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find anode . experience Sydney transformed and connected by art and music . witness the fusing of forms and disciplines . see how art can change your city.

featuring >>>> 10 x 10 a curated bookshelf revealing 100 interesting books + films Kate Crawford & Marcus West bury >>>> Art Groupie an exhibition of art by musicians including Steve Kilbey (The Church), Martin Kennedy (All India Radio), Ben Ely (Regurgitator), Mick Turner (The Dirty Three) + 26 others – launch party features live performance >>>> Field Trip a free outdoor city excursion through art + sound, pop-up cinema, performance, installation, photography, music with café bar; plus ESP presents the Splinter Orchestra >>>> Termina l projection window rips up retail as part of the ‘2042: art on the street’ exhibition on King Street, Newtown >>>> Glamour pour le Hammer a night of DJs + performances >>>> über Lingua multilingual DJs / VJs + dancing >>>> Finale party at Oxford Art Factory with Japanese Tattoo, DJ / VJ, dance + performance [strictly limited tickets on sale now].

Program, maps , tickets and udpates at www.anode.net.au

Loop Magazine – Articles include: The Night Air, Deya Dova interview, UTS Music.Sound.Design review, Staubgold Berlin Label review, LA Academy of Music offer of music scholarships, Web of Sound website reviews, Enfoldings & Disclosures UTS Gallery exhibition, Colin Black new work, Brian Wilson review, Joanna Newsom review, and from Dime entertainment – Samir Abraham, Roy-Al, Driven & Tyree.

Media releases for current & upcoming events include: Midan Naway, MIBEM, Casula Powerhouse, Arts Law week Sydney, Yelling at Stars, The Gum Ball 2008, Mistero Buffo, The Raveonettes, Back from Front and the Music of Ma.

Contributors include: Aden Rolfe – Sydney writer, Claire Hargreave – Casula Powerhouse, Brianna Munting – Casula Powerhouse, Sarah Dalgleish – AmpHead Music, Freyja Macfarlane – AmpHead Music, Holly Williams – UTS Gallery, Phill – Dime Entertainment, Tiani Chillemi – Decode Media, Pauline Hessel – Kick Music, Yanna – Cydonian Sounds, Jodi Rose – Berlin writer, Lucy Kippist – Sydney writer, Lucy Howard – Melbourne writer, Tim Bishop – Merrigong Theatre company, Gibson Nolte – Sydney writer, Helene Fox – Helene Fox Publicity, Victoria White – MA, Dan Grody – LA Music Academy, Ann Finegan – Sydney writer, Audiophile – Admin

UTS is holding a Symposium investigating cross-disciplinary practice in the areas of music, sound and design from February the 13th to 15th. There will be 3 days of keynotes, panels and workshops from 10am to 6pm, All free and open to the public.

For more info go to www.hss.uts.edu.au/utsmsd2008/

FBi 94.5FM is an independent radio station focussing on the creativity, diversity and innovation of Sydney’s music and arts communities. Sunday Night At The Movies is FBi Radio’s experimental sound hour, on the airwaves each Sunday evening from 9pm. Check out the station www.fbiradio.com and the show http://www.fbiradio.com/content.php/100.html

Traversing sound art, audio documentaries, soundscapes, remixes, mashups, samples, field recordings, radioplays and performance poetry, Sunday Night at the Movies are currently looking for contributors for 2008.

If you’re a sound or convergent media artist, writer, documentary maker, musician or audio producer, we want to hear from you. If you’re interested in getting involved, to send us existing content, to let us know of projects or events that you are working on, or for more info email us at snatm@fbiradio.com

The “Spirit Of Soul Festival” ’is proud to introduce its very first, of what will be an annual event in Sydney – A community event that has been organised to raise funds and awareness for Mental Illness. We believe “The Spirit Of Soul Festival” will help to erase the stigma that is so often attached to those suffering from various mental illnesses such as Schizophrenia, Bi Polar, Depression and Borderline Personality Disorder. A three-day comprehensive ‘live’ soul music festival “Spirit Of Soul Festival” that will host its main event at The Factory Theatre in Enmore 18- 20 JAN 2008, including acts: CODA, The Bamboos, Mahalia Barnes, Jimmy Barnes, Foreign Heights and much more.

For tickets visit: www.factorytheatre.com.au

Mental Illness needs so much more dialogue, and this is our chance to speak with music, to creatively and beautifully advocate some serious mental health issues that need attention. It affects one in five Australians, and is closer to us than we think. If you are unable to join us for this exciting festival, share the love and tell those who may be interested in coming. Check out www.spiritofsoul.com.au for full festival details.

“What Touched My Soul” Photography Competition, promoting contemporary photography and excellence in all forms of still photo-based artwork, including all types of analogue and digital photography and will be aiming to give talented amateur and non- professional photographers an opportunity to exhibit their work to a wider audience during the “Spirit Of Soul Festival”, as well as using ‘creative’ advocacy for Mental Health issues. The charity chosen for the showcase is ROOMIES ARTSPACE, creating awareness for ROOMIES ARTSPACE – A community non-profit studio, boarding house residents and artists with mental illness or disabilities and also will raise funds by donating the entry fee of the participants.

Ceres Solutions and Performing Lines have joined forces to announce the New Music Touring Project - Sound Travellers - a two year project to facilitate and promote the national touring of sound art/electronica, improvised jazz and contemporary classical music.  Initial seed money is being provided by the Australia Council. Applications for the first round close Monday 17 December and are available online now at soundtravellers.wordpress.com

Welcome to the Nov/Dec Issue of Loop oz magazine. The team at Loop have a very special music & photography issue for you for the end of 2007 and are also publishing their final one for the year on the web only. Loop oz Magazine is now solely distributed and owned by Rougemedia and will be revising it’s publishing status in early 2008. The magazine also has a new blog section featuring tracks from interviewed artists. Check it out at rougemedia.com.au/loopoz
Their November/December issue has 30 articles including a preview of the upcoming Sydney Festival, focusing on the Samsung Mobile Festival Garden and including articles on Mice Parade, The National & Clogs, Low, Kimmo Pohjonen and FourPlay. Loop interviews composer and previous winner of the prestigious Prix Italia award Colin Black; Super Massive, nominees in the top 10 for a Musicoz Award in the “Alternative” category; Lucy Kippist interviews Harpist, singer/songwriter Heidi Elva; Gibson Nolte interviews Janine Gregson creator and owner of the new web based music community, MySongCast and Tim Arney has some news on Genevieve Little’s recent overseas tour. Read the rest of this entry »

MySongCast – Creating a music community of artists, fans & venues. Join the world of independent music. Create an account, upload songs, connect with fans and list your gigs.

Open to everyone at www.mysongcast.com

Audiophile (audio portal /listening library). A new Australian website devoted to publishing radio docos, audio stories, field recordings, and more. Become a member of the Audiophile community and start publishing your original material now! They are offering a $300 cash prize as part of the initial call for works. All works uploaded before 20th October will be go into the draw to receive the cash prize. Audiophile is a not for profit website, devoted to publishing the works of emerging audio producers with an interesting story that they want the world to hear. Go to http://www.audiophile.org.au for more info.

Les Femmes de Loop - Thursday the 11th of October, 7pm till late.
Venue: The Gaelic Theatre, 64 Devonshire St, Surry Hills.

An exquisite night celebrating women in music and showcasing four of the best Indy bands around. The line up includes Sherlocks Daughter, Ouch! My Face!, Cassette Kids and S.Y.L.K with DJ Vivienne Kingswood keeping you dancing into the night.

Presented by Loop Magazine, Rougemedia and in collaboration with the Scene is Cliché, with sponsorship from Slate Bourbon, Illionaire and MySongCast.