Audiopollen Social Archives

Breakdance Your Mind!

Audiopollen presents 5 days of modern Australian noise, sound, punk, free experimentation and DIY publishing in Brisbane at the end of November.
showcasing artists from these inspired labels:

breakdance the dawn (totally unique blue mountains based cassette / cdr  one-man sweatshop that has published an incredible overflowing catalogue of brut unmediated musical creativity confronting preconceived notions of fidelity, songcraft, improvisation, psychadelia…)  http://www.myspace.com/breakdancethedawn
http://breakdancethedawn.com/

black petal (tokyo based boutique cdr catalogue for personal psychadelia, broken heart and mind love songs, and heavy rock in immaculate handmade artwork and super limited edition)
http://www.blackpetal.com/

trapdoor tapes (severly art-damaged noise, punk and grind cassette and cdr project emanating from deep within the cultural wasteland of qld’s sunshine coast. anti-social music and behaviour from the sticks)
http://www.myspace.com/trapdoortapes  

pulled out (high class vinyl only catalogue of sydney / blue mountains outsider hysteria)
http://pulledout.org/

musicyourmindwillloveyou (RIP… long live pacific soma) (freshly deseaced but legendary rural art-noise-psych press based in kyogle NSW and toowoomba QLD which played a pioneering, action inspiring global role, setting the bar for handmade esoteric mindmelt..) http://www.mymwly.blogspot.com/

Musique Provocateur (Sydney Art / Pop / Noise / Vanity)
http://www.mprov.org

events…

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WED NOVEMBER26 7PM - EXOTERIC GLEE CLUB #9
Globe Theatre,220 Brunswick St. Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, $6

gala gathering with three band areas (cinema, foyer stage, other place), in the iconic 70’s cinemaspace, featuring some very fine and rare buzz, an unbelievable merch stand and hired gun DJ’s from down south.

ANTIPAN (SYD) - echoing mantras of dark energy channelled outwardly via an omnidirectional spill of force fed feedback
IMPROMPTULONS - joyously damaged and hamfisted bigband gibberish
BLANK REALM - the long oblivion
BONG VILLAGE - heavy antisocial catharsis
WHITE PETUNIAS - romance, mystery, smoke
NECKHOLD - short, loud and highly unevolved

DJ Sven Simulacrum (SYD) - bootlegs
DJ Down Pat (MELB) - sunshine and grease

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THURSDAY NOVEMBER27 7PM - MONO (presented by ROOM40 and the IMA)
Institute of Modern Art, 420 BRUNSWICK STREET VALLEY, FREE!

gallery show hopefully with free booze to go with the free entry, organised by our great friends at room40 and the IMA and featuring a stellar lineup of the melodic, sonic and chronic.

STERN / GUERRA (BRIS / JAPAN) - the return of folkstep
RICHARD FRANCIS (NZ) - hardline avant sound sorcery
XNOBBQX (SYD) - rock enters the sublime dementia of its final days

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FRIDAY NOVEMBER28 730pm - MUTE CANARY PROJECT FREE JAM SESSION
Venue VISIBLE INK SPACE, Berwick St. Fortitude Valley- http://www.fourthousand.com.au/keyword/visible-ink-mute-canary-project/
freeform session open to all participants or observers with no rules, orthodoxy or expectation.

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SATURDAY NOVEMBER29  7PM - BOOK NOOK - http://www.booknook.com.au/
Suite 10 173 Boundary St West End QLD

3 solo sets, never heard live in brisbane before (or again probably) from 3 killer originals of the underground scene.

ANTHONY GUERRA (JAP) - love abstraction
TERRACID (KYOGLE) - mind abstraction
MUURA (BLUE MOUNTAINS) - body abstraction
WHITE PIMPERNELL (BLUE MOUNTAINS) - space abstraction

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SUNDAY NOVEMBER 30 - 2pm
some sort of OUTDOOR INTERVENTION…. featuring battery operated and accoustic music and eating
HOSTED BY 6MAGIK9 AND FRIENDS…. details - rohanmusic@hotmail.com

items of interest for brisbane noise swingers….

 

Audiopollen Social Club #58 In association with WHATISMUSIC? presents…..  crackpots to infinity… 

Sunday April 20th 2008

THE FOREST 5.30pm-10.30pm,
124 boundary st west end, BRISBANE - $5
www.audiopollen.org
http://www.whatismusic.com/BRISBANE.html

For 10 years the notorious ‘What is Music?’ festival enabled, encouraged, and tolerated the most original and outrageous experiments in music making and sound culture in Australia. After cooling off in 2007, WIM? co-founder Robbie Avenaim has flicked the action switch back on with some exciting new WIM? action for 2008.. Audiopollen Social Club is super proud to host Robbie Avenaim in Brisbane performing his incredible automated percussion work with local avant-composer Erik Griswald. To celebrate the occasion we’ve also invited Robbie to curate the evening, exploring his special interest in extreme collaborations involving kids, adults, teenagers, seniors, and the ageless. In addition, APSC also welcomes one of our favourite artists British slide guitar hero Mike Cooper who, having spent the week in Brisbane giving workshops and imparting his unique knowledge, will collaborate with the workshop attendees on a new performance!

Ross Manning - Light, custom electronics, generating sound, video, Upside down cake, instrument building, colourful noise, dinosaurs, junk assembly, re purposed old technology, sculpture, electronic devises, kinetics, film, installation and love. http://www.halftheory.com/meatwave/

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Joel Stern and John Rodgers - Meeting of cracked electronics and cracked violin across two cracked generations on non-conformist music…www.abjectleader.org 

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Guitar Hard - Brisbane-Japan guitar czar Yusuke Akai and his forever corrupted band of students…

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Mike Cooper and Yes Guru! - Legendary avant slide guitarist and Hawaiian shirt virtuoso backed up by band of workshop protégées ordered to obey his every command…

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Robbie Avenaim and Erik Griswald

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Lawrence English, John Parker, Jason Elliot

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Nick Mayer Miller and Alex Reyment

 

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YES GURU! 2

 

MIKE COOPER WORKSHOP IN THE PARK NEAR THE GREEN BRIDGE IN DUTTON PARK THIS COMING SATURDAY (19TH) WHERE YOU CAN PLAY WITH THE HAWAIIAN SLIDE AND IMPROVISED MUSIC LEGEND, HEAR STORIES, LAUGH AND BE PART OF A ONE-OFF RECORDING.

 

when - this saturday 19th at 3pm-6pm

where - cemetery park near green bridge, dutton park, call yusuke akai for details - 0409647001

what - jam and bread with Mike Cooper, acoustic or battery operated

who - all welcome.

 

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tonight - Mike Cooper micromono at the IMA performing to Shinoda’s ONIBABA!

tomorrow - Mr. Cooper and Neck’s pianist Chris Abrahams in a mouthwatering duo at Jazz….

http://www.room40.org/events.shtml for details!

 

brisbane-wire-review.pdf

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Audiopollen Social Club # 57#
7:30pm @ The Forest West End
Entry: Donation

Acts:

Baby Thuggg G-had Stand Up

Black Kubuto

Silent Partners

Trouble in Paradise (Scream Show + McConnachie Brothers)

Everyone should play

Curated by Emma Ryan, Katie Martin, Scott McConnachie

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http://www.whatismusic.com/BRISBANE.html

Well there’s plenty for everyone to chose from this coming Wednesday… 

Now until 23rd March - Group Photo Show featuring Midori Kawai
Queensland Center of Photography - 33 Oxford Street, Bulimba Qld
http://www.qcp.org.au/exhibitions/current
Wed-Sat 11am-6pm, Sun 11am-3pm

Sun 16th March  - Audiopollen Social Club #53
‘Ex-Japan’ 16mm film and music program curated by Daiji Igarashi and Danni Zuvela
Forest Cafe, 124 Boundary St, West End - 7 - 10pm - $5 or nothing you decide

Tue 18th March - YES, GURU! Workshop #1, Part 1 of 2
with Guru Jim Denley (wise legend of improvised music from Sydney)
Transit Lounge, Judith Wright Centre, 420 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley
4 - 8pm - FREE to participate for everybody - BYO Instruments

Wed 19th March - OtherFilm presents ‘Scratch Musics’
Unseen Films on Cornelius Cardew. Macine for Making Sense and From Scratch..
State Library of QLD, Auditorium 2, 630pm sharp - FREE ENTRY

Thu 20th March - YES, GURU! Workshop #1, Part 2 of 2
with Guru Jim Denley (wise legend of improvised music from Sydney)
Transit Lounge, Judith Wright Centre, 420 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley
4 - 8pm - FREE to participate for everybody - BYO Instruments

Sun 23rd March - Audiopollen Social Club #54
YES, GURU! Ensemble led by Jim Denley, Chrysalis (Tasmanian noise!)
Forest Cafe, 124 Boundary St, West End - 7 - 10pm - $5 or nothing you decide

Wed 26th March - Exoteric Glee Club #1
Taste of Teeth Album Launch w/ Gerald Keaney and The Gerald Keaney’s
and video by Cait Foran, Marty O’Hare, OtherFilm Bazaar
The Globe, near Brunswick train station, Foritude Valley - 7-10pm, $5

Sun 30th March - Audiopollen Social Club #55 (abnormal venue)
Daniel Menche (USA), Christian Pruvost (France) - curated by Yusuke Akai and Joe Musgrove
Ahimsa House (Kurilpa building, left facing the main entrance), 26 Horan St, West End
8pm - BYO drinks, $7-$10

Wed 2nd April - Hard Grave
IMO, Deadnotes, Vaby (Japan)
Tongue & Groove, 63 Hardgrave Rd, West End. 8pm, $5

highly collectible audiopollen zine edited by Gerald Keaney usually available and rad.

coming up……

6/4 Audiopollen Social Club #56 curated by Max Bowerbird and Tom Hall, Guru Mike Cooper visits in late April, Exoteric Glee Club #2, re-creational acupuncture #2…..

Sunday December 9th 2007
Audiopollen Social Club #42
THE FOREST 730pm–1030pm, $5
124 boundary st west end, BRISBANE