[Af_List] Fwd: Reminder: The necks workshop/ solo performances

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> The Necks FREE workshop and solo performances.
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> Workshop from 7pm
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> Solo performances from 8:30 pm
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> This Thursday the 28th of February Chris Abraham, Tony Buck, and Lloyd
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> Swanton from Australian group, The Necks will host a workshop  
> presented by
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> vitamin s in association with alt music and the audio foundation.
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> The workshop will begin at 7 p.m. at the silo theatre, - (lower  
> Greys Ave -
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> Auckland city(and yes, the Bar will be open)) - and following the  
> workshop
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> Chris, Tony, and Lloyd will perform a number of solos.
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> This is a great opportunity to get an insight into the process of
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> improvisation and performance both as a collective and as individuals.
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> The format for the vitamin s workshops offers all those who attend the
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> chance not only benefit from the host's presentation, but also have  
> the
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> chance to play, interact, discuss and get feedback drawing from their
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> knowledge and experience. These workshops are very much a dialogue  
> between
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> all those who attend.
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> It is also for those who wish to observe without playing, a great
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> opportunity to gain an insight into various ideas and approaches to
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> performance and improvisation.  All are welcome to attend, observe,  
> and
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> interact.
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> This workshop/performance evening will be a precursor to the necks
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> performance at the Winter Garden, Civic Theatre on Friday the 29th of
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> February.
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> If you require any more information regarding the workshop will the
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> performances of the silo, please feel free to contact me on this e- 
> mail
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> address -
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> For more information on The Necks and the events, see the following -
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> Drew
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> THE AUDIO FOUNDATION IN COLLABORATION WITH VIT S PRESENT
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> THE FIRST 2008 ALT.MUSIC EVENT
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> THE NECKS
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> FEB 29TH, 8 PM, $25.00
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> THE CIVIC WINTERGARDEN
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> Corner Queen and Wellesley Streets, Auckland
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> Tickets through Ticketek
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> Free workshop at The Silo, Feb 28th, 7pm
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> *********************************************************
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> "For those unfamiliar with The Necks. their approach is to take a  
> musical
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> idea, sometimes a seemingly inconsequential musical idea, with a  
> short life
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> expectancy, and develop it, slowly transform it, roll it around for
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> approaching the hour mark, riveting your attention throughout"
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> The Wire - David Stubbs
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> Chris Abraham (piano), Tony Buck (drums), and Lloyd Swanton(bass)  
> conjure a
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> chemistry together that defies description in orthodox terms.
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> These three musicians are among the most respected and in-demand in
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> Australia, working in every field from pop to avant-garde. Over 200  
> albums
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> feature their presence individually or together, but the music of  
> The Necks
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> stands apart from everything else they have done.
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> Featuring lengthy pieces which slowly unravel in the most intoxicating
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> fashion, frequently underpinned by an insistent deep groove, The  
> Necks stand
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> up to listening time and time again.
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> The deceptive simplicity of their music throws forth new charms on  
> each
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> hearing. Not entirely avant-garde, nor minimalist, nor ambient, nor  
> jazz,
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> the music of The Necks is possibly unique in the world today.
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> "Australia's the Necks defy conventions about making and listening  
> to music.
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> Each performance . is an hour of unbroken improvisation, each one  
> different
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> to the last. So if you are a Necks fan, you cannot be sure you will  
> hear
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> your favourite Necks moment again. After 20 years, there are no  
> "greatest
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> hits", only what is next."
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> The Guardian - John L Walters
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> Organised by the Audio Foundation, Alt.music is an ongoing series  
> of audio
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> events, regularly bringing a vital injection of contemporary and  
> avant-garde
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> sound art from around the world to New Zealand. Previous Alt.Music  
> artists
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> include Keith Fullerton Whitman, Peter Rehberg, Pauline Oliveros,  
> Voice
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> Crack, Sachiko M, Francisco Lopez, Pierre Bastien, Oren Ambarchi,  
> Metamkine,
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> Richard Nunns and the Dead C.
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> Vitamin-S was devised as a place where those interested in 'improvised
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> music' could meet, perform, listen to and discuss, and generally  
> interact
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> with, all aspects of this complex and largely misunderstood art form
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> The Audio Foundation and Alt.music is supported by Creative New  
> Zealand, ASB
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> Trust, THE EDGER and STAMP, and VIT S
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> For more details contact Zoe Drayton
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> zoe at audiofoundation.org.nz
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> 027 2068103
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> http://www.thenecks.com
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> http://www.audiofoundation.org.nz
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> http://www.myspace.com/altmusicfestival
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> http://www.vitamin-s.co.nz/
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