Speak performs City Jungle at the Metropolis New Music Festival!
6pm & 9.30pm. Friday 19 April
Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre
City Jungle explores the dramatic sound world of underground British electronica genres from the 1990’s including Drum’n’Bass, Jungle & Glitch. That many percussionists have a fascination with these genres is perhaps not surprising. When at its best, the music weaves complex webs of syncopated rhythms and textures, its funk and soul heritage intensified by contemporary technology. Despite these connections and appeal, the music’s fast tempi have kept its performance largely the domain of DJs in nightclubs. Created in collaboration with leading Melbourne based producer Terminal Sound System, the piece weaves fragmented beats, distorted classical timbres and ambient resonances into the world of underground club culture.
ARTISTS
Speak Percussion – notation and arrangement
Terminal Sound System – programming and composition
Eugene Ughetti – Artistic Director, Percussion
Matthias Schack-Arnott – Artistic Associate, Percussion
TICKETS
$25 Standard / $15 Concession