ii (“eye eye”) are hitting the road and serving up their very own blend of ambient pop to destinations around Australia on their first ever national tour. Promising to take audiences to the edges of pop and beyond, ii says the tour is “going to be an opportunity to bring our sound to new places and try it out in new contexts”. Playing a handful of galleries and art spaces, as well as traditional venues, first stop for the Melbourne duo is Canberra.

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Nicolas Krassik
(The Daily Planet: Thursday 10 July 2008)
URL: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/dailyplanet/stories/2008/2292599.htm
Caçuá, a word with Tupi (Indigenous Brazilian Language) origins, is a wicker or vine basket used to carry provisions. It’s also the title of Parisian-born, Rio de Janeiro-based violinist Nicolas Krassik’s fine CD with a choro trio and special guests.

Two-Faced Friday
(The Daily Planet: Friday 11 July 2008)
URL: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/dailyplanet/stories/2008/2294927.htm
Listening back over the last week, and forward to what’s on The Daily Planet next week.

Thierry ‘Titi’ Robin and Band from Womadelaide 2008 plus Cesaria Evora at the 1997 Brisbane Biennial
(Music Deli: Friday 11 July 2008)
URL: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/musicdeli/stories/2008/2293067.htm
In this week’s Music Deli more from the Womadelaide Festival that happened in Botanic Park Adelaide in March. From that festival, Titi Robin and his quartet. In the second part of the program, the Cape Verdean singer Cesaria Evora recorded in Brisbane in 1997 during her first Australian tour.
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Presented by Otherfilm…

The Ben’s will present visionary cinematic dispatches encompassing stark Cinemascope documentary, jungle surrealism, stroboscopic flicker psychedelia, children in frightening pseudo-tribal headgear, and More! Their shows in Australia include the incredible screening program ‘We Can Not Exist In This World Alone’ plus Ben Russell’s expanded cinema extravaganza. http://www.dimeshow.com/

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