Join us for the eleventh edition of HEAR THE MACHINE, a monthly series showcasing experimental synthesiser music, including drone, ambient, noise, and other electronic music practices being explored by artists in Naarm.
HEAR THE MACHINE usually* happens on the last Sunday of the month, at Nighthawks Bar - 136 Johnston street Collingwood.
HEAR THE MACHINE #11
August 24th 2025
7pm doors
$15/10 (no presales)
The artists:
Drift State (Mat Watson) explores sensory and non-linear time using electronic sound and field recordings. Created live and constantly in flux, it draws on hypnagogic states, focused on perception via texture, repetition, and sonic decay—hovering between structure and abstraction, where memory, presence, and imagination blur.
https://mat-watson.bandcamp.com/album/emp018-drift-state
Jonnine Caressé, based in Naarm, is a fairly genre-agnostic composer and performer of experimental sound. Their work is characterised by texture, improvisation, and an exploration of the disturbing physicality of sound.
https://tendercollection.bandcamp.com/
Joel Stern is an artist/musician, curator and academic. He’s made experimental music since the early 2000s as a solo artist and in countless groups including the long-running band Sky Needle. Over recent years his work has focussed on research-driven project as part of the collective Machine Listening, including multichannel sound installations, radio art, and experimental performances. In 2024 he was commissioned by MESS to make a new electronic work, and this helped him re-fall in love in analogue synthesis and improvisation. This will be Joel’s first concert using the Buchla Easel.
https://machinelistening.exposed/site-map/works
We acknowledge the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, the continuing custodians of the land where this event takes place.
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