New Zealand’s iconic and ground breaking music and performance group From Scratch celebrates 50 years of astounding work with a month of celebrations produced by the Audio Foundation.

Formed in 1974 by Phil Dadson after inspiration from British composer Cornelius Cardew’s seminal Scratch Orchestra, From Scratch has created astonishingly original music and performance over five decades and continues to this day. The current collective core-group consists of Adrian Croucher, Shane Currey, Phil Dadson, Darryn Harkness and Chris O’Connor.

To mark the milestone and to celebrate in style, From Scratch presents a month of concerts, an exhibition and a workshop which feature a huge array of performers and collaborations, including spontaneous improvisations, live music to film, classic From Scratch compositions and collaborative new works with Aotearoa composer/performers.

Hotwired #2 – Moving Image
Live musical improvisation to moving image works by film makers Gabriel White & Stephen Bain, Michael Saup & Matevz Kolenc (Germany/Slovenia), Teresa Peters, Gregory Bennett, Richard Von Sturmer, Florian Habicht and Phil Dadson with music by From Scratch with Tim Sutton, Richard Francis, Rosie Langabeer, Kevin Kim, Paul Buckton, Anita Clark, James McCarthy, Neil Feather.

Thursday 26 September @ Audio Foundation, 8pm
$20 Presale / $25 on door

Tickets available now
Season Pass – all shows $60 – available here!

The month of September is packed with concerts, a workshop and collaborations with film makers and improvising musicians.
Full programme here