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

As part of their national tour which includes shows at Phoenix Central Park and WOMAD, Eastmint presents experimental supergroup The Cloud Maker featuring Aviva Endean,Te Kahureremoa Taumata, Sunny Kim, Freya Schack Arnott and Maria Moles, celebrating their debut self titled release out on February 14th via Skinnyfish Music, alongside a set from interdisciplinary artist Adrianna Svitak (US/AU). Visual design for The Cloud Maker by Kate Davis.

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Eastmint Presents

The Cloud Maker / Adrianna Svitak

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7pm Doors

7:30pm Adrianna Svitak

8:30pm The Cloud Maker

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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

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The Cloud Maker

The Cloud Maker’s music celebrates goddesses from each of the five female master musician’s cultures. Channelling ancient tales of fierce battles, shaman dances, journeys to the after-life, and a moth goddess singing the most beautiful song of all time, The Cloud Maker harnesses the power of these archetypal stories to transport listeners across time and space. The all star lineup features the sounds of Te Kahureremoa Taumata (Voice/Taonga Pūoro- Maori Singing Treasures), Aviva Endean (Bass clarinet, Harmonic flutes and electronics) Freya Schack-Arnott (Cello/Nyckelharpa- Nordic fiddle), Maria Moles (Drums) and Sunny Kim (Voice). Woven together through sound and performance, they remember ancient bloodlines and breathe new life into old stories.

Winner of the APRA AMCOS Art Music Award (Performance of the Year). Their debut album will be released in February 2024.

Adrianna Svitak

Adrianna Svitak is an interdisciplinary artist from the United States, currently based in Naarm/Melbourne. She works with manipulated acoustic instrumentation, field recordings, tape loops and voice to weave densely textured sonic landscapes. Her sound is characterised by sustained tension, drawing on a sense of loss, longing and nostalgia to create a distinctive and deeply haunting atmosphere.

Adrianna studied at Manhattan School of Music, training extensively in composition, electronic music, and classical music performance, and has performed internationally for audiences upwards of 5,000 at concert halls across the United States, Mexico, India, and Asia. In Australia, she’s performed at the Leaps and Bounds Festival, Melbourne, Parramatta Lanes, Sydney, and MONA Museum, Tasmania.

Drawing on a range of influences and techniques from different musical traditions, Svitak’s second album sees dark moving swathes of auditory fragments, with ghostly vocals floating sweetly above; a world shaped to vacillate gently between tranquility and hysteria.

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.