Performances

History of Quiet Noise

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At the most recent Quiet Noise (the annual backyard show focusing on un/low amplified experimental music), there was discussion over the traditional veg biriyani about how many events there had been, what had happened during COVID, who played when and with whom. Ernie Althoff thinks he has been to all of them except one, and he praised the consistent quality of the series over the years. I struggled to remember some details, so decided to go back through the archives and pull some details together.

I – 14 January 2012

Althoff/Green/McIntosh

Ernie Althoff

Clinton Green

Andrew McIntosh

Photo: Peter James

II – 2 March 2013

Tim Catlin

Clinton Green & Andrew McIntosh

Gearoid Brinn & Barnaby Oliver

III – 15 February 2014

Warren Burt & Tim Catlin

Warrant Burt

Ernie Althoff

Clinton Green & Barnaby Oliver

(first recorded mention of biriyani meal)

IV – 28 February 2015

THIS Ensemble video

Paul Kidney Experience video

V – 13 February 2016

Jenny Barnes/Clinton Green/Michael McNab

Anna Fern

Aviva Endean (with Dale Gorfinkel, Clinton Green & Michael McNab)

Photos: Greg Wadley

VI – 12 February 2017

Radio Cegeste

Ren Walters & Clinton Green

Derek McCormack

Acoustic turntable preparations from DJ Stanley Phatmax between sets.

VII – 17 March 2018

Clinton Green

Simon Charles & ensemble (Kim Tan, Phoebe Green, Lily Tait, Rory Brown, Michael McNab)

Snacks

Machines by Ernie Althoff

This was an evening event, beginning at 6pm when it was still daylight. Clinton’s performance took place at the nearby railyards after dark.

Video and photos

VIII – 23 February 2019

Maria Moles/Dale Gorfinkel/Michael McNab

Clinton Green/Barnaby Oliver

David Palliser

Video

IX – 14 March 2020

Tarab

Chun-liang Liu

Clinton Green

**this event was cancelled due to COVID**

X – 17 April 2021

Erin K. Taylor

Nick Ashwood/Clinton Green/Michael McNab

Tarab

**there was no event in 2022 due to ongoing COVID lockdowns**

XI – 25 February 2023

Nat Grant/Miranda Hill – Video

Clinton Green/Allanah Stewart

Jasmin Wing-Yin Leung/Mirren Strahan/Lily Tait – Video

XII – 3 February 2024

Connors/Callaway/Green/Liauw/Alexander (impromptu jam)

Carolyn Connors

Jen Callaway & Clinton Green

Levi Liauw & Mia Alexander

XIII – 8 February 2025

Helen Svoboda

Clinton Green

David Palliser/Rafal Kaczmarek

Machine by Ernie Althoff in between sets

Sydney gigs

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I have a couple of gigs in Sydney on the last weekend in September, at each I’ll be playing both solo sets and collaborative sets with artists I greatly admire as well. I have never actually played in Sydney before, so come along to one or both gigs and say hello.

As Weather #1 Saturday 28 September, 6-9pm – Trumper Park Pond, Trumper Park, Paddington.

I’ll be playing a solo set at the pond, followed by a collaborative set with Jim Denley and Uma Volkmer. Jim says: ‘This will be the first of occasional “As Weather” concerts around Sydney. All events will be by donation – contribute what you can. All weather event (within reason). Kid’s and critters welcome – in fact are co-creators’ – Facebook event

The People’s Republic Sunday 29 September, doors 6pm, music from 7pm – The Red House, Earlwood.

astasie-abasie / Clinton Green / Ian Andrews & Clinton Green

Email nshimmin@dodo.com.au for full details and to confirm attendance. Recommended donation of $20 or more, cash only.

Quiet Noise XII

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Quiet Noise, the annual experimental backyard/house show returns for 2024, with:

  • Carolyn Connors
  • Jennifer Callaway & Clinton Green
  • Levi Liauw & Mia Alexander

Saturday 3 February, 2pm – West Footscray private residence (contact cdgsham AT gmail.com for address). Free entry, contribute $5-10 for a shared meal afterwards.

Sky Needle + Clinton Green – Long Play, Thurs 14 Sept 2023

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Sky Needle + Clinton Green

Thursday 14 September 2023, 8pm

Long Play Cinema – 318 St Georges Rd, Fitzroy North.

Tickets

Sky Needle is an improvising band that originated in Brisbane in 2009, taking its name from the ‘sky needle’, an architectural oddity built by the Japanese pavilion for Expo 88, which remained abandoned for many years. Mainstays of the group have been Sarah Byrne, Alex Cuffe, and Joel Stern, joined over the years by Ross Manning, Michael Donnelly, Glen Schenau, Daniel Jenatsch, and Alan Nguyen amongst others. The band’s performances feature an array of self-made and invented instruments, including ‘leg horns’, ‘speaker box bass’, and ‘the plank’. Sky Needle’s sound is difficult to place but instantly recognizable; a confounding and detuned hybrid of rhythm, noise, repetition, and wordless vocalization that oscillates between broken motorik grooves and psychological collapse. Since its formation, Sky Needle has released various LPs, 7″s, and tapes, including works such as “Rave Cave” (Negative Guest List), “Debased Shapes” (Bruit Direct Disques), “Neckliner” (Albert’s Basement), and “Acid Perm” (Nihilistic Orbs). The band has performed extensively across Australia, Indonesia, and Europe.

Clinton Green is an Naarm/Melbourne-based experimental musician who has worked with hacked and faulty equipment and idiophones, including turntables, bowed metal and telephone pole infrastructure. His latest work involves drawing rhythmic minimalist music from decrepit Walkmans playing parts of themselves.