Review on Resonate

My review of Metalog’s show at the Wheatsheaf International Hotel has been published on the online New Music publication Resonate. I am kind of hoping it doesn’t attract as much ‘attention’ as my review of the Adelaide Contemporary Music Festival did.

http://www.resonatemagazine.com.au/article.php?id=208

Quiet Blog

It's been a busy hectic week and a few days, hence few updates of late.

Weather report in brief:

- Currently preparing material for the Felt Space show on Friday. Which I'm really looking forward to.

- Currently finishing some vis art for an exhibition in a couple of weeks.

- Writing a review for Resonate.

- Mixing down some music for earthed cable and Tascam 424 (see below.)



- I've joined Last FM! My artist page is *here*, my profile is *here*.

ACMF Review via Resonate

My review of the recent Adelaide Contemporary Music Festival has been published on the Australian new music site Resonate.

http://www.resonatemagazine.com.au/article.php?id=166

I see it's already attracting some attention - see the comments section at the bottom of the page. I'll probably post replies when I'm in a more serene mood.

Adelaide Contemporary Music Festival

I spent the weekend attending the Adelaide Contemporary Music Festival curated by Gabriella Smart. Overall it was an entertaining (albeit 'safe') series of concerts featuring a couple of rarely heard Tristram Cary works.

As I was reviewing for the online new music publication Resonate, I'll save more in-depth observations of the festival for the copy when I get around to writing it.

Another mention for Tyndall Assembly 07

The Tyndall Assembly concert series was mentioned in the 2007 arts wrap-up in the Dec 21st edition of the Adelaide Review. Thanks to writer and concert 2 attendee Grahame Strahle.

TLR 'wins' an Oscart

The Tyndall Assembly and myself got a brief mention in today's Advertiser annual Oscarts listings for 2007. Under the heading of 'Best Experimental Music' the entry reads:

Tristram Louth Robbins (sic)
The computer sonic radical and founder of the Tyndall Assembly series ensured sound bites in Adelaide.

I'm not entirely sure what a 'computer sonic radical' is, but I'm happy with the publicity and send kudos to the Advertiser for the mention.

Hidden City

Last night I attended a special concert event at the Wheatsheaf Hotel starring Hidden City. Hidden City comprises of Seb Tomczak and Lauren Sutter, Luke Harrald and Derek Pascoe and the ever-venerable Stephen Whittington. Seb and Lauren controlled an array of electronic devices (including a printer and set of Nintendo bongo drums), Derek's saxophone was chopped up and rearranged by Luke's laptop whilst Stephen sat behind an electric piano, occasionally playing a strange Chinese flute with an enormous gourd and a single stringed zither.

Essentially this was a performance hinging on spontanaity and measure - the forty-five minute set ebbed and flowed with consistency and it was evident that the performers had a relatively good understanding of each others movements throughout the performance. After finding their feet for the first five minutes, everyone settled in as Derek's saxophone noodled, chirped and wheezed over Seb and Lauren's sonic backdrop and occasional motoric Gameboy rhythms. Stephen though for me, stole the show with a good sense of economy, playing a piano fusion of Erik Satie and Thelonious Monk whilst occasionally intergecting with a couple of flute melodies and zither twangs. His facial expressions were also a notable highlight.

Hidden City's performance was followed up by a group led by Adam Page. It was entertaining for the first five minutes or so, but the incessant club rhythms mixed with jazz noodling and backslapping soon began to grate. I decided to call the jazz police and have an early bed.

Tyndall Assembly: Advertiser review

The second Tyndall Assembly concert got a nice review from Rodney Smith. You can read it here: http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,22167735-5003361,00.html