[16.4.07] Raoul Valentine makes a strange appearance

On friday night I attended a Helpmann Academy function at a multi-millionaire's mansion in the wealthy suburb of Springfield. Though I was there as a member of the Foundation Board, I was asked as a favour to perform as a roaming troubadour for an hour or so. OK. I was happy to oblige and strut my stuff, but god it was weird...roving from one room to another singing to society's elite.

Here's a list of the songs I performed, some were repeated.

Temptation (Tom Waits)
Dedicated (original)
Helium Reprise (Tom Waits/Tin Hat Trio)
Valentine's Day (orginal)
Quattro (Calexico)
Losing Heart (original)
Love Minus Zero/No Limit (Bob Dylan)

[14.4.07] The Meningie EP > Listen at MySpace

Whilst I was in Meningie with some friends last week, I decided to record a few tracks on Seb's laptop when I had the place to myself one night. They were recorded in five hours, mostly first takes with a bit of overdubbing and processing here and there. The tracks themselves are no technological feat (also my playing is at times hampered by the wonders of wine), but I felt they warranted some form of release. That is, a limited release for the time being. Three tracks: "Stopframe", "Artist and Muse" and "Dedicated" made the cut. So here they are for your listening pleasure at my MySpace page - enjoy!

Once I can find a reliable server, I'll post the tracks for download. (stay posted..)

Listen/Download

[4.4.07] Tyndall Assembly 2007 Series

The Tyndall Assembly will be back for another year with a season running from June to September.

In 2006, the Tyndall Assembly was a highly successful concert series held at Luke Altmann's Gallery Delacatessen, which gave local artists the opportunity to perform their works at a regular forum, where audiences were treated to a wide variety of experimental and electronic music. A total of nine concerts were staged between March to August, featuring performances by Hidden Village, Alex Mitchell, Christian Haines, Andrew Georg, Derek Pascoe, Patrick McCartney, The Glitch Collective and myself. Historic works by John Cage, Robert Ashley, Brian Eno and Alvin Lucier were also performed.

There is a call for new works by local Adelaide artists, composers and groups:

Please send a brief synopsis of your work, including a summary and any technical requirements for the performance (including what you can supply and any additional items you may need.)

Mail to: tristanlouthrobins@gmail.com

Please go to http://www.geocities.com/tyndallassembly to read more about the concert series.

** Please note that the site is currently being updated, and will eventually be merged into a blog - allowing participant artists and audiences to contribute feedback and commentary.

Further updates on the 2007 concert series will posted here and on the Geocities site for the time being.

[3.4.07] EMI to can iTunes DRM

That is; Digital Rights Management. From Pitchfork, read more here.

[3.4.07] Another bloody blog...

Well, I thought it would be neccesary to provide a seperate page for posts with relevance to my Masters research topic.

http://stillandmovinglines.blogspot.com/

I'll still post the odd Masters-centric thing here at the Soniferous Garden, but for those of you who are more obsessive types, you can get your fix at the above URL.

Cheers,

TLR

[2.4.07] Trianide at the Delacatessen

Hidden Village (Seb Tomczak/Lauren Sutter), Mycorrizha (Justin Phelps/Jordon Bang) and West N'Mitchell (Damien West/Alex Mitchell) performed at the Trianide concert at the Gallery Delacatessen last night. Hidden Village did their Vetrex/C64/Gameboy thang, Mycorrizha made some noise, and West N'Mitchell presented a 3D film - complete with glasses to boot... It was good all round and I managed to finish the night with a couple of wines ... bonus!

More photos at The Soniferous Amphx
Hidden Village's videos at You Tube

[2.4.07] MySpace

In the past couple of days I have done the dirty business and signed myself up for a Myspace music account. As I am having ongoing problems with putting up audio files (I will get my own domain soon!) this at least allows visitors to listen to a few streaming tracks from my singer/songwriting stuff and sound art. Enjoy, and become my friend if you like.

www.myspace.com/tristanlouthrobins

[30.3.07] soundtransit

Now there's a very clever idea.

My friend Jason sent me a link to an online community called soundtransit, it allows you to take a sonic trip to a variety of locations around the world. Anyone can contribute field recordings and phonography to the site. I'm off to book my flight.

[29.3.07] Back to Lucier and teapots

In the past couple of weeks I have re-acitivated my status as a post-graduate student at Adelaide University. Though I had considered my life as a student to be officially over after last year's debacle, a handful of people managed to coerce me back into the fold. The research on Alvin Lucier re-commences!, complete with rocks, teapots, stairwells and the University's resources at my disposal. The provisa is of course I am undertaking my study as a part-timer and I won't complete my degree until around December 2008. This means plenty of research centric posts over the next 18 months. Hooray for you dear reader!

[24.3.07] Milkcrate 14 - Six Appeal

I am currently partaking in Milkcrate 14 in Brighton, South Australia. There are some more pics at the Soniferous Amphx.

Much more at Tales From The Crate

[29.3.07] Some audio tracks can be found at the Milkcrate site here. Mine is called "Flock of Starlings." I will post my other contributions over the next couple of weeks.