21 September 2018 - 0 Comments

NOWHERE! Festival 2018
Thursday 18 Oct – Audio Foundation
Friday 19 Oct – Wine Cellar / Whammy Bar
Saturday 20 Oct – Silo Park
Sunday 21 Oct – Audio Foundation

tickets & festival passes available now

Aotearoa's premiere festival adventurous and avant-garde sonics is back, bringing more than 50 incredible acts of off-kilter experimentation to Auckland for four days and nights of boundary-pushing sonic bombardment.

Over Labour Weekend, artists from as far away as Belgium will converge across the city to engage in radical sound making, sonics on the edge of perception, extreme instrumental techniques, vocal catharsis and all round sensory stimulations!

ARTISTS :
Floris Vanhoof – Divide and Dissolve – Piece War – Bruce Russell – O/pus – Francisca Griffn and the Bus Shelter Boys – Gorge – Sewage – Fistkisser – Strange Stains – Barbara Paterson – Nereid Moon – Bib Kids – Rosy Parlane – K Group – Oksun Ox – Oona Verse – Ten Acre Bloc – Reuben Derrick – Motoko Kikkawa – Kraus – Mick Elborado – Gabriel Griffin – Peter Porteous – Ragged Veins – P.Wits – I.R.D – Droszkhi – Lost Leader – Essential 5th Elements Brass Band – Orchestra of Snares – Campbell James Kneale – Empirical – Richard Francis – Pumice – Chronic Fatigue Sindrome – Susanna Ferrar – Ro RG – Liam Bowen – SL – Nilfsk – Jeff Henderson – The Family – Pom Pom – Hermione Johnson – Rosie Langabeer – Tom Rodwell – bOnEhead – John Bell – Rachel Shearer – Slaxative – The Not Quite Quiet Choir – Kimmy – Some Stringent Strings – Sophie & Evelyn – Stephen Bain – Bad Bandmate – SONSON – Blue Cheese

OPENING NIGHT : the Audio Foundation HQ hosts some unique ear bending sound squelchers : Thurs 18 Oct – 6pm – 11pm

– Floris Vanhoof (Belgium) playing his synth operated by brain waves!
– Oona Verse – NZ’s frst lady of Rock n Roll Yodelling
– Ten Acre Bloc – massed orchestra with improvising conductors
and much more!

AUDIO OVERLOAD : at the Wine Cellar/Whammy Bar – more than 20 acts over 3 stages running simultaneously : Fri 19 Oct – 8pm - late

– Divide and Dissolve (Melbourne) – heavy doom duo from Melbourne
– Barbara Paterson – extraordinary solo vocalist performing the Berio Sequenza!
– Sewage – explosive Dunedin duo
– Gorge – transcendent noise rock from Palmerston North
– Francisca Griffn and the Bus Shelter Boys
– Flying Nun legend ex Look Blue Go Purple
and much more!

SILO PARK : an 8 hour marathon in the unique acoustics of the Silo’s on Auckland's waterfront featuring ensembles and new works produced specifically for the site : Sat 20 Oct – 2pm – 10pm

– Essential 5th Elements Brass Band – a 20 piece brass ensemble of beginner brass players
– Orchestra of Snares – yup, all snare drums!
– K Group, Empirical, Richard Francis, Rosy Parlane – solo sets by legends of NZ experimental music.
– Bruce Russell/Peter Porteous/Tom Rodwell – heavy noise guitar trio!
and much more!
 

NO DAY OF REST : an afternoon and evening of small groups, solos and first time meetings at Audio Foundation : Sun 21 Oct – 2 - 10pm

Campbell J Kneale (Our Love Will Destroy the World/Birchville Cat Motel) – high priest of volume and density fips and plays very quietly!
Rachel Shearer – deep listening environments by renowned Sonic Artist
The Family – guitar/electronic whizz Kraus with his Sth Island whanau Motoko Kikkawa, Gabriel Griffn and Ro Ro G

Pumice & Jade – Porous songs with glowing depth! and much more!

FULL SCHEDULE : 

Thursday 18 October, Audio Foundation, doors open 7.30pm.
$10 presale tix available at www.UnderTheRadar.co.nz

Kraus / Elborado / Griffen
O/pus
Oona Verse
Floris Vanhoof
Nereid Moon
Ten Acre Bloc

Friday 19 October, Whammy Bar / Wine Cellar / Backroom, doors open 8.00pm.
$20 presale tix available at www.UnderTheRadar.co.nz

Francisca Griffen & The Bus Shelter Boys
Barbara Paterson
Blue Cheese
Gorge
Piece War
Divide and Disolve
Droszkhi
Strange Stains
Fistkisser
Bib Kids
Oksun Ox
Ragged Veins
P.Wits
IRD
Bruce Russle & Jeff Henderson
Sewage
Lost Leader
Kimmy

Saturday 20 October, Silo Park, from 2pm.
koha

Essential 5th Elements Brass Band
Orchestra of Snares
Slaxative
Some Stringent Strings
Not Quiet Quiet Choir
Bruce Russell / Peter Porteous / Tom Rodwell
Campbell Kneale
Reuben Derrick
Sue Ferrar
Chronic Fatigue Sindrome
Rosy Parlane
Richard Francis
Empirical
K group
Stephen Bain

Sunday 21 October, Audio Foundation, doors open 2.00pm
$10 presale tix available from www.UnderTheRadar.co.nz

Rachel Shearer
SL / Nilfisk
Campbell Kneale
Liam Bowen
Barbara Paterson
Bad Bandmate
Hermione Johnson SONSON
Pumice + Jade
Francisca Griffin (solo)
The Family
Reuben Derrick / Drew McMillan / John Bell / I.R.D.
Pom Pom
Sophie Sutherland & Evelyn

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