Friday, July 18, 2008

OOOH!

 Sat 19 July 9pm!
 
A Night of New Music and Film from AMSTERDAM and NZ
 
featuring SYNC - Jan-Bas Bollen and Alison Isadora (Netherlands / NZ)
 
performing

TRACE


Alison Isadora and Jan-Bas Bollen (alias SYNC) have worked together on interdisciplinary performances since Hoofdwas, their popular show for computer controlled washing-machine and mezzo-soprano in 1995.

Their performance of The Deep South, relflecting on a residency in Dunedin, was premiered in the DPAG in 2001 before touring Europe. In 2003 they created Born and Bred which was premiered in De Balie in Amsterdam and dealt with the sense of belonging within a culture, a land or a family.

Currently SYNC is working on a new piece that will be premiered in the Netherlands in 2008 entitled TRACE -Studies in Audio Theatre.

In July 2008 SYNC travel through New Zealand with a combined performance/lecture format. A trip to the States is planned for later in the year.


Jan-Bas Bollen performs solo electric-bass throughout Europe and is also a member of Peter van Bergen's seminal group LOOS and the new offshoot LEAMO. He is frequently commissioned by ensembles wanting to explore interactive electonics in the realms of audio and projected image.

Both Isadora and Bollen are active in tertiary education in the Netherlands. Jan-Bas Bollen teaches electronics and composition in Rotterdam Conservatorium, Enschede and Zwolle. Isadora gives classes in music to choreographers in Arnhem and runs a music-theatre project for theatre- makers and composers in Utrecht.

Many of Isadora's recent works deal with cultural identity and the use of biographical material. She performs as both a soloist and in ad hoc combinations.


TRACE -Studies in Audio Theatre, is a 60 minute programme consisting of a number of works dealing with the consequences of loss and alienation.

The work considers on a poetic level the dynamics of trauma and tracks the role that time can play.

plus new films by reclusive Wellington film maker DENIS CLARE with a live soundtrack by DANIEL BEBAN, GERARD CREWDSON AND JEFF HENDERSON and a performance by outstanding new computer taskforce

the MICRO SOFT VOICES

plus collaborative improvisation.

SUNDAY 20 JULY 2008 8.30pm

PUNCHBOWL EP release

with Dyke! Dyke! Dyke! and

NEON BASTARD

TUES 22 July 8pm

GET HAPPY OR DIE TRYING!

A new comedy night featuring local and international comedians and happening music...let the good times  roll with side splitting laughter

Wed 23 8.30pm

BIG EARZ  this wek featuring the legendary CRUDE from Dunedin

Thurs 24 doors open 7.30pm

ROOTS ROCK, REGGAE AND DANCEHALL PARTY with

IROOTZ

DJ DOZEN

MC JINETERO

HANNAH HOWES and CHAPTERS BURNING

Fri 25 July 9pm

NEWTOWN

THE AESTHETICS

THE STUMPS

PANDA BATTLE BATTLE PANDA

Sat 26 July 9pm

KITTEN ET ME

Tues 29 July 7.33 PM

OM THE SPACE 2008

WELLINGTON'S AANNUAL FESTIVAL OF INTERESTING MUSIC PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS BOMB THE SPACE

THE ATMOSPHERE HAS ALREADY SUFFERED FROM TOO MANY VIOLENT EXPLOSIONS.

NO LONGER AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR ATMOSPHEREIC VIOLENCE AND INTERPLANETARY WAR!

OM THE SPACE.....NOW EXPLODING:

- UNIVERSAL LOVE THROUGH SONIC EXPERIMENTATION!

- ALL PERVADING PEACE THROUGH IMPROVISATION!

-SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH NOISE!

- INNER HARMONY THROUGH HOME-MADE ELECTRONICS!

 

TUESDAY 29JULY 7.30PM

OPENING NIGHT PARTY WITH....

- THE WOP WOPS

- HAPPY OLD LADY

- GERARD CREWDSON / HERMIONE JOHNSON

- CHRIS PROSSER / SOPHIE WILSON

- MICRO SOFT VOICES

- FREEBOOTER BAZAAR

- DJ ALPHABETHEAD

AND MORE

WED 30TH JULY 7.30PM

- THE TURNS

- ZIRKUS

- MARK WILLIAMS / JEREMY COUBROUGH

- RICK CRANSON / TOM CALLWOOD / JOE CALLWOOD / REUBEN DERRICK

- HELEN MCVEY'S HAPPY FAMILY BAND

- WILLIAM JOHN HOOKER PLAYS THE BAD BLUES BAND

- DJ BURRYMAN

THURS 31 JULY 2008 7.30PM

- RICHARD NUNNS / DAVID LONG / ALPHABETHEAD / JEFF HENDERSON

- THE PENNY DREADFULS

- YUDANE / SUM SURAWEERA / REUBEN DERRICK

- VLADA PLACKIC / SOPHIE WILSON / JULIAN TAYLOR

- SIMON O'RORKE / JULIE BEVAN / CHRIS PROSSER

- DJ ID

AND MORE

FRI 1 AUGUST 2008 7.30PM

- UNKNOWN ROCKSTAR

- I.RYOKO

- BRIGHT COLOURS

- ALPHABETHEAD

- MR STERILE ASSEMBLY

- 1/3 OCTAVE BAND

- THE WINDUPS

- RESERVOIR

- DJ DAY G DAY

SAT 2ND AUGUST 7.30PM

- ANNA ELLIPSIS

- ANTHONY MILTON

- SEHT

- CONTROL 6580

- BIRCHVILLE CAT MOTEL

- JAMES IKRK / JEFF HENDERSON

- OMIT

- SIGN OF THE HAG

- DJ DIN DADA

SUNDAY 3RD AUGUTS 7.30PM

CLOSING NIGHT EXTRAVAGAZA FEATURING

- A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE OF JOHN COLTRANE'S OM

- BRIDGET KELLY QUARTET

- THE METABOLISTS

- MEMSAHIBS

- DJ THONE

- LOCAL EXPERIMENTAL FILMS WITH LIVE SOUNDTRACK

OTHER EVENTS

FREE GIGS AT OFFBEAT ORIGINALS CAFE

WED - FRI 12.30 - 1.30PM

FRI 6PM-8PM

THE LUCID DREAMING EAR

A NIGHT OF IMMERSION, ERASING THE BORDERLINE BETWEEN MUSICIAN AND AUDIENCE

A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE BROUGHT TO YOU BY DUNEDIN'S JIM CURRIN.

YOU MUST BE PREPARED TO BE BLINDFOLDED DURING THIS PERFORMANCE.

SUNDAY 3 AUGUST 7PM

ARO VALLEY COMMUNITY CENTRE

NUMBERS FOR THIS EVENT ARE STRICTLY LIMITED - BOOK AT HAPPY - $5

 

 

 

 

 

 


 
 
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Thursday, July 03, 2008

HAPPY LISTINGS for you

 
TUESCDAY 8 July 8pm
 
FOLKIN' GOOD TIMES
 
WED 9 July 8.30pm
 
BIG EARZ!
 
THurs 10 July 8.30pm
 
Music and Artists Social Club
 
Fri 11 July 9pm
 
RED WOOD
STORMBIRD
 
Sat 12 July
 
SPRAYDOLL
PENELOPING
KITTENTANK
THE WINDUPS
 
SUNDAY 13 July 4pm
 
MARG LAYTON  with Bill  Lake, Andrew Delahunty and Chris Prowse
 
Tues 15 8pm
ACOUSTIC PIONEERS
 
WEd 16
BIG EARZ
 
THurs 17
 
Peneloping
KITTENTANK
VERY NICE TREEHOUSE
ROY G
 
Fri 18
POLKA DOT DOTS
Seth Frightening +
A Little Further Down the river
 
Sat 19
SYNC - TRACE
Jan-Bas Bollen / Alison Isadora (Amsterdam)
DANIEL BEBAN
JEFF HENDERSON
 
Tues 22
 Get Happy!!! Or Die Trying -  comedy night!
 
Wed 23
BIG EARZ feat. CRUDE
 
Thurs 24
Hi ACES
 
Fri 25
NEWTOWN
 
Sat 26
SING SONGS
PENELOPING
PRINCESS CHELSEA
 
Wed 30
BOMB THE SPACE 2008
 
THurs 31
BOMB THE SPACE 2008
 
AUGUST 1
BOMB THE SPACE 2008
 
AUGUST 2
BOMB THE SPACE 2008
 
 
 
 
 
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