Klumpes Ahmad, Austin Benjamin Trio, Jason Sweeney TOUR

February 15th, 2009

hellosQuare recordings in association with Sound Travelers and the Australia Council is proud to present Klumpes Ahmad (Sydney/Canberra) and the Austin Benjamin Trio (Canberra) on tour throughout February and March, showcasing their new releases ‘In Bed We Trust’ and ‘Unraveled, Rewoven’.

Using electronics, jazz improvisation and modern classical technique, the improvising duo of pianist Adrian Klumpes (ex-Triosk, Pivot) and guitarist Shoeb Ahmad stand live beside the young Canberra trio of Austin Benjamin, Chris Pound and Evan Dorrian in a series of performances that typify the hellosQuare sound.

Supporting will be Adelaide’s own Jason Sweeney aka Panoptique Electrical, performing his sweet minimalist portraits of sound using the piano and computer electronics.

NATIONAL DATES

Tuesday 17th February: The East Brunswick Club, Lygon St MELBOURNE: Supported by True Radical Miracle (special piano, strings + effects set!)  Doors 7:30pm - $10 entry

Wednesday 18th February: EMU Concert Space, University Of Adelaide, North Terrace ADELAIDE: Supported by Panoptique Electrical. Doors 8pm - $10 entry

Sunday 22nd February: Stone Gallery, Paddington SYDNEY: Supported by Alister Spence (solo). Show starts 3.30pm sharp - $15 entry or $5 for students

In its second year, Sound Travellers is supported by the Australia Council’s Music Board, assisting individual artists and organisations with the promotion and national touring of Sound Art and Electronic music.

Sound Travellers 2009 programme promises to bring you the very best in electronic music. For a full programme, visit www.soundtravellers.com.au

One response to “Klumpes Ahmad, Austin Benjamin Trio, Jason Sweeney TOUR”

  1. “ Hobosic:

    Hi,
    Super post, Need to mark it on Digg

    Thank you
    Hobosic

    March 2nd, 2009 at 11:18 am

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