Audible Edge '24: Our inner beings complete the missing links

Part of the Audible Edge Festival of Exploratory Music. View the full program at ae.tonelist.com.au.

This double bill of acoustic music may seem gentle and unassuming — and it is! But it’s also quietly one of the most psychedelic, mind-bending experiences in the festival. Read on.

Berlin-based duo The Long Form have committed themselves to the study and performance of music in the tuning system called “extended just intonation”. Playing on microtonal bass flute and double bass, these performers are deeply attuned to the nuances of vibration. They will perform a 21st century masterpiece by committed composer Catherine Lamb, Muto Infinitas. In this piece, the sound of the two instruments intertwines to form an ever-expanding sequence of harmonies, from which a melody ever-so-gradually unfurls. Immersing oneself in a world so attentive to resonance in space can have skin- and spine-tingling effects.

Performing just once at the NOW now festival in Sydney, the unlikely duo of Blue Mountains-based accordionist Monica Brooks and local singer Sage Pbbbt is the stuff of mythology. Circling around each other with whispery tones and fragile utterances, they improvise with grace and focus.

Accessibility

Tone List have an accessibility form that can be used to make requests for AUSLAN interpreters, accessible taxi transfers to and from events, and other specific provisions. Find it at ae.tonelist.com.au/accessibility.

PS Art Space is a wheelchair accessible venue at street level from the pavement. It has one women’s bathroom and one gender-neutral, wheelchair accessible bathroom located on the ground floor. The music will be acoustic, it will at times be very soft. The venue is large with adequate space for social distancing. The front door will be kept open prior to the performance, but largely closed during the show. There are no windows for ventilation in the main gallery. Lighting will be simple warm washes, the space may be a little dark in parts. There is no dedicated check-out space booked for the space currently.

Acknowledgments

Audible Edge is presented by Tone List, a Boorloo-based label for exploratory music.

Audible Edge is proudly supported by the Western Australian government through the Department of Local Government, Sports and Cultural Industries, the Australian Cultural Fund and the Goethe Institut.

Audible Edge’s venue and presenting partners are Cool Change Contemporary, Goolugatup Heathcote, WA Museum Boola Bardip, The Flaming Galah, Pneumatic, Portal Tapes, PS Art Space, The Bird, the State Library of Western Australia, Astral Weeks and Local and Aesthetic.