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The New North podcast investigates the unique sounds and perspectives of exploratory musicians. New North is a new Narrm/Melbourne based platform for musicians who push boundaries in their areas of practice. This podcast is a companion to our concert series, which celebrates the amazing work of musicians and sound artists, both established and emerging, who make and present work on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. Each episode features an interview with an artist, providing insights into the fascinating perspectives that shape their work.
Episodes
Monday Sep 30, 2024
Monday Sep 30, 2024
This is Ep.19 of 'The New North Podcast', which does a deep dive into the unique ideas and approaches that make Melbourne's exploratory music scene so rich and varied.
In this episode, we share another fascinating artist talk, this time presented by James Rushford in June 2024. James is an artist with an expansive musical imagination and an incredible talent for creating evocative, surprising and atmospheric performances and recordings using electronic and acoustic means. As a composer and performer, his work draws on concrete, improvised, avant-garde and collagist musical languages.
The intro music to this episode is excerpted from ‘Fallaway Whisk” and the outro music is ‘Quire III’. Both works are released on Turzets (Blank Forms Editions, 2024):
https://blankformseditions.bandcamp.com/album/turzets
The first musical excerpt referred to in the talk was from a piece titled ‘Bluebeards' from the album Block Gifts (2022), a collection of works for portative organ composed between 2015 and 2018.
https://jamesrushford.bandcamp.com/track/bluebeards
The second example discussed by James is from his piano work 'See the Welter', which was released in 2020 together with Federico Mompou’s Musica Callada, which Rushford’s work responds to.
https://jamesrushford.bandcamp.com/album/m-sica-callada-see-the-welter
New North’s activities are made possible by the generous support of Creative Australia and Arts Merri-Bek.
Tuesday Aug 27, 2024
Tuesday Aug 27, 2024
This is Ep.18 of 'The New North Podcast', which does a deep dive into the unique ideas and approaches that make Melbourne's exploratory music scene so rich and varied.
In this episode, we share an artist talk presented in April 2024 by Narrm raised double bassist, composer and keyboardist Jon Heilbron. Jon unpacks the role of microtonality and non-tempered tuning systems in various phrases of his musical output. Throughout the presentation, Jon refers to musical examples, some of which can be accessed at the links below.
Alvin Lucier - Still Lives: V. Two Floor Tiles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFAYR1msB6A
Arches: Fredrik Rasten/Jon Heilbron
https://inexhaustibleeditions.bandcamp.com/album/with-all-your-mysteries-in-the-open-air
Muto Infinitas - Catherine Lamb (performed by Rebecca Land and Jon Heilbron)
https://anothertimbre.bandcamp.com/album/muto-infinitas
New North’s activities are made possible by the generous support of Creative Australia and Arts Merri-Bek
Monday Nov 27, 2023
Monday Nov 27, 2023
This is Ep.17 of 'The New North Podcast', which does a deep dive into the unique ideas and approaches that make Melbourne's exploratory music scene so rich and varied.
In this episode, Dale Gorfinkel and Aviva Endean discuss their duo collaboration with a focus on their performance at New North's Concert 6 in August 2022. They describe their unique instrumentation of air drums and extended contrabass clarinet and the subtle amalgamation of low frequencies made possible by this unique combination. Watch their performance here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI2gxRYPW3o
New North’s activities are made possible by the generous support of Creative Australia and Arts Merri-Bek
Tuesday Sep 05, 2023
Tuesday Sep 05, 2023
This is Ep.16 of 'The New North Podcast', which does a deep dive into the unique ideas and approaches that make Melbourne's exploratory music scene so rich and varied.
In this episode, Jack Palmer talks about Bad Ambulance, his long-standing electronic music project that was featured in New North 7: Another Solstice. Follow the YouTube link below to discover a multilayered fever dream of 808 bass, beats and drones set to a video collage of retro VHS Japanese street drifting, cursed hypnagogic imagery, vintage occultism, and cartoon witches. Watch it here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl52JmFneeI
Jack also discussed his forthcoming release on Nice Music, called Intel 95, and the whimsical ring tones project he has with his partner Annelise Roberts. Get your Diamond Rings here:
diamondringsboutique.bandcamp.com/album/diamond-rings-vol-1
New North’s activities are made possible by the generous support of Creative Australia and Arts Merri-Bek
Saturday Aug 12, 2023
Saturday Aug 12, 2023
This is Ep.15 of 'The New North Podcast', which does a deep dive into the unique ideas and approaches that make Melbourne's exploratory music scene so rich and varied.
Aditya talks about fixed/fleeting, which he created with support from the 2022 New North Emerging Artist Commission. The work combines hydrophone recordings from various bodies of water with restrained acoustic sounds performed by Aditya on percussion and Justinn Lu on Saxophone.
Discover ideas that informed Aditya's composition and how his work engages with legacies of colonialism that manifest in the relationship between people and ecologies.
Watch the premier performance here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3JebmnBXsI&ab_channel=NewNorth
More information about the New North Emerging Artist Commission:
https://www.newnorthmusic.online/emerging-artist-commission
New North’s activities are made possible by the generous support of Creative Australia and Arts Merri-Bek
Thursday Jun 22, 2023
Thursday Jun 22, 2023
This is Ep.14 of 'The New North Podcast' that investigates the unique sounds and perspectives of exploratory musicians.
In this episode, pianist, composer and electronic musician Anthony Pateras talks with Francis Plagne about his current musical interests, formative influences and the collection of works presented at NN8: ‘Dread of Voids’ in February, 2023. This pre-concert talk was recorded by Byron Scullin on Feb 17, 2023.
Intro music excerpted from ‘Thinning,’ performed by Sam Dunscombe
Outro music excerpted from ‘A Happy Sacrifice,’ performed by Jonathan Heilbron
Both works are released on ‘ Collected Works Vol. II 2005-2018, Anthony Pateras (Immediata, 2019)’
Find out more at https://www.anthonypateras.com
New North’s activities are made possible by the generous support of Creative Australia and Arts Merri-Bek
Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
This is Ep.13 of 'The New North Podcast' that investigates the unique sounds and perspectives of exploratory musicians.
In this episode, trumpet player, composer, improviser and producer Reuben Lewis talks about the path that lead him to the electroacoustic work that he is making. He also shares insights about building a varied and sustainable career in the arts, making opportunities and taking care of business. Reuben performed excerpts from his debut solo release 'The House is Empty' at Veils on June 8th. Check out his performance here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MDZbShHZAE&t=139s&ab_channel=NewNorth
New North’s activities are made possible by the generous support of Creative Australia and Arts Merri-Bek
Tuesday Sep 06, 2022
Tuesday Sep 06, 2022
This is Ep.12 of 'The New North Podcast' that investigates the unique sounds and perspectives of exploratory musicians.
In this episode, drummer James McLean talks about solo drums, practicing for emergence, and the influence of street photography in his thinking about long-term artistic development. James's performance at 'Afterglow' was titled 'Photo Book'. Discover video and recording of this performance and many more:
https://linktr.ee/new_north_music
Find out more at newnorthmusic.online
http://jamesmclean.info/
Friday Jul 29, 2022
Friday Jul 29, 2022
This is Ep.11 of 'The New North Podcast' that investigates the unique sounds and perspectives of exploratory musicians.
In this episode, Flora Carbo and Eitan Ritz discuss feedback loops and bodily movement as inspirations for their work 'Besides, Just Besides' which premiered at 'Foreign, Intimate' on April 27, 2022. The work responds to a poem by Caitlin Aloisio Shearer. Watch their performance at the New North YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpsRNhbePL4&t=1295s&ab_channel=NewNorth
New North’s activities are made possible by the generous support of Creative Australia and Arts Merri-Bek
Thursday Jun 16, 2022
Thursday Jun 16, 2022
This is Ep.10 of 'The New North Podcast' that investigates the unique sounds and perspectives of exploratory musicians.
In this episode, interdisciplinary ensemble Mahagonny discuss their telematic performance at New North 4: Foreign, Intimate, which connected performers in Narrm/Melbourne, Boorloo/Perth and Berlin using live networking technology. Joe talks with Josten Myburgh (Perth), Lena Czerniawska (Berlin) and composer-performer Emilio Gordoa (Berlin) about the sounds and images in their performance, which also featured Michael McNab. Michael was not available for this discussion but was interviewed in Ep.5 of the podcast.
Video of performance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxV_UsNEWso&t=2265s&ab_channel=NewNorth
New North’s activities are made possible by the generous support of Creative Australia and Arts Merri-Bek