re-sound

Diverse cultures, aesthetics, media, techniques and technologies (hard and soft) crowd the current new-arts terrain. re-sound responds flexibly to this information-rich environment by engaging with and presenting sound in a number of contexts. re-sound formed in Melbourne in 1996 with the intention of creating a performance platform for contemporary sound and music. The group grew out of Monash University where artistic director Thomas Reiner lectures in composition.

re-sound has explored and developed:
the hybrid forms emerging from a collision between performance gestures, acoustic sounds, digital signal processing, and sound synthesis;
the aesthetics of an improvised performance for DJ and amplified chamber ensemble (somewhere between hip hop and free jazz);
the dialectics of the human body and the musical formalism associated with the performance of modernist works;
the relationship between composer and performer (and the subversion of that relationship) in the development of new work;
the performance of electro-acoustic works that integrate dance music idioms;
new notation-based work by Melbourne composers;
the inclusion of dance, theatre, and interactive live computer graphics triggered by the performers.

In performance, re-sound provides audiences with an exciting experience of today’s sonic culture. Standout events include:

Ephemeral Densities:  an integrated set of new electroacoustic music from Australia, Germany and Alaska presented at the central Melbourne night club Pony to a full house;
a live-to-air performance of contemporary Australian work for the New Music Australia program on ABC Classic FM;
a concert of John Cage’s work as part of the Melbourne Mallarmé and the 20th Century Festival;
a CD recording featuring Australian and North American modernist works;
a concert in partnership with the Melbourne Composer’s League;
a CD launch at Revolver nightclub of re-sound’s electro-acoustic interpretation of Terry Riley’s minimalist classic In C;
a mentorship with Melbourne pianist Robert Chamberlain, featuring recent Australian works;
a multimedia event including dance, interactive computer music, and a collaboration with DJ Special Air Service;
a performance of Steve Adam’s HybriD at the closing concert of the Australian Computer Music Conference 2002 (re-sound’s development of HybriD was also featured on ABC TV’s arts program New Dimensions).

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Contact re-sound: re-sound@re-sound.com