The upcoming CD by Clinton Green and Barnaby Oliver “Discretions” is a limited edition of 30 copies, each with unique cover art by Anna Dusk, and each with a unique track order. Out on Shame File Music on the last day of July 2015.
Photos of THIS Ensemble at Cross Street, 30 May 2015
Ha Noi Streetscape
A short phone recording I made in Ha Noi, Vietnam, in April this year. The amplified voice you hear over the traffic is of government/propaganda announcements made from loudspeakers in the street. The announcements start about 6am everyday.
THIS Ensemble – Cross Street, 30 May 2015
THIS Ensemble
‘Under the circumstances, again’
Saturday 30 May, 2015
5pm to late
Cross Street (Moreland City Band Hall, behind bowls club)
16 Cross Street, East Brunswick
Val Stephen “Abstractum” LP
Val Stephen “Abstractum: the electrogenic music of Val Stephen” LP is out now on Dual Planet, featuring liner notes by myself.
These recordings are sourced from a research project I completed a few years ago with John Whiteoak (author of Playing Ad Lib and The Currency Companion to Music and Dance in Australia – essential items for your bookshelves of anyone interested in improvised music in Australia) where Stephen’s tape archive was catalogued and digitised. John and I co-authored an article on Stephen’s music for Musicology Australia (“Dr. Val Stephen, a ‘gentleman amateur’ in Australian electronic music experiment of the 1960s”, Musicology Australia Vol 32, No. 2 : December 2010, pp. 265-284) , and Shame File Music released an online album of the highlights of the archive called Electrogenesis.
If anyone is interested in seeing our article on Stephen, contact me.
Audience video from Birds Conference performance (22 May 2015 at Conduit)
The Birds Conference
Elnaz Sheshgelani’s play “The Birds Conference” premiered as part of La Mama Theatre’s Explorations series for a brief run of three nights in November 2014. For one night only at Conduit Arts, Sheshgelani is rejoined by Clinton Green & Shani Mohini-Holmes to revive their creative partnership in the world of the birds, presenting several episodes of the play in an intimate setting, with lighting design by Simon Fisher.
Opening proceedings on the night will be:
– Shani Mohini-Holmes/Adrian Sherriff duo
– Clinton Green (solo)
Friday 22 May, 2015 – 8pm
Conduit Arts, 83 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
Entry: $10
The full production of the play will return to La Mama for a longer season later in 2015.
End of April. Beginning of May – notes, photos, etc.
Last week, my duo with Chun-liang Liu “Moe Chee” completed a major public space performance project over seven consecutive days. Notes and photos are here at the Moe Chee website, more photos and video will appear in future.
Clinton Green 