Eugene Chadbourne at Drill Hall Gallery (ACT)

SoundOut is hosting the brilliant masterfully maverick international Artists on the 21 & 28th October at the Drill Hall Gallery.

On the 21st Jason Kahn (CH) and Dave Brown duo with Biomorph duo: Rhys Butler and Richard Johnson

. On the 28th October, one of a kind explorative spontaneous guitarist Eugene Chadbourne (US) with supporting artists

including Chris Nil Stock, Danny Heifetz, Jamie Lambert, Rhys Butler and Richard Johnson

Eugene Chadbourne Guitar solo

Duo:
Chris Nylstoch: Guitar
Danny Heifetz: drums

Trio:
Jamie Lambert: Guitar / violin
Rhys Butler: alto Sax
Richard Johnson: wind instr.

Eugene Chadbourne: Guitar, US
Chadbourne he moved to New York City in the mid 1970s and played free
improvisation with Henry Kaiser and John Zorn. Around this time, he
released his first album, Solo Acoustic Guitar. In the early 1980s, he
led the avant-rock band Shockabilly[2][3][5] with Mark Kramer and David
Licht.[6] Chadbourne explored other genres, playing with a Cajun band
and a Russian folk band at a festival in Winnipeg. He mixed country,
Western, and improvisation in the band LSD C&W.[2][3] For many years
he was in a duo with Jimmy Carl Black, who played drums for Frank
Zappa. He has also worked with Han Bennink, Fred Frith, Elliott Sharp,
and Charles Tyler.[3] A solo album, Songs (Intakt, 1993), featured
politically oriented originals, such as "Hello Ceausescu", and covers,
such as Nick Drake's "Thoughts of Mary Jane", Phil Ochs' "Knock on the
Door"and Floyd Tillman's "This Cold War With You". More recently he has
put out a 8 hrs of Duo performances with the legendary Anthony Braxton
on Triaxium bandcamp label from 2017 https://newbraxtonhouse.bandcamp.com/album/duo-improv-2017
https://eugenechadbourne.com/

Chris Nilstock: guitar Melb

Nilstock born 1979 in Sydney, is an Australian composer and performer
based in Melbourne. Widely recognised as a free-improv
multi-instrumentalist, Chris is a fixture at festivals and concert
series like the Now Now, MIUC, Winter Tragic Festival and part of the
Community Art Space that was Akemi. His career has been marked by
groundbreaking collaborations with Louise Currum, Rod Cooper, Matt Earle
from Breakdance the Dawn and many others. Nilstock is a co-founder of
the Foundation for Contemporary Music & Culture, a registered
charity org that has run for 13 years promoting and supporting the works
of artists of divergent aesthetics. He is known for producing “The
Rituals of the Captured Moment” a 1000 short film project documenting
experimental music or ‘x-music’. His work has been exhibited at
prestigious venues like the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum. Nilstock;s
artistic journey is a tapestry of innovation, exploration and
boundary-pushing work. His pre-2020 releases (UnAustralians, Housing
Project, Bluebeard, SSS) have become sought-after collector’s items,
showcasing his enduring impact on the avant-garde music scene. Currently
Nilstock is working with the Esse & The Brave New Sounds, The
Bogweed Tape Club & Son of The Seventh Sister.

Danny Heifetz: Drums, Melb

Danny Heifetz (born 1964 in New York City) is an American musician who
is perhaps best known for being the drummer for American experimental
rock group, Mr. Bungle & his ongoing work with Trey Spruance in
Secret Cheifs 3. . Heifetz is the grandson of the great violinist Jascha
Heifetz and plays currently with a number of Bands, most notably Esse
& The Brave New Sounds, Umlaut, Franklin’s Mint, Virgil Shaw, Neil
Hamburger and the Hungry Man Band and Sydney Outfit Close to Forever. He
has collaborated with Harry Vanda, Phillip Johnston, Badly Drawn Boy,
John Paul Young & many others. Danny is considered to be, by many,
the greatest living ‘textural’ kit drummer.

Jamie Lambert: Guitar, Canberra
Jamie is a guitarist who has recently moved from Sydney. Jamie became
involved in free improvisation through the Mt Ainslie Music Club, a free
improvisation group based in Canberra, and has since performed as part
of the Noise Floor ensemble. Jamie employs a non-idiomatical style of
playing and seeks to explore the timbral possibilities of the electric
guitar through the use of prepared guitar and effects.

Rhys Butler: saxophonist, Canberra
Rhys has come to know the cities he has lived in through improvised and
noise music. The trio Dinner Sock (Stephen Roach (drums), David Keyton
(feedback), and Rhys Butler (saxophones)) formed from the weekly Fugue
State Sessions in Guanzhou. The group performed with local experimenters
such as Yan Jun, Feng Hao and Li Zenghui and collaborated with
musicians transiting China such as Uwe Bastiansen (Faust) and Lucas
Abela. Despite living in different corners of the world, Dinner Sock has
continued to participate in China's experimental music scene and played
Beijing's Sally Can't Dance festival and NOIShanghai in 2012. In
Santiago, Chile, Rhys participated in events run by Productura Mutante
and played in the free-for-all Collective Improvisation NO. Now residing
in Canberra, Rhys has been working in a duo with Reuben Ingall (live
processing). More recently he has been part of the Psithurism trio with
John Porter and Richard Johnson, which have a new release called Lure
out with French clarinetist Xavier Charles. See the SoundOut bandcamp
and Francois Houle site in the following links: https://soundoutrecordings.bandcamp.com/

Richard Johnson: wind multi-instrumentalist , Canberra
Richard performs with the texture of sound on soprano/baritone saxophone
and bass clarinet and is experimenting with use of a bass drum with
soprano saxophone to create a language of microtonal textural resonance.
Also he has been making instruments from conical gourds from PNG, which
allow the stripping back of the wind instruments to their most visceral
and most sensuous form and allow for the exploration of extended
techniques. He has performed at the SoundOut 2010 – 2022 festivals; What
is Music Festival, Nownow Festival; the Make it Now performances; also
performances with the Brice Glace Ensemble and the 102 Club Orkestra in
Grenoble France; “Whip it“ series in Sydney; various Precipice annual
Improv workshops hosted by Tony Osbourne as well as hosting local,
interstate, and international improvisation nights in Canberra. He has
also been a member and performed with Ngesti Budoyo Gamelan Orchestra of
the Indonesian Embassy for 18 years untill recently. He is the
Director, Curator, Producer and Administrator at SoundOut festivals. As a
sound artist he worked with renowned visual Artist Savanhdary
Vongpoothorn for the Australia Exhibition at The Casula Power House as
well collaborated with conceptual-visual artist Denise Higgins on
soundscapes. He has performed with the likes of Jaap Blonk, Jon Rose,
Hans Koch, Guylaine Cosseron, Jim Denley, Kim Myhr, Annette Giesreigl,
Rodrigo Motoya, Antonio Panda Gianfratti, Thomas Rohrer, Luc Houtkamp,
Clayton Thomas, Isaiah Ceccarelli, Yan Jun, Laura Altman, Michael
Norris, Evan Dorian, etc. Currently performs with Noise Floor Qrt [Jamie
Gifford, Rhys Butler and Rory Villegas]. Has a wind trio with John
Porter and Rhys Butler called Psithurism, which has a digital release
with the renowned Canadian clarinetist Francois Houle and a new Cd
release called Lure on the SoundOut label with Xavier Charles in 2017
SO-003. Also in June 2016 released Cd with Rhys Butler; Guylaine
Cosseron and Stephen Roach called Swarm on SoundOut Cd’s SO-001. Lure CD
Review. He also has a number of field recording releases available from
the SoundOut label catalogue bandcamp site.
https://citynews.com.au/2023/experimental-music-festival-hits-new-heights/
https://citynews.com.au/2023/experimental-music-festivals-quiet-but-sensational-finale
http://www.freejazzblog.org/2018/06/recent-releases-of-french-clarinetist.html
https://soundoutrecordings.bandcamp.com/
http://apraamcos.com.au/news/2015/august/art-music-award-winners/ http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/canberra-life/canberra-experimental-music-wins-apra-award-20150826-gj80c3.html