Potentially Interesting Jazz Music – I Hold the Lion’s Paw and guests
I Hold the Lion’s Paw
The Amplified Elephants
Tariro Mavondo
James Hullick
Wednesday 27 May
Northcote Social Club
301 High St, Northcote
Tickets here
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.
Drawing from the abstract playgrounds of their third studio album, Potentially Interesting Jazz Music, IHTLP are hosting a surrealist happening. Expect grungy durational performance, psychedelic ambience, unhinged funk, spoken word, avant-garde electronics, 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
I Hold the Lion’s Paw
Tariro Mavondo
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.
Hullick
James Hullick performing Noise in Red – electric guitar and electronics in surround sound, with video projections.
The Amplified Elephants
The Amplified Elephants dive to great auditory and visual depths linking sonic art; video art; deep ocean creatures and their own take on the infinite brilliance of the creative mind. At times ambient; at times oceanic; at times strident with powerful sonic waves. The show resonates with a love of the sea and a calling to protect our beloved blue planet.The Elephants perform their latest work with a gathering of electronic instruments and sound-making devices