Please enjoy the following sound sample, recorded during rehearsals. This piece uses slowly shifting tone sets that move through different tonalities, the sound processing eventually sampling, processing and overtaking the acoustic instruments. Remember, the repeat of the epic live performance is on Monday the 24/01/2011 at The Bakery, with The Thing! (Sweden/Norway).

luminaire, from lucidity by Kynan Tan

luminaire from lucidity

6 acoustic instruments
sound synthesis
live sound processing
video projections

Space Influenced Sound Performance by Joel Ong and Kynan Tan

Room 15 / 1 Finnerty Street Fremantle, Western Australia
8:00pm – 10:00pm

The Fremantle Arts Centre has had a diverse history since its original purpose in 1861 as a lunatic asylum for the mentally unsound during early colonial days. Through its use through the 1900s as an old woman’s home, a convict gaol, a naval supply depot and technical school, narratives written into stone literally and metaphorically resonate with the emotions of time past.

These stories are retold through abstract soundscapes… and field recordings in the effort to reconnect the listener with the geographical and historical architecture of the Arts Centre.

“This marvellous building should have a programme of activities where art was in action, not simply on the walls”

Joel Ong is a musician and artist whose installations and performances engage with the visitor through unconventional means. His current engagement with biology explores the different contexts of listening that arise from bio-mechanical and psychological processes. His interests span nanotechnology, architectural acoustics and bioacoustics.

For more information see the facebook event

lucidity by Kynan Tan + The Thing! (Sweden/Norway)
Club Zho 95
The Bakery
8pm Monday Jan 24th 2010
$20/$15 nowbaking.com.au

Proudly presented by Tura New Music

The repeat performance of my major work from last year, lucidity. This work took around eight months to write and research, drawing upon spectral, glitch, minimalist and electroacoustic influences. Performed at the best venue in Perth, The Bakery, with an amazing and furious jazz trio, The Thing! (Sweden/Norway).

More info can be found in my somewhat older post.

The Thing!

Mats Gustafsson – alto, tenor, baritone and slide saxophone. Live electronics
Ingebrigt Håker Flaten – bass and live electronics
Paal Nilssen-Love – drums

Sound bites, video and pics at http://www.thethingjazz.com/

From what I can tell, these guys play music that is really explosive, impulsive, loud and clever. Mats Gustafsson is such a highly rated performer, any of the videos or audio examples on the website will attest to his ability. Really excited to see these guys play live.