I lied....

Me, Tony Irving. Tim's kitchen in Annerley, Brisbane 25/10/2014

Broken Silence

Greetings, Just a quick post. Here's a write-up on the Duskdarter release by Tony Irving and I from earlier this year. Have a read and download the record if you haven't already. REEEEEAAAAAAAADDDDDDDD You should also download Kahl's release while you're at it as it's also fantastic. I promise to post something that isn't about me soon. Adam

Ceaseless Self-Promotion

Hello all, Just a quick post to inform those who stumble across here of some performances I have coming up in various capacities. 26 September - with The Australian Art Orchestra and Bae Il Dong - Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns. DETAILS 16 October - with Kupka's Piano @ Crossbows Festival - Ian Hanger Recital Hall, Queensland Conservatorium of Music, South Bank, Brisbane. Repertoire by Eotvos, Glerup, Cardew, and more. 6:30pm. 28 November - with Kupka's Piano "Absent, almost Absent" - The Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane. 7:30pm. DETAILS Leading up to the Tanks concert with AAO I will be participating in the innaugural AAO Creative Music Intensive. The public can attend the workshops at a minimal fee. DETAILS HERE. If you're in Cairns or visiting you should consider checking it out. Check out the fantastic movie Intangible Asset No. 82 for some inspiration.... There will also be some Scrapes gigs towards the end of the year, but as always you're best bet is to visit THE PLANET OF THE SCRAPES for details on our aktions. And we are getting very close to compiling a new album that will be sure to melt brains as always. That's all for now. Keep your ears peeled for some more Radical Violin recordings surfacing as I entered the QLD Conservatorium studios on Saturday morning armed only with my violin, some paperclips, a rubber band, steel mute and a little red Buddha machine with nothing but a book of Australian Bush Songs as my guide... Some writing publications are also coming up in December...more on that as it unfolds. Adam

New/Old Improvisation Available For Download Now

Fiddling For the People

An interview...

Hello readers, A very brief post for you to check out. An interview I conducted over email with Danish composer Rune Glerup on behalf of an ensemble I've worked with regularly this year Kupka's Piano. Performed the Australian premiere of his work La Rose Pulverisee with flautist Jodie Rottle a couple of months back. Here's the interview. INTERVIEW In other news I will be performing quite a bit in August as one half of The Scrapes: 22 August at the Bearded Lady, West End, Brisbane, Australia with Primitive Motion for the Brisbane Fringe Festival, FREE. 8pm and 23 August at the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Australia for the Brisbane Fringe Festival, $9. 7pm. This will be part of a collaborative performance installation piece in the shop front curated by Melody Woodnutt. Love and Other Ecologies. We will also be performing at the annual Brisbane Psych Night on 30 August at an undisclosed venue in well...Brisbane. More to come on this one over at PLANET OF THE SCRAPES no doubt. In other news I've been recording a lot of solo violin stuff...almost every day. This will no doubt be used in some sort of strange invention and fed to you via the bandcamp format or via another willing label (if you have one don't hesitate to get in touch). And I've been writing A LOT. Publications are pending in some journals so when they are to be published I will point you in the right direction fear not. I will also be heading north for some interesting intensive collaborating which I will report on in the future. In the meantime look up there and click on the "Works" tab where you will find some new pieces and collaborations that you can listen to right there and then. Adam

New Old Improvisation Now Available For Listening

Hello all, A quick announcement that an improvisation for solo violin I performed live on the brilliant Ears Have Ears programme on Sydney's FBi radio in January of this year is now available in recorded form for your listening pleasure on the programme's SOUNDCLOUD PAGE and for your ease here it is embedded like a tick into this here blog. And last but not least please remember those of you in the vicinity that myself and guitarist Ryan Potter as THE SCRAPES are performing this Sunday the 13th of July at The Bearded Lady in West End, Brisbane. First set at 4pm second one at 6:30pm but come for all...if we get the chance we'll DJ some strange and wonderful sounds between the sets and will generally be making trouble around the bar area in our own slow, deliberate way. Come and greet. This same event will be occurring every Sunday for the rest of the month so don't miss a beat...or lack thereof. Adam