Joseph Franklin 'a thousand tiny mutinies' album launch pt. 2
Naarm bassist and composer Joseph Franklin will perform the second and final launch of his album 'a thousand tiny mutinies' alongside Eora/Sydney-based sound artist Ben Carey, in Franklin’s final performance before relocating to the USA.
This one-off event sees Carey manipulating Franklin's wildly rhythmic palette in real-time and in quadraphonic sound, incorporating his modular synthesis voice into the mix at Brunswick's recently minted Quadraphonic Club.
With support are double bassist/vocalist/composer polymath Helen Svoboda and elusive arranger of quiet texture/keyboard music Tim Coster, plus Nice Music/Nice Agency DJs in the front bar.
AAO Curates: MEATSHELL - NGV Fridays
Four ensembles across the month of July, showcasing the diversity and quality of artists and artistic practice in Australia’s contemporary musical landscape. The Australian Art Orchestra (AAO) joins NGV Friday nights to curate a visionary series of ensembles, assembled from a variety of its core members, collaborators, and artists from their broader community.
The AAO’s selections traverse new directions in jazz, innovative rap, folk music and far beyond, celebrating improvisation as a musical language that unites across borders and cultures.
12 JULY: MEATSHELL
Comprised of 2020 Australian Art Orchestra (AAO) associate artist recipient Helen Svoboda and Andrew Saragossi, experimental duo MEATSHELL cultivate unconventional sound worlds with a shared curiosity for the subtle beauty of things. Their performance will see them presenting a brand new repertoire that transcends traditional song forms and emphasises the power of storytelling through sound.
Helen Svoboda (Solo) - NEXUS/Illuminate
Nexus Arts and Illuminate Adelaide present double bassist, vocalist, and composer, Helen Svoboda who is a truly unique voice in the Australian jazz and art music landscape.
Svoboda’s solo practice explores the melodic potential of the contemporary double bass, intricately weaving extended techniques and overtones amidst abstract song-writing structures and vegetable-themed compositions.
“Svoboda plays and sings with astonishing grace and weightlessness” – The Journal of Music
Playful, expressive, and masterful, this is solo performance to entrance and astonish.
Dasika / Keller / Svoboda
Andrea Keller Curates:
Niran Dasika (trumpet), Helen Svoboda (double bass) & Andrea Keller (piano)
Helen Svoboda/The Odd River: Earshift Music Festival
Earshift Music is proud to celebrate 15 years with a showcase presenting Melbourne’s most ground-breaking jazz stars.
Presented by Brunswick Music Festival.
Helen Svoboda: The Odd River
The Odd River is Finnish-born Melbourne-based bassist vocalist composer Helen Svoboda’s surreal musical evocation of the collision of organic and inorganic, of the natural and unnatural.
Her driving inspiration is her environment, she is struck by the weirdness of what we have done to natural world – and happily admits to being obsessed with finding uncustomary sounds, and ways of playing her instrument. Her album under the same moniker has attracted critical international attention.
Helen Svoboda – vocals, bass, carrot crunching
Andrew Saragossi – saxophones, celery crunching
Daniel Waddingham — guitar, apple crunching
Jeremy Rose Quartet
Jeremy Rose – saxophone + effects
Andrea Keller – piano
Tilman Robinson – electronics
Joe Talia – drums
Michael Rother and Friends (with Panghalina) - MEL
Michael Rother (GER) and friends. Supported by Panghalina.
Michael Rother and Friends (with Panghalina) - BRIS
Michael Rother (GER) and friends. Supported by Panghalina.
