Sunshine & Grease New Shop Launch party, 26-7 July

Menstruation Sisters play Maximum Arousal this Sunday!

SUNDAY JULY 27, 2008. 8.00pm
Maximum Arousal presents:
MENSTRUATION SISTERS - LP LAUNCH with CIRCLE PIT (SYD) & BEACHES
The Toff, 252 Swanston St Melbourne

“Unlike anything book or animal, the M.Sisters destroy wholly" - Thurston Moore, Sonic Youth.

Menstruation Sisters are more of a natural phenomenon than a musical group. Owing more to the sound of ice melting and eggs hatching than strummed guitars and pounded drums, the Sisters keep one ear on the ground and the other towards the atmosphere. Rather than working within the lines of modern rhythm and structure, they revert towards a primal direction, cutting off the fat and oozing forth only the most natural and unfettered sounds. Naturally, such a technique can be unsettling, as it's not something most humans are interested to hear, or have heard since upright-walking became a viable mode of transportation. This is music for those who kill their own food.

Tonight the Sisters make a rare Melbourne appearance to launch their new masterwork "Samantha.." on Thurston Moore's US label Ecstatic Peace! Additional sonics from Sydney noiseniks CIRCLE PIT & Melbourne lovelies BEACHES.
DON'T MISS THIS THE BOAT ON THIS ONE!!!

Upcoming Arousals:
Sun Aug 3 - Johnny Saw Horses CD launch + Super Stupid + Kes + Biddy Connor + Cougar Flashy
Sun Aug 24 - Noriko Tujiko (Japan) + more
Sun Aug 31 - Haco (Japan) + Tom Hall (Brisbane)

Sabbatical Presents 25.07.08

8PM Friday 25 July at Forepaw (275 High Street Northcote 3070) Sabbatical Presents: Breathing Shrine (Rob Mayson + Bonnie Mercer of The Grey Daturas in duo mode), Family Jewels (Nic Warnock of Onani & Circle Pit solo), Blarke Bayer (Ben Andrews of Agents of Abhorrence & My Disco solo), Krystkrvstoffiston (Simon Taylor + Chris Hill Grey Klvt Metal/Depressive AFBM noise project) and Absoluten Calfeutrail (Mark Groves of True Radical Miracle & Collapsed Toilet Vietnam solo Noise/PE project). This show needs to be over by 11pm, and these playing times will be adhered to: 8:00 - 8:25pm Blarke Bayer / 8:40 - 8:55pm Absoluten Calfeutrail / 9:10 - 9:35pm Krystkrvstoffiston / 9:50 - 10:15pm Family Jewels / 10:30 - 10:55pm Breathing Shrine

Next Wednesday the 23rd of July @ Stutter...

• Ian Wadley
• Matthew Brown (Cicatrix)
• Oranj Punjabi
• Jungfrau

@ Horse Bazaar
397 Little Lonsdale Street,
Melbourne
8:30 PM
$5 on the door

Click here for Stutter MySpazz

Arabic Numeral (Any Integer) - Make It Up club - 22 July

forwarded from Barnaby Oliver:
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Multiple simultaneous realisations of La Monte Young's legendary 'Arabic Numeral (Any Integer)'. Featuring:

Ned Colette
Jess Pinney (Johnny Saw Horses)
The Crystal Set
Mark Cauvin
Andrew Macintosh (aka Screwtape)
Don Rogers (Faspeedelay, Volume=Colour et al)
Mike Dawe
Anthea Caddy
Troy Naumoff (Ants)
Tarquin Manek
Hugh McSpedden

Directed by Barnaby Oliver
Tuesday July 22nd, 9pm
Make It Up Club @ Bar Open

La Monte Young's 'Arabic Numeral (Any Integer)' (1960, aka 'X (to Henry Flynt)') might be described a cornerstone of experimental and minimalist music. The score consists of a single written instruction - to repeat a sound every 1 or 2 seconds as accurately as possible for a long time. Previously realised only as a solo performance, we are presenting the piece as a continuum of solo and ensemble interpretations, utilising double bass, found objects, clarinet, banjo, live video and other media, all performed by a diverse cross-section of Melbourne's experimental music community.

Liquid Architecture - special events 16-19 July

CHRONOX
An installation by Michael Prior & Lachlan Conn
Upstairs at the Arts House North Melbourne Town Hall, 521 Queensberry Street, North Melbourne.
Open Thursday 17 July ? Saturday 19 July, 2?8pm FREE

SOUNDWALK with Anthony Magen
Saturday 19 July 3pm ? 5pm, FREE
Observe the acoustic ecology of North Melbourne on a guided sound exploration
Commencing at Arts House, North Melbourne Town Hall, 3:00pm and ending at Melbourne Planetarium at 4:45pm
Please bring water, good walking shoes, and a Zone 1 train ticket
No talking during the event / Cancelled in the event of rain
Anthony Magen is the secretary of the Australian Forum for Acoustic Ecology

3RRR
102.7 FM
Dance Cadaverous
(Wednesday 10pm - 12am)
with Sophie Brous
This Wednesday 16th July Sophie chats with Lawrence English, media artist, composer and curator based in Brisbane, Australia. Touring Australia as part of Liquid Architecture 9, thanks to Sound Travellers, Lawrence also heads the multi-arts organisation and imprint ::ROOM40::

Liquid Architecture 16-19 July

Sound Curating Workshop Arts House North Melbourne Town Hall 521 Queensberry Street Wed 16th 10am - 4pm
ELKE MOLTRECHT

Satellite Event: Within Earshot presents 'Displacement' City Watch House, Old Melbourne Gaol, Russell St (between La Trobe and Victoria Sts)Wednesday July 16 from 7pm $5

Westspace Level 1, 15 - 19 Anthony Streetwed 16th -fri 18th 12-7pm - saturday 19th 11-4pm vacuum #1
EAMON SPROD CAMILLA HANNAN CÉDRIC PEYRONNET (Bellac) ANTHEA CADDY RYAN COCKBURN THEMBI SODDELL CARL PREISTLY MATT DAVIS

Arts House North Melbourne Town Hall Thursday July 17 7.30pm $15/$12
MARCUS SCHMICKLER (Köln) ALEX WHITE (Sydney) HI GOD PEOPLE NAT

Arts House North Melbourne Town Hall Friday July 18 7.30pm $15/$12
TOY.BIZARRE (Bellac) ANDREW PEKLER (Berlin) LAWRENCE ENGLISH (Brisbane) METALOG (Sydney/Melbourne)

Immersion curated by Philip Samartzis Melbourne Planetarium, Scienceworks, Spotswood Saturday July 19 5pm $15/$12
Surround Listening Presentation works by YANNICK DAUBY (Taipei) REINHOLD FRIEDL (Berlin) JEAN LUC GUIONNET (Paris) CORNEL WILCZEK THEMBI SODDELL + ANTHEA CADDY

Arts House North Melbourne Town HallSaturday July 19 9pm $15/$12 ROBERT NORMANDEAU (Montreal) JACQUES SODDELL (Bendigo) ROD PRICE

Full details at http://www.liquidarchitecture.org.au/la9program.html#mel