WANGARATTA JAZZ 09 — NOCK & SCHAUBLE

Mike Nock on piano and Niko Schauble on drums at Memorial Hall What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts, so if I found Sylent Running a tad soporific, I was engrossed from the moment of arrival at this gig. Simplicity in the line-up was reflected in the music they created with such apparent (and probably real) ease. Schauble is my favourite … Continue reading WANGARATTA JAZZ 09 — NOCK & SCHAUBLE

WANGARATTA JAZZ 09 — BARNEY McALL & SYLENT RUNNING

Barney McAll on keyboards, Gian Slater vocals, Chris Hale on electric bass, Ben Vanderwal on drums, Dan West on laptop, toys, electronics, Nir Felder (New York) on guitar This was quite different from what I’d expected from the notes promising experiments in relationships “between silence and non-silence, beauty and its opposites … pristine acoustics and botched, ‘confused robot’ electronics”. Barney explained the set would explore … Continue reading WANGARATTA JAZZ 09 — BARNEY McALL & SYLENT RUNNING