THE FACTORY THEATRE
Presented by JOLT Arts
OTOMO YOSHIHIDE (Jpn)
TOMOMI ADACHI (Jpn) + NOISE SCAVENGERS
UMINARI TRIO
A rare moment in time to hear Japanese avant garde legend and guitarist Otomo Yoshihide, supported by Japanese vocal pioneer Tomomi Adachi with the Noise Scavengers (Aus), followed up by the entrancing Uminari Trio (Jpn/Aus).
15 March, Saturday: 7:30pm
TICKETS $36
OTOMO YOSHIHIDE
One of the Titans of Japanese contemporary music, guitarist, composer and sound artist Otomo Yoshihide will perform solo on electric guitar.
Yoshihide – who recently held the position of Sapporo International Arts Festival Artistic Director – is an artist and thought leader who’s creativity stretches across many genres and sonic terrains. The artist encourages the listener to open the mind to beautiful auditory worlds.
UMINARI TRIO (JPN/AUS)
Yoshihide is supported by 2 collaborative projects that fuse the sound worlds of Japanese and Australian artists.
Traveling to Australia after a string of performances in Taipei and Japan, Uminari Trio represents the sonic communion between three artists:
Morishige Yasumune: bass/cello
Cal Lyall: guitar/banjo
James Hulllick: prepared piano
Everything is improvised, though falling into self-similar sonic places that the trio will visit in each concert. These sonic places have beginnings and endings — shaped like pieces — but for the trio they are continuations that play out through multiple performances. It’s an elegant intertwining sound that arises from acoustic instruments: cello; banjo; guitar; prepared piano; sometimes voice; that can be amplified and electronically translated or left in their acoustic domains.
Uminari will release the album ‘if only the stone’, on this tour.
TOMOMI ADACHI + NOISE SCAVENGERS
Noise Scavengers is a sound art ensemble including artists living with neurodiversities. The ensemble has been mentored through the JOLT Arts. Noise Scavengers are excited to be collaborating with acclaimed Japanese vocalist, composer, and artistic director, Tomomi Adachi. Together the artists will perform the structured improvised work “Teliovox”, which will be launched as an album for the tour. The work was developed, performed and recorded in Japan.
This project is supported by the Australia Japan Foundation.
SHOW RUNNING TIMES
Doors Open: 7.30pm
TOMOMI ADACHI + NOISE SCAVENGERS: 8.00-8.40pm – album launch
UMINARI TRIO: 9:00-9-40pm – album launch
OTOMO YOSHIHIDE 10:00-10.50pm
SUPPORTED BY
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Japan Foundation.
ARTISTS

OTOMO YOSHIHIDE
OTOMO YOSHIHIDE guitarist / composer Improvising guitarist, turntablist and composer, Otomo Yoshihide, is one of the most prominent figures in experimental and avant-garde music of his generation. Born 1959 in Yokohama, Japan, Otomo was the son of an engineer, which...

TOMOMI ADACHI
TOMOMI ADACHI vocalist / composer / electronic music / instrument builder https://www.adachitomomi.com/...

Stuart Flenley
STUART FLENLEY MUSICIAN /// VISUAL ARTIST Stuart Flenley is a musician, songwriter, sonic and visual artist. Flenley is a vocalist, guitarist and works with electronic sound. Visually Flenley has focused on drawing mediums and video art. Flenley sings and plays...

Astrid Meurer
ASTRID MEURER SOUND ARTIST / DIGITAL ARTIST Astrid joined Noise Scavengers in April 2022. Astrid works through various sonic mediums with the band including guitar, found sound and electronics. Astrid also works through the medium of digital, exhibiting digital...

Daniel Munnery
DANIEL MUNNERY computer-based sound maker Joining The Amplified Elephants in 2012, Daniel has quickly developed an oeuvre as an electronic laptop-based sound artist. Mentored by JOLT director James Hullick and sound artist Steve Richards (aka Cleaning Lady), Daniel...

Esther Tuddenham
ESTHER TUDDENHAM voice / synthesizers / electronic music / photography / poetry Esther is a sound artist, poet, photographer and intermedia creative mind. Esther explores human emotions and their utterance in her work. In 2021 Esther completed her book of...

Morishige Yasumune
MORISHIGE YASUMUNE cello / piano / voice / improvisation / photograph As one of Japan’s most unique voices of the cello, improvising musician Morishige Yasumune continues to collaborate with a wide array of dancers and musicians both in Japan and around the world. His...

James Hullick
JAMES HULLICK JOLT Director & CEO / Composer / Musician HULLICKSTUDIOS.COM James Hullick is an auditory creator like no other in Australia. Recently James’ artistic identity has been shifting from cutting-edge composer to that of an all out iconic...

Cal Lyall
CAL LYALL musician / sound artistBorn in Montreal, Cal Lyall studied classical composition and jazz performance in Quebec, eventually moving westward in Canada to teach music and perform. An interest in diverse musical forms led to intense travel and study throughout...