HEAR THE MACHINE #6 - B. C. Slumber/ Daniel O'Toole/ HAND CLAP
Schedule
Mon, 27 Jan, 2025 at 07:00 pm
UTC+11:00Location
318 St Georges Rd, Fitzroy North VIC 3068, Australia | Melbourne, VI
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Join us for the sixth edition of HEAR THE MACHINE, a monthly series showcasing experimental synthesiser music, including drone, ambient, noise, and other electronic music practices being explored by artists in Naarm.HEAR THE MACHINE happens on the last Monday of the month, at The Wildflower Picture House & Bar (fka LongPlay) in North Fitzroy.
HEAR THE MACHINE #6
January 27th 2025
7pm doors
$15/10 (no presales)
The artists:
B. C. Slumber is an improvisation and electronic artist from Australia who explores themes of queerness and identity; embracing the 'spontaneous now' in their performances. His instrument is a purpose-built modular system that has the capability to bend textures through shades of jazz, ambient and IDM.
https://slumberbc.bandcamp.com/
Daniel O’Toole, an alumnus of SAE/ School of Audio Engineering, embarked on his musical journey in the early 2000s, utilising an Akai S2000 sampler and his parents record collection. With a solid foundation in violin, he evolved into a multi-instrumentalist, incorporating an ever growing collection of vintage synths, flute, percussion, keys, mandolin, and guitar into his repertoire. In 2022, O’Toole designed the 'Electric Moon,' a unique solid body electric instrument inspired by the ancient Chinese lute, Zhong Ruan', crafted by luthier Aaron O’Neil from the Blue Mountains/Sydney, Australia.
By 2024, he has released 6 albums under the pseudonym 'Captain Earwax' and 3 albums under his given name, delving into experimental ambient compositions. O’Toole's music is distinguished by its analog warmth, a fuzzy ambiance, and intricate layering of instruments, creating immersive atmospheres that oscillate between the familiar and otherworldly.
Active in Melbourne's music scene, O’Toole co-hosts the monthly ambient music night 'Signals' at Kent St Bar and founded the long-running 'Free the Beats' compilation series. His monthly event provides a platform for showcasing diverse talents within the experimental music genre.
Having honed his skills during an era when projects were saved on floppy discs, O’Toole boasts a robust education in sound design and mixing, combining acoustic and electric signals in his compositions. Notably, he contributed a bespoke soundscape for the collaboration with Nixi Killick's 'JOY' exhibit at the Immigration Museum in Melbourne. In 2023, he released 'Luminous Unknown' in collaboration with a live string quartet, on his independent imprint 'Cascade Rumble,' showcasing his commitment to pushing the boundaries of sonic exploration and collaboration within the music and arts community.
https://cascaderumblerecords.bandcamp.com/
HAND CLAP, aka Maya is an Architect and visual/sound Artist. Using synthesizers, spoken word, and field recordings, her compositions explore themes of connection, memory, nostalgia and grief.
Her recent solo show at Lupine Studio, 'An Echo of Presence and Connection' explored the auditory embodiment of memory, and comprised five chapters that mirrored the stages of memory: encoding, storage, recall, retrieval and forgetting.
Maya has been commissioned to create soundscapes for Testing Grounds, 2 Degrees Festival, Platform Exhibitions and Honey Bones Gallery and her soundscapes have been played on FBI radio and 3MDR radio.
https://soundcloud.com/hand-clap-15689389
We acknowledge the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, the continuing custodians of the land where this event takes place.
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Where is it happening?
318 St Georges Rd, Fitzroy North VIC 3068, Australia, 318 St Georges Rd, Fitzroy North VIC 3068, Australia,Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
