – RACHEL SHEARER – RASOUL ABBASI
RENÉE BARRANCE – REUBEN DERRICK – RICHARD FRANCIS
RIKI GOOCH – ROBBIE YEATS – RO RUSHTON-GREEN – ROSY PARLANE
RUBY HINEPUNUI SOLLY – SAMARA ALOFA
SELECTIVE NOISE REUPTAKE INHIBITOR INCREASES SEROTONIN BURST-INDUCED
UNCONDITIONED AND CONTEXT-CONDITIONED FREEZING
SIMON ALLEN – SOPHIE SUTHERLAND – STEFANIMAL – STEPHEN BAIN
THE THEATRICAL PANOPTICON – THE PYRAMIDS WERE BUILT FROM THE TOP DOWN
TIM PLAYER – TOM CALLWOOD – TRUE BLISS EXPERIENCE
VISUALS BY CAT ELLIS – ANDREW MCLEOD – CHRIS SCHMELZ
SCHEDULE:
TUESDAY 13 OCTOBER @ AUDIO FOUNDATION, 7PM
The Theatrical Panopticon, Clinton Watkins, Dropzone, Antonia Barnett-McIntosh, Centre Negative, Ducklingmonster, Nihilist Assault Group
Tickets: https://www.undertheradar.co.nz/gig/72291/Now-Hear-This!-Festival-Night-One.utr
More info: http://www.audiofoundation.org.nz/programmes/live-events/now-hear-this-part-1
WEDNESDAY 14 OCTOBER @ AUDIO FOUNDATION, 7PM
Reuben Derrick / Ruby Solly, Tim Player, Simon Allen / Phil Dadson, Pumice, Blood Mothers, Stef Animal, P Wits / Jess Morgan
Tickets: https://www.undertheradar.co.nz/gig/72292/Now-Hear-This!-Festival-Night-Two.utr
More info: http://www.audiofoundation.org.nz/uncategorized/now-hear-this-part-2
THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER @ AUCKLAND UNITARIAN CHURCH, 7PM
Rachel Shearer / Rosy Parlane / Richard Francis, Lucy Hunter, Hermione Johnson / Peter Porteous / Chris O’Connor, Ruby Hinepunui Solly / Rasoul Abbasi / Tom Callwood / Anita Clark / Ro Rushton-Green / Eamon Edmundsen-Wells / Marija Dumitrijevic, mHz
Tickets: https://www.undertheradar.co.nz/gig/72293/Now-Hear-This!-Festival-Night-Three.utr
More info: http://www.audiofoundation.org.nz/programmes/live-events/now-hear-this-part-3
FRIDAY 16 OCTOBER @ WHAMMY BAR / WINE CELLAR / BACKROOM, 8PM
The Pyramids Were Built From the Top Down, Ghost Bells, Aotearoa Snuff Jazz Sextet, Grecco Romank, Riki Gooch / Al Fraser, mHz, Big Fat Raro, Citacsy, Native Bush, Stef Animal / Renée Barrance /Alice Sparrow, Lucky Paul, Samara Alofa, Motte / Chris O’Connor, Guardians
(Visuals by Cat Ellis and Andrew McLeod)
Tickets: https://www.undertheradar.co.nz/gig/72294/Now-Hear-This!-Festival-Night-Four.utr
More info: http://www.audiofoundation.org.nz/programmes/live-events/now-hear-this-part-4
SATURDAY 17 OCTOBER @ AUDIO FOUNDATION, 11AM – 12PM
Stephen Bain – Drifting (free)
SATURDAY 17 OCTOBER @ AUDIO FOUNDATION, 1PM – 6PM
Musical Electronics Library showcase, Morphology, Jonny Marks, Al Fraser / Ruby Solly / Liam Bowen / Bonnie Stewart, Jo Burzynska, Knotted Throats
Tickets: https://www.undertheradar.co.nz/gig/72295/Now-Hear-This!-Festival-Day-Five.utr
More info: http://www.audiofoundation.org.nz/programmes/live-events/now-hear-this-part-5
SATURDAY 17 OCTOBER @ AUDIO FOUNDATION, 7PM – 12AM
Mercedes Cambridge, CRUDE, Malcolm Riddoch, Bruce Russell with True Bliss Experience, Mental Health Triangle, Big Roses, Mick Elborado / Riki Gooch / Pat Kraus / Anita Clark / Ro Rushton-Green
(Visuals by Chris Schmelz)
Tickets: https://www.undertheradar.co.nz/gig/72296/Now-Hear-This!-Festival-Night-Five.utr
More info: http://www.audiofoundation.org.nz/programmes/live-events/now-hear-this-part-6
SUNDAY 18 OCTOBER @ AUCKLAND OLD FOLKS’ ASSOCIATION, 2PM
10 Acre Bloc, Māpura Music, Kristian Larsen Bluetooth Orchestra, Parks / Nava / Larsen / Riki, Ivan Mršić’s Kakophonia Orchestra, Selective Noise Reuptake Inhibitor Increases Serotonin Burst-Induced Unconditioned And Context-Conditioned Freezing
Tickets: https://www.undertheradar.co.nz/gig/72297/Now-Hear-This!-Festival-Day-Six.utr
More info: http://www.audiofoundation.org.nz/programmes/live-events/now-hear-this-part-7
Press contact: admin@audiofoundation.org.nz