Last Friday night I performed a set of exploratory music at Elevator ARI in Lismore as support for my friend/collaborator Joe Musgrove / Botborg.
This was the first live outing with some new gear; the AE Modular setup I’ve been working on for the last fortnight (see the preceding Thought-Forms) and the Waldorf Iridium I am renting to see if it is indeed the knees of bees. The recording above is about 2/3rds with the remaining third not being up to scratch in my estimation. It is always difficult breaking in a new setup and a modular with these capabilities is a learned experience over time. The modular provides the analog noises and filtered feedback with the Iridium providing generative granular sample mangling. There are also field recordings of a loud freezer drone from my local supermarket and rain on tin.
Being ANZAC day many locals presumably attended the dawn service, adjourned to the pub and retired home early. The streets were rainy and mostly deserted providing an eerie vibe and the gig was intimately attended with a warm inclusive atmosphere facilitated by our fantastic hosts Betty Russ and Michael Donnelly.
It has to be said that the events of 2022 were foremost in my mind, when a wall of muddy water flooded up to the ceiling of the second floor. The work they have done to recover is inspiring. Absolutely recommended for exploratory musicians and curious artists.
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