I would like to acknowledge the Traditional custodians of the land on which “Heaving Breaths” was produced on, the Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri people of the Eastern Kulin nation and pay my respects to the elders, past, present and emerging who have since the beginning of the Dreaming cultivated such rich history of storytelling and art that I recognise the immense privilege to be able to work, create and live on this land. I would also like to recognise that sovereignty was never ceded and that this has always and always will be Aboriginal land. 





[I wrote "Heaving breaths" without the intention of wanting to say something specific but more so about conveying a certain emotion/feeling through sounds. In this particular context, I wanted to depict 'anxiety' through sounds made by my body, the flute and performed live on the alto flute. 
I was also honoured to performed this track at the 2021 Queer Lunar New Year party and zine launch run by Red Pocket Press x Anti-Colonial Asian Alliance.

Heaving Breaths

Live improvisation with synths, stereo and flute at Make it up club. Performed at Bar Open in Fitzroy/Ngár-go in Naarm 24/5/22.

Michelle Nguyen and Jack Whu Live Improvisation @ Make it up Club

Prelude et Scherzo- Henri Busser

SNIPPET: A variation on our main melody [Excerpt 1]
recorded on iphone lol

Live improv w/ Hannah Wu n Jack Whu

A collaborative improvisation with the audience in an abandoned water tank ft. birds I field recorded around town.

This track and performance took place on sacred Arrernte land. I want to honour the Arrernte people as the true custodians of this land and extend my respect to Elders past and present who continue to uphold strong spiritual connections to the skies, landscape and ecosystem. I feel very honoured to live on sacred land and to witness to the sounds around me. Sovereignty has never been ceded and the fight for justice and recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders is still ongoing.

Birds in the Water tank

Water Spinach

“I am soft and bubbly,
hard and silky,
I move through transient waves,
flowing down the rocky rocky Merri
We go on many walks together,
my feelings and I,
lost deep in the flow
of what is home.” - jack

Bubble Bath

胡 懿  (they/them) is a queer performer born in Naarm/Melbourne. They study flute and concurrently have a keen interest in electroacoustic music. Their vision is to make classical music more accessible to the wider community.

By infusing unconventional sounds on an orchestral instrument like the flute, they aim to broaden access to the classical form of music through abstract sound.

Their practice hopes to create a safe space for the audience to explore intimate images and emotions through the use of complex harmonies and textures. Expect to be taken on a journey through multifarious sound waves of glitches, ethereal resolutions and warped microtones. You’ll always see them improvising to their music on an amplified flute.

Jack Whu

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