The Auricle Sonic Arts Gallery
Exhibition opening 3 July, 6-8pm
Free entry and wines from Pegasus Bay
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Our globally networked communities comprise a world of constant change and a multiplicity of voices brought together by a planetary technological ordering that transgresses national borders, ethnicities, language and cultural difference. In the first of the Auricle Listening Lounge series we bring you an aural showcase of sonic artists from around this networked world.

Featured Artists:
Peter Barnard (London, UK) – Transnational Rhythms
Jeremy Blank (Perth, Aus) – Message to the Oracle
Gust Burns (Seattle, US) – Review Studies (II)
Alan Dunn (Leeds, UK) – Artists’ uses of the word revolution
Blair Parkes (Christchurch, NZ) – Condensations
Nichola Scrutton (Glasgow, Scotland) – HearAfter

The Auricle Sonic Arts Gallery
Fri June 27, 2014
Doors open 8pm
Koha to the artists
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Join us for a night of Coal. Cantabrian remnants of pre-lap top. Coal. Seldom scene. Irregular live only band. Rhythm. Feedback. Noise. Electronic trickery. No profile.

Supported by the Son of No No No. Plays with multiple monotrons and effects.

Photography © 2014 Marine Aubert

The Auricle Sonic Arts Gallery
Sat June 21, 2014
3 – 4:30pm
Free entry (any and all koha to the artists)
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Pat Kraus is down from Auckland this weekend and would like to share his sonic arts experiences in using DIY synthesisers in experimental music. All are welcome!

A former member of The Futurians and The Aesthetics, Kraus has been described as “a national treasure” and “one of the most quietly important and interesting people making music in New Zealand” (New Zealand Listener). Over 10 years and more than a dozen releases his work has encompassed pounding Neanderthal rock, exotic modal guitar ballads, and laser-beam-in-the-face electronics. In this workshop he will demonstrate the use of his handmade synths, fuzz guitar, tape-loops and bamboo flute.

“Corrosive and masterful” – The Wire
“Fantastically demented” – Aquarius Records

http://kraus.co.nz
http://monikerrecordsss.bandcamp.com/album/kraus-supreme-commander

The Auricle Sonic Arts Gallery
Sat June 21, 2014
Doors open 8pm
$5 entry (to the artists)
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A former member of The Futurians and The Aesthetics, Kraus has been described as “a national treasure” and “one of the most quietly important and interesting people making music in New Zealand” (New Zealand Listener). Over 10 years and more than a dozen releases his work has encompassed pounding Neanderthal rock, exotic modal guitar ballads, and laser-beam-in-the-face electronics. In this, his first Christchurch performance, he presents a rich soup of handmade synths, fuzz guitar, tape-loops and bamboo flute, in collaboration with local saxophonist Reuben Derrick.

“Corrosive and masterful” – The Wire
“Fantastically demented” – Aquarius Records

http://kraus.co.nz
http://monikerrecordsss.bandcamp.com/album/kraus-supreme-commander

Photography © 2014 Marine Aubert

The Auricle Sonic Arts Gallery
Sat June 14, 2014
Doors open 8pm
$5 entry (to the artists)
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Join Dunedin noisists Nick Graham and Birdation for a winters night of sonic texturing, supported by local experimental guitarist Paul Timings.

Nick Graham manipulates the electrical starvation of a dying mixing console, deploying multiple strands of processed feedback to create dense rhythmic drones punctuated by abrasive digital percussion. Currently based in Port Chalmers, Nick has collaborated extensively with performance artists Samin Son and Hana Aoake, as well as forming one half of long standing Dunedin noise-rock outfit Old Psychiatrists Club.

Birdation began a bedroom recording project while her bandmates from Bad Sav were overseas in 2011. Currently it serves as a vehicle for repetitive tropicana with heavy bass and layered vocals. Influenced by soundtracks from video games such as Mass Effect and theme tunes to tv shows like Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.

Paul Timings uses experimental electronic guitar techniques to generate minimalist soundscapes in invoking a sense of recollection and dream.

Photography © 2014 Martine Aubert

The Auricle Sonic Arts Gallery
Thursday, June 12, 2014
From 7pm
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Join us for the fifth Record Club at The Auricle held every second Thursday of the month. BYO vinyl only!

The Auricle Sonic Arts Gallery
Workshop 1: 7 – 9pm, Thursday 19th June
Workshop 2: 7 – 9pm, Thursday 26th June
Cost: $10 (per class)
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RadioNZ Music 101 Interview

From inspiration to execution, this workshop is designed to help women discover their own sound, guiding them through the technological process to develop their ideas into a unique body of work. This workshop is designed for those interested in learning:

Basic Recording Techniques
Equipment / Software
Writing / Ideas
Effects / Mixing

This workshop will cultivate a supportive, fun, accessible environment for women in which to start writing and recording their own electronic music. No prior experience is necessary.

Sarah Kelleher aka Misfit Mod, released her debut album Islands + Islands in 2013. Her work has been featured by Interview Magazine, Clash, Under the Radar, the BBC and MTV’s Iggy voted her as one of the ‘7 New Zealand Bands that Deserve a Big Breakthrough’. Also an audio engineer and lecturer, Sarah has worked as a Lecturer at the School of Audio Engineering in London and Oxford, U.K.

Course Info:
The workshops will take place over two evenings. You are welcome to take take both or just one.

Workshop 1: 7 – 9pm, Thursday 19th June
Workshop 2: 7 – 9pm, Thursday 26th June

Cost: $10 (per class)
Includes a complimentary glass of wine
Classes are limited.

To book email: {This email is obscured. Your must have javascript enabled to see it}
Call: +64 3 260 0501 or +64 225 946 512

This project embraces one of The Auricle’s core objectives to encourage more women to actively participate in sound/music. Please pass these details on to any women you know who might be interested.

Run with funding from Christchurch Community Arts Council Trust.

The Auricle Sonic Arts Gallery
Saturday, June 7, 2014
Doors open from 8pm
$5 entry to the artists
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Join the sonic artists Months, IRD and No No No in this CSSA launch event for the new Ben Spiers/Months Split tape and Auricle Recordings’ new CD release, Illuminate featuring Memory Burn, Teen Haters and Zeug Gezeugt. Tapes and CD’s available at the gig and online.

Photography © 2014 Marine Aubert