This sound sketch was made during the day on 3/2 by multi-instrumentalist/composer Genevieve Fry in connection with correspondences' 2023 Resonate project entitled 'Drawing Sound'. 

The starting point for the making was environmental sound recordings from the Birrarung, recorded by Jessye Wdowin-McGregor during her research and walks along the river in connection with the project. 

For more information, visit our website: https://www.correspondences.work/

The drawing and sound sketch will be exhibited at correspondences (39 Sydney Road Brunswick) from 17/2. The drawing is offered for sale. Inquiries: info@correspondences.work.

Image credit: Installation image of Untitled 2.1 2023, a drawing made by Fry. The artwork and sounds are © Genevieve Fry.

These sounds and images were made on the country of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Kulin Nation. We respectfully acknowledge them as the Sovereign Custodians of the land and waters upon which we live and work. We pay our respect to their Elders, past, present and emerging. We extend this respect to all First Peoples.

Sound sketch # 2.1 / Untitled 2.1 2023 - Drawing Sound Featuring Genevieve Fry

Multi-instrumentalist/composer Genevieve Fry made this sound sketch on 3/2 on the evening occasion of the 'Live Music Improvisation & Drawing' session featuring Genevieve with multi-disciplinary artist Sorim Byeon and multi-instrumentalist Esala Liyanage. 

It was presented in connection with correspondences' 2023 Resonate project entitled 'Drawing Sound'. 

The drawing and sound sketch will be exhibited at correspondences (39 Sydney Road Brunswick) from 17/2. The drawing is offered for sale. Inquiries: info@correspondences.work.

For more information, visit our website: https://www.correspondences.work/

Image credit: Installation image of Untitled 2.2 2023, a drawing made by Fry. The artwork and sounds are © Genevieve Fry.

These sounds and images were made on the country of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Kulin Nation. We respectfully acknowledge them as the Sovereign Custodians of the land and waters upon which we live and work. We pay our respect to their Elders, past, present and emerging. We extend this respect to all First Peoples.

Sound sketch # 2.2 / Untitled 2.2 2023 - Drawing Sound Genevieve Fry w Sorim Byeon & Esala Liyanage

This sound sketch was made during the day on 4/2 by multi-instrumentalist/composer Genevieve Fry in connection with correspondences' 2023 Resonate project entitled 'Drawing Sound'. 

The starting point for the making was environmental recordings made around the Birrarung (Yarra River), Dights Falls and Yarra Bend, especially the sound of rain and water running.

For more information, visit our website: https://www.correspondences.work/

The drawing and sound sketch will be exhibited at correspondences (39 Sydney Road Brunswick) from 17/2. The drawing is offered for sale. Inquiries: info@correspondences.work.

Image credit: Installation image of Untitled 3 2023, a drawing made by Fry. The artwork and sounds are © Genevieve Fry.

These sounds and images were made on the country of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Kulin Nation. We respectfully acknowledge them as the Sovereign Custodians of the land and waters upon which we live and work. We pay our respect to their Elders, past, present and emerging. We extend this respect to all First Peoples.

Sound sketch # 3 / Untitled 3 2023 - Drawing Sound Featuring Genevieve Fry

This sound sketch was made during the day on 7/2 by multi-instrumentalist/composer Genevieve Fry in connection with correspondences' 2023 Resonate project entitled 'Drawing Sound'. 

The starting point for the making was a bush walk Genevieve took along the Birrarung and Merri Merri with collaborator/co-maker/presenter Jessye Wdowin-McGregor and correspondences' Emma Thomson. 

In the composition, she brought in environmental sound recordings from her many walks along these much-loved waterways. During the improvisation, she was thinking about the flora and fauna along the systems, the resilience, age and wisdom of local trees and plants, the interconnectivity and symbiotic relationships between different plants and organisms.

For more information, visit our website: https://www.correspondences.work/

The drawing and sound sketch will be exhibited at correspondences (39 Sydney Road Brunswick) from 17/2. The drawing is offered for sale. Inquiries: info@correspondences.work.

Image credit: Installation image of Untitled 4 2023, a drawing made by Fry. The artwork and sounds are © Genevieve Fry.

These sounds and images were made on the country of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Kulin Nation. We respectfully acknowledge them as the Sovereign Custodians of the land and waters upon which we live and work. We pay our respect to their Elders, past, present and emerging. We extend this respect to all First Peoples.

Sound sketch # 4 / Untitled 4 2023 - Drawing Sound Featuring Genevieve Fry

This sound sketch was made during the day on 11/2 by multi-instrumentalist/composer Genevieve Fry in connection with correspondences' 2023 Resonate project entitled 'Drawing Sound'. She collaborated with multi-disciplinary artist Jessye Wdowin-McGregor, who focused on making percussive sounds using rocks, leaves and gum nuts found along the Birrarung.

The starting point for the making was a conversation about the ancientness of the rock formations along the Birrarung, their beauty and incredible age and the way that finding pieces of rock that belong to a larger formation reminds us of the way that geology is constantly changing and moving beyond our human perception of time and space. This idea of movement in geological forms became the focus of the improvisation, as Jessye moved the rocks against different surfaces and textures in different ways. Gen also brought in the sound of water moving, reminding us of the connection of the rock wall formations with the river along the Birrarung. 

This session was also the day of our facilitated workshop. Thank you to our audience for attending and participating in this beautiful session. 

For more information, visit our website: https://www.correspondences.work/

The drawing and sound sketch will be exhibited at correspondences (39 Sydney Road Brunswick) from 17/2. The drawing is offered for sale. Inquiries: info@correspondences.work.

Image credit: Installation image of Untitled 8a-b 2023, a drawing made by Fry. The artwork and sounds are © Genevieve Fry.

These sounds and images were made on the country of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Kulin Nation. We respectfully acknowledge them as the Sovereign Custodians of the land and waters upon which we live and work. We pay our respect to their Elders, past, present and emerging. We extend this respect to all First Peoples.

Sound sketch # 8 / Untitled 8a-8b Diptych 2023 - Drawing Sound Featuring Genevieve Fry

This sound sketch was made during the day on 16/2 by multi-instrumentalist/composer Genevieve Fry in connection with correspondences' 2023 Resonate project entitled 'Drawing Sound'. She collaborated with multi-disciplinary artist Jessye Wdowin-McGregor, who provided field recordings from the Birraung. Jessye also contributed percussive sounds using rocks, leaves and gum nuts found along the Birrarung.

The starting point for the making was a conversation about the Birrarung, Dight Falls, the sandstone and mudstone formations, the point of confluence with the Merri Merri, the majestic river red gums and the abundance of surrounding birds that call this area home. 

For more information, visit our website: https://www.correspondences.work/

The drawing and sound sketch will be exhibited at correspondences (39 Sydney Road Brunswick) from 17/2. The drawing is offered for sale. Inquiries: info@correspondences.work.

Image credit: Installation image of Untitled 11 2023, a drawing made by Fry. The artwork and sounds are © Genevieve Fry.

These sounds and images were made on the country of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Kulin Nation. We respectfully acknowledge them as the Sovereign Custodians of the land and waters upon which we live and work. We pay our respect to their Elders, past, present and emerging. We extend this respect to all First Peoples.

Sound sketch # 11 / Untitled 11 2023 - Drawing Sound Featuring Genevieve Fry

Multi-instrumentalist/composer Genevieve Fry made this sound sketch on 17/2 on the evening occasion of the 'Live Music Improvisation & Drawing' session featuring Genevieve with composer/musician Mindy Meng Wang. 

The starting point for the making was a conversation about Gen's drawings and thoughts about where rivers originate, their connections with mountains and geological forms - the way that the drawings reminded Mindy of snow-capped mountains that melt and turn into waterways. There was also a larger conversation about space - in the making process, between notes and vocalised elements, but also in how we give space when we are just ourselves, listening deeply and observing others and nature around us. 

The session was presented in connection with correspondences' 2023 Resonate project entitled 'Drawing Sound'. 

The drawing and sound sketch will be exhibited at correspondences (39 Sydney Road Brunswick) from 17/2. The drawing is offered for sale. Inquiries: info@correspondences.work.

For more information, visit our website: https://www.correspondences.work/

Image credit: Installation image of Untitled 12b 2023 (12a was gifted on the evening), a drawing made by Fry. The artwork and sounds are © Genevieve Fry.

These sounds and images were made on the country of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Kulin Nation. We respectfully acknowledge them as the Sovereign Custodians of the land and waters upon which we live and work. We pay our respect to their Elders, past, present and emerging. We extend this respect to all First Peoples.

Sound sketch # 12 / Untitled 12 2023 - Drawing Sound Genevieve Fry w Mindy Meng Wang

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Nice Music Label presents ‘THRASH’ - an incendiary new collaborative recording from indefinable, incomparable modern giant of electronic music Actress (Darren Cunningham) and NM’s own label head, capricious sound artist Simon J Karis.

Actress and SJK stir up their intertwining trademark elements into a clandestine symmetrical arc over three tracks - each of them bestowing their own edit of ‘THRASH’, with Karis’ urgent acid thumper as a centerpiece. Both drastically remapping their razored hardware collision, staunchly gnawing their respective sounds into oblivion and back again.

Incongruously, Karis drags the duo into his world of “noise” treatments and hifi harshness, all parping distortion and compressed hypercolours, yet Cunningham threads his instantly recognisable swoops of synth graffiti, 8-bit fx throttle and percussive errata in a perfect symbiosis of their palettes.

‘Darren edit’ breathes more and jogs along sparsely enough to deny any requirements of progression from the tenets of electro concepts hinted at, surfing through knackered programming and a circuitous routine of synthetic howls and ragged blipscapes. ‘Simon edit’ actively seeks progression, folding in on itself over its 5+ minutes before reaching its zenith of aquatic riffage and elevated melodic bombast. Karis’ solo track ‘night glaze smashed chalice.alp’ is artfully imposed right in between the two edits of ‘THRASH’ - a muscular 4/4 acid burner, hissing abjectly with refracted room sound and textural horror. Hard as nails. 

released July 25, 2024

nicemusic058
16 minutes
Nice Music 2024

Actress, Simon J Karis 'Thrash' [Darren edit]

tracklist/

Metro 
Je te tiens, Tu me tiens - Reymour
Tchintchirote - Cesária Evora
Aquel (feat. Eduardo Mateo) - Vera Sienra
The Zoological Gardens & Mole in the Ground - John Francis Flynn 
Where is the money? Holger Czukay, Jah Wobble & Jaki Liebezeit
Will You Promise -0 Ebo Taylor
Chanson ferroviaire - Jac Berrogcal, Jaki Liebezeit, Pascal Comelade & Pierre Bastien
Cold Paris Vogue - Mark William Lewis
Can II - Hana Stretton 
Red Sails In the Sunset - Dean Martin
Drinking Again - Dinah Washington
Blue Sands- Elysian Spring
O Virga Ac Diadema - Hildergard von Bingen (Voices of Ascension & Dennis Keene)
6- Eric Aldea
iPhone piano 
Samedi c'est permis - Eddie Ladoire & Rainier Lericolais
Drowning by Numbers (Film Score, 1988): Fish Beach
Live Forever- Magic AL & Rosali
Badlands - Thomas Newman
Micalong - Hana Stretton 
Peace In the Valley- Sister Rosetta Tharpe
O’Connell Rd 
iPhone piano 
Our Love - Emile Mosseri
Livradois-Forez Regional Natural Park

spring mix

First thing on Fridays - Jack Rollo's here to take care of things.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/early-bird-show-jack-rollo/episodes/early-bird-show-jack-rollo-13th-september-2024

The Early Bird Show w/ Jack Rollo & Cold Hands Warm Heart (Live in Session) 130924

do you want to come with me
from grey to taupe roads
weave out to the country

where we can see the stars above

mist coats us with tiny pearls
the sky shifts pulled by golden whirlpools

there we'll stay
a quiet and tender place

pale sun settles sooner here
it's warmth drawn breath like to reveal
vast inky skies

where we can see the stars above

frozen sills and sleepy flames 
wrap around hold us tight and safe

there we'll stay
a quiet and tender place

Carapice

C H W H
AV Pop/ Psyche Genevieve Fry-Harp/recorder/ Travis John- Guitar/synth Esala Liyanage- Percussion / Goergia Harvey - Bass Guitar/ vocals 

Carapice

Cold Hands Warm Heart

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