The Auricle Sonic Arts Gallery
Wednesday, March 11th, 2014
From 7:00pm
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Join us for Improv Club at the Auricle every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month.

Open to all comers; from musical neophytes to experienced improvising musicians and experimental noise makers; from graphic scores to game play and an-archy; from free Jazz to electronically structured and open improv; from Occidental tempered scale to full bandwidth white noise; from Braxton to Cardew to Bailey and beyond.

All are welcome!

The Auricle Sonic Arts Gallery
Showing: 5-29 March, 2015
Opening: 5 March, 6-8pm
Interactive Sound and Video Work
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Explore the diversity of this most expressive of grapes in a tutored tasting hosted by leading NZ wine writer and Riesling-lover, Jo Burzynska. In this multi-sensory celebration of the grape, you’ll not only get to try fine examples from around the globe, but have their differences brought out and character enhanced by some well chosen music.

This draws on Jo’s knowledge and current scientific research into the fascinating synergies between taste and sound.

Following the tasting, The Auricle will be offering an expanded range of Rieslings to enjoy that evening and over the whole weekend, accompanied by Riesling-friendly music (and platters). More information about the weekend’s activities posted here soon.

The cost of the tasting is $35. Booking essential through Jo at jo@joburzynska.com

To find out more about Jo’s work in sound and wine, have a look here: http://joburzynska.com/wine-and-music/

The Auricle Sonic Arts Gallery
Saturday March 14th, 2015
From 8:00pm
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Party of Special Things to Do is back, and will feature on the second Saturday of each month for 2015!

An assortment of sound-makers offer an eclectic multitude of improvised delights. Performances are between 10 and 30 minutes each.

Performance starts at 7:40 sharp!

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Featuring:

Symon palmer (7:40pm sharp)
Stanier Black Five
Richard Keys with Mike Rophone
Paul Timings, Reuben Derrick, Michael Kime
Toshi Endo
Nicholas Woollaston, IRD, Tom Phillpotts

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https://auricle.nz/party-of-special-things-to-do-2/

The Auricle Sonic Arts Gallery
Friday March 6th, 2015
7PM-12PM
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4 turntables, 10+ turntablists, all diffused into 8 channel surround sound – BRING YER CRATE!

The Auricle Sonic Arts Gallery
Saturday March 7th, 2015
8:00pm
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A night of electronic detritus – circuit bent and home made electronics, modular synths, and assorted analog and digital aural decay.

Featuring:

Blank Tapes – is  Richard Benjamin Solomon Keys & Brett Ryan serving up circuit bent modular madness, and DAW detournment.

Adam Willets & Alex Donnithorne – with their modular, technoid mutations.

Nicolas Woollaston – DIY synth noise meltdown.

From 8pm onwards.

The Auricle Sonic Arts Gallery
Saturday February 28, 2015
8:00pm
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Due to unforeseen circumstances Peter Wright is out of action so Helen Greenfield will perform solo as Mela…

Mela will perform beatific cathedral drones on dusty old keys, and broken effects units.

Drone Improv Ensemble brings together various ne’er do wells from the local Cantabrian sonic arts community and electroacoustically binds them together in an open ended minimalist exploration of sonic drone possibilities.

The Auricle Sonic Arts Gallery
Saturday February 21, 2015
Seminar from 3pm
Performance from 8:00pm
Free event
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Born 1983 in the Austrian countryside, currently living and working in Vienna as a freelance composer/sound-artist/musician. Daniel works in the fields of electroacoustic composition/improvisation, sound art, phonography, live-electronics, installations. And composes music for dance & films.

ARTIST SEMINAR – 3PM:

Daniel will be hosting an artist seminar at 2PM at the Auricle where he will discuss the possibilities of electroacoustic music practice and will play some reference pieces.

PERFORMANCE EVENING – 8PM:

Daniel will be performing a multichannel performance using laptop and software he programmed with Max/Msp.

Support from Grvdggr from Dunedin…

Grvdggr aka Brendan Jon Philip explores a laptop based improvisation using virtual instruments and live effects processing. In contrast to the highly physical guitar performances he is noted for, this new suite of work moves from this predominantly immaterial point of origin and navigates a terrain of semblances and associations into an open ended structure of sonic and narrative space with looping drones and disciplined minimalism.

He was a founded member of experimental sound and arts venue None Gallery in Dunedin. He returned to None in 2012 and continues to assist in developing projects and events through the space.  Brendan additionally plays bass guitar with Dunedin psychedelic stalwarts, Wolfskull.

The Auricle Sonic Arts Gallery
Saturday February 14, 2015
8:00pm
Free event
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Celebrate Saint Valentine’s at the Auricle with Broken City Samples… French_concession’s latest EP – ‘Euphoros’ is an account of a personal euphoric experience from a remote utopia as represented through rich vocals and beat/tunes.

Playing a blend of ambient and melodic electronica, Othersun is playing his second New Zealand show at The Auricle to showcase new material from a forthcoming release due out later this year.

Expect modern, melodic and electric sounds on the night!

The Auricle Sonic Arts Gallery
Thursday, February 12, 2015
From 7pm
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Thirteen … lucky for some! Join us for Record Club at The Auricle held every second Thursday of the month. BYO vinyl only!