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 x HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS PRESENTS

TECHNIFRO-185 EP LAUNCH

NŪ / BLOOD LOTUS / SACHIN DE SILVA

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6:30pm Doors

7:30pm Sachin de Silva

8:30pm Blood Lotus

9:30pm Nū

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$5 Vegan Laksa / Bar / Card and Cash accepted

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pay what you can afford sliding scale tix $15-$60

Free First Nations tix

Free companion tix

No one turned away due to lack of funds

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𝑷𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒆: 𝑹𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 

Join us for the launch of Nū’s debut live-coded EP, TECHNIFRO-185. On the evening of Friday, April 25th, the planet first aligns with the Earth’s orbit—its manifestation into the world marked by an intimate ambient ritual at Eastmint. Nū, Blood Lotus, and Sachin de Silva weave sonic blessings from 7:30pm (doors at 6:30pm).

For a three-act lineup, we suggest $25, but no one is turned away for lack of funds. Tickets are available on a sliding scale from $15–$60. CDs and Cassettes available on the night via Highly Contagious.
Artwork by Blu Jay @the_mind_searcher

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NŪ

Nū is an Ethiopian-Australian sound artist, vocalist and livecoder. Her work explores non-western musical traditions, improvisational performance and Afrofuturism spanning across ambient, jazz, RnB and electronic using the program Sonic Pi. Live coding is the real-time programming of code to generate sound and/or visuals.

Her 2022 Signal Arts Screen and Sound Commission, CODE-SWITCH, was exhibited on Flinders walk in the CBD, Signal Art’s Digital website and featured on Triple R radio. Since Nū’s performance debut at Melbourne Music Week in 2021, she has opened for band HTRK in December 2022
and performed at sold out shows across Naarm/Melbourne including Open Studio, Make It Up Club, 86 Festival, the Grace Darling and the Forum II. This May/June, she embarked on an Asia tour, performing in Kuala Lumpur and Shanghai at the International Conference for Live Coding.

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BLOOD LOTUS

Blood Lotus is the music project of Hannah Wu, who fuses club, experimental R&B, avant-garde pop, and traditional Chinese instruments to push the sonic parameters of genre. She constructs spectral worlds where the past and future collide in motion; intimate vocals flutter over shapeshifting beats, scaffolded by oscillating synths and glistening strings. Working closely with producers Kuya Neil and Voidhood, her debut album is slated to be released with CONTENT.NET.AU in 2025

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SACHIN DE SILVA

Sachin de Silva is an experimental electronic sound artist who examines the mangled convergence of synthetic and found sound. His practice seeks to exorcise you personally

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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.

Technifro-185 EP Launch / Nū / Blood Lotus / Sachin de Silva

Choose your tickets

pay what you can afford ~ recommended price $25 ticket

First Nations ticket

Companion Ticket / Support Worker ticket