Tours - Round One Sound Travellers

Tours listed in date order. Completed tours at end.
Please check directly with venues for admission prices and tickets - venue information where available under venue entry, tour dates shift so please double check

Mace Francis Big Band Tour 20/6 - 17/7
www.macefrancis.com
Monday 20th June, Perth Jazz Society, Perth
Sunday 29th June, Jazz Fremantle, Fremantle
Thursday 3rd July, Jazzworx! Club, Brisbane
Saturday 5th July, Star Court Theatre, Lismore
Sunday 6th July, Brisbane Jazz Club, Brisbane
Wednesday 9th July, Blue Birdy, Byron Bay
Thursday 10th July, The Folkus Room, ACT
Friday 11th July, The Jazz Basement, Albury/Wodonga
Saturday 12th July, SIMA, Sydney
Sunday 13th July, Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne
Tuesday 15th July, Gordon Institute of TAFE
Wednesday 16th July, The Barn Palais, SA
Thursday 17th July, The Promethean, Adelaide

Open Frame Tour - Room 40
http//www.room40.org/
3 July - Open frame presents, in conjunction with sound crucible, Lismore
20 August - Open frame presents, IE gallery, Toowoomba
28 September - Open frame presents at Toff in town, melbourne
29 & 30 September - Open frame presents, Adelaide
2 & 3 October - Open frame Brisbane powerhouse

Liquid Architecture – Festival of Sound Arts, July
www.liquidarchitecture.org.au
BRISBANE, Friday 4th - Saturday 5th July 2008
SYDNEY, Friday 11th - Saturday 12th July 2008
BENDIGO, Tuesday 15th July 2008
MELBOURNE, Wednesday 16th - Saturday 19th July 2008
CASTLEMAINE, Sunday 20th July 2008
CAIRNS, Friday 25th July 2008
PERTH, Saturday 26th July 2008

Metalog - Jim Denley, Amanda Stewart, Ben Byrne, Natasha Anderson, Robbie Avenaim, Dale Gorfinkel, Tour 29/6-8/7
www.splitrec.com
10th July, Akemi, Meadlow Bath Blue Mnts
12th July, Liquid Architecture, Sydney
15th July, ¼, Wollongong
16th, The Front Gallery, Canberra
18th or 19th July, Liquid Architecture, Melbourne
21st July, COMA, Adelaide

Tom Hall, Sight Beyond, 25/7-28/8
http://www.tomhall.com.au/
25 & 26 July, Cairns Contemporary Arts Space, On Edge Festival, Cairns
1 August, Akemi, Medlow Bath, Blue Mountains
2 August, Sound of Failure, Sydney
4 August, Sedition, Sydney
10 August, The Front Gallery, Canberra
11 August, Bar Open/Make it Up Club, Melbourne
13 August, The Toff inTown/MASH OUT, Melbourne
18 August, The Loft/TRIAD, Hobart
19 August, The Brisbane Hotel, Hobart
20 August, Inflight Gallery, Hobart
25 August, Rosemount Hotel, Perth
26 August, WA Museum, Albany
28 August, Spectrum Project Space, Perth

Jon Tjhii and Alex Novak, 30/7-10/8
'ii are an improvisation-centric duo trading in ambient pop, secret noises and hidden melodies.'
http://www.myspace.com/iitunes
Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne

Colin Offord, solo performance presented by TURA 25/9-15/10
www.tura.com.au
26 September, Art Gallery of WA, Perth
27 September, Sounds Outback Festival, Mount Magnet
1 September, Civic Centre, Newman
3 September, Performing Arts Centre, Karratha
5 October, Pearl Luggers, Broome
8 October, Community Centre, One Arm Point
11 October, Community Centre, Kununurra
14 October, Darwin Entertaiment Centre, Darwin

Misinterprotato, 26/9-7/11 - Acclaimed contemporary jazz trio
www.misinterprotato.com
26 September, Jazzworx! Club, Brisbane
27 September, The Junction, Noosa Heads
30 September, Lismore-Southern Cross Uni, Lismore
2 October, Adelaide Performing Arts Centre, Adelaide
4 October, Tank Arts Centre, Cairns
5 October , Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne
7 October, Jazzgroove, Sydney
13 October, Charles Hotel, Perth
17 October, Recital Hall, Qld Conservatorium, Brisbane
11 October, Wangaratta Festival of Jazz
7 November, Brisbane Jazz Club, Brisbane

Ihos Music Theatre and Opera – Prayer Bells, 11-14 October
www.ihosopera.com
11 October, Wollongong Festival, Wollongong Town Hall
14 October, St Stephens Church, Sydney

Way Out West, Old Grooves for New Streets Tour, Oct-Nov 2008
with Queensland in 2009
www.myspace.com/wayoutwestmelbourne
Tour dates to be reconfirmed
The Tanks, Cairns
Mission Beach Resort, Mission Beach
The Court Theatre, Townsville
Byron Bay Community and Cultural Centre, Byron Bay
BEMAC, Brisbane
SIMA, Sound Lounge, Sydney
Jazz Dungeon, Newcastle,
Illawarra Improvised Music Association, Wollongong
Canberra
Jazz Action Society, Pilgrim Uniting Church, Adelaide
Footscray Community Arts Centre, Melbourne

COMPLETED TOURS

The Ghost of 29 Megacycles / Adam Trainer, 1-13 June
Bedroom music
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=33792009
1 June Hyde Park Hotel Perth W/Stina And Mystic Eyes
5 June Seymour Centre, Sydney W/Morning Stalker
6 June The Front Bar And Café, Canberra W/ Shoeb Ahmad Trio
7 June Tongue&Groove, Brisbane W/ The Rational Academy, Secret Birds and Elk
8 June Audiopollen Social Club, Brisbane W/Special guests
11 June The Glitch Bar, Melbounre w/Bonnie Mercer (Grey Daturas)
12 June Bar Open, Melbourne W/Seth Rees And Brer Mouse
13 June Gertrudes Brown Couch, Melbounre W/Radiant City, Mallee Ensemble(WA) And Maddest King Alive (WA)

Alex Masso and Peter Farrar, 3/6 - 12/6
http://%20www.myspace.com/massoalex
Tuesday 3rd June, The Make It Up Club @ Bar Open, Melbourne
Wednesday 4th June, The Brisbane Hotel, Hobart
Thursday 5th June, The Exeter Hotel, Adelaide
Saturday 7th June, Club Zho, Perth
Sunday 8th June, Audiopollen Social Club, Brisbane
Thursday 12th June, Venue tbc, Canberra

Ensemble Offspring, 25-26 June
Live music and experimental film
Waiting to turn into Puzzles
http://www.ensembleoffspring.org.au/
25 June, Chauvel Cinema, Paddington
26 June, Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Federation Square, Melbourne http://www.theage.com.au/news/film/its-the-reel-deal/2008/06/19/1213770805460.html for more details.

Sound Travellers first grant round

FIRST GRANT ROUND ANNOUNCED

Musical points of departure, arrival and the spaces between.

From Karratha to Canberra - Darwin to Hobart, Sound Travellers is pleased to announce our first round of funding with tours that cover every state and territory of this wide brown land. Between June and November 2008, Australia will be treated to ome of the most exciting new sounds the artists of this country have to offer.

Sound Travellers is a new project funded by the Australia Council’s Music Board to support individuals and small to medium sized organizations in the promotion and national touring of sound art/electronica, improvised jazz and contemporary classical music.

The artists that will be touring through the second half of the year represent every state and will be travelling the length and breadth of the country, plus many of the places in between. A total of 13 tours, over 60 artists and more than a few roadtrips and flights with over 50,000 kilometres to be travelled, Sound Travellers is helping these musical journeys come to a place near you.

Artist/s

Metalog, - Jim Denley, Ben Byrne, Natasha Anderson, Amanda Stewart, Dale Gorfinkel, Robbie Avenaim (NSW)

Ensemble Offspring (NSW)

Liquid Architecture 9 (various)

Mace Francis Orchestra (WA)

Tom Hall (QLD)

IHOS (TAS)

Alex Masso & Peter Farrar (NSW)

Misinterprotato – Sean Foran, John Parker, Pat Marchisella (QLD)

Colin Offord (QLD) – presented by TURA

Jon Tjhia and Alex Nosek (VIC) ii

Greg Taw, Adam Trainer (WA) Ghost of 29 Megacycles

Room 40 – various artists (QLD) Open Frame

Way Out West – Peter Knight, Paul, Williamson, Dung Nguyen, Ray Pereira, Howard Cairns, Dave Beck (VIC)

Also coming to keep you up to date with the tours, is the Sound Travellers gig guide. Register below to stay in touch.

Media release available please email -jkee@soundtravellers.com.au-
Sound Travellers is a project initiated by the Australia Council and produced by a partnership between Performing Lines and Ceres Solutions.