Hear The Machine

Join us for the twenty-sixth edition of HEAR THE MACHINE, a monthly series showcasing experimental synthesiser music, including drone, ambient, noise, and other electronic music practices being explored by artists in Naarm and the wider community.

HEAR THE MACHINE happens on the last Sunday of the month, at Nighthawks Bar – 136 Johnston street Collingwood.

HEAR THE MACHINE #26
November 29th 2026
7pm doors
$15/10 (no presales)

The artists:

Scumwitch
scumwitch – solo entity of Romy Seven Fox of the orthodox industrial worship cult ‘Solar Logos Sect’ and part of the ‘bodies of divine infinite and eternal spirit’ kraut-rock-folk-freak out band.

Clinton Green
Clinton Green (b. 1972) is an Australian experimental musician and performer. He has worked with malfunctioning turntables, Walkmans and dictaphones, and found objects as instruments.

Betty
Harsh noise meets top 40. gravel, soap, bikini wax, concrete slab, aerosol, jelly and lace. Solo project by Grace Anderson since 2019.
Using primarily recorded and found samples, Betty manipulates her sonic collages with hardware distortion.
Formless harsh noise folds into complex narratives of contemporary female culture, beauty, distress and desire. Bringing emotional weight to the most mundane and cheap collections of sounds.

November gigs

  • Tuesday 3 November, 8pm @ Make It Up Club/Bar Open, 317 Brunswick St, Fitzroy
    • Clinton Green/Francis Plagne duo
  • Thursday 5 November, 8pm @ Dimensions of Incomprehensibilities/Merri Creek Tavern, 111 High St, Northcote
    • Clinton Green solo
  • Sunday 29 November, 7pm @ Hear The Machine/Nighthawks, 136 Johnston St, Collingwood
    • Clinton Green solo

Upcoming workshop + gigs

Producer’s Guild electronic music workshop

THE PRODUCERS GUILD is an accessible meetup for neurodivergent and disabled electronic music producers to meet, share ideas, make music and explore new approaches to sound.

This month, we’re joined by experimental musician and performer CLINTON GREEN for a workshop and performance exploring musique concrète, found sound, and making music with hacked and broken audio equipment.

Clinton has been active in Australian experimental music since the 1990s, working with unconventional instruments including malfunctioning turntables, Walkmans, dictaphones, guitars and found objects. His practice is about finding the hidden musical possibilities in everyday objects and machines, and using them in new and unexpected ways.

Come along to meet other producers, experiment with sound, see Clinton perform and have a go at some unusual approaches to music-making. No experience with experimental music or musique concrète required.

We’ll also be ordering pizza — bring an extra $5 if you’d like some!

MON 19 OCT · 5–8PM
Wild At Heart
5 Blackwood St, North Melbourne

Tickets

$10 Full Price
$5 Concession

Dimensions of Incomprehensibilities  

On the first Thursday of every month, Dimensions of Incomprehensibilities challenges your comprehension of what constitutes music/sound/reality. This month’s interdimusical line-up is:

* Katerina Stathis

* Clinton Green

* Rayban / David Palliser

Thursday 5 November, 2026 – 8pm

Merri Creek Tavern, 111 High St, Northcote

$15/$10

Coming up later in November:

Clinton Green live at Hear The Machine

29 November, 2026 – Nighthawks, 136 Johnston St, Collingwood.

Duo with Samuel Hall

The last time I played with Samuel Hall was in about 2014! We pick up sticks again 12 years later, let’s see what happens.

Dimensions of Incomprehensibilities – Merri Creek Tavern, High St, Northcote

Thursday 6 August 2026, 8pm

– Samuel Hall [DE]/Clinton Green
– Jen Callaway/Duré Dara/Allanah Stewart
– Justin Ashworth/Victor Meertens

Concertes en Madrid, España

In May, I will be spending some time in Madrid and playing a couple of gigs:



En Mayo, viaje Madrid y tocara alguna concertes:

Clinton Green es un músico experimental de Australia. Hace música con cassette máquinas rotas y electrónico. Ha dirigido el sello discográfico Shame File Music durante más de treinta años.

UnXpKtD LP out now

My electronic work of recent years focussing on defective analogue technology simultaneously broadens and refines with UnXpKtD; the first definitive electronic noise outing incorporating a pair of dictaphones in various states of disrepair. The music is chaotic yet concise, disorientating yet focussed; UnXpKtD is an intensely abstract and personal sonic expression.

Stream/digital purchase

Purchase limited edition vinyl

Limited edition of 100 copies on transparent red vinyl.

Duo with Ira Hadžić

I have a duo performances coming up with visiting Berlin sound artist/gong master, Ira Hadžić:

  • Thursday 26 March – Dimensions Of Incomprehensibilities @ Merri Creek Tavern, Northcote (in a stacked line-up including duos from Carolyn Connors/Adam Gauci and Ernie Althoff/Robbie Avenaim)