First Now Now Gig for 2009

The first NOW Now show this year will be on Monday the 6th of April at Serial Space and features three sets. More info below:

hello everybody!!!!!
after a bit of a post festival break, the first nownow series gig of
the year is coming
up in less than a couple of weeks!
be there!

thanks again for everyone who made it up to the festival in january,
and shared the experience !
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NOWnow series 2009 #1

MONDAY APRIL 6th – 7:30pm start

@ serial space – 33 wellington st chippendale
$10/$8.

3 sets:

* mike cooper (uk/rome) – solo guitar + electronics

* roil meaning – chris abrahams (piano), mike majkowski (bass), james
waples (drums).

* quartet: dave de vries (guitar), milica stefanovic (bass), alex
masso (drums), daniel
whiting (electronics).

music starts at 7:30pm!!!!!!!!!!!

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Thanks to Zina and Snow of the House of Laudanum for web hosting and
the email list
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Tuesday 31th March @ Sedition
275 Victoria St Darlinghurst

Mike Cooper

ICAN HZ CH33ZBGR

Lungalung

from 7pm by donation

This last in the current series of shows at Sedition features tropical tinged
experimental slide guitar via Rome by Mike Cooper, cosmic
multicoloured synth madness by
IAC HZ CHE33ZBGR and breathy gesticulations from Lungalung.

http://www.myspace.com/cooparia

ALSO:
stay tuned for splinter orchestra event coming up in the next month and abit.

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Thanks to ARTSNSW and the Music Fund of the Australia Council for
their ongoing support of the NOW now.

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The Now Now 2009 Festival

Details for The Now Now 2009 Festival have just been released. Spreading itself over three days in the Blue Mountains from the 16th to the 19th of January, this looks like it’s going to be a good one. Featuring, amongst others, Eugene Chadbourne. Make sure you check it out if you’re in the area. More info below:

Founding mothers, Clayton Thomas and Clare Cooper will be here, along with friends from Berlin – Magda Mayas (piano) and Steve Heather (percussion). Also american maverick songster and noise magician Eugene Chadbourne with some of the most exciting improvised music talent from Sydney, the Blue Mountains, Brisbane and Melbourne.

the NOW now 2009 is brought to you by Jim Denley, Peter Farrar, Monika Brooks, Mike Majkowski and Alex Masso. To contact us: series at thenownow.net

the NOW now would like to thank Arts NSW, The Australia Council and ABC Classic FM for their support.

Friday, 16 January, 2009

Afternoon concert @ Lhamda Books
5pm : THE PROPHETS : drums and saxophones and masks : Dale Gorfinkel / Peter Farrar / Rosalind Hall / Sam Dobson / Finn Ryan / and more
5:30pm : Inge Olmheim / Aemon Webb : Electronics

Evening concert @ Wentworth Falls School of Arts
7:00pm : PIN PIN PIN TRIO : Clare Cooper (guzheng) / Magda Mayas (piano) / Steve Heather (percussion)
7:30pm : THE SPIDERS : James Heighway (everything)
8:00pm : Adam Sussman / Martin Kirkwood : Acoustic Guitars
8:30pm : (outdoors) : T.A.D. and Yusuke : voices and guitars
9:00pm : Eugene Chadbourne : freely improvised country guitar and banjo http://www.eugenechadbourne.com
9:45pm : Pateras / Baxter / Brown + Louise Curham : prepared piano / prepared guitar / unprepared drums / performative film (respectively)

Late concert @ Akemi
from 11:00pm :
Clayton Thomas (double bass) / Dale Gorfinkel (vibraphone / inventions) / Finn Ryan (drums)

Cinemusic (1972) : a film by David Ahern, made with Phil Noyce : introduced by Geoffrey Barnard

Lloyd Honeybrook / Robin Fox : prepared saxophone and computer

Saturday, 17 January, 2009

Morning concert @ King’s Cave
6:00am : Steve Heather : percussion

Sound Walk : with Anthony Magen : from King’s Cave and midday

Afternoon Concert @ King’s Cave
2:00pm : Inge Olmheim (electronics) / Ian Pieterse (baritone saxophone) / Rosalind Hall (prepared alto saxophone)
2:30pm : Sam Dobson (double bass) / Jon Rose (violin)

Afternoon talk @ Wentworth Falls School of Arts
5:30pm : Birdsong : The Music of Nature and the Nature of Music : Hollis Taylor

Evening Concert @ Wentworth Falls School of Arts
7:00pm : Clayton Thomas / Clare Cooper / Robin Fox : strings and computer manipulation
7:30pm : Joe Derrick / Simon Ferenci : trumpets
8:00pm : Kusum Normoyle / Aaron Clarke / Rivka Schembri / Bonnie Hart : voices
8:30pm : HELMET HEAD : Rod Cooper and Anthony Magen : Audiovisual madness
9:00pm : Laura Altman / Magda Mayas / Monika Brooks : clarinet, piano and accordion
9:30pm : BOTBORG : audio visual feedback web

Late concert @ Akemi
from 11:00pm :
Pilgramage from Scattered Points : a film on the Scratch Orchestra by Luke Fowler

Doc Chad (Eugene Chadbourne) Left Wing Country Jam

Sunday, 18 January, 2009

Midday in Wilson Park : KITE MUSIC : Jon Rose and Robin Fox

Afternoon Concert @ Wentworth Falls School of Arts
2:00pm : THE SPLINTER ORCHESTRA : the NOW now’s very own house band
2:45pm : Anthony Pateras : solo piano
3:30pm : THE LOOP ORCHESTRA : Australia’s longest running experimental music project : John Blades / Richard Fielding / Manny Gasparinatos / Hamish Mackenzie / Juke Wyatt
4:00pm : Mike Majkowski : solo double bass

Evening concert @ Akemi
from 7:00pm :
- Dave Brown / Joe Musgrove / James Heighway : guitars and electronics
- THE UNAUSTRALIANS
- Hosebeast : Jon Hunter / Ivan Lysiak / Peter Newman : guitar and drums and computer
- Lucas Abela / Sean Baxter

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