Live performances - Friday, Sep 22nd

MADE NOW MUSIC, our favourite Brisbane-based record label, is concocting another evening of delights. With Greenhouse, MNM is launching the new album of Melbourne-based psychedelic jazz collective led by Reuben Lewis, I Hold the Lion’s Paw. They are launching Aves, their 7” vinyl.

We will also relish the premiere of “wattle”, a large ensemble of  winds, brass and rhythms presenting new works by Brodie McAllister.  

Event: Friday September 22nd, 7pm

Tickets 20$ 

Live performances - Saturday, July 22nd

Doors at 7pm, Music from 7:30
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MADE NOW MUSIC is delighted to be launching the debut album of the Brisbane juggernaut ensemble sooon.
Supported by the amazing Sarah Gall and Francesca Masel performing the music of Cameron Bower.

ENSEMBLE SOOON
Ensemble Sooon situate themselves at the porous boundaries of improvisation and Indie-classical experimentation, straddling open-form compositions and third-stream structures, using notation as a springboard and as a canvas to explore contemporary notions of individual and collective action through a swirling sonic palette. Martin Kay is a saxophonist and composer with an array of releases from large ensemble Forage, trio Song Fwaa, and his solo tenor sax album chronicling fantastical tardigrade migration patterns. Danielle Bentley is a versatile cellist with an uncanny talent for improvisation and a classical technique to bring the sounds. Nozomi Omote has an astonishing imagination bringing a percussion palette from the everyday object as well as the concert stage.

SARAH GALL
Local pianist Sarah Gall draws on a rich and varied musical life spanning punk to classical, bringing a unique voice to post-genre collaboration. Passionate about the DIY where music is a force for community-building, Sarah was the founder of Browning Street Studios (2008 - 2021) and continues to work as a passionate educator, advocate and champion for the grassroots. As a performer she uses the piano as a "sounding board" within emotional, human and built environments - a type of resonant and relational sonar. Sarah is most comfortable working at the edges of musical forms and notions with performers from many and varied backgrounds. She is currently stoked to be working with Cameron Bower to help realise a number of his new works for solo piano and chamber music settings.

FRANCESCA MASEL
Brisbane-based cellist and music educator Francesca Masel has a strong passion for chamber music and collaboration. She has performed extensively in Australia and overseas at events such as the 2022 Corso Internazionale di Musica in San Vito di Cadore, the 2019 Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival and frequently with dynamic ensembles including Camerata: Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra and the Australian Youth Orchestra. Francesca graduated from the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University with a Graduate Certificate in Music Studies and a Bachelor of Music in Performance. She is excited to be continuing her studies in cello this September at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

Image: Brodie McAllister

Gig - Saturday December 17th

From a land far far away, where darkness is painted in pastels and bassists are dressed in pink, three piece Alternative rock outfit Prince Peace, present their debut single release, Sweet Little Head, supported by Madeleine Cocolas & Jo Davie.

Prince Peace create an intimate and cathartic journey, telling tales of identity and woe. Their sound is an ode to early 2000’s alt and late 90’s grunge combining irregular harmony with warm, comforting melodies, providing a bed for the emotionally driven vocals and hard hitting lyrics to capture the full meaning of expression.

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With every ticket purchased you will go into the draw to win a Mini Zine, CD, and poster.

Gig - Saturday, December 10th

MADE NOW MUSIC is delighted to present an evening of solo performances celebrating the sounds of some amazing Meanjin-based (and MNM-released) artists.

//CYBERBANSHEE

cyberBanshee aka Hannah (they/she) is a flutist, electronic musician, and improviser living on the unceded land of the Jagera, Yuggera, and Turrbal Peoples. The music explores the sweetness in unsettling difficulty, and reveals the monsters lurking in traditionally beautiful instruments. Their work and thinking are rooted in queer and feminist collaborative and contaminative co-creation with other soundmakers and artmakers, physical and social environments, ecologies, histories, and narratives, exploring the possibilities of making-kin and finding agency within community.

https://hannahreardonsmith.com/

// JOSEPH RABJOHNS

Joseph is a Brisbane based guitarist and music educator known for his composition/playing in Kodiak Empire, Shoal June Cartel, Kieran Stevenson, Prince Peace and many more. Joseph's solo work draws from neo-classical guitar, post-rock, folk and ambient music. Through his solo compositions, Joseph aims to tame his passion for complex music with the soothing nature of folk music, and a heavy emphasis on finger style guitar playing.

https://josephrabjohns.bandcamp.com/

// LIBBY MYERS

Libby Myers is a guitarist dedicated to exploring the ever-changing identity of the classical guitar. Her performances offer intimate, heartfelt interpretations that tell unique stories through music. She is an active member of Australia’s contemporary music community, and has performed across Australia, Spain, Canada and USA.

Her premieres of new Australian works by composers from diverse musical worlds of jazz, classical and indie genres, paired with the music of JS Bach, were shortlisted for the 2021 Anywhere Festival Award. Libby lives and works on the Turrbal and Jaggera lands of Brisbane. She studied at the University of Queensland and Universidad Pablo de Olavide in Spain, and is currently undertaking doctoral research at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, exploring innovative artistic and narrative approaches to performance.

https://www.libbymyers.com/

//TRISTAN ROGERS

Trumpeter Tristan Rogers has established himself as a leading creative voice across the Australian and international jazz, hip-hop and experimental communities over the course of the past decade. He is an improviser, session musician and composer, focusing on making music that engages with community connection. Tristan’s musical approach meld seamlessly in a wide range of genres/contexts having performed with ensembles ranging from pop groups like The Kite String Tangle, Woodes and Jason Derulo, international festivals favourites like Ash Grunwald, BULLHORN and Matt Hsu's Obscure Orchestra - All the while keeping his improvisational and experimental roots firmly planted with groups such as DÜT, the award-winning Kayleigh Pincott Quintet and improvised hip-hop juggernauts Life On Earth. Routinely Tristan’s ability to connect with listeners genuinely and heartfeltly is the cornerstone of his musical approach. Outside of performing Tristan spends time teaching, composing for his own electronic music project and slinging some of the best handmade Neapolitan-style pizza in Brisbane!

// UNREGISTERED MASTER BUILDER

Unregistered Master Builder is the creative universe of artist and performer Joseph Burgess. Hailing from Portland, Oregon with a pedigree in constructive behaviour. Joseph is a director of KEPK space in Brisbane.

http://master-builder.squarespace.com/

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MADE NOW MUSIC acknowledges that we are located on the traditional lands of the Turrbal and Jagera nations. We extend our respects to their ancestors and elders past and present and emerging.

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Image Design: Brodie McAllister

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Doors at 7pm, Music from 7:30. $20 entry (pre-sale-only event).

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Dance performance - Sunday Oct 30th

The Indangaburundi Cultural Club is the perspective of sharing traditional Burundian songs and dances because it is a joy to celebrate our culture around the world.

The Indangaburundi Cultural Club began its activities in 2011 in the city of Bujumbura in Burundi which is a movement of young artists and talented Burundians whose mission is to entertain people through songs, modern and traditional dances, Burundian and foreign culture, life and more.

Sunday Oct 30th, 6 pm

Dance performance - Friday Oct 28th

The Indangaburundi Cultural Club is the perspective of sharing traditional Burundian songs and dances because it is a joy to celebrate our culture around the world.

The Indangaburundi Cultural Club began its activities in 2011 in the city of Bujumbura in Burundi which is a movement of young artists and talented Burundians whose mission is to entertain people through songs, modern and traditional dances, Burundian and foreign culture, life and more.

Friday Oct 28th, 6 pm

Live performances - Saturday Oct 15th, 8 pm

Olympic Swimming Pool Maintenance League @olympic_pool_maintenance
Abstract Human Radio @abstracthumanradio
Cyber Banshee @_cyberbanshee
Moscos @moscos.cosmos
Unregistered Master Builder @unregistered_master_builder
Rigidigital @rigi_digital
Sonny O'Brien @sonnyobrien
Jake Morton @makejorton

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This Saturday August 20th, transport yourself to KEPK and enter the musical world of Madeleine Cocolas, supported by Timothy Fairless, Mekema, and Unregistered Master Builder.

Madeleine Cocolas and Timothy Fairless will showcase their respective new albums 'Spectral' and 'Rising Water'. Mekema will concoct some tender vibes on modular synthesiser, and Unregistered Master Builder will still be warm from European summer.

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