Aotearoa’s premiere festival of adventurous and avant-garde sonics is back, bringing more than 50 incredible acts of off-kilter experimentation to Auckland for four days and nights of boundary-pushing sonic bombardment.
SILO PARK : an 8 hour marathon in the unique acoustics of the Silo’s on Auckland\’s waterfront featuring ensembles and new works produced specifically for the site : Sat 20 Oct – 2pm – 10pm
Essential 5th Elements Brass Band – a 20 piece brass ensemble of beginner brass players
Orchestra of Snares – yup, all snare drums!
Slaxative – an ensemble of saxophones, some large, others small, all loud and proud
Some Stringent Strings – double basses, cellos, violins, violas, together, as one, on the up bow
K Group, Empirical, Richard Francis, Rosy Parlane – solo sets by legends of NZ experimental music
Bruce Russell/Peter Porteous/Tom Rodwell – heavy noise guitar trio!
Reuben Derrick – improvised woodwind music meets soundscape composition: environments as musical systems
Susanna Ferrar – violinist extraordinaire / London-based NZ expat and regular fixture in the London Improvisors Orchestra
Chronic Fatigue Sindrome – occult-duo of Andrew McLeod and Liz Maw, play the pain and fatigue of the musical doom disease while the disease plays us
Stephen Bain – now based in Brussels, Bain one of NZ’s leading makers of experimental / idiosyncratic theatre
Campbell James Kneale – internationally renowned sound artist, a prolific recording artist and performer and relentless collaborator
KOHA!
Festival passes available for $30 : https://www.undertheradar.co.nz/ticket/8978/Nowhere!-Festival-2018.utr
More info including full programme, artist bios and links : http://www.audiofoundation.org.nz/festival/nowhere-festival-2018-2
Saturday 20 October @ Silo Park, from 2.00pm