If you're in the Super City and a fan of unusual sounds, check out next week's summer series from the Audio Foundation.
The event kicks off on Sunday 2 February with two Japanese sound artists joining locals at a (sold-out) event in a private backyard lava cave.
Japanese sound artists Aki Onda and Akio Suzuki Photo: Supplied
The Audio Foundation is a place for anyone who's adventurous and curious about sound and music, says composer Flo Wilson – who is also an RNZ sound engineer.
Their summer series is an opportunity to hear sounds that are independent of digital media overload we usually experience, Flo says.
"We often have a lot of things competing for our attention and we don't often get a chance to figure out what we like without an algorithm or something suggesting it to us. Opportunities to be challenged or have your thoughts expanded… or nourished … they're not as prevalent as they used to be."
- Listen to an excerpt from a 2018 lava cave performance here: Sound art beneath an Auckland volcano
On Wednesday 5 February, veteran Japanese sound artist Akio Suzuki will collaborate with New Zealand's "godfather of unconventional instrument building" Phil Dadson.
AF SUMMER SOUND SERIES PROGRAMME:
Sunday 2 February, The Lava Cave, Maungawhau
SPELEO-SONICS.2
Akio Suzuki & Aki Onda
Richard Francis
Old Chips
Tuesday 4 February, Parnell Platform Gallery, Parnell Train Station
Akio Suzuki & Aki Onda
Monicker
Ro Rushton-Green & Aaron Longville
Wednesday 5 February, Audio Foundation
Akio Suzuki & Phil Dadson
Roger Turner & Hermione Johnson
Arthur Bull, Paul Buckton, Scott Thompson, and others
Friday 7 February, Aotea Square
Annette Krebs
True Bliss Experience
Friday 7 February, Audio Foundation
Annette Krebs
Ivan Mršić
Saturday 8 February, Audio Foundation
Annette Krebs & Antonia Barnett-McIntosh
Clovis McEvoy
