Emma Davis’ new single ‘Machines’ – very cute – you’ll like it! #music #geekgirl

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In the lead up to her debut record, Emma Davis releases ‘Machines’; a stunning track that combines Emma’s rich melodies and natural story‐telling with the humble sound of a Casiotone.

For the last year the London‐born Sydney songwriter has worked with acclaimed troubadour Brian Campeau (Angus and Julia Stone, Melanie Horsnell, Elana Stone, Cuthbert and the Nightwalkers) to piece together a record of her stories and give her sweet melodies and subtle turn of phrase the delicate treatment that they deserve. Over the year, musical friends have piled into Brian’s home-made studio in Newtown to lend their own voices to the stories that were once so personal. It is a record made up of the quiet moments shared between people; stories of awkward conversations, mistaken loves and unfathomable friendships, told with such honesty that you can’t help but see yourself in them.

Machines is a beautiful track which showcases Emma’s gorgeous folky voice, her subtle turn of phrase, and her sweet melodies – alongside the humble sound of the casiotone.

http://www.myspace.com/emmadavismusic

Fund raiser for PBS 106.7 FM – Pash album launch – female hip hop – girl brigade #Melbourne #geekgirl

Pash is the presenter of Very Necessary on PBS FM 106.7, a show about girls getting their groove on, in the musical sense. On 14th October, 2010 at The Order of Melbourne, Pash will be presenting a night of Melbourne’s best in female hip hop and electronic music.

Catch Multicultural women’s DJ collective Lady Fingers serving up a cross-cultural blend of beats, including bhangra, hip-hop, reggae, electronic, soul, funk, and more, plus local electro dance duo Girl Brigade, hip hop nusoul glitch beat team Syreneyiscreamy & Able, Hailey Cramer and global party stylings from Ms Butt.

There’ll also be provocative projections courtesy of VJ Inxile, and Pash will add further spice as she launches her highly anticipated debut album.

If you are passionate about women in music and love the sounds of community radio then you will find it very necessary to attend this special event. Funds raised will go to PBS, Melbourne’s number one supporter of underrepresented and diverse music.

7pm sharp. $7 entry.
The Order of Melbourne
2/ 401 swanston street
Melbourne, Australia

French live cinema collective SUPERFLUX team up with #Melbourne AV collective STREAM #fringe #geekgirl

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16MM PROJECTIONS. HOME-MADE INSTRUMENTS. LIVE VIDEO. NOISE TOYS

French live cinema collective SUPERFLUX team up with Melbourne AV collective STREAM for a night of performances.

Artists:
RICHARD BOKHOBZA (Fr)
ETIENNE CAIRE (Fr)
MARCO CHER-GIBARD (Aus)
ROSALIND HALL (Aus)
MARCIA JANE (Aus)
LIONEL PALUN (Fr)
GAËLLE ROUARD (Fr)

SAT 25 SEPT
8.00pm (2hrs)
FREE

Mechanics Institute Performing Arts Centre cnr Sydney & Glenlyon Rds, Brunswick, Melbourne

Presented by RMIT Union [Arts]

Melbourne Fringe Festival 2010

http://lionelpalun.com/superflux/indexE.html
http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=126878077361438
http://www.melbournefringe.com.au/fringe-festival/show/superstream
http://streamcollective.wordpress.com/

EVO* 2011 Call for Papers : evolutionary computing #geekgirl

EVO*  2011 Call for Papers
Deadline 22 November 2010 :: Conference 27 – 29 April 2011 :: Italy

Evo* comprises of the premier co-located conferences in the field of Evolutionary Computing and will feature the latest in theoretical and applied research, including the stream evomusart: 9th European event on evolutionary and biologically inspired music, sound, art and design. The proceedings will be published by Springer Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series.

http://www.evostar.org

Fundbreak – nice idea #helpsarah #geekgirl #onemovement2010

Help get Tasmania’s Sarah Heald to One Movement 2010 #music #stargurl #geekgirl #donate

One Movement 2010 is the Asia-Pacific trade expo for Australian recording artists launching into international markets, and Sarah Heald has been fortunate enough as part a graduate of the JB Seed Management Workshop program, to be selected to represent Tasmanian artists for the first time at the conference.

This is an enormous opportunity for Tasmanian musicians who Sarah has already collaborated with in both formal and informal mentorship, management, promotional and advisory roles (such as Charles Du Cane, All Fires The Fire, Rough Skies Records, The Native Cats, The Paradise Motel and White Woods) under the banner of non-profit consultancy “Behind Every Great Management”.

Prior to her Tasmanian seachangeSarah was employed as an in-house PR at Mushroom Distribution Services, Wall of Sound Recordings (UK), and at Best Est PR (Pulp, Blur, Glastonbury webcast). After relocating to beautiful Tasmania in 2005,  she has actively been involved in events such as MONAFOMA, A Day on The Green, Hobart Fringe Festival, and Falls Festival in event coordination roles, as well as volunteering on the board of Hobart Fringe and the young friends of the Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery (TMAGgots). Many locals will also recognise her from her work at live music venues, in particular North Hobart’s “The Alley Cat Bar”.

The good folk at JB Seed have provided her with a full conference pass and assistance to the value of nearly $1000, however she needs to arrange her own flights, freight, accommodation and per diems during the event and will also be taking unpaid leave to do so. Subsequentlyshe is relying on the broader community, and some of her volunteer hours ‘kharma’ to help have Tasmanian artists have a real presence for trade and export at One Movement.

Please donate.

Maya Deren’s films screened with experimental live soundtracks #Melbourne #geekgirl

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Five of Melbourne’s best experimental acts have organised the opportunity to see them play new soundtracks live to the films of Maya Deren.

Maya Deren was the first lady of avant-garde film making in the 1940′s and 1950′s, not only a filmmaker in her own right but also collaborating with the likes of Marcel Duchamp and Antony Tudor. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Deren Her films are a wonderfully textured and moodily lit black and white and deal with themes such as ritual, movement, violence and beauty.

On 4th September  Occult Blood, Rottuer, Siilt, Electronic Shaman and Abre Ojos will play their own unique soundtracks to her films,
including improvisations between Occult Blood and Rotteur, – Sillt, Electronic Shaman and Abre Ojos.

The films screened are:

Occult Blood: At Land
Rotteur: Ritual in Transfigured Time
Electronic Shaman: Meshes of The Afternoon
Siilt: Meditation on Violence
Abre Ojos: The Very Eye of Night

With collaboration performances to:
Witches Cradle and an edited version of Divine Horsemen- The Living
Gods of Haiti

Occult Blood: noise wall degrading tape loops vocals to resurrect Maya herself http://www.myspace.com/occultblood
Rottuer: Rotteur makes cold, desolate soundscapes, haunted by droning machinery and sparse abstracted electronics. http://www.myspace.com/rotteur
Electronic Shaman: follower of the left hand path delivers resonance from the forgotten tombs of the old ones and stygian vistas of distant worlds http://electronicshaman.com
Siilt: siilt is dusty voltage-controlled atmospheres and loops by s.klein, also of Terminal Sound System (Extreme Music, AU) and HALO
(Relapse Records, USA). www.antisound.net
Abre Ojos: is improvised sound and vision for dystopian meditation http://abreojos.net

Saturday 4th September
Doors open 2.00pm at Loop Bar 23 Meyers Place Melbourne, Tix $10 full/ $5 Conc.
http://www.looponline.com.au

Free digital media workshop with UK artist – Robin McNicholas, 30th June & 1st July, #Melbourne

Join UK digital media artist Robin McNicholas in a workshop on making moving images through craft techniques and digital media. The workshop will explore alternative ways of making images using unusual and everyday materials. Young artists, designers, musicians or performers interested in digital media, animation or music video production are invited to participate. The workshop is free, eligible participants must have a Healthcare card, not be in full-time study and be aged between 16–28.

Two day workshop 12–3pm on Wednesday 30th June and Thursday 1 July.

Robin McNicholas is a UK based artist and member of Flat-e, www.flat-e.com. Supported by the British Council in partnership with
Jesuit Social Services, Artful Dodgers Studios.

Numbers are limited, please contact Artful Dodgers studios to book in, or for more information.
T: 03 9415 8700
E: forest.keegel@jss.org.au
W: www.Artfuldodgers.tv
Artful Dodgers studios, 1 Langridge Street,
Collingwood, Melbourne 3066.

The #Melbourne Music Club monthly meetups – starts May 5th

The Melbourne Music Club is a monthly meeting for discerning music fans to discuss music they are passionate about and play a song or two. Held on the 1st Weds of each month between 6-9PM at Off The Hip Records, 381 Flinders Lane (Basement), Melbourne

Bring a couple of your all-time favourite songs to talk about preferably on vinyl or CD.
Inaugural meeting on Weds 5th May at 6PM

Join Melbourne Music Club at Facebook to stay in the loop
http://bit.ly/dbJ4x3
Email: MelbourneMusicClub@gmail.com
Twitter: MelbMusicClub

Terrordactyl Last Show! The Committal EP Launch! & Johnny Uppercut #Melbourne May 1st

Start Time: Saturday, May 1, 2010 at 8:00pm
Location: CHERRY BAR, AC/DC LANE, MELBOURNE

Description.TERRORDACTYL’s LAST SHOW?!
2 and a half years after the birth of the screaming devil fucking incarnation of so called music. it seems circumstances are against us continuing our campaign against the ear drums of the world.

goon explosions, sleeping in interstate gutters, glitter clouds, spandex, roadtrips, missing band members, freak outs and violence..its been fun

On May 1st we’ll bring our acid punk/prog/rock ( I still dont know how to sub genre it) to Cherry Bar for one last slam dancing salute to sonic oblivion

with special guests joining the party

!!!THE COMMITTAL’S EP LAUNCH!!!
After a handful of packed out shows at the end of 2009 and the addition of a new guitarist, Tim !POW! the Committal are all geared up to launch their EP.

Post Hardcore..Post Punk…Indie Metal. Whatever you call it, it’s going to hit you hard and make you throw your self in the air like you just don’t care.

All your friends will be talking about it May 2nd, so don’t miss out May 1st!

& JOHNNY UPPERCUT!

CHERRY BAR
AC/DC LANE, MELBOURNE
Doors Open @ 8pm
Entry is $12