OLD TECH NEW DECKS
Old Sounds Woven into New Music
We
love to hear familiar songs and tunes, but what if the music was new
and the sounds were familiar? Sound artists Matt Rankin and Vanessa
Nimmo will amuse and entertain with 45 minutes of quirky music built
with the sounds of old technology and manipulated with the newest of
technologies. A blast from your aural past, it combines the sounds of
typewriters, cassette tapes, dial-up Internet and more to create moving
and playfully nostalgic music.
Old Tech New Decks: Old Sounds Woven into New Music, featuring composers Matt Rankin
and
Vanessa Nimmo, plays as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival in Fringe
Hub popup venue The Grand Caravan. In our intimate OLD TECH venue of a
refitted caravan you can get up close and personal with our tech,
discover the sounds of your past and get hands-on with the show. Want to
get involved already? Head to our website and tell us your most
nostalgic old tech sound, either the ones you miss or the ones you love
to hate (I’m looking at you, dial-up internet).
Vanessa
Nimmo's musical career showcases her wide range of talents; from
performing on stage, right down to composing new music (and hunting for
dusty books on musical analysis), Vanessa does it all. She has a passion
for sharing music with the young and old, and is an experienced
director and teacher. She wants to take new music out of the suits and
concert halls and into chilled out venues where it can have a beer and a
bit of a chat. Or is it the audience that gets to do that?
Matt
Rankin is an accomplished composer-programmer who creates music for
electronic and live orchestras and ensembles, and game soundtracks. This
show builds on his youthful pastimes of playing video games and
transcribing the music into MIDI files. He is a wizard with all things
musically technological.
OLD TECH NEW DECKS
VENUE: Fringe Hub – The Grand Caravan
Cnr Victoria St and Hawke St, Nth Melbourne, 3051
DATES: Sept 18-20, 22-27, 29-30, Oct 1-3
TIMES: 6.30 pm, Sun 5.30 pm (45 min)(forwarded from Tim Jones)
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