This event will be held on the stolen lands of the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to Elders past and present. Sovereignty was never ceded. ALWAYS WAS, ALWAYS WILL BE

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Eastmint Presents

PIVIXKI / Carolyn Connors + Chloë Sobek / Rama Parwata

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7pm Doors

7:30pm Rama Parwata

8:30pm Carolyn Connors + Chloë Sobek

9:30pm PIVIXKI

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$5 Vegan Laksa / Bar / Card and Cash accepted

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pay what you can afford sliding scale tix $10-$50

Free First Nations tix

Free companion tix

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Eastmint presents the reunion of PIVIXKI - pianist Anthony Pateras and drummer Max Kohane playing together for the first time in Narrm in 12 years, alongside a debut from legendary experimental vocalist Carolyn Connors duo with exploratory violonist Chloë Sobek, and a rare solo set from drummer and percussionist Rama Parwata

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PIVIXKI

The duo known as PIVIXKI are a unique combination of two distinct talents:
Anthony Pateras (piano/electronics) & Max Kohane (drums).

Anthony Pateras has worked within composition, improvisation, electronics, avant-rock & film soundtrack, composed for major orchestras, played with a multitude of
collaborators, performed in everything from seedy dives to concert halls the world over. Max Kohane (Internal Rot / Faceless Burial / Kissland) has been playing in bands
since he was 12 and touring since he was 16. He's infamous for his dynamic, intensely fast and technical drumming style and has earned a reputation as perhaps the best skin-hitter in Australia's hardcore/punk scene. The beauty of PIVIXKI lies in the clash of these two musical cultures, though the willing experimentation of Pateras & Kohane has seen that there is no clash at all. Nominally a piano/drums duo, the band synthesises genres like grindcore, psychoacoustics, hip-hop, thrash & free jazz, into ferocious, high-energy songs driven by intense levels of fun & concentration. Having toured extensively throughout Europe & US/Canada 2009-2011, the band took a hiatus when Pateras moved to Europe in 2012. Having returned, the duo are reuniting in 2024 for three special shows in September 2024 - their first in 12 years!!! A new album is in the works, too....

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Carolyn Connors

Carolyn Connors is a Melbourne-based vocalist, composer, pianist, and accordionist who creates new works in the fields of contemporary music and theatre. Carolyn’s vocal work extends the possibilities of the acoustic voice, expanding its limits (Liquid Architecture 2024, What comes after love, 2015; Sonatas for Voice and Objects, 2010; Mirabilia, 1992;) and her theatre works are designed for listening to: meaning and navigation are embedded in the sound rather than in text or visual cues (Material Mouth, 2007; Nocturne, 2010). Carolyn regularly creates real-time compositions with local and international musicians in improvisation settings. As a collaborator she has made new works with many companies including Chamber Made Opera, JOLT, Quiver New Music Ensemble, and Elision. Her trio Hammers Lake with cellist Judith Hamann is informed by new classical, avant-garde, and improvisation practices. In 2015 Carolyn was awarded the Age Melbourne Music Award for Avant-garde and Experimental Music.

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Chloë Sobek

Chloë Sobek is a composer-performer based in Naarm, Australia. Her work is currently concerned with investigating more-than-human scholarship within a sonic practice, leading to a diverse enquiry of sonic and musical forms, from acoustemology through to Noise Music. Chloë’s practice is built around the Renaissance double bass, the violone. Her creative process couples maximalist and musique concrète sensibilities such as audio-montage and electronic processing. She has been described as ‘an artist that is thinking deeply about how to aestheticise what’s on everyone’s mind; to use art to drive engagement with ideas whilst pushing the boundaries of technique and technicality ’ - Kieran Ruffles, 4zzz.

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Rama Parwata is a Naarm-Melbourne based musician, composer, curator, and sound artist who has a distinguished reputation for his audacious and technical aural explorations in sound, texture and rhythm on the drum-kit, drawing influence from Jazz, Extreme Metal, and Gamelan music from his Balinese and Indonesian heritage.

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ACCESSIBILITY

Eastmint is accessible via wheelchair through the non main entrance, there is a small sliding door frame that we can place a ramp over the top of. Please get in touch if you require this option via email eastmintrecords@gmail.com. We regret we are unable to provide accessible toilet facilities at this time, although there is wheelchair access to the hand washing sink which is a private space. Closest accessible toilets located at the Peacock Hotel 150m away. There are no windows that are openable in the space but we will open the double doors between sets for airflow. The space is quite cavernous with high ceilings and is an un-renovated warehouse so not tightly sealed. We use a HEPA filter rated for 50m2 but the space is closer to 100m2. Please contact eastmintrecords@gmail.com if you require any other info.