Light Burst

Light Burst is the new duo of multi-instrumentalists and composers Biddy Connor and Lizzy Welsh. Based between Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung country in Naarm (Melbourne) and Djaara country in Central Victoria, Light Burst grew out of the murky depths of pandemic lock downs. Combining electronics with rarely-heard acoustic instruments from different eras, Light Burst weaves a unique and exciting timbral cambric.

Biddy and Lizzy have over ten years of collaboration history, playing with The Letter String Quartet, John Cale, Gang of Youths, Mick Harvey, Spritualized and others.

Nat Grant

Nat Grant is a sound artist and producer working across live performance, recording, digital arts, and radio. Nat is a drummer, percussionist, and composer with a focus on creating multidisciplinary, long-form musical compositions, performance events and installations using traditional and graphic notation as well as improvisation.  

www.natgrantmusic.com

Photo credit: Keelan O'Hehir.

Philippe Petit

Was born in Marseille, South of France and studied Electroacoustic music at the CNRR Conservatory of Marseille, specialising in multi-channelled diffusion (Acousmatic spatialisation) and Modular Synthesis. 

I have been fortunate enough to work with what people call a dream-team of collaborators: joining Lydia Lunch, Murcof, The European Contemporary Orchestra (E.C.O.), Mark Cunningham (MARS), Cindytalk, Orkest De Ereprijs,  Audrey Chen, Mia Zabelka, Iancu Dumitrescu's Hyperion Ensemble, Stephen O'Malley, Yannick Barman, PAS or Faust onstage and-or in studio. Recordings with: Eugene Robinson (Oxbow), Edward Ka-Spel (Legendary Pink Dots), Simon Fisher Turner, Kumo, Scott McCloud (Girls Against Boys), Cosey Fanni Tutti (Throbbing Gristle), My Brightest Diamond, Sybarite, Foetus, Pantaleimon, Graham Lewis (Wire), Barry Adamson, Andy Diagram, Scanner, Machinefabriek, Mira Calix, Kammerflimmer Kollektief, Justin K. Broadrick, James Johnston (Gallon Drunk/Bad Seeds/Faust), ASVA, Jarboe, Jad Fair, Martin Dupont and many more..

www.philippepetit.info

Sooji

Sooji is a Naarm-based musician creating works that explore adventurous sonic territories through performance, composition and spatialised sound installations. Working primarily with synthesisers and electronics, she embraces the unexpected outcomes that arise from collaboration and improvisation.

Influenced by diverse sources such as classical music and Italian electronic composers, Sooji’s intuitive approach to composition creates works that sit outside of traditional genre classification and often manifest as surreal sonic landscapes.

Pascal Babare

Pascal Babare is a composer and multi-instrumentalist living and working in Naarm, Australia. His early career focused on more traditional, guitar based songwriting, while the last decade has seen him move into composing for screen and multi-channel installations, expanding his palate and skillset into a wider, more electronic realm.

Mat Watson

Mat Watson is an Australian musician who explores synthesisers and drums spanning experimental, improvisational and traditional forms. He has an extensive list of solo projects and artist collaborations. He has performed at arts festivals, music festivals, galleries and theatres in Australia, Japan, USA, Spain & France.

He spends available downtime at Imaginary Sound Fields disappearing into the matrix of his Synthi Aks and thinking about inner space.