Potentially Interesting Jazz Music – Album Launch Happening
I Hold The Lion’s Paw and guests
Saturday 22 November, 4–7PM
JOLTED Arts Space
342 High St, Northcote
Doors – 3:30pm
Tariro Mavondo – 4.15pm
Yumi Umiumare – 4:45pm
Prime Time – with shadow puppet duo Youbi & Taka – 5:30pm
IHTLP – 6pm
Jon Hassell meets Ornette Coleman, meets Laurie Anderson. I Hold the Lion’s Paw (IHTLP) sounds familiar and, at the same time, like nothing else you’ve ever heard. Led by ARIA nominated trumpeter-producer Reuben Lewis, IHTLP’s vast sonic universe is equal parts absurd and brilliant, as if the Muppets wandered into a Sun Ra rehearsal and never left.
To celebrate the release of their third studio album, Potentially Interesting Jazz Music, IHTLP are hosting a surrealist happening. Expect grungy durational performance, psychedelic ambience, unhinged funk, butoh, magic, and (of course) some potentially interesting Jazz music.
“Like a visit to a contemporary art museum, the album invites you to sit down, slow down, look closer, and listen deeper. In an age that rushes faster than reason, Potentially Interesting Jazz Music feels like a deliberate act of resistance.” — paris-move.com
“More likely was the feeling of having stumbled into someone else’s LSD trip” — Sydney Morning Herald
Reuben Lewis – trumpet, pedals, synths
Emily Bennett – synth, voice, electronics
Adam Halliwell – guitar, bass
Ronny Ferella – drums
Full price – $30.00
Concession – $20.00
Get tickets here
BANDCAMP: https://reubenlewis.bandcamp.com/album/potentially-interesting-jazz-music
WEBSITE LINK: https://www.reubenlewis.com/ihtlp
ABOUT THE GUESTS
Tariro Mavondo’s artistry spans voiceover work for brands like LEXUS, BMX, and Thomas the Tank Engine, to making music and poetry with I Hold The Lion’s Paw, and championing diverse communities behind the scenes in the arts. She was nominated for an ARIA Award with the Australian Art Orchestra (Best Jazz Album, 2021), and won an APRA AMCOS Award for Closed Beginnings. Recently, she co-directed The Hate Race at Malthouse Theatre, was associate director of The Audition (Outer Urban Projects), and returned to acting in La Belle Epoque and St Kilda Tales. A powerful voice in poetry, Tariro has featured at Slamalamadingdong, Melbourne Spoken Word & Poetry Festival, Mother Tongue, African Music and Cultural Festival and more. Her work is published in Growing Up African in Australia (Black Inc.) and Going Down Swinging.
Youbi Lee is a visual art, puppeteer, concept designer & art facilitator. She is a Korean-heritage, multidisciplinary artist based in Naarm/Melbourne. Her practice encompasses installation, performance, animation, puppetry, and facilitation. Drawing on her diverse skill set and experience, she has created large-scale collaborative arts projects with various communities, councils, and festivals. She works with established organisations like Lemony S Puppet Theatre, Threshold, and Polyglot as a puppeteer, concept designer, and art facilitator.
https://ubtopia.net/project/
Taka Takiguchi (滝口貴) is a creative producer, performer, writer and poet. He is a Naarm/Melbourne-based independent artist and producer of Japanese (Hiroshima) heritage.His practice delves into personal stories, places, their historical contexts, and our presence within them today. He explores relational phenomena—between memory, time, and language—bringing them to life through poetry, scriptwriting, and movement-based techniques including the Suzuki Method, Butoh, and shamanic/trance dance.
www.taka-takiguchi.com
Yumi Umiumare is a Japanese-born performance maker and the creator of Butoh Cabaret works. For over 30 years, she has developed a distinctive style that evokes visceral emotion through narrative, abstraction, ritual, and a unique sense of humour. Her works have toured globally and explore cultural identity while blending traditional and contemporary aspects of life. Her social practice includes working with marginalised communities, First Nations people, refugees, and inclusive companies. Yumi has been the artistic director of ButohOUT! in Melbourne since 2017 and is a key figure in the global Butoh scene. She has received several Australian Green Room awards, as well as the Melbourne Fringe Living Legend Award 2024. www.
yumi.com.au
