Dimensions of Incomprehensibilities – Thurs 5 June 2025
Performances
At Make It Up Club 29/4/25
+ Bad Ambulance & Friends
+ Simon J Karis / Francis Plagne / Clinton Green
+ Ju Shung / Fin Healy / Ash Bates
Curated by Nice Music
TICKETS: $15 / $10 (conc.). No Presales.
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The Make It Up Club
Avant-Garde Improvised Music and Sound Performance
Every Tuesday night at Bar Open, 317 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
Doors at 7:30pm for an 8pm start.
We Called It New Music: panel discussion
We Called It New Music is a two-day celebratory performance event featuring experimental artists who performed at the artist-run Clifton Hill Community Music Centre (CHCMC) between 1976 and 1983, alongside contemporary musicians responding to its legacy.
I’ve been invited to be part of a panel discussion as part of the event, with David Chesworth, Warren Burt, Judy Annear & Helen Grogan, on Saturday 12 April at 6pm.
The event takes place over two days at Lithuanian House, North Melbourne, beginning the previous evening on Friday 11 April. Full details and tickets here.
History of Quiet Noise
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
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)
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.
VIII – 23 February 2019
Maria Moles/Dale Gorfinkel/Michael McNab
Clinton Green/Barnaby Oliver
David Palliser
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
Gig at Mamma Chen’s, Footscray, 6 March 2025
At Make It Up Club this week
Playing solo at Make It Up Club on Tuesday 11 Feb, 2025.
+ SAI [JP]
+ Sage Pbbbt (Boorloo) / Jasmin Wing-Yin Leung
+ Clinton Green
+ Colin Hodson / Tim Pleyel / Jenny Barnes
Doors 7:30pm/8pm start
Make It Up Club, Upstairs at Bar Open, 319 Brunswick St, Fitzroy.
Quiet Noise XIII
The annual house/backyard show returns with:
+ David Palliser (reeds) with Rafal Kaczmarek (drums)
+ Clinton Green (new solo work with dictaphones)
+ Helen Svoboda (double bass/voice)
Saturday 8 February, 2pm
West Footscray (email/message for address)
First (and last) Melbourne gig for 2024
The venue – Spit – is in Irving St, Footscray – not particularly signed (intentionally, I reckon). Contact me for precise details, or them on Instagram.
Sydney gigs
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.
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