Panghalina & The Rest is Silence

SIMA | Sydney Int'l Women's Jazz Fest

Panghalina & The Rest is Silence

Co-presented with Monday Night Confessions

Straight from the Melbourne underground.

Embark on a captivating sonic journey with Panghalina and The Rest is Silence, bringing the best of Melbourne’s bristling creative music scene to the Sydney Int’l Women’s Jazz Fest.

Panghalina brings together three compelling Australian soloists to explore themes of sonic duality.

Each musician's distinctive approach to sound weaves a mesmerizing tapestry of frenetic textures, morphing into hypnotic grooves and restless motifs.

The unique instrumentation creates a sonic patchwork of overlapping duos, and captivating blend of ethereal vocals, arco double bass harmonics, and synthesizer.

The Rest is Silence is a cross-genre quartet that dreams big and sounds bigger.

Bringing together four prodigious young Melbourne improvisors, the ensemble explores the space between jazz, post-rock, country, and experimental composition.

They explore the dark and the light, the gentle and heavy, the acoustic and the electronic.

Prepare to be enchanted by of both ensembles expansive and eclectic sounds.

Helen Svoboda | Voice, Double Bass
Bonnie Stewart | Voice, Drums, Percussion
Maria Moles | Synth, Drums, Percussion

Flora Carbo | Saxophone
Theo Carbo | Guitar
Maddison Carter | Drums
Isaac Gunnoo | BassTop of Form

SIMA acknowledges that The Sydney Int’l Women’s Jazz Festival takes place on the stolen lands of the Gadigal and Wangal peoples of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders, past and present, and honour their deep and enduring connection to Country.