STARLESS

For those willing to cross thresholds. STARLESS is an exciting new frontier of multi-sensory live scored virtual reality experience, staged over five nights during Melbourne Music Week this November 17–21. GET TICKETS HERE Moving beyond the limits of seeing and hearing, STARLESS utilises VR as a vehicle for sensory experience, inviting audiences on an unparalleled engulfing journey outside of their bodies. Encompassing scent, heat, wind and a quadraphonic sound system, this radiant 15-minute multi-sensory experience innovatively recasts the VR headset as an audio-visual blindfold, blending physical and virtual spaces, guiding participants into an entirely altered state of consciousness.   Developed by director Ben Joseph Andrews in partnership with Liminal VR ( a pioneering Melbourne-based company fusing neuropsychology with virtual reality design )  and avant-garde musicians The Convoy, this unique deep dive experience pushes the limits of what ( virtual ) reality can and should be. STARLESS will show from November 17-21 at the The Facility’s Dark Studio ( Rear ) 2 Chelmsford Street, Kensington.   We would like to acknowledge the Wurundjeri people as the traditional custodians of the land that this event is on and pay our respects to Elders past, present and future.

Sonorous Circle

For those willing to cross thresholds: STARLESS - an exciting new frontier of multi-sensory live scored virtual reality experience staged over five nights during Melbourne Music Week this November 17–21. GET TICKETS HERE Moving beyond the limits of seeing and hearing, STARLESS utilises VR as a vehicle for sensory experience, inviting audiences on an unparalleled engulfing journey outside of their bodies. Encompassing scent, heat, wind and a quadraphonic sound system, this radiant 15-minute multi-sensory experience innovatively recasts the VR headset as an audio-visual blindfold, blending physical and virtual spaces, guiding participants into an entirely altered state of consciousness.   Developed by director Ben Joseph Andrews in partnership with Liminal VR ( a pioneering Melbourne-based company fusing neuropsychology with virtual reality design )  and avant-garde musicians The Convoy, this unique deep dive experience pushes the limits of what ( virtual ) reality can and should be.   “VR is a vehicle for sensory experience, The challenge for creators is to interrogate the experiential possibilities enabled by virtual reality, and constructing multi-sensory environments to house immersive narratives allows us to engage directly with the nervous system, enhancing or disturbing our embodiment within such worlds.”   Ben Andrews, Director STARLESS will show from November 17-21 at the The Facility’s Dark Studio (Rear 2 Chelmsford Street, Kensington). GET TICKETS HERE ($23 +bf)   Hey. Sonorous Circle would like to acknowledge the Wurundjeri people as the traditional custodians of the land that this event is on and pay our respects to Elders past, present and future.

Sonorous Circle

Presents: I.RYOKO (NZ) The Convoy, OK EG & Maria Moles/Loretta Wilde/Miranda Liebsher

$10 - Doors 8pm - Sat 14th October @ Magnet Spatial Studio Facebook Event

I.RYOKO (NZ) explores cathartic, ecstatic & transcendental sound. Intuitive compositions of synth, samplers and voice seek to envelop the listener with immense, evolving drones and kaleidoscopic layers of rhythm and melody. The result is often lush and meditative, at times intense or cataclysmic. The project is that of Thomas Lambert, a New Zealand-based artist with a background in composition, audio engineering, film and theatre sound. RIYL: Oneohtrix Point Never, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Steve Reich, Stars of the Lid.   OK EG is the experimental music and visual art project of two Melbourne based producers, Lauren Squire and Matthew Wilson. Exploring ambient techno with an emphasis on hypnotic rhythms and organic textures, the pair have forged a unique musical bond. Wavelength was first performed for an epic 12 hours at White Night Melbourne 2017. Combining liquid analog projection with an immersive ambient soundscape, the work invites viewers into a deeply introspective light and sound world.   Maria Moles (drums), Loretta Wilde (bass/vocals) & Miranda Liebsher (electronics/vocals) - FIRST GIG! Dogs on the loose. Live musical ideas. Prepare to enter the eye of the storm of this musical tornado. That is exactly the imagery that is evoked by this catastrophic trio. All members grew up on a boat in international waters but now live together in Melbourne in a yacht in the docklands. We’re out of fuel and we can’t leave.   THE CONVOY conducts vast luminous orchestral atmospheres by way of real-time processing of electric guitar and electro-acoustic percussives via ¼” tape. Atmospheres immerse and envelop via abstracted, organic and mesmeric audio visual emissions. Here exists a static surface tension, perpetually and intimately comforting, only to be inevitably obliterated by sheer and momentous walls of noise.   Sonorous Circle would like to acknowledge the Wurundjeri people as the traditional custodians of the land that this event is on and pay our respects to Elders past, present and future. See you there!

Also this week at Magnet ..

That's right - this Friday, rehearse at Magnet and pay whatever you like! Make a booking, pay as you feel on the day. It's really easy.

PAYF runs from midday to 6pm, and doesn't include hire gear.  We are still open from 6pm - Midnight at our usual rates. If you miss out this time - no stress, it's the last Friday of every month !