ZÖJ returns with an intimate Deep Listening experience centered on Give Water to Birds, their hauntingly beautiful second album. Anchored by Gelareh Pour’s soul-stirring vocals and mastery of the khamancheh and qeychak alto, together with Brian O’Dwyer’s nuanced percussion, this album now unfolds further through the delicate guitar of Brett Langsford. His presence doesn’t just expand the soundscape - it subtly reshapes it, “shifting the light” and offering “new textures to ZÖJ’s intricate, intuitive world”.

Recorded live with minimal intervention, the album captures an ambient bird chorus that drifted into the studio - an unplanned yet perfect companion to the trio’s quiet, immersive sound. The result is a space between absence and presence, a sonic fabric that “holds both silence and sound, absence and presence, the fleeting and the enduring”.

• “ZÖJ’s music is truly unique - it evokes emotions as deep and complex as sorrow, sadness, and hope. It invites introspection…” - ZÖJ

• “Following a sold-out show in 2023… their connection is nothing short of magical, radiating with quiet intensity and a shared sense of purpose” - Melbourne Recital Centre

• “Their second album… is an expansion, a deepening. Here, guitarist Brett Langsford enters the space not as an addition but as a shifting of light” - Platform Arts

Join us at 6.30 pm on 25 October for an evening that is not just performance - but a listening ritual. Let the intertwining of music, poetry, silence, and presence carry you into a quiet reckoning.

-= Tickets =-

Tickets: $45 + booking fee ($55 at the door).

* Limited Spaces - please book early to ensure your place.

-= Location =-

Held @ The Open Space

11 Acacia Pl, Abbotsford VIC 3067

Paid parking is available in the public car park at Acacia Place, and across Victoria Street in Victoria Gardens shopping complex. Free parking in Harrison court and surrounds. We are on the lower ground level of Acacia Place.

Disabled access: If you park within the paid parking station off Acacia Place you will be on the same level as our studio. If you enter from Victoria Street level, a lift is available at the top of the first set of steps leading down to the river.

* Please take a moment to select your event thoughtfully, as we are unable to provide refunds. However, all tickets are transferable to the person(s) of your choice. The only time we can make an exception to our no-refund policy is if the event is sold out and we're able to help find a new home for your tickets. Your understanding is greatly appreciated.